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 25,785,669
Finland 14,030,693
India 10,950,707
Austria 10,389,630
Italy 7,352,327

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 13,069,677 12,715,992 -353,685
Finland 9,795,294 4,235,399 -5,559,895
India 4,251,396 6,699,311 +2,447,915
Austria 6,530,142 3,859,488 -2,670,654
Italy 4,550,035 2,802,292 -1,747,743
China 2,508,947 3,288,822 +779,875
Sweden 1,994,773 3,198,139 +1,203,366
Netherlands 1,445,760 2,961,083 +1,515,323
Switzerland 804,013 2,661,898 +1,857,885
South Africa 2,506,499 655,900 -1,850,599

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 26,209,004
Finland 13,052,004
India 11,284,116
Austria 9,249,513
Italy 6,360,964

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 12,776,828 13,432,176 +655,348
Finland 9,044,727 4,007,277 -5,037,450
India 4,607,165 6,676,951 +2,069,786
Austria 6,161,738 3,087,775 -3,073,963
Italy 3,826,331 2,534,633 -1,291,698
China 2,608,858 3,631,580 +1,022,722
Switzerland 1,410,124 2,620,285 +1,210,161
United States 1,141,061 2,052,807 +911,746
South Africa 2,506,499 655,900 -1,850,599
United Kingdom 1,010,504 1,239,169 +228,665

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
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 7

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 6 7 +1
Northern Ireland 8 5 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 9 4 -5
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 4 6 +2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 4 4 +0
Greater Manchester 6 4 -2
Merseyside 3 6 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 5 5 +0
West Midlands 5 5 +0
West Yorkshire 5 4 -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) 53,294,016
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 43,147,825
Other 5,406,739
Air transport 1,036,251
Road transport 707,332

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) 27,488,854 25,805,162 -1,683,692
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,493,488 18,654,337 -5,839,151
Other 2,545,771 2,860,968 +315,197
Air transport 570,663 465,588 -105,075
Road transport 63,170 644,162 +580,992

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 28,621,638
Belfast Port 16,513,334
Harwich 11,793,848
London 10,282,122
Dover 10,168,546

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 14,420,733 14,200,905 -219,828
Belfast Port 7,630,991 8,882,343 +1,251,352
Harwich 5,836,782 5,957,066 +120,284
London 6,751,936 3,530,186 -3,221,750
Dover 6,043,722 4,124,824 -1,918,898
000 2,545,771 2,860,968 +315,197
Hull 2,235,941 2,021,699 -214,242
Felixstowe 1,106,813 1,255,134 +148,321
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 49
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 18
Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 13
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 12
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 10

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 22
2025-11 19
2025-10 19
2025-09 21
2025-08 23

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+ 43
0-1m 24
Other 17
15m-54m 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 298,162,661
Australia 68,141,151
Italy 33,724,652
South Africa 33,192,294
Poland 25,796,805

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 174,834,761 123,327,900 -51,506,861
Australia 34,396,822 33,744,329 -652,493
Italy 14,454,552 19,270,100 +4,815,548
South Africa 11,235,926 21,956,368 +10,720,442
Poland 14,306,055 11,490,750 -2,815,305
Spain 8,535,681 13,950,891 +5,415,210
Mexico 15,818,167 4,737,749 -11,080,418
Ireland 9,647,681 10,662,336 +1,014,655
Canada 6,090,870 9,258,401 +3,167,531
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 67,016,310
Nicaragua 2,842,580
Poland 548,936
Spain 504,132
Ireland 433,581

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 30,185,815 36,830,495 +6,644,680
Nicaragua 505,938 2,336,642 +1,830,704
Poland 548,936 0 -548,936
Spain 504,132 0 -504,132
Ireland 364,408 69,173 -295,235
Italy 351,215 16,446 -334,769
France 359,739 0 -359,739
United States 294,804 49,786 -245,018
Germany 156,214 2,377 -153,837
Malaysia 2,085 646 -1,439

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) 575,037,401
Other 76,721,150
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 56,481,301
Air transport 2,606,318
Road transport 337,368

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) 309,243,023 265,794,378 -43,448,645
Other 34,944,141 41,777,009 +6,832,868
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 25,371,180 31,110,121 +5,738,941
Air transport 2,089,433 516,885 -1,572,548
Road transport 33,155 304,213 +271,058
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 289,252,278
Liverpool Docks 166,158,696
000 76,721,150
Avonmouth Docks 26,707,672
London 26,701,196

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 158,299,111 130,953,167 -27,345,944
Liverpool Docks 90,630,598 75,528,098 -15,102,500
000 34,944,141 41,777,009 +6,832,868
Avonmouth Docks 12,528,415 14,179,257 +1,650,842
London 11,895,143 14,806,053 +2,910,910
Immingham Docks 12,389,227 14,112,068 +1,722,841
Harwich 6,800,609 8,167,779 +1,367,170
London Gateway Port 5,593,452 7,898,782 +2,305,330
Belfast Port 7,109,775 5,963,461 -1,146,314
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,771,802 4,315,281 -3,456,521

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