Import/export HS code 847910: Construction machinery

Machines used for public works, building, and similar construction activities

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 113,689,001
Sweden 24,188,742
United States 23,833,510
Italy 15,852,750
Netherlands 8,806,289

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 58,794,134 54,894,867 -3,899,267
Sweden 4,892,576 19,296,166 +14,403,590
United States 16,673,779 7,159,731 -9,514,048
Italy 8,703,003 7,149,747 -1,553,256
Netherlands 3,961,194 4,845,095 +883,901
France 1,849,473 6,659,475 +4,810,002
China 2,054,773 4,564,198 +2,509,425
Denmark 3,082,943 1,684,581 -1,398,362
Belgium 1,528,070 1,107,121 -420,949
Finland 1,356,918 876,585 -480,333

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 116,359,430
United States 28,065,728
Sweden 22,732,184
Italy 17,863,057
China 7,769,072

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 57,013,662 59,345,768 +2,332,106
United States 18,958,704 9,107,024 -9,851,680
Sweden 4,185,482 18,546,702 +14,361,220
Italy 10,346,586 7,516,471 -2,830,115
China 2,848,582 4,920,490 +2,071,908
Netherlands 2,774,795 3,077,986 +303,191
Denmark 3,034,986 1,363,322 -1,671,664
France 1,795,824 2,078,035 +282,211
Finland 1,047,735 659,827 -387,908
Poland 673,252 926,019 +252,767

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 22
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 17
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 16
Essex 13
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 13

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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 17 10 -7
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 13 12 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 11 13 +2
Essex 6 10 +4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 9 9 +0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 11 9 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 9 5 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 7 10 +3
Greater Manchester 6 10 +4
Kent 7 9 +2

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) 162,188,264
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 52,403,160
Air transport 6,922,425
Other 1,627,438
Road transport 428,162

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) 84,625,102 77,563,162 -7,061,940
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,003,091 32,400,069 +12,396,978
Air transport 3,593,015 3,329,410 -263,605
Other 549,288 1,078,150 +528,862
Road transport 311,884 116,278 -195,606

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 71,449,081
Felixstowe 55,624,304
Immingham Docks 33,850,922
Southampton 20,873,226
Liverpool Docks 6,963,690

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 36,098,605 35,350,476 -748,129
Felixstowe 26,810,332 28,813,972 +2,003,640
Immingham Docks 9,271,958 24,578,964 +15,307,006
Southampton 11,761,539 9,111,687 -2,649,852
Liverpool Docks 4,821,862 2,141,828 -2,680,034
Eurotunnel 3,771,349 1,999,780 -1,771,569
Hull 2,585,847 1,232,120 -1,353,727
Harwich 2,753,398 965,944 -1,787,454
London 1,809,752 1,179,281 -630,471
London Heathrow Airport 1,574,106 565,062 -1,009,044

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 110
Specialised construction activities 30
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 28
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 25
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 17

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 59
2025-11 50
2025-10 71
2025-09 59
2025-08 58

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 157
54m+ 79
0-1m 43
15m-54m 40
Other 12

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 £
Ireland 11,398,156
Germany 8,934,546
Netherlands 7,285,269
United States 6,932,605
Italy 5,418,612

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 £
Ireland 6,605,257 4,792,899 -1,812,358
Germany 4,887,713 4,046,833 -840,880
Netherlands 2,553,819 4,731,450 +2,177,631
United States 5,100,731 1,831,874 -3,268,857
Italy 1,754,118 3,664,494 +1,910,376
France 1,339,385 2,217,528 +878,143
United Arab Emirates 1,588,357 1,247,773 -340,584
Singapore 1,210,605 1,311,250 +100,645
Saudi Arabia 1,167,717 1,235,001 +67,284
Norway 1,033,228 1,226,301 +193,073

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 1,419,458
Ireland 51,933
Nicaragua 41,924
Belgium 6,802
United States 5,617

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 1,059,230 360,228 -699,002
Ireland 2,272 49,661 +47,389
Nicaragua 41,924 0 -41,924
Belgium 6,783 19 -6,764
United States 3,354 2,263 -1,091
China 1,051 2,389 +1,338
Poland 103 788 +685

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 40,211,250
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,465,038
Air transport 10,092,766
Other 1,551,523
Road transport 16,506

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,910,785 21,300,465 +2,389,680
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,215,975 10,249,063 -5,966,912
Air transport 6,758,502 3,334,264 -3,424,238
Other 1,128,238 423,285 -704,953
Road transport 16,506 0 -16,506

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,018,364
Immingham Docks 12,062,693
London Gateway Port 9,064,201
Liverpool Docks 8,474,988
London Heathrow Airport 5,183,213

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 7,165,620 9,852,744 +2,687,124
Immingham Docks 6,677,658 5,385,035 -1,292,623
London Gateway Port 4,424,629 4,639,572 +214,943
Liverpool Docks 5,451,930 3,023,058 -2,428,872
London Heathrow Airport 3,081,512 2,101,701 -979,811
Felixstowe 2,831,914 1,780,201 -1,051,713
Southampton 2,022,276 2,127,750 +105,474
East Midlands Airport 2,839,567 670,738 -2,168,829
Holyhead 1,595,006 1,580,408 -14,598
Dover 1,052,458 940,781 -111,677

Quick facts

HS code: 847910

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

Description: Machines used for public works, building, and similar construction activities