Import/export HS code 847480: Various mineral processing machines

Machines for shaping, molding, or agglomerating minerals and similar 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 £
Italy 24,112,640
Germany 7,900,924
France 7,547,059
Sweden 5,366,165
Netherlands 3,935,952

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 £
Italy 10,403,860 13,708,780 +3,304,920
Germany 5,138,681 2,762,243 -2,376,438
France 3,819,662 3,727,397 -92,265
Sweden 5,119,028 247,137 -4,871,891
Netherlands 430,427 3,505,525 +3,075,098
United States 2,210,894 430,596 -1,780,298
Spain 1,442,586 1,142,739 -299,847
China 1,049,793 1,517,142 +467,349
Poland 333,548 1,815,133 +1,481,585
Denmark 1,272,902 716,119 -556,783

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 £
Italy 25,058,409
Germany 13,652,902
Sweden 4,091,732
China 3,618,514
France 2,789,491

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 £
Italy 11,060,264 13,998,145 +2,937,881
Germany 6,128,802 7,524,100 +1,395,298
Sweden 3,853,213 238,519 -3,614,694
China 1,471,447 2,147,067 +675,620
France 2,062,056 727,435 -1,334,621
United States 2,207,969 428,567 -1,779,402
Denmark 1,256,220 1,222,788 -33,432
Spain 1,334,790 1,141,308 -193,482
Luxembourg 0 1,573,556 +1,573,556
Portugal 1,342,299 0 -1,342,299

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Shropshire and Staffordshire 12
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 11
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 10
Kent 8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 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
Shropshire and Staffordshire 9 8 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 4 10 +6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 5 9 +4
Kent 5 6 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 8 2 -6
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 4 4 +0
West Yorkshire 6 3 -3
Greater Manchester 4 5 +1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 5 1 -4
West Midlands 4 4 +0

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) 58,407,221
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,134,473
Air transport 1,210,424
Other 610,804
Road transport 68,351

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) 28,972,808 29,434,413 +461,605
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,758,274 3,376,199 -2,382,075
Air transport 586,772 623,652 +36,880
Other 575,739 35,065 -540,674
Road transport 25,490 42,861 +17,371

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 33,546,050
Immingham Docks 10,025,403
Eurotunnel 3,594,900
Southampton 2,769,113
Killingholme 2,567,181

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 £
Dover 15,341,232 18,204,818 +2,863,586
Immingham Docks 6,589,227 3,436,176 -3,153,051
Eurotunnel 2,267,152 1,327,748 -939,404
Southampton 2,515,423 253,690 -2,261,733
Killingholme 1,274,245 1,292,936 +18,691
Felixstowe 1,115,834 1,335,753 +219,919
Purfleet 655,892 1,260,715 +604,823
Portsmouth 933,135 479,531 -453,604
Newhaven 1,012,855 380,851 -632,004
ZLC 315,259 727,852 +412,593

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 30
Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 26
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 16
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 15
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 10

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 18
2025-10 12
2025-09 21
2025-08 14
2025-07 21

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 58
54m+ 56
0-1m 17
15m-54m 16
Other 10

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 19,740,214
Germany 9,079,709
Turkey 6,694,994
Brazil 4,368,174
India 3,723,129

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 11,356,550 8,383,664 -2,972,886
Germany 8,631,410 448,299 -8,183,111
Turkey 3,733,487 2,961,507 -771,980
Brazil 541,658 3,826,516 +3,284,858
India 1,747,218 1,975,911 +228,693
Ireland 1,393,947 1,787,271 +393,324
China 2,244,912 605,407 -1,639,505
Spain 369,176 2,327,471 +1,958,295
France 1,688,277 506,496 -1,181,781
Indonesia 1,285,609 732,728 -552,881

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 1,695,950
Ireland 334,561
XU 67,021
Taiwan 33,169
United States 29,923

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 701,830 994,120 +292,290
Ireland 327,067 7,494 -319,573
XU 42,045 24,976 -17,069
Taiwan 8,201 24,968 +16,767
United States 20,191 9,732 -10,459
China 9,495 11,955 +2,460
Italy 14,594 5,279 -9,315
Czechia 10,805 3,325 -7,480
Afghanistan 0 8,780 +8,780
Germany 3,763 723 -3,040

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) 43,317,311
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 27,083,543
Air transport 2,270,666
Other 2,235,175
Road transport 20,777

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) 22,924,061 20,393,250 -2,530,811
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,474,772 9,608,771 -7,866,001
Air transport 1,043,821 1,226,845 +183,024
Other 1,141,565 1,093,610 -47,955
Road transport 20,777 0 -20,777

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 19,987,251
London Gateway Port 18,404,860
Southampton 15,556,928
Felixstowe 5,269,014
Immingham Docks 2,880,141

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 14,225,827 5,761,424 -8,464,403
London Gateway Port 9,079,428 9,325,432 +246,004
Southampton 8,266,549 7,290,379 -976,170
Felixstowe 2,210,144 3,058,870 +848,726
Immingham Docks 2,136,322 743,819 -1,392,503
Liverpool Docks 2,227,494 455,386 -1,772,108
000 1,141,565 1,093,610 -47,955
Belfast Port 721,975 518,665 -203,310
Poole 205,995 903,874 +697,879
Harwich 412,450 308,192 -104,258

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 847480

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

Description: Machines for shaping, molding, or agglomerating minerals and similar materials