Import/export HS code 846711: Rotary hand tools

Tools like drills and grinders that rotate for cutting or polishing

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 £
Belgium 6,923,780
Germany 4,850,470
France 3,854,810
United States 3,131,529
China 2,877,100

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 £
Belgium 3,306,025 3,617,755 +311,730
Germany 1,491,906 3,358,564 +1,866,658
France 1,702,547 2,152,263 +449,716
United States 1,729,439 1,402,090 -327,349
China 1,511,384 1,365,716 -145,668
Taiwan 1,121,219 804,971 -316,248
Netherlands 891,382 978,824 +87,442
Italy 868,928 719,836 -149,092
Canada 283,708 429,090 +145,382
Poland 332,618 149,735 -182,883

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 £
Taiwan 5,245,607
United States 5,039,861
Germany 4,805,726
China 3,807,054
France 2,458,837

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 £
Taiwan 2,766,702 2,478,905 -287,797
United States 2,858,301 2,181,560 -676,741
Germany 1,396,892 3,408,834 +2,011,942
China 2,130,267 1,676,787 -453,480
France 1,015,875 1,442,962 +427,087
Hungary 870,859 977,580 +106,721
Italy 915,070 861,500 -53,570
Sweden 657,623 648,123 -9,500
Canada 279,312 416,566 +137,254
United Kingdom 464,748 230,982 -233,766

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 25
West Midlands 25
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 21
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 18
Inner London - West 17

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 14 18 +4
West Midlands 16 20 +4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 17 15 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 11 14 +3
Inner London - West 12 9 -3
North Eastern Scotland 8 10 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 15 8 -7
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 8 14 +6
Shropshire and Staffordshire 11 8 -3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 11 8 -3

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 15,273,215
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,014,538
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,550,319
Other 604,521
Road transport 10,993

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 6,394,531 8,878,684 +2,484,153
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,188,556 4,825,982 -1,362,574
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,458,889 2,091,430 -367,459
Other 164,452 440,069 +275,617
Road transport 6,400 4,593 -1,807

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 8,526,178
London Gateway Port 4,537,363
Southampton 2,586,382
Birmingham Airport 2,211,666
Felixstowe 2,136,001

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 £
East Midlands Airport 3,017,657 5,508,521 +2,490,864
London Gateway Port 2,227,350 2,310,013 +82,663
Southampton 1,483,436 1,102,946 -380,490
Birmingham Airport 1,086,065 1,125,601 +39,536
Felixstowe 1,250,002 885,999 -364,003
London Stansted Airport 910,423 1,087,466 +177,043
London Heathrow Airport 927,561 596,990 -330,571
Dover 858,224 491,126 -367,098
Thamesport 932,193 411,581 -520,612
Eurotunnel 712,497 564,951 -147,546

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 122
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 40
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 35
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 28
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 27

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 70
2025-10 71
2025-09 60
2025-08 71
2025-07 68

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 164
54m+ 123
0-1m 45
15m-54m 35
Other 30

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 2,722,946
Netherlands 2,369,835
France 1,377,378
South Korea 1,286,140
China 1,089,242

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 1,736,546 986,400 -750,146
Netherlands 1,722,404 647,431 -1,074,973
France 1,069,773 307,605 -762,168
South Korea 765,746 520,394 -245,352
China 434,989 654,253 +219,264
Norway 255,426 645,444 +390,018
Saudi Arabia 724,714 30,413 -694,301
Ireland 349,557 388,031 +38,474
Spain 128,346 522,579 +394,233
Italy 316,194 321,388 +5,194

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 £
XI 156,326
China 36,526
Hungary 14,883
XU 9,934
Germany 6,670

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 77,922 78,404 +482
China 27,504 9,022 -18,482
Hungary 8,398 6,485 -1,913
XU 3,908 6,026 +2,118
Germany 3,899 2,771 -1,128
Taiwan 4,002 1,708 -2,294
Finland 3,046 443 -2,603
Italy 0 2,873 +2,873
France 2,011 0 -2,011
Netherlands 384 0 -384

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 10,331,120
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,698,635
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,575,914
Other 239,035
Road transport 27,188

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 5,326,672 5,004,448 -322,224
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,362,684 1,335,951 -2,026,733
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,554,103 1,021,811 -1,532,292
Other 131,074 107,961 -23,113
Road transport 27,188 0 -27,188

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 4,394,743
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,989,662
East Midlands Airport 2,175,140
ZLC 1,650,501
Birmingham Airport 1,226,929

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 2,363,024 2,031,719 -331,305
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,967,204 1,022,458 -1,944,746
East Midlands Airport 1,108,569 1,066,571 -41,998
ZLC 765,112 885,389 +120,277
Birmingham Airport 783,190 443,739 -339,451
Southampton 938,649 223,178 -715,471
London Gateway Port 644,923 280,420 -364,503
Immingham Docks 321,550 151,451 -170,099
Grangemouth Docks 378,970 53,972 -324,998
Aberdeen Docks 95,118 273,915 +178,797

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 846711

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

Description: Tools like drills and grinders that rotate for cutting or polishing