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 24,144,829
France 7,984,998
Germany 7,819,644
Sweden 4,988,805
Netherlands 3,931,434

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 10,301,909 13,842,920 +3,541,011
France 3,815,805 4,169,193 +353,388
Germany 5,023,517 2,796,127 -2,227,390
Sweden 4,664,868 323,937 -4,340,931
Netherlands 883,074 3,048,360 +2,165,286
Spain 1,439,555 1,204,798 -234,757
United States 2,157,022 434,244 -1,722,778
Denmark 1,063,713 1,434,642 +370,929
China 1,025,933 1,471,540 +445,607
Poland 333,548 1,815,133 +1,481,585

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 24,934,786
Germany 14,204,673
Sweden 3,742,779
China 3,602,595
United States 2,586,312

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 10,803,932 14,130,854 +3,326,922
Germany 6,841,896 7,362,777 +520,881
Sweden 3,427,460 315,319 -3,112,141
China 1,474,290 2,128,305 +654,015
United States 2,154,097 432,215 -1,721,882
Spain 1,330,328 1,204,798 -125,530
Denmark 1,047,031 1,400,963 +353,932
France 1,631,933 593,341 -1,038,592
Belgium 701,414 1,138,755 +437,341
Luxembourg 0 1,573,556 +1,573,556

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
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
Shropshire and Staffordshire 10 7 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 6 9 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 5 9 +4
Kent 5 6 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 4 4 +0
Greater Manchester 4 6 +2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 4 3 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 7 2 -5
West Yorkshire 6 3 -3
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) 59,194,261
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,466,322
Air transport 1,214,498
Other 567,994
Road transport 129,592

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) 28,168,460 31,025,801 +2,857,341
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,926,707 3,539,615 -2,387,092
Air transport 616,815 597,683 -19,132
Other 533,517 34,477 -499,040
Road transport 25,490 104,102 +78,612

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 34,430,241
Immingham Docks 9,648,000
Eurotunnel 3,784,060
Southampton 2,714,962
Killingholme 2,572,266

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 15,020,650 19,409,591 +4,388,941
Immingham Docks 6,398,538 3,249,462 -3,149,076
Eurotunnel 2,238,055 1,546,005 -692,050
Southampton 2,557,830 157,132 -2,400,698
Killingholme 1,298,482 1,273,784 -24,698
Felixstowe 1,007,247 1,373,992 +366,745
Purfleet 655,892 1,260,715 +604,823
Newhaven 1,012,855 404,201 -608,654
Portsmouth 1,098,809 313,857 -784,952
Harwich 123,784 1,034,960 +911,176

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 29
Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 27
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 15
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 14
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
2026-01 17
2025-11 18
2025-10 12
2025-09 21
2025-08 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 60
54m+ 57
15m-54m 19
0-1m 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 20,551,938
Germany 9,697,137
Turkey 7,013,383
Brazil 4,368,174
India 4,060,926

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 12,488,840 8,063,098 -4,425,742
Germany 8,628,319 1,068,818 -7,559,501
Turkey 3,916,959 3,096,424 -820,535
Brazil 681,155 3,687,019 +3,005,864
India 2,001,295 2,059,631 +58,336
Ireland 1,704,852 1,415,814 -289,038
China 2,241,874 607,107 -1,634,767
Spain 239,654 2,327,471 +2,087,817
France 1,594,509 538,938 -1,055,571
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 1,641,251
Ireland 334,561
Taiwan 32,365
United States 29,923
China 20,449

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 983,382 657,869 -325,513
Ireland 327,067 7,494 -319,573
Taiwan 8,975 23,390 +14,415
United States 22,245 7,678 -14,567
China 11,422 9,027 -2,395
Italy 13,667 5,279 -8,388
Czechia 10,805 3,325 -7,480
Afghanistan 0 8,780 +8,780
Germany 3,763 723 -3,040
Belgium 2,438 15 -2,423

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) 44,622,916
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 26,782,524
Air transport 2,259,065
Other 2,177,351
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) 23,988,187 20,634,729 -3,353,458
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,135,124 9,647,400 -7,487,724
Air transport 1,063,190 1,195,875 +132,685
Other 1,429,166 748,185 -680,981
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 19,195,215
London Gateway Port 18,334,428
Southampton 16,579,542
Felixstowe 5,266,224
Immingham Docks 3,203,249

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 13,557,035 5,638,180 -7,918,855
London Gateway Port 9,354,070 8,980,358 -373,712
Southampton 9,005,473 7,574,069 -1,431,404
Felixstowe 2,207,354 3,058,870 +851,516
Immingham Docks 2,132,440 1,070,809 -1,061,631
Liverpool Docks 2,263,573 427,507 -1,836,066
000 1,429,166 748,185 -680,981
Belfast Port 960,575 209,465 -751,110
Poole 205,995 903,874 +697,879
Harwich 369,236 591,627 +222,391

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