Import/export HS code 84289090: Various machinery

Other lifting and handling machinery 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 193,449,216
Netherlands 146,127,860
China 83,389,583
United States 80,144,352
Italy 73,635,644

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 118,363,596 75,085,620 -43,277,976
Netherlands 79,929,251 66,198,609 -13,730,642
China 37,745,680 45,643,903 +7,898,223
United States 38,543,036 41,601,316 +3,058,280
Italy 39,185,979 34,449,665 -4,736,314
France 19,565,591 13,773,229 -5,792,362
Czechia 12,770,596 18,404,752 +5,634,156
Denmark 8,362,264 20,693,685 +12,331,421
Switzerland 16,404,104 7,562,645 -8,841,459
Austria 10,772,132 11,589,978 +817,846

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 197,773,270
China 125,704,549
Italy 92,574,141
United States 83,058,503
Netherlands 63,803,382

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 124,021,088 73,752,182 -50,268,906
China 67,852,966 57,851,583 -10,001,383
Italy 49,257,656 43,316,485 -5,941,171
United States 42,940,905 40,117,598 -2,823,307
Netherlands 27,817,290 35,986,092 +8,168,802
Czechia 12,162,641 19,573,595 +7,410,954
United Kingdom 18,081,100 12,209,289 -5,871,811
Austria 14,096,359 13,332,258 -764,101
Denmark 7,292,810 19,911,861 +12,619,051
France 16,200,182 8,229,973 -7,970,209

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 91
Inner London - West 87
West Midlands 85
Greater Manchester 82
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 75

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 63 59 -4
Inner London - West 62 59 -3
West Midlands 58 65 +7
Greater Manchester 63 49 -14
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 54 43 -11
Shropshire and Staffordshire 54 49 -5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 48 50 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 50 40 -10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 46 38 -8
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 44 33 -11

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) 555,529,635
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 240,286,643
Air transport 61,245,502
Other 16,796,407
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) 322,479,090 233,050,545 -89,428,545
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 115,124,820 125,161,823 +10,037,003
Air transport 35,461,061 25,784,441 -9,676,620
Other 5,759,844 11,036,563 +5,276,719
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 222,512,458
Immingham Docks 136,714,788
Felixstowe 89,408,903
Southampton 52,049,953
Harwich 41,493,449

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 124,605,467 97,906,991 -26,698,476
Immingham Docks 74,317,175 62,397,613 -11,919,562
Felixstowe 40,420,149 48,988,754 +8,568,605
Southampton 20,885,391 31,164,562 +10,279,171
Harwich 24,491,301 17,002,148 -7,489,153
Eurotunnel 24,030,479 15,495,501 -8,534,978
Killingholme 29,505,794 7,926,343 -21,579,451
London Heathrow Airport 21,241,952 14,457,711 -6,784,241
Hull 8,374,454 15,870,904 +7,496,450
Dover / Eurotunnel 15,648,767 7,983,691 -7,665,076

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 314
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 181
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 117
Other manufacturing 88
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 85

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 218
2025-11 253
2025-10 246
2025-09 233
2025-08 225

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+ 591
1m-15m 572
15m-54m 198
0-1m 130
Other 130

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 91,527,068
France 69,349,348
United States 64,051,952
Germany 58,648,940
Ireland 47,964,095

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 45,980,378 45,546,690 -433,688
France 29,382,241 39,967,107 +10,584,866
United States 34,934,228 29,117,724 -5,816,504
Germany 30,475,680 28,173,260 -2,302,420
Ireland 23,235,908 24,728,187 +1,492,279
Spain 23,901,776 19,006,472 -4,895,304
Belgium 9,636,746 28,164,130 +18,527,384
Poland 7,838,680 6,036,940 -1,801,740
Canada 6,705,641 7,134,352 +428,711
India 7,276,385 4,912,825 -2,363,560

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 7,555,546
Italy 2,426,576
United States 1,759,539
China 1,263,455
Ireland 420,794

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 4,232,195 3,323,351 -908,844
Italy 642,940 1,783,636 +1,140,696
United States 828,287 931,252 +102,965
China 1,020,606 242,849 -777,757
Ireland 145,899 274,895 +128,996
France 286,546 97,944 -188,602
Germany 45,557 115,920 +70,363
Belgium 108,724 6,429 -102,295
Canada 85,659 329 -85,330
Japan 24,972 112 -24,860

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) 360,057,539
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 203,442,595
Air transport 62,685,852
Other 14,832,537
Road transport 185,112

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) 174,847,911 185,209,628 +10,361,717
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 88,414,259 115,028,336 +26,614,077
Air transport 34,716,585 27,969,267 -6,747,318
Other 7,596,726 7,235,811 -360,915
Road transport 127,612 57,500 -70,112

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 182,995,961
Immingham Docks 82,138,607
London Gateway Port 45,459,424
London Heathrow Airport 41,067,170
Southampton 36,427,241

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 103,346,672 79,649,289 -23,697,383
Immingham Docks 33,938,596 48,200,011 +14,261,415
London Gateway Port 23,976,609 21,482,815 -2,493,794
London Heathrow Airport 23,385,739 17,681,431 -5,704,308
Southampton 17,030,196 19,397,045 +2,366,849
Felixstowe 8,972,195 24,643,083 +15,670,888
Liverpool Docks 12,748,041 17,995,446 +5,247,405
Dover 10,468,872 12,680,563 +2,211,691
Holyhead 8,479,696 9,755,914 +1,276,218
Grangemouth Docks 7,027,762 9,346,538 +2,318,776

Quick facts

HS code: 84289090

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

Description: Other lifting and handling machinery not covered by specific codes