Import/export HS code 847290: Various office machines

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* 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 £
China 42,909,550
France 18,419,327
Netherlands 16,612,226
India 13,922,745
Hungary 12,116,051

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 £
China 24,710,835 18,198,715 -6,512,120
France 5,248,191 13,171,136 +7,922,945
Netherlands 5,405,153 11,207,073 +5,801,920
India 6,577,024 7,345,721 +768,697
Hungary 3,143,896 8,972,155 +5,828,259
Germany 6,364,534 5,168,114 -1,196,420
South Korea 3,558,774 5,503,591 +1,944,817
Mexico 3,789,129 2,286,330 -1,502,799
Italy 2,029,961 1,722,443 -307,518
United States 2,017,279 1,702,284 -314,995

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 £
China 52,897,518
Germany 22,480,611
India 14,529,757
Hungary 10,341,937
South Korea 9,916,596

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 £
China 29,699,221 23,198,297 -6,500,924
Germany 5,997,038 16,483,573 +10,486,535
India 7,115,309 7,414,448 +299,139
Hungary 3,428,666 6,913,271 +3,484,605
South Korea 3,913,012 6,003,584 +2,090,572
Mexico 3,949,159 2,489,963 -1,459,196
Philippines 1,595,579 4,422,902 +2,827,323
Italy 1,963,703 2,734,947 +771,244
United States 1,887,599 1,808,968 -78,631
Japan 1,578,645 2,020,944 +442,299

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 31
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 25
Greater Manchester 18
West Midlands 17
Inner London - East 14

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
Inner London - West 20 16 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 18 21 +3
Greater Manchester 14 13 -1
West Midlands 13 13 +0
Inner London - East 8 12 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 9 10 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 8 10 +2
Outer London - West and North West 8 8 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 8 8 +0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 7 6 -1

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 64,664,726
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 60,414,917
Air transport 21,221,583
Other 1,943,999
Road transport 68,414

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 33,653,107 31,011,619 -2,641,488
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,842,658 38,572,259 +16,729,601
Air transport 11,830,362 9,391,221 -2,439,141
Other 1,226,963 717,036 -509,927
Road transport 68,414 0 -68,414

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 32,953,647
Dover 29,867,547
London Gateway Port 18,057,407
Eurotunnel 9,777,499
Southampton 9,490,127

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 £
Felixstowe 19,186,228 13,767,419 -5,418,809
Dover 8,915,483 20,952,064 +12,036,581
London Gateway Port 7,379,772 10,677,635 +3,297,863
Eurotunnel 4,255,472 5,522,027 +1,266,555
Southampton 6,106,653 3,383,474 -2,723,179
London Heathrow Airport 4,637,787 3,970,423 -667,364
Liverpool Docks 2,510,416 5,219,918 +2,709,502
Birmingham Airport 2,224,338 3,282,712 +1,058,374
Immingham Docks 1,622,196 3,282,327 +1,660,131
Harwich 843,991 3,061,229 +2,217,238

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 85
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 66
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 23
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 21
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 20

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 56
2025-10 61
2025-09 48
2025-08 48
2025-07 72

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 104
54m+ 89
0-1m 43
Other 39
15m-54m 36

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 25,003,338
United States 15,547,475
Germany 9,308,078
Spain 4,775,512
Italy 4,535,683

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 12,411,528 12,591,810 +180,282
United States 7,834,211 7,713,264 -120,947
Germany 4,146,445 5,161,633 +1,015,188
Spain 2,685,190 2,090,322 -594,868
Italy 2,891,506 1,644,177 -1,247,329
Ireland 1,820,628 1,247,774 -572,854
Mexico 1,379,229 1,624,313 +245,084
France 1,538,393 1,398,308 -140,085
South Africa 1,337,053 1,012,599 -324,454
Hungary 1,646,268 672,627 -973,641

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 £
Philippines 723,566
Austria 184,952
China 105,821
XI 4,663
XU 2,752

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 £
Philippines 184,238 539,328 +355,090
Austria 171,035 13,917 -157,118
China 34,869 70,952 +36,083
XI 552 4,111 +3,559
XU 1,703 1,049 -654
Ireland 2,536 89 -2,447
Switzerland 7 0 -7

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) 56,567,179
Air transport 21,316,742
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,745,015
Other 1,024,386
Rail transport 21,584

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) 30,177,909 26,389,270 -3,788,639
Air transport 10,317,064 10,999,678 +682,614
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,910,419 6,834,596 -75,823
Other 394,940 629,446 +234,506
Rail transport 21,584 0 -21,584
Road transport 12,173 2,581 -9,592

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 47,251,809
London Heathrow Airport 12,097,801
London Gateway Port 6,836,368
East Midlands Airport 4,190,577
Southampton 3,539,470

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 25,434,990 21,816,819 -3,618,171
London Heathrow Airport 5,761,115 6,336,686 +575,571
London Gateway Port 3,550,628 3,285,740 -264,888
East Midlands Airport 1,861,282 2,329,295 +468,013
Southampton 1,407,609 2,131,861 +724,252
Immingham Docks 1,503,554 1,942,653 +439,099
Manchester Airport 1,789,448 1,309,455 -479,993
Holyhead 1,410,112 991,690 -418,422
Dover 1,812,201 359,747 -1,452,454
Liverpool Docks 588,205 1,072,787 +484,582

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 847290

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

Description: Other office equipment not listed above