Import/export HS code 844391: Parts for printing machinery

Spare parts and accessories for printing machines using plates, cylinders, or other components

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 25,484,710
United States 23,290,177
Netherlands 7,782,667
China 3,174,735
Italy 3,135,896

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 12,119,720 13,364,990 +1,245,270
United States 8,942,544 14,347,633 +5,405,089
Netherlands 3,973,431 3,809,236 -164,195
China 525,464 2,649,271 +2,123,807
Italy 1,819,021 1,316,875 -502,146
France 1,065,012 1,636,500 +571,488
Denmark 1,408,298 659,067 -749,231
Israel 794,912 1,139,117 +344,205
Japan 746,460 903,713 +157,253
Switzerland 878,631 619,685 -258,946

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 23,565,207
United States 21,298,646
Netherlands 4,187,925
China 3,972,103
Italy 3,781,409

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 10,725,937 12,839,270 +2,113,333
United States 8,545,079 12,753,567 +4,208,488
Netherlands 2,080,010 2,107,915 +27,905
China 1,094,015 2,878,088 +1,784,073
Italy 1,729,207 2,052,202 +322,995
Japan 1,273,320 1,909,485 +636,165
United Kingdom 1,559,448 1,239,746 -319,702
Switzerland 1,569,214 1,064,343 -504,871
Czechia 1,457,165 997,449 -459,716
Israel 1,205,413 1,123,532 -81,881

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Yorkshire 46
Greater Manchester 45
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 44
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 37
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 29

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
West Yorkshire 35 34 -1
Greater Manchester 30 31 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 32 27 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 28 27 -1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 23 22 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 20 19 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 17 -4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 17 20 +3
Inner London - West 13 16 +3
West Midlands 14 14 +0

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 46,265,095
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 22,125,771
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,940,323
Other 394,693
Road transport 139,316

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 £
Air transport 19,996,416 26,268,679 +6,272,263
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,220,932 10,904,839 -316,093
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,617,776 6,322,547 +1,704,771
Other 238,031 156,662 -81,369
Road transport 64,115 75,201 +11,086

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 12,386,513
East Midlands Airport 10,241,443
London Stansted Airport 8,118,369
Birmingham Airport 8,022,007
Dover 7,420,186

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 4,037,301 8,349,212 +4,311,911
East Midlands Airport 5,042,344 5,199,099 +156,755
London Stansted Airport 4,400,316 3,718,053 -682,263
Birmingham Airport 4,148,555 3,873,452 -275,103
Dover 3,046,944 4,373,242 +1,326,298
Eurotunnel 3,510,425 3,324,000 -186,425
Manchester Airport 1,197,328 3,872,362 +2,675,034
London Gateway Port 1,918,781 1,483,444 -435,337
Thamesport 1,289,679 1,252,114 -37,565
Immingham Docks 1,086,577 1,402,663 +316,086

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 125
Printing and reproduction of recorded media 84
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 61
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 60
Other manufacturing 59

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 119
2025-11 123
2025-10 148
2025-09 125
2025-08 124

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+ 242
1m-15m 241
15m-54m 79
0-1m 64
Other 42

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 £
Germany 34,827,966
United States 19,299,042
France 10,221,856
Netherlands 8,997,305
Poland 5,614,104

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 £
Germany 10,251,989 24,575,977 +14,323,988
United States 9,695,388 9,603,654 -91,734
France 7,685,522 2,536,334 -5,149,188
Netherlands 5,125,225 3,872,080 -1,253,145
Poland 2,244,176 3,369,928 +1,125,752
Ireland 1,890,469 2,430,538 +540,069
Italy 1,765,684 1,800,638 +34,954
Canada 2,168,978 1,340,700 -828,278
Spain 1,855,203 1,282,665 -572,538
China 1,963,632 517,338 -1,446,294

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 £
Ireland 1,988,649
United States 1,742
France 780

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 £
Ireland 881,800 1,106,849 +225,049
United States 1,129 613 -516
France 780 0 -780

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 87,227,585
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 35,889,917
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,463,814
Other 2,006,531
Road transport 456,619

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 £
Air transport 36,697,064 50,530,521 +13,833,457
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,014,577 14,875,340 -6,139,237
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,331,058 5,132,756 -1,198,302
Other 898,963 1,107,568 +208,605
Road transport 451,472 5,147 -446,325

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 31,681,522
East Midlands Airport 28,323,279
Dover / Eurotunnel 26,501,242
ZLC 9,384,449
Manchester Airport 7,967,748

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 6,978,658 24,702,864 +17,724,206
East Midlands Airport 14,624,158 13,699,121 -925,037
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,559,802 9,941,440 -6,618,362
ZLC 4,521,042 4,863,407 +342,365
Manchester Airport 4,623,863 3,343,885 -1,279,978
London Stansted Airport 3,145,447 1,815,721 -1,329,726
London Gateway Port 1,687,675 2,238,988 +551,313
Glasgow Airport 2,214,104 1,424,676 -789,428
Southampton 1,851,649 1,246,540 -605,109
Immingham Docks 2,112,386 953,109 -1,159,277

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 844391

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

Description: Spare parts and accessories for printing machines using plates, cylinders, or other components