Import/export HS code 84289090: Various machinery

Other lifting and handling machinery not covered by specific codes

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  • 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 198,077,174
Netherlands 142,412,849
China 83,189,078
United States 78,337,119
Italy 75,958,765

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 120,820,241 77,256,933 -43,563,308
Netherlands 79,235,472 63,177,377 -16,058,095
China 38,083,493 45,105,585 +7,022,092
United States 38,562,360 39,774,759 +1,212,399
Italy 40,985,276 34,973,489 -6,011,787
France 16,373,759 15,324,170 -1,049,589
Czechia 12,744,717 18,013,444 +5,268,727
Denmark 8,296,262 18,339,089 +10,042,827
Switzerland 17,064,294 7,955,682 -9,108,612
Austria 11,093,589 12,035,020 +941,431

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 201,091,037
China 125,887,555
Italy 95,738,065
United States 81,736,579
Netherlands 62,294,626

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 128,755,782 72,335,255 -56,420,527
China 67,746,857 58,140,698 -9,606,159
Italy 51,023,620 44,714,445 -6,309,175
United States 43,198,310 38,538,269 -4,660,041
Netherlands 27,173,754 35,120,872 +7,947,118
Czechia 12,131,905 18,989,680 +6,857,775
United Kingdom 14,380,082 15,039,860 +659,778
Austria 14,705,610 11,818,078 -2,887,532
Denmark 7,322,325 17,407,182 +10,084,857
France 13,645,373 10,726,558 -2,918,815

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 94
Greater Manchester 85
Inner London - West 84
West Midlands 83
Shropshire and Staffordshire 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 61 -2
Greater Manchester 64 53 -11
Inner London - West 60 57 -3
West Midlands 58 61 +3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 53 53 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 51 41 -10
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 48 52 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 51 39 -12
Surrey, East and West Sussex 42 41 -1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 43 36 -7

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) 554,735,458
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 240,459,871
Air transport 61,703,783
Other 17,200,760
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) 319,101,983 235,633,475 -83,468,508
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 114,727,158 125,732,713 +11,005,555
Air transport 34,714,618 26,989,165 -7,725,453
Other 6,017,120 11,183,640 +5,166,520
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 225,083,477
Immingham Docks 131,486,788
Felixstowe 88,735,807
Southampton 49,412,084
Harwich 41,373,367

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 121,922,192 103,161,285 -18,760,907
Immingham Docks 74,603,814 56,882,974 -17,720,840
Felixstowe 40,568,919 48,166,888 +7,597,969
Southampton 20,749,119 28,662,965 +7,913,846
Harwich 23,798,431 17,574,936 -6,223,495
Eurotunnel 23,469,283 17,455,088 -6,014,195
Killingholme 30,840,857 9,017,561 -21,823,296
London Heathrow Airport 20,484,261 15,414,186 -5,070,075
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,628,983 7,831,628 -8,797,355
Hull 8,112,954 15,808,077 +7,695,123

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 315
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 184
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 116
Other manufacturing 88
Specialised construction activities 88

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 253
2025-10 246
2025-09 233
2025-08 225
2025-07 256

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 584
15m-54m 195
0-1m 127
Other 124

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 90,853,007
France 67,913,066
United States 64,475,769
Germany 57,845,826
Ireland 48,523,429

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 45,866,167 44,986,840 -879,327
France 29,072,768 38,840,298 +9,767,530
United States 35,061,365 29,414,404 -5,646,961
Germany 30,259,979 27,585,847 -2,674,132
Ireland 24,360,609 24,162,820 -197,789
Spain 24,764,452 19,939,151 -4,825,301
Belgium 11,285,461 25,894,468 +14,609,007
Canada 7,516,275 7,252,768 -263,507
Poland 7,969,684 5,676,936 -2,292,748
Italy 5,879,920 6,561,212 +681,292

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 7,757,579
Italy 2,426,576
United States 1,813,789
China 1,282,647
Ireland 604,769

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 4,136,405 3,621,174 -515,231
Italy 485,493 1,941,083 +1,455,590
United States 886,130 927,659 +41,529
China 763,627 519,020 -244,607
Ireland 572,349 32,420 -539,929
XU 149,581 386,579 +236,998
France 216,252 168,238 -48,014
Germany 45,735 116,429 +70,694
Belgium 108,724 2,791 -105,933
Canada 85,162 826 -84,336

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) 356,061,511
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 208,125,333
Air transport 62,447,330
Other 15,241,996
Road transport 210,341

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) 175,388,399 180,673,112 +5,284,713
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 92,068,890 116,056,443 +23,987,553
Air transport 34,679,355 27,767,975 -6,911,380
Other 7,493,547 7,748,449 +254,902
Road transport 152,841 57,500 -95,341

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 182,133,157
Immingham Docks 80,434,443
London Gateway Port 45,099,071
London Heathrow Airport 41,295,520
Southampton 36,120,273

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 105,042,986 77,090,171 -27,952,815
Immingham Docks 33,983,967 46,450,476 +12,466,509
London Gateway Port 21,030,131 24,068,940 +3,038,809
London Heathrow Airport 23,973,510 17,322,010 -6,651,500
Southampton 17,256,758 18,863,515 +1,606,757
Felixstowe 8,627,146 24,264,897 +15,637,751
Liverpool Docks 13,420,696 17,500,071 +4,079,375
Dover 10,966,918 12,940,191 +1,973,273
Holyhead 8,731,876 8,933,943 +202,067
Grangemouth Docks 7,652,314 9,346,538 +1,694,224

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