Import/export HS code 847989: Various machines

Various machines with unique functions not specified elsewhere

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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 897,844,573
United States 206,948,547
Netherlands 189,402,179
China 173,241,021
Italy 134,455,460

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 446,303,406 451,541,167 +5,237,761
United States 87,391,823 119,556,724 +32,164,901
Netherlands 90,251,693 99,150,486 +8,898,793
China 82,339,119 90,901,902 +8,562,783
Italy 72,935,470 61,519,990 -11,415,480
Poland 55,670,247 65,431,733 +9,761,486
France 49,722,336 51,097,884 +1,375,548
Switzerland 34,099,808 36,127,099 +2,027,291
Norway 24,461,600 33,310,767 +8,849,167
Denmark 24,761,268 28,084,290 +3,323,022

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 798,024,761
United States 281,874,264
China 256,784,385
Italy 164,030,919
Poland 126,589,327

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 384,092,210 413,932,551 +29,840,341
United States 127,882,963 153,991,301 +26,108,338
China 121,082,123 135,702,262 +14,620,139
Italy 83,885,551 80,145,368 -3,740,183
Poland 64,239,003 62,350,324 -1,888,679
United Kingdom 58,293,077 56,433,096 -1,859,981
Netherlands 42,210,968 38,955,256 -3,255,712
Switzerland 36,052,121 40,587,780 +4,535,659
Japan 16,451,556 38,242,523 +21,790,967
Canada 15,439,734 31,234,803 +15,795,069

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 342
Inner London - West 266
Surrey, East and West Sussex 237
West Midlands 228
Greater Manchester 220

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 243 231 -12
Inner London - West 166 191 +25
Surrey, East and West Sussex 178 165 -13
West Midlands 160 165 +5
Greater Manchester 155 161 +6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 144 158 +14
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 156 149 -7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 154 149 -5
West Yorkshire 135 142 +7
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 132 133 +1

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) 1,381,899,327
Air transport 624,940,845
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 476,160,438
Road transport 35,617,211
Other 20,794,309

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) 680,583,909 701,315,418 +20,731,509
Air transport 286,646,270 338,294,575 +51,648,305
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 219,143,649 257,016,789 +37,873,140
Road transport 17,711,978 17,905,233 +193,255
Other 14,594,581 6,199,728 -8,394,853
Rail transport 451,427 3,285,288 +2,833,861

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 685,527,950
Felixstowe 191,334,547
London Heathrow Airport 188,278,063
Immingham Docks 155,585,007
Eurotunnel 135,301,436

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 320,868,694 364,659,256 +43,790,562
Felixstowe 93,098,181 98,236,366 +5,138,185
London Heathrow Airport 75,742,462 112,535,601 +36,793,139
Immingham Docks 73,548,690 82,036,317 +8,487,627
Eurotunnel 76,121,026 59,180,410 -16,940,616
Dover / Eurotunnel 55,823,346 38,540,421 -17,282,925
Birmingham Airport 45,084,279 47,999,705 +2,915,426
Harwich 44,317,917 46,149,469 +1,831,552
Southampton 35,495,743 45,271,687 +9,775,944
East Midlands Airport 38,530,169 38,782,684 +252,515

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 1106
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 445
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 390
Other manufacturing 357
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 286

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 997
2025-10 1066
2025-09 1014
2025-08 998
2025-07 1042

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 2072
54m+ 1558
0-1m 592
15m-54m 532
Other 348

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 319,716,995
Germany 220,326,491
Netherlands 93,328,241
Norway 90,749,538
France 88,075,433

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 179,207,207 140,509,788 -38,697,419
Germany 119,606,365 100,720,126 -18,886,239
Netherlands 45,805,116 47,523,125 +1,718,009
Norway 57,817,916 32,931,622 -24,886,294
France 47,594,894 40,480,539 -7,114,355
Brazil 39,936,518 35,962,789 -3,973,729
Ireland 35,066,098 25,017,222 -10,048,876
China 25,737,189 29,787,296 +4,050,107
Belgium 22,434,020 26,952,007 +4,517,987
Saudi Arabia 19,000,428 29,982,369 +10,981,941

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 2,135,530
Italy 1,179,518
Germany 339,697
XU 315,767
China 107,118

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 922,505 1,213,025 +290,520
Italy 597,517 582,001 -15,516
Germany 169,388 170,309 +921
XU 207,061 108,706 -98,355
China 60,548 46,570 -13,978
Netherlands 1,565 59,871 +58,306
Ireland 31,399 23,871 -7,528
Sweden 22,589 27,415 +4,826
Denmark 29,591 0 -29,591
France 6,385 20,673 +14,288

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) 678,080,943
Air transport 570,342,375
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 524,796,094
Other 4,365,238
Road transport 1,336,234

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) 336,697,076 341,383,867 +4,686,791
Air transport 308,221,323 262,121,052 -46,100,271
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 294,118,166 230,677,928 -63,440,238
Other 2,088,111 2,277,127 +189,016
Road transport 1,299,176 37,058 -1,262,118
Rail transport 0 77,121 +77,121

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 468,092,802
London Heathrow Airport 302,065,453
London Gateway Port 154,921,121
Immingham Docks 116,301,780
Southampton 100,901,474

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 241,780,844 226,311,958 -15,468,886
London Heathrow Airport 165,096,967 136,968,486 -28,128,481
London Gateway Port 80,307,926 74,613,195 -5,694,731
Immingham Docks 57,127,824 59,173,956 +2,046,132
Southampton 50,287,954 50,613,520 +325,566
East Midlands Airport 38,260,385 35,683,059 -2,577,326
Aberdeen Docks 42,024,150 22,680,538 -19,343,612
Liverpool Docks 33,638,634 22,599,648 -11,038,986
Felixstowe 25,578,963 25,499,077 -79,886
London Stansted Airport 25,715,672 22,330,557 -3,385,115

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 847989

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

Description: Various machines with unique functions not specified elsewhere