Import/export HS code 847410: Sorting and washing machines for minerals

Machines that sort, screen, separate, or wash minerals and similar materials

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 19,094,231
Netherlands 11,592,203
Ireland 6,967,041
Austria 6,738,731
Poland 5,875,367

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 12,457,394 6,636,837 -5,820,557
Netherlands 4,234,338 7,357,865 +3,123,527
Ireland 4,867,948 2,099,093 -2,768,855
Austria 4,374,512 2,364,219 -2,010,293
Poland 2,684,455 3,190,912 +506,457
India 2,588,474 1,918,265 -670,209
Italy 2,780,718 1,631,227 -1,149,491
United States 1,874,167 1,385,751 -488,416
France 1,143,521 2,017,141 +873,620
Belgium 1,432,912 1,550,827 +117,915

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 20,000,965
Netherlands 10,097,869
Poland 6,026,801
Austria 5,553,538
India 4,515,126

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 12,949,998 7,050,967 -5,899,031
Netherlands 3,200,346 6,897,523 +3,697,177
Poland 2,745,612 3,281,189 +535,577
Austria 3,885,250 1,668,288 -2,216,962
India 2,589,698 1,925,428 -664,270
Italy 2,180,514 1,564,319 -616,195
United States 2,137,100 1,287,159 -849,941
Ireland 2,015,417 783,459 -1,231,958
United Kingdom 987,021 1,671,001 +683,980
China 1,090,736 1,344,751 +254,015

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 16
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 15
West Midlands 11
Inner London - West 10
Northern Ireland 10

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 11 9 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 10 10 +0
West Midlands 8 6 -2
Inner London - West 4 8 +4
Northern Ireland 6 8 +2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 8 5 -3
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 5 6 +1
South Yorkshire 7 3 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 6 5 -1
Cheshire 6 7 +1

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) 48,835,006
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,895,807
Other 8,869,073
Air transport 2,444,446
Road transport 1,056,687

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) 24,736,101 24,098,905 -637,196
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,471,019 8,424,788 -4,046,231
Other 6,485,851 2,383,222 -4,102,629
Air transport 1,399,367 1,045,079 -354,288
Road transport 85,783 970,904 +885,121

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 19,516,310
Dover 14,208,696
Harwich 8,885,173
000 8,869,073
Southampton 3,942,997

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 £
Immingham Docks 10,232,927 9,283,383 -949,544
Dover 8,052,152 6,156,544 -1,895,608
Harwich 5,478,824 3,406,349 -2,072,475
000 6,485,851 2,383,222 -4,102,629
Southampton 1,914,364 2,028,633 +114,269
Killingholme 982,738 2,631,587 +1,648,849
Belfast Port 1,689,901 1,794,263 +104,362
Liverpool Docks 1,320,700 1,126,142 -194,558
Felixstowe 1,022,020 1,317,037 +295,017
Eurotunnel 1,036,201 1,238,365 +202,164

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 55
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 36
Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery 19
Other manufacturing 14
Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 13

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 21
2025-11 24
2025-10 29
2025-09 26
2025-08 31

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 103
54m+ 82
15m-54m 28
Other 22
0-1m 14

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 284,553,732
Australia 55,231,880
Germany 45,564,760
Ireland 45,314,276
Italy 39,115,805

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 170,683,888 113,869,844 -56,814,044
Australia 28,239,180 26,992,700 -1,246,480
Germany 24,032,106 21,532,654 -2,499,452
Ireland 30,301,817 15,012,459 -15,289,358
Italy 18,474,772 20,641,033 +2,166,261
Poland 19,063,023 15,868,273 -3,194,750
France 24,205,515 8,508,530 -15,696,985
Canada 8,994,823 16,436,807 +7,441,984
Belgium 12,025,871 10,749,303 -1,276,568
Spain 8,793,378 12,656,258 +3,862,880

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 240,914,666
Nicaragua 6,862,040
Ireland 1,176,321
Spain 581,093
Austria 548,360

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 125,384,537 115,530,129 -9,854,408
Nicaragua 6,325,865 536,175 -5,789,690
Ireland 148,842 1,027,479 +878,637
Spain 415,374 165,719 -249,655
Austria 228,583 319,777 +91,194
Germany 464,311 41,330 -422,981
France 474,646 15,057 -459,589
Portugal 252,907 0 -252,907
Finland 180,027 0 -180,027
United States 143,255 2,031 -141,224

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 506,561,185
Other 256,310,516
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 79,296,306
Air transport 12,880,362
Road transport 1,305,289

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 284,141,749 222,419,436 -61,722,313
Other 137,144,328 119,166,188 -17,978,140
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 39,376,181 39,920,125 +543,944
Air transport 7,176,759 5,703,603 -1,473,156
Road transport 1,007,625 297,664 -709,961

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 256,310,516
Southampton 212,410,573
Liverpool Docks 147,862,838
Belfast Port 81,556,919
Dover / Eurotunnel 38,620,562

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 £
000 137,144,328 119,166,188 -17,978,140
Southampton 123,334,407 89,076,166 -34,258,241
Liverpool Docks 86,402,175 61,460,663 -24,941,512
Belfast Port 36,195,727 45,361,192 +9,165,465
Dover / Eurotunnel 20,559,606 18,060,956 -2,498,650
Immingham Docks 12,616,909 12,115,929 -500,980
London 10,697,420 8,010,774 -2,686,646
Avonmouth Docks 5,637,308 6,838,244 +1,200,936
London Gateway Port 5,309,303 5,772,961 +463,658
Harwich 5,191,898 4,917,388 -274,510

Quick facts

HS code: 847410

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

Description: Machines that sort, screen, separate, or wash minerals and similar materials