Import/export HS code 842890: Various lifting and handling machinery

Other machinery for lifting, handling, or moving materials not covered by specific codes

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* UK only, last 24 months analysed

Imports by country

What this shows: Import market volume by exporter country into the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
Germany 202,247,009
Netherlands 151,857,807
Italy 132,056,572
China 84,514,446
United States 81,058,269

Countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month volume, right side by second 12-month volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Germany 123,045,244 79,201,765 -43,843,479
Netherlands 82,908,437 68,949,370 -13,959,067
Italy 67,254,555 64,802,017 -2,452,538
China 38,144,971 46,369,475 +8,224,504
United States 38,950,825 42,107,444 +3,156,619
France 27,532,129 22,240,696 -5,291,433
Czechia 12,770,596 18,434,777 +5,664,181
Denmark 8,375,792 20,887,517 +12,511,725
Switzerland 16,427,322 7,565,527 -8,861,795
Austria 10,836,882 11,796,849 +959,967

Imports by country of origin

What this shows: Import volume by production origin country. Differences from exporter-country data can indicate re-export routes.

Top 5 values

Origin £
Germany 206,237,135
Italy 150,992,873
China 127,034,945
United States 84,330,103
Netherlands 68,342,121

Country of origin rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Germany 128,438,803 77,798,332 -50,640,471
Italy 77,324,036 73,668,837 -3,655,199
China 68,408,264 58,626,681 -9,781,583
United States 43,540,102 40,790,001 -2,750,101
Netherlands 29,896,284 38,445,837 +8,549,553
France 23,955,539 16,205,883 -7,749,656
Czechia 12,162,641 19,726,016 +7,563,375
United Kingdom 18,225,505 12,290,066 -5,935,439
Austria 14,179,308 13,509,153 -670,155
Denmark 7,351,947 20,000,812 +12,648,865

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 96
Inner London - West 88
West Midlands 85
Greater Manchester 82
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 81

UK regions rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: UK regions are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month importer count, right side by second 12-month importer count, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

UK region First 12m Second 12m Delta
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 66 63 -3
Inner London - West 63 59 -4
West Midlands 58 66 +8
Greater Manchester 63 50 -13
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 59 46 -13
Shropshire and Staffordshire 54 51 -3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 52 51 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 52 40 -12
Surrey, East and West Sussex 46 39 -7
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 44 34 -10

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 588,272,797
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 263,996,608
Other 66,566,015
Air transport 62,513,327
Road transport 5,881,587

Transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 338,340,351 249,932,446 -88,407,905
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 121,664,471 142,332,137 +20,667,666
Other 35,019,267 31,546,748 -3,472,519
Air transport 36,046,122 26,467,205 -9,578,917
Road transport 4,443,024 1,438,563 -3,004,461
Rail transport 158,568 703,414 +544,846

Import volume by port

What this shows: Import value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 228,287,495
Immingham Docks 140,596,039
Felixstowe 96,448,188
000 66,566,015
Southampton 52,584,555

Port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Dover 128,005,577 100,281,918 -27,723,659
Immingham Docks 76,509,524 64,086,515 -12,423,009
Felixstowe 43,544,208 52,903,980 +9,359,772
000 35,019,267 31,546,748 -3,472,519
Southampton 21,033,709 31,550,846 +10,517,137
Harwich 25,852,376 18,876,021 -6,976,355
Eurotunnel 24,310,389 16,046,048 -8,264,341
Killingholme 30,346,529 8,789,204 -21,557,325
London Heathrow Airport 21,394,521 14,604,283 -6,790,238
Hull 8,424,373 15,931,731 +7,507,358

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 346
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 184
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 124
Other manufacturing 91
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 87

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 230
2025-11 265
2025-10 262
2025-09 243
2025-08 234

Top importers

What this shows: Companies with the highest number of months traded for this HS code.

Importer company size by revenue band

What this shows: Distribution of importers across company revenue bands.

Top 5 values

Revenue Companies
54m+ 608
1m-15m 605
15m-54m 207
0-1m 138
Other 131

Import seasonality

What this shows: Average monthly import pattern from historical data.

Exports by country

What this shows: Export market volume by destination country from the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
Netherlands 92,424,317
France 69,810,128
United States 64,818,950
Germany 59,264,045
Ireland 58,810,226

Export countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Destination countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export volume, right side by second 12-month export volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Netherlands 46,394,538 46,029,779 -364,759
France 29,677,181 40,132,947 +10,455,766
United States 35,492,629 29,326,321 -6,166,308
Germany 30,828,597 28,435,448 -2,393,149
Ireland 28,244,042 30,566,184 +2,322,142
Spain 24,034,301 19,085,545 -4,948,756
Belgium 9,642,281 28,478,444 +18,836,163
Poland 8,836,949 6,443,220 -2,393,729
Canada 7,166,492 7,434,016 +267,524
India 7,333,193 4,941,325 -2,391,868

Exports by country of origin

What this shows: Export volume by production origin country. For re-exports, indicates where goods originated before UK export.

Top 5 values

Origin £
XI 14,436,242
Italy 2,426,576
United States 1,759,539
China 1,263,869
Ireland 1,140,632

Export origin countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
XI 7,751,459 6,684,783 -1,066,676
Italy 642,940 1,783,636 +1,140,696
United States 828,287 931,252 +102,965
China 1,020,606 243,263 -777,343
Ireland 486,844 653,788 +166,944
France 294,708 102,720 -191,988
Germany 45,557 204,418 +158,861
Belgium 108,724 6,429 -102,295
Canada 85,659 329 -85,330
Sweden 58,376 27,175 -31,201

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 368,556,603
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 207,473,514
Air transport 63,410,467
Other 22,977,765
Road transport 193,278

Export transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 178,526,350 190,030,253 +11,503,903
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 90,718,322 116,755,192 +26,036,870
Air transport 35,159,568 28,250,899 -6,908,669
Other 11,724,627 11,253,138 -471,489
Road transport 135,778 57,500 -78,278

Export volume by port

What this shows: Export value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 186,045,585
Immingham Docks 82,811,190
London Gateway Port 46,825,787
London Heathrow Airport 41,381,682
Southampton 37,192,864

Export port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Dover / Eurotunnel 104,789,596 81,255,989 -23,533,607
Immingham Docks 34,007,002 48,804,188 +14,797,186
London Gateway Port 24,604,852 22,220,935 -2,383,917
London Heathrow Airport 23,623,716 17,757,966 -5,865,750
Southampton 17,545,560 19,647,304 +2,101,744
Felixstowe 8,990,508 24,679,170 +15,688,662
Liverpool Docks 13,451,556 18,583,982 +5,132,426
Dover 10,570,425 12,708,137 +2,137,712
000 11,724,627 11,253,138 -471,489
Holyhead 9,718,167 11,564,139 +1,845,972

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 842890

Coverage: United Kingdom, most metrics for the last 24 months

Description: Other machinery for lifting, handling, or moving materials not covered by specific codes