Import/export HS code 844399: Various parts and accessories

Additional parts and accessories for printing machinery not covered by other codes

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 £
Netherlands 621,842,454
Switzerland 402,830,190
Germany 201,807,704
China 112,762,694
France 64,194,079

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 £
Netherlands 348,019,171 273,823,283 -74,195,888
Switzerland 145,541,354 257,288,836 +111,747,482
Germany 118,558,026 83,249,678 -35,308,348
China 61,533,190 51,229,504 -10,303,686
France 31,630,623 32,563,456 +932,833
Belgium 11,025,731 39,535,823 +28,510,092
United States 28,659,358 21,490,329 -7,169,029
Japan 9,719,372 11,702,224 +1,982,852
Viet Nam 11,642,556 9,255,486 -2,387,070
Singapore 7,350,726 5,282,005 -2,068,721

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 £
Japan 479,029,318
China 377,381,941
Malaysia 228,934,422
Poland 98,629,243
United States 90,475,893

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 £
Japan 231,633,466 247,395,852 +15,762,386
China 195,483,314 181,898,627 -13,584,687
Malaysia 89,577,448 139,356,974 +49,779,526
Poland 48,939,835 49,689,408 +749,573
United States 46,831,394 43,644,499 -3,186,895
Viet Nam 39,644,852 34,149,892 -5,494,960
Thailand 22,143,466 20,888,507 -1,254,959
Germany 25,421,963 15,449,534 -9,972,429
Ireland 21,704,135 14,761,249 -6,942,886
Netherlands 15,053,815 11,776,652 -3,277,163

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 134
Inner London - West 114
Greater Manchester 100
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 97
Surrey, East and West Sussex 93

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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 100 91 -9
Inner London - West 73 76 +3
Greater Manchester 58 74 +16
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 71 67 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 70 60 -10
West Yorkshire 49 43 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 48 44 -4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 49 43 -6
West Midlands 48 36 -12
Shropshire and Staffordshire 41 47 +6

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) 883,661,134
Air transport 373,412,348
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 351,446,983
Rail transport 64,993,481
Other 10,086,386

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) 405,561,803 478,099,331 +72,537,528
Air transport 174,948,282 198,464,066 +23,515,784
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 204,147,150 147,299,833 -56,847,317
Rail transport 44,913,436 20,080,045 -24,833,391
Other 6,175,974 3,910,412 -2,265,562
Road transport 1,819,331 830,123 -989,208

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 329,968,559
Felixstowe 309,264,279
Birmingham Airport 142,922,367
Immingham Docks 122,921,274
Dover 118,522,149

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 £
Eurotunnel 187,922,132 142,046,427 -45,875,705
Felixstowe 135,064,632 174,199,647 +39,135,015
Birmingham Airport 54,324,145 88,598,222 +34,274,077
Immingham Docks 47,913,396 75,007,878 +27,094,482
Dover 62,668,375 55,853,774 -6,814,601
East Midlands Airport 49,394,077 46,009,243 -3,384,834
Thamesport 44,308,636 38,629,489 -5,679,147
Southampton 36,196,081 39,136,763 +2,940,682
London Heathrow Airport 35,734,261 36,066,426 +332,165
London 28,045,799 31,754,187 +3,708,388

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 373
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 162
Printing and reproduction of recorded media 145
Other manufacturing 134
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 132

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 312
2025-11 371
2025-10 377
2025-09 353
2025-08 347

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 680
54m+ 595
0-1m 234
15m-54m 190
Other 128

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 £
Netherlands 201,029,493
Germany 140,109,550
United States 103,749,014
France 90,072,029
Ireland 65,078,617

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 £
Netherlands 149,360,979 51,668,514 -97,692,465
Germany 87,936,290 52,173,260 -35,763,030
United States 51,342,504 52,406,510 +1,064,006
France 48,738,170 41,333,859 -7,404,311
Ireland 33,427,107 31,651,510 -1,775,597
China 26,194,719 30,231,182 +4,036,463
Italy 22,280,853 20,533,707 -1,747,146
India 14,838,563 12,669,797 -2,168,766
Spain 11,314,268 10,830,296 -483,972
Switzerland 9,041,805 8,514,295 -527,510

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 £
Indonesia 9,615
China 5,288
XI 2,559
Japan 2,448
Italy 1,403

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 £
Indonesia 6,085 3,530 -2,555
China 4,871 417 -4,454
XI 2,355 204 -2,151
Japan 2,448 0 -2,448
Italy 1,403 0 -1,403
Philippines 0 208 +208
Ireland 132 0 -132

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) 532,871,898
Air transport 361,906,056
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 66,471,521
Road transport 1,371,005
Other 324,027

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) 326,866,111 206,005,787 -120,860,324
Air transport 186,809,927 175,096,129 -11,713,798
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 41,845,300 24,626,221 -17,219,079
Road transport 1,369,354 1,651 -1,367,703
Other 180,264 143,763 -36,501
Rail transport 0 4,485 +4,485

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 305,041,125
London Heathrow Airport 139,748,918
Hull 113,602,979
East Midlands Airport 91,450,131
London Stansted Airport 67,292,006

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 174,844,820 130,196,305 -44,648,515
London Heathrow Airport 71,062,953 68,685,965 -2,376,988
Hull 106,216,817 7,386,162 -98,830,655
East Midlands Airport 45,174,083 46,276,048 +1,101,965
London Stansted Airport 39,755,957 27,536,049 -12,219,908
Holyhead 25,089,453 25,848,164 +758,711
ZLC 21,997,004 24,648,104 +2,651,100
Immingham Docks 16,479,472 17,606,482 +1,127,010
Felixstowe 10,806,550 11,578,030 +771,480
London Gateway Port 8,690,616 8,608,087 -82,529

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 844399

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

Description: Additional parts and accessories for printing machinery not covered by other codes