Import/export HS code 847420: Crushing and grinding machines

Machines used to crush or grind minerals and other solid materials

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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 £
Germany 25,093,386
Finland 13,645,364
India 10,707,720
Austria 10,359,483
Italy 7,446,997

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 12,599,034 12,494,352 -104,682
Finland 8,218,169 5,427,195 -2,790,974
India 4,255,530 6,452,190 +2,196,660
Austria 6,872,022 3,487,461 -3,384,561
Italy 4,571,268 2,875,729 -1,695,539
Sweden 3,163,255 3,304,112 +140,857
China 2,018,314 3,846,802 +1,828,488
Netherlands 1,445,760 2,942,753 +1,496,993
South Africa 2,521,473 841,778 -1,679,695
Switzerland 1,928,134 1,077,395 -850,739

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 25,568,630
Finland 12,666,675
India 11,050,271
Austria 8,877,486
Italy 6,452,195

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 12,300,038 13,268,592 +968,554
Finland 7,467,602 5,199,073 -2,268,529
India 4,611,299 6,438,972 +1,827,673
Austria 6,161,738 2,715,748 -3,445,990
Italy 3,894,879 2,557,316 -1,337,563
China 2,124,802 4,184,523 +2,059,721
Switzerland 2,530,787 1,035,782 -1,495,005
United States 1,350,095 2,020,210 +670,115
South Africa 2,521,473 841,778 -1,679,695
Sweden 2,755,801 389,587 -2,366,214

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 10
Northern Ireland 9
Shropshire and Staffordshire 9
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 8
West Yorkshire 8

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
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 7 6 -1
Northern Ireland 8 5 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 9 4 -5
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 4 6 +2
West Yorkshire 6 4 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 3 5 +2
Greater Manchester 6 4 -2
Merseyside 3 5 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 5 4 -1
West Midlands 5 3 -2

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) 52,469,899
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 44,570,546
Other 5,456,873
Air transport 1,012,723
Road transport 498,375

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) 27,186,720 25,283,179 -1,903,541
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 25,125,230 19,445,316 -5,679,914
Other 2,447,015 3,009,858 +562,843
Air transport 505,198 507,525 +2,327
Road transport 457,914 40,461 -417,453

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 29,897,220
Belfast Port 16,561,382
Harwich 11,763,701
Dover 9,956,432
London 9,874,067

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 15,587,724 14,309,496 -1,278,228
Belfast Port 7,666,258 8,895,124 +1,228,866
Harwich 5,089,098 6,674,603 +1,585,505
Dover 5,945,201 4,011,231 -1,933,970
London 6,282,916 3,591,151 -2,691,765
000 2,447,015 3,009,858 +562,843
Hull 2,970,863 1,040,897 -1,929,966
Felixstowe 984,747 1,424,094 +439,347
Killingholme 2,260,360 52,400 -2,207,960
Medway 1,467,317 543,558 -923,759

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 51
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 19
Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 13
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 10
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 10

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 19
2025-10 19
2025-09 21
2025-08 23
2025-07 14

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 66
54m+ 44
0-1m 24
15m-54m 17
Other 16

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 300,375,060
Australia 68,534,036
Italy 33,927,491
South Africa 32,441,727
Poland 26,084,921

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 175,730,065 124,644,995 -51,085,070
Australia 39,550,727 28,983,309 -10,567,418
Italy 13,624,890 20,302,601 +6,677,711
South Africa 10,872,808 21,568,919 +10,696,111
Poland 14,964,062 11,120,859 -3,843,203
Ireland 10,280,320 11,687,030 +1,406,710
Spain 6,239,452 15,419,313 +9,179,861
Mexico 14,527,269 5,688,655 -8,838,614
Canada 7,334,836 8,691,125 +1,356,289
Guinea 4,221,214 11,096,991 +6,875,777

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 65,808,010
XU 4,565,204
Nicaragua 2,518,922
Ireland 1,420,171
Poland 548,936

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 27,729,084 38,078,926 +10,349,842
XU 1,342,947 3,222,257 +1,879,310
Nicaragua 505,938 2,012,984 +1,507,046
Ireland 1,274,586 145,585 -1,129,001
Poland 548,936 0 -548,936
Spain 0 504,132 +504,132
Denmark 413,346 0 -413,346
Italy 349,048 16,532 -332,516
France 359,739 0 -359,739
United States 294,905 49,786 -245,119

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) 577,743,396
Other 77,017,428
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 55,842,793
Air transport 2,633,950
Road transport 605,205

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) 318,288,297 259,455,099 -58,833,198
Other 32,983,300 44,034,128 +11,050,828
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 25,794,321 30,048,472 +4,254,151
Air transport 1,943,019 690,931 -1,252,088
Road transport 300,992 304,213 +3,221
Rail transport 35,000 0 -35,000

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 286,456,077
Liverpool Docks 171,040,473
000 77,017,428
Avonmouth Docks 26,969,030
Immingham Docks 25,984,659

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 £
Southampton 163,016,227 123,439,850 -39,576,377
Liverpool Docks 94,040,848 76,999,625 -17,041,223
000 32,983,300 44,034,128 +11,050,828
Avonmouth Docks 12,460,834 14,508,196 +2,047,362
Immingham Docks 12,268,160 13,716,499 +1,448,339
London 11,363,613 13,653,701 +2,290,088
Harwich 6,978,617 7,982,772 +1,004,155
London Gateway Port 5,563,016 8,110,049 +2,547,033
Belfast Port 6,880,499 6,189,650 -690,849
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,555,357 4,467,376 -4,087,981

Quick facts

HS code: 847420

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

Description: Machines used to crush or grind minerals and other solid materials