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 382,890,948
China 269,591,757
Netherlands 180,503,430
Belgium 92,026,038
France 83,469,030

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 190,334,503 192,556,445 +2,221,942
China 129,312,123 140,279,634 +10,967,511
Netherlands 101,967,476 78,535,954 -23,431,522
Belgium 53,611,819 38,414,219 -15,197,600
France 42,167,426 41,301,604 -865,822
United States 46,067,857 30,494,441 -15,573,416
Ireland 36,383,687 35,211,893 -1,171,794
Italy 24,926,970 24,684,986 -241,984
Canada 21,984,051 14,919,159 -7,064,892
Japan 17,409,575 16,046,714 -1,362,861

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 315,139,532
China 309,566,882
United States 200,899,598
Netherlands 83,129,217
Italy 65,937,702

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 158,960,139 156,179,393 -2,780,746
China 148,636,994 160,929,888 +12,292,894
United States 119,995,764 80,903,834 -39,091,930
Netherlands 45,073,830 38,055,387 -7,018,443
Italy 35,288,784 30,648,918 -4,639,866
Belgium 32,913,706 28,667,049 -4,246,657
France 23,780,033 25,840,654 +2,060,621
Hungary 21,745,986 19,575,274 -2,170,712
Poland 21,604,041 18,089,030 -3,515,011
Japan 17,611,556 16,017,629 -1,593,927

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 46
Shropshire and Staffordshire 45
Lincolnshire 39
Kent 38
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 37

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 35 +2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 30 32 +2
Lincolnshire 29 33 +4
Kent 29 32 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 24 28 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 29 21 -8
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 21 25 +4
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 23 25 +2
West Midlands 23 19 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 23 23 +0

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) 915,069,068
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 444,647,115
Other 86,866,064
Air transport 41,709,733
Road transport 13,866,332

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) 473,368,897 441,700,171 -31,668,726
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 233,894,869 210,752,246 -23,142,623
Other 42,913,508 43,952,556 +1,039,048
Air transport 20,713,997 20,995,736 +281,739
Road transport 2,320,901 11,545,431 +9,224,530
Rail transport 0 154,532 +154,532

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 264,914,828
Immingham Docks 195,915,378
Felixstowe 194,346,934
Southampton 162,733,663
Harwich 118,399,333

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 131,444,641 133,470,187 +2,025,546
Immingham Docks 99,802,536 96,112,842 -3,689,694
Felixstowe 99,979,842 94,367,092 -5,612,750
Southampton 98,314,765 64,418,898 -33,895,867
Harwich 62,820,643 55,578,690 -7,241,953
000 42,913,508 43,952,556 +1,039,048
London 33,986,106 30,230,198 -3,755,908
London Gateway Port 24,251,884 37,913,109 +13,661,225
Killingholme 36,360,664 24,455,968 -11,904,696
Liverpool Docks 22,358,070 23,683,782 +1,325,712

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 349
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 115
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 53

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 166
2025-11 184
2025-10 192
2025-09 211
2025-08 208

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 384
54m+ 225
15m-54m 131
0-1m 128
Other 62

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 180,637,161
United States 170,780,978
Ireland 75,789,347
Germany 74,685,538
France 43,950,876

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 71,249,838 109,387,323 +38,137,485
United States 108,699,198 62,081,780 -46,617,418
Ireland 38,948,165 36,841,182 -2,106,983
Germany 43,840,698 30,844,840 -12,995,858
France 22,868,447 21,082,429 -1,786,018
Netherlands 20,447,766 18,664,027 -1,783,739
Canada 13,041,251 10,167,835 -2,873,416
Poland 8,582,280 12,554,839 +3,972,559
Belgium 9,316,036 6,728,052 -2,587,984
Spain 9,535,530 6,482,969 -3,052,561

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 13,716,867
China 6,241,676
Ireland 1,788,125
Italy 1,473,047
United States 1,391,175

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 7,204,851 6,512,016 -692,835
China 3,193,533 3,048,143 -145,390
Ireland 1,135,916 652,209 -483,707
Italy 647,468 825,579 +178,111
United States 746,115 645,060 -101,055
Denmark 512,668 447,445 -65,223
Germany 258,872 372,334 +113,462
France 147,186 253,649 +106,463
Japan 191,079 194,721 +3,642
Finland 142,561 125,812 -16,749

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) 449,360,303
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 335,328,076
Air transport 36,049,941
Other 34,420,824
Road transport 242,996

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) 207,258,630 242,101,673 +34,843,043
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 212,524,046 122,804,030 -89,720,016
Air transport 17,653,066 18,396,875 +743,809
Other 17,665,578 16,755,246 -910,332
Road transport 211,628 31,368 -180,260
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 158,865,324
Dover / Eurotunnel 130,406,317
Immingham Docks 121,665,885
London Gateway Port 92,875,074
Southampton 89,852,591

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 72,867,880 85,997,444 +13,129,564
Dover / Eurotunnel 72,134,202 58,272,115 -13,862,087
Immingham Docks 52,238,209 69,427,676 +17,189,467
London Gateway Port 71,714,740 21,160,334 -50,554,406
Southampton 41,147,541 48,705,050 +7,557,509
Liverpool Docks 26,093,206 15,339,485 -10,753,721
Felixstowe 24,237,144 11,401,531 -12,835,613
000 17,665,578 16,755,246 -910,332
Harwich 16,794,490 14,326,917 -2,467,573
Holyhead 11,375,214 11,339,899 -35,315

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