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 19,458,921
Netherlands 12,466,837
Ireland 6,950,123
Austria 6,813,310
Poland 5,868,263

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 11,635,521 7,823,400 -3,812,121
Netherlands 4,842,371 7,624,466 +2,782,095
Ireland 4,777,159 2,172,964 -2,604,195
Austria 4,384,643 2,428,667 -1,955,976
Poland 2,685,512 3,182,751 +497,239
Italy 2,817,150 1,534,239 -1,282,911
India 2,655,762 1,420,592 -1,235,170
United States 2,213,693 1,417,977 -795,716
Belgium 1,333,290 1,727,863 +394,573
France 1,636,759 1,396,139 -240,620

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 20,609,786
Netherlands 10,618,728
Poland 6,026,801
Austria 5,628,123
India 4,084,741

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 12,371,015 8,238,771 -4,132,244
Netherlands 3,375,961 7,242,767 +3,866,806
Poland 2,745,612 3,281,189 +535,577
Austria 3,875,573 1,752,550 -2,123,023
India 2,656,986 1,427,755 -1,229,231
United States 2,635,836 1,310,265 -1,325,571
Italy 2,174,519 1,481,024 -693,495
Ireland 2,015,479 783,004 -1,232,475
United Kingdom 1,012,447 1,659,438 +646,991
China 1,210,009 1,330,969 +120,960

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 17
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 16
West Midlands 11
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 10
Shropshire and Staffordshire 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
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 11 10 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 11 9 -2
West Midlands 8 7 -1
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 6 7 +1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 7 5 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 7 4 -3
Inner London - West 4 7 +3
Northern Ireland 6 7 +1
South Yorkshire 7 3 -4
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) 49,386,268
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,614,825
Other 9,114,698
Air transport 2,433,002
Road transport 849,981

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) 25,734,896 23,651,372 -2,083,524
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,129,612 9,485,213 -2,644,399
Other 6,476,241 2,638,457 -3,837,784
Air transport 1,333,969 1,099,033 -234,936
Road transport 74,787 775,194 +700,407

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 19,864,404
Dover 14,107,688
000 9,114,698
Harwich 9,043,134
Southampton 4,203,839

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 9,083,598 10,780,806 +1,697,208
Dover 8,633,774 5,473,914 -3,159,860
000 6,476,241 2,638,457 -3,837,784
Harwich 5,617,435 3,425,699 -2,191,736
Southampton 2,238,398 1,965,441 -272,957
Killingholme 1,021,642 2,631,587 +1,609,945
Belfast Port 1,598,886 1,591,809 -7,077
Liverpool Docks 1,608,170 1,080,497 -527,673
Felixstowe 1,060,541 1,217,869 +157,328
Eurotunnel 1,080,128 1,109,362 +29,234

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 56
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 34
Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery 21
Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 14
Other manufacturing 14

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 24
2025-10 29
2025-09 26
2025-08 31
2025-07 26

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 100
54m+ 86
15m-54m 30
Other 22
0-1m 15

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 290,726,512
Australia 56,478,648
Ireland 44,773,241
Germany 44,521,501
Italy 37,904,922

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 176,776,417 113,950,095 -62,826,322
Australia 30,210,361 26,268,287 -3,942,074
Ireland 30,986,871 13,786,370 -17,200,501
Germany 22,672,106 21,849,395 -822,711
Italy 17,423,442 20,481,480 +3,058,038
Poland 18,807,083 15,913,040 -2,894,043
France 25,156,203 8,479,120 -16,677,083
Canada 9,026,350 14,672,203 +5,645,853
Belgium 12,244,789 9,621,856 -2,622,933
Austria 12,632,043 8,448,156 -4,183,887

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 234,822,132
Nicaragua 7,060,494
XU 4,240,657
Austria 2,143,765
Ireland 1,176,801

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 123,731,902 111,090,230 -12,641,672
Nicaragua 6,364,895 695,599 -5,669,296
XU 2,913,639 1,327,018 -1,586,621
Austria 1,791,140 352,625 -1,438,515
Ireland 150,295 1,026,506 +876,211
Spain 254,526 326,567 +72,041
Germany 469,973 42,438 -427,535
France 475,536 15,057 -460,479
Portugal 252,907 0 -252,907
Finland 180,027 0 -180,027

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) 517,063,935
Other 252,016,643
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 77,653,089
Air transport 13,196,294
Road transport 2,389,889

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) 299,204,474 217,859,461 -81,345,013
Other 136,893,610 115,123,033 -21,770,577
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 38,041,073 39,612,016 +1,570,943
Air transport 7,353,554 5,842,740 -1,510,814
Road transport 2,092,225 297,664 -1,794,561

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 252,016,643
Southampton 215,733,784
Liverpool Docks 151,948,578
Belfast Port 83,532,852
Dover / Eurotunnel 38,337,451

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 £
000 136,893,610 115,123,033 -21,770,577
Southampton 128,350,565 87,383,219 -40,967,346
Liverpool Docks 90,055,524 61,893,054 -28,162,470
Belfast Port 39,833,381 43,699,471 +3,866,090
Dover / Eurotunnel 20,256,348 18,081,103 -2,175,245
Immingham Docks 14,052,612 11,321,590 -2,731,022
London 10,893,501 7,844,513 -3,048,988
Avonmouth Docks 6,134,492 6,301,856 +167,364
London Gateway Port 5,898,203 5,848,719 -49,484
Harwich 5,092,287 5,129,494 +37,207

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