Import/export HS code 8433: Machines for farming work

Includes harvesters, threshers, balers, mowers, and machines for cleaning or sorting farm produce like eggs and fruits

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 381,987,501
China 268,832,671
Netherlands 183,180,388
Belgium 97,011,184
France 81,747,700

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 192,907,861 189,079,640 -3,828,221
China 125,263,867 143,568,804 +18,304,937
Netherlands 102,210,163 80,970,225 -21,239,938
Belgium 59,598,076 37,413,108 -22,184,968
France 40,894,159 40,853,541 -40,618
United States 47,560,209 31,253,327 -16,306,882
Ireland 35,429,418 35,794,115 +364,697
Italy 25,362,382 24,473,916 -888,466
Canada 21,207,139 16,509,945 -4,697,194
Japan 19,355,248 15,115,437 -4,239,811

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 315,503,665
China 307,956,269
United States 205,797,484
Netherlands 83,297,412
Italy 67,443,065

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 161,377,906 154,125,759 -7,252,147
China 144,579,444 163,376,825 +18,797,381
United States 122,182,143 83,615,341 -38,566,802
Netherlands 43,813,857 39,483,555 -4,330,302
Italy 36,139,768 31,303,297 -4,836,471
Belgium 37,634,884 27,573,023 -10,061,861
France 24,631,044 24,800,120 +169,076
Hungary 21,649,874 19,928,428 -1,721,446
Poland 21,726,801 19,103,442 -2,623,359
Japan 19,649,347 14,948,692 -4,700,655

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 48
Shropshire and Staffordshire 43
Lincolnshire 40
Kent 36
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 36

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
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 33 37 +4
Shropshire and Staffordshire 28 31 +3
Lincolnshire 29 34 +5
Kent 28 30 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 23 28 +5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 28 21 -7
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 22 26 +4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 20 23 +3
West Midlands 21 21 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 24 23 -1

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) 920,461,162
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 446,681,199
Other 84,817,730
Air transport 41,419,714
Road transport 13,256,718

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) 480,059,022 440,402,140 -39,656,882
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 231,722,313 214,958,886 -16,763,427
Other 41,933,342 42,884,388 +951,046
Air transport 20,402,637 21,017,077 +614,440
Road transport 2,297,150 10,959,568 +8,662,418
Rail transport 0 8,976 +8,976

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 261,975,037
Felixstowe 194,179,516
Immingham Docks 192,984,013
Southampton 167,517,063
Harwich 120,115,078

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 130,754,762 131,220,275 +465,513
Felixstowe 96,711,058 97,468,458 +757,400
Immingham Docks 99,883,153 93,100,860 -6,782,293
Southampton 101,538,556 65,978,507 -35,560,049
Harwich 64,044,213 56,070,865 -7,973,348
000 41,933,342 42,884,388 +951,046
London 39,818,126 28,767,425 -11,050,701
Killingholme 34,199,704 26,711,384 -7,488,320
London Gateway Port 24,425,757 35,586,972 +11,161,215
Hull 24,473,492 22,316,466 -2,157,026

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 345
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 113
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 93
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 89
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 51

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 183
2025-10 191
2025-09 210
2025-08 207
2025-07 249

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 387
54m+ 218
15m-54m 130
0-1m 128
Other 59

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 £
Sweden 176,473,564
United States 175,792,600
Ireland 75,651,730
Germany 74,833,361
France 44,119,173

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 £
Sweden 69,469,810 107,003,754 +37,533,944
United States 109,036,271 66,756,329 -42,279,942
Ireland 37,639,982 38,011,748 +371,766
Germany 43,300,316 31,533,045 -11,767,271
France 23,865,105 20,254,068 -3,611,037
Netherlands 20,385,984 18,283,200 -2,102,784
Canada 11,889,399 11,206,282 -683,117
Poland 8,628,784 12,561,855 +3,933,071
Spain 9,105,185 6,976,851 -2,128,334
Belgium 9,312,628 6,312,191 -3,000,437

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 13,615,592
XU 6,535,175
China 6,391,697
Ireland 1,817,140
United States 1,435,539

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 7,069,591 6,546,001 -523,590
XU 3,053,719 3,481,456 +427,737
China 3,224,735 3,166,962 -57,773
Ireland 1,158,233 658,907 -499,326
United States 740,399 695,140 -45,259
Italy 629,487 782,238 +152,751
Denmark 160,789 749,469 +588,680
Germany 241,732 388,108 +146,376
Japan 300,120 196,529 -103,591
France 153,912 253,649 +99,737

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) 435,018,176
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 350,718,291
Air transport 35,965,829
Other 34,410,191
Road transport 302,278

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) 197,565,429 237,452,747 +39,887,318
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 220,909,764 129,808,527 -91,101,237
Air transport 17,723,378 18,242,451 +519,073
Other 17,179,227 17,230,964 +51,737
Road transport 269,040 33,238 -235,802
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 12,920 0 -12,920

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Middlesbrough 154,926,742
Dover / Eurotunnel 130,336,463
Immingham Docks 120,183,864
London Gateway Port 95,239,628
Southampton 91,649,263

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 £
Middlesbrough 71,458,971 83,467,771 +12,008,800
Dover / Eurotunnel 73,069,257 57,267,206 -15,802,051
Immingham Docks 51,530,499 68,653,365 +17,122,866
London Gateway Port 69,417,789 25,821,839 -43,595,950
Southampton 43,441,946 48,207,317 +4,765,371
Liverpool Docks 23,897,581 17,539,003 -6,358,578
Felixstowe 26,861,269 10,936,814 -15,924,455
000 17,179,227 17,230,964 +51,737
Harwich 16,414,843 14,303,982 -2,110,861
Holyhead 11,334,299 11,129,913 -204,386

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8433

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

Description: Includes harvesters, threshers, balers, mowers, and machines for cleaning or sorting farm produce like eggs and fruits