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 25,381,947
United States 22,838,394
Netherlands 8,699,893
France 3,376,819
Italy 3,128,750

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 12,095,865 13,286,082 +1,190,217
United States 7,723,377 15,115,017 +7,391,640
Netherlands 4,858,331 3,841,562 -1,016,769
France 1,869,164 1,507,655 -361,509
Italy 1,886,971 1,241,779 -645,192
China 563,112 2,389,949 +1,826,837
Denmark 1,429,751 693,754 -735,997
Israel 698,200 850,532 +152,332
Switzerland 737,564 738,828 +1,264
Spain 988,907 323,900 -665,007

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 24,704,146
United States 20,979,831
Netherlands 4,201,241
China 3,954,511
Italy 3,795,139

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 12,162,184 12,541,962 +379,778
United States 7,498,680 13,481,151 +5,982,471
Netherlands 2,094,357 2,106,884 +12,527
China 1,204,778 2,749,733 +1,544,955
Italy 1,784,755 2,010,384 +225,629
United Kingdom 1,613,892 1,230,821 -383,071
Switzerland 1,433,581 1,206,827 -226,754
Japan 1,255,913 1,329,670 +73,757
Czechia 1,447,775 1,038,376 -409,399
Israel 1,152,564 827,609 -324,955

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Greater Manchester 47
West Yorkshire 46
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 43
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 37
Shropshire and Staffordshire 30

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
Greater Manchester 30 34 +4
West Yorkshire 37 34 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 34 26 -8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 28 27 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 20 21 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22 16 -6
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 24 23 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 18 20 +2
Inner London - West 15 15 +0
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 44,861,845
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 23,764,741
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,899,054
Other 398,964
Road transport 137,006

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 18,585,287 26,276,558 +7,691,271
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,930,055 10,834,686 -2,095,369
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,904,897 5,994,157 +1,089,260
Other 229,828 169,136 -60,692
Road transport 62,907 74,099 +11,192

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 11,281,212
East Midlands Airport 10,147,238
London Stansted Airport 8,102,220
Dover 8,098,780
Birmingham Airport 7,962,415

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 3,700,319 7,580,893 +3,880,574
East Midlands Airport 4,993,851 5,153,387 +159,536
London Stansted Airport 4,283,483 3,818,737 -464,746
Dover 3,685,323 4,413,457 +728,134
Birmingham Airport 4,144,840 3,817,575 -327,265
Eurotunnel 3,557,770 3,280,706 -277,064
Manchester Airport 349,921 4,699,412 +4,349,491
Immingham Docks 1,829,773 1,432,968 -396,805
London Gateway Port 1,904,406 1,199,144 -705,262
Thamesport 1,402,862 1,224,958 -177,904

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 127
Printing and reproduction of recorded media 86
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 61
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 59
Other manufacturing 59

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 123
2025-10 148
2025-09 125
2025-08 124
2025-07 148

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 247
54m+ 246
15m-54m 78
0-1m 65
Other 40

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 18,890,836
Germany 16,745,458
France 11,498,003
Netherlands 9,147,842
Poland 5,570,279

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 9,018,772 9,872,064 +853,292
Germany 10,741,420 6,004,038 -4,737,382
France 8,725,540 2,772,463 -5,953,077
Netherlands 5,197,890 3,949,952 -1,247,938
Poland 2,266,093 3,304,186 +1,038,093
Ireland 1,950,587 1,981,295 +30,708
Italy 1,823,259 1,849,103 +25,844
Canada 2,172,102 1,331,526 -840,576
Spain 2,032,641 1,234,745 -797,896
China 1,966,061 541,867 -1,424,194

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 1,996,081
XU 22,064
United States 1,862
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 893,218 1,102,863 +209,645
XU 21,958 106 -21,852
United States 1,190 672 -518
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 68,435,054
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 36,172,432
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,485,189
Other 2,020,787
Road transport 638,550

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 36,693,371 31,741,683 -4,951,688
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,368,100 14,804,332 -6,563,768
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,012,574 5,472,615 -1,539,959
Other 917,146 1,103,641 +186,495
Road transport 633,403 5,147 -628,256

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 28,569,827
Dover / Eurotunnel 27,096,792
London Heathrow Airport 13,160,846
ZLC 8,970,588
Manchester Airport 7,901,172

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 £
East Midlands Airport 15,040,791 13,529,036 -1,511,755
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,974,357 10,122,435 -6,851,922
London Heathrow Airport 7,090,591 6,070,255 -1,020,336
ZLC 4,334,571 4,636,017 +301,446
Manchester Airport 4,461,091 3,440,081 -1,021,010
London Stansted Airport 3,139,888 1,847,440 -1,292,448
London Gateway Port 1,837,443 2,190,975 +353,532
Glasgow Airport 2,233,242 1,452,808 -780,434
Immingham Docks 1,965,619 1,123,724 -841,895
Southampton 1,812,159 990,307 -821,852

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