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

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

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* 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 206,824,196
Netherlands 148,246,194
Italy 134,492,924
China 84,311,323
United States 79,208,913

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 125,635,965 81,188,231 -44,447,734
Netherlands 82,390,239 65,855,955 -16,534,284
Italy 67,493,690 66,999,234 -494,456
China 38,469,417 45,841,906 +7,372,489
United States 38,941,874 40,267,039 +1,325,165
France 24,418,702 23,710,561 -708,141
Czechia 12,744,717 18,042,105 +5,297,388
Denmark 8,309,790 18,532,921 +10,223,131
Switzerland 17,087,512 7,958,564 -9,128,948
Austria 11,155,415 12,244,815 +1,089,400

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 209,508,133
Italy 154,270,028
China 127,202,383
United States 82,927,426
Netherlands 66,911,968

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 133,290,736 76,217,397 -57,073,339
Italy 77,529,838 76,740,190 -789,648
China 68,285,590 58,916,793 -9,368,797
United States 43,776,343 39,151,083 -4,625,260
Netherlands 29,166,914 37,745,054 +8,578,140
France 21,687,054 18,413,473 -3,273,581
Czechia 12,131,905 19,140,737 +7,008,832
United Kingdom 14,524,487 15,120,637 +596,150
Austria 14,785,635 11,997,897 -2,787,738
Denmark 7,381,462 17,496,133 +10,114,671

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 99
Greater Manchester 85
Inner London - West 85
West Midlands 83
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 79

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 65 -1
Greater Manchester 64 54 -10
Inner London - West 61 57 -4
West Midlands 59 62 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 56 44 -12
Shropshire and Staffordshire 53 55 +2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 52 53 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 53 39 -14
Surrey, East and West Sussex 42 42 +0
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 43 37 -6

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) 587,669,399
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 262,597,042
Other 68,580,526
Air transport 62,999,470
Road transport 5,600,134

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) 335,592,481 252,076,918 -83,515,563
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 121,152,532 141,444,510 +20,291,978
Other 33,679,957 34,900,569 +1,220,612
Air transport 35,334,272 27,665,198 -7,669,074
Road transport 4,385,274 1,214,860 -3,170,414
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 230,926,681
Immingham Docks 135,386,547
Felixstowe 95,757,169
000 68,580,526
Southampton 49,891,861

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 125,248,436 105,678,245 -19,570,191
Immingham Docks 76,855,997 58,530,550 -18,325,447
Felixstowe 43,838,901 51,918,268 +8,079,367
000 33,679,957 34,900,569 +1,220,612
Southampton 20,896,455 28,995,406 +8,098,951
Harwich 25,158,610 19,436,697 -5,721,913
Eurotunnel 23,746,546 17,994,061 -5,752,485
Killingholme 31,624,512 9,834,225 -21,790,287
London Heathrow Airport 20,630,412 15,564,784 -5,065,628
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,095,376 7,903,668 -9,191,708

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 347
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 187
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 123
Other manufacturing 91
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 91

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 265
2025-10 262
2025-09 243
2025-08 234
2025-07 270

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
1m-15m 616
54m+ 609
15m-54m 204
0-1m 135
Other 125

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 91,711,633
France 68,400,493
United States 65,329,970
Ireland 59,174,463
Germany 58,537,922

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 46,279,170 45,432,463 -846,707
France 29,388,245 39,012,248 +9,624,003
United States 35,710,733 29,619,237 -6,091,496
Ireland 29,300,569 29,873,894 +573,325
Germany 30,693,740 27,844,182 -2,849,558
Spain 24,854,477 20,060,724 -4,793,753
Belgium 11,290,996 26,208,782 +14,917,786
Canada 8,120,420 7,552,432 -567,988
Poland 8,934,453 6,085,131 -2,849,322
Italy 5,975,862 6,623,004 +647,142

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 14,572,751
Italy 2,426,576
United States 1,813,789
Ireland 1,349,423
China 1,283,061

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 7,738,373 6,834,378 -903,995
Italy 485,493 1,941,083 +1,455,590
United States 886,130 927,659 +41,529
Ireland 938,254 411,169 -527,085
China 763,627 519,434 -244,193
XU 291,335 610,042 +318,707
France 224,777 173,014 -51,763
Germany 45,735 197,374 +151,639
Belgium 108,724 2,791 -105,933
Sweden 62,228 38,902 -23,326

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) 364,366,635
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 212,465,395
Air transport 63,159,728
Other 23,366,449
Road transport 218,507

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) 179,067,431 185,299,204 +6,231,773
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 94,651,296 117,814,099 +23,162,803
Air transport 35,119,313 28,040,415 -7,078,898
Other 11,673,927 11,692,522 +18,595
Road transport 161,007 57,500 -103,507

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 185,264,965
Immingham Docks 80,957,146
London Gateway Port 46,502,511
London Heathrow Airport 41,606,539
Southampton 36,837,996

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 106,535,431 78,729,534 -27,805,897
Immingham Docks 34,048,373 46,908,773 +12,860,400
London Gateway Port 21,594,451 24,908,060 +3,313,609
London Heathrow Airport 24,211,487 17,395,052 -6,816,435
Southampton 17,772,122 19,065,874 +1,293,752
Felixstowe 8,717,431 24,287,834 +15,570,403
Liverpool Docks 14,376,389 18,065,906 +3,689,517
Dover 11,068,471 12,957,799 +1,889,328
000 11,673,927 11,692,522 +18,595
Holyhead 9,954,799 10,636,632 +681,833

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