Import/export HS code 842951: Front-end shovel loaders

Loaders with a front shovel for digging and moving materials

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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 £
Sweden 111,645,316
Germany 102,415,836
Belgium 77,933,354
China 51,825,500
Netherlands 27,219,791

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 £
Sweden 60,135,055 51,510,261 -8,624,794
Germany 61,718,205 40,697,631 -21,020,574
Belgium 38,310,902 39,622,452 +1,311,550
China 23,865,104 27,960,396 +4,095,292
Netherlands 7,876,933 19,342,858 +11,465,925
United States 11,296,504 12,222,033 +925,529
Czechia 12,140,452 9,474,097 -2,666,355
South Korea 13,631,871 2,335,178 -11,296,693
Brazil 917,633 12,541,917 +11,624,284
Italy 7,435,445 5,371,719 -2,063,726

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 109,440,817
Sweden 103,809,262
China 70,004,400
United States 40,304,260
France 34,669,262

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 64,736,262 44,704,555 -20,031,707
Sweden 56,534,128 47,275,134 -9,258,994
China 35,081,546 34,922,854 -158,692
United States 19,529,923 20,774,337 +1,244,414
France 16,575,475 18,093,787 +1,518,312
South Korea 19,739,936 10,419,853 -9,320,083
Austria 6,820,818 12,190,298 +5,369,480
Brazil 1,997,921 11,713,405 +9,715,484
Czechia 7,134,300 5,635,542 -1,498,758
Italy 6,052,922 6,559,030 +506,108

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Shropshire and Staffordshire 10
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 7
Northern Ireland 7
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 5
Devon 5

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
Shropshire and Staffordshire 5 8 +3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 4 5 +1
Northern Ireland 5 7 +2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 4 3 -1
Devon 4 3 -1
Highlands and Islands 4 3 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 3 4 +1
Cheshire 4 2 -2
East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 2 4 +2
Greater Manchester 1 4 +3

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) 312,248,471
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 154,008,854
Other 27,002,009
Road transport 260,266
Air transport 140,765

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) 172,859,076 139,389,395 -33,469,681
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 71,575,652 82,433,202 +10,857,550
Other 13,228,415 13,773,594 +545,179
Road transport 204,764 55,502 -149,262
Air transport 109,035 31,730 -77,305

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 182,039,823
Dover 78,250,913
Southampton 59,453,567
London 29,387,263
Avonmouth Docks 27,338,656

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 £
Immingham Docks 90,204,381 91,835,442 +1,631,061
Dover 40,530,468 37,720,445 -2,810,023
Southampton 32,189,769 27,263,798 -4,925,971
London 18,520,138 10,867,125 -7,653,013
Avonmouth Docks 16,121,239 11,217,417 -4,903,822
000 13,228,415 13,773,594 +545,179
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,350,899 819,330 -16,531,569
Liverpool Docks 2,963,036 13,975,531 +11,012,495
Harwich 5,510,317 8,093,652 +2,583,335
Felixstowe 6,674,973 4,956,450 -1,718,523

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 60
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 19
Rental and leasing activities 12
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 10
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 10

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 35
2025-10 38
2025-09 31
2025-08 35
2025-07 42

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 49
54m+ 37
15m-54m 20
Other 11
0-1m 9

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 £
United States 198,794,077
Germany 166,506,205
Japan 116,364,508
Ireland 73,369,084
Belgium 65,918,583

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 £
United States 134,736,707 64,057,370 -70,679,337
Germany 108,016,656 58,489,549 -49,527,107
Japan 71,981,080 44,383,428 -27,597,652
Ireland 29,710,115 43,658,969 +13,948,854
Belgium 11,351,610 54,566,973 +43,215,363
Poland 26,257,596 33,242,660 +6,985,064
France 25,919,218 25,234,402 -684,816
Sweden 18,140,303 21,098,671 +2,958,368
Netherlands 22,644,880 15,097,318 -7,547,562
Spain 10,703,467 13,536,885 +2,833,418

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 13,496,106
Japan 3,544,134
XU 1,530,199
China 1,063,160
Germany 833,013

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 6,688,422 6,807,684 +119,262
Japan 930,797 2,613,337 +1,682,540
XU 883,799 646,400 -237,399
China 347,298 715,862 +368,564
Germany 423,565 409,448 -14,117
Sweden 409,866 125,230 -284,636
France 402,995 130,730 -272,265
Ireland 271,682 65,727 -205,955
United States 170,007 136,910 -33,097
Italy 150,014 26,122 -123,892

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) 543,884,908
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 526,145,370
Other 22,689,802
Air transport 463,509
Road transport 70,103

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) 254,083,155 289,801,753 +35,718,598
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 319,822,766 206,322,604 -113,500,162
Other 10,785,704 11,904,098 +1,118,394
Air transport 257,975 205,534 -52,441
Road transport 61,303 8,800 -52,503

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 301,745,614
Dover / Eurotunnel 290,939,145
Immingham Docks 103,784,447
Liverpool Docks 99,658,690
London 97,799,534

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 £
Southampton 186,707,762 115,037,852 -71,669,910
Dover / Eurotunnel 163,240,515 127,698,630 -35,541,885
Immingham Docks 53,689,941 50,094,506 -3,595,435
Liverpool Docks 60,465,446 39,193,244 -21,272,202
London 29,685,498 68,114,036 +38,428,538
Medway 7,481,248 23,075,462 +15,594,214
000 10,785,704 11,904,098 +1,118,394
Portsmouth 10,251,637 11,237,431 +985,794
Harwich 10,290,380 10,014,826 -275,554
Holyhead 7,654,496 11,626,640 +3,972,144

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 842951

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

Description: Loaders with a front shovel for digging and moving materials