Import/export HS code 8701: Tractors (not for road use)

Covers all types of tractors, excluding those classified under heading 8709, such as agricultural or industrial tractors

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 874,929,365
France 756,856,215
Belgium 677,878,838
Sweden 464,221,333
Netherlands 453,659,604

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 396,384,964 478,544,401 +82,159,437
France 447,180,968 309,675,247 -137,505,721
Belgium 378,957,404 298,921,434 -80,035,970
Sweden 309,425,937 154,795,396 -154,630,541
Netherlands 192,088,741 261,570,863 +69,482,122
Poland 100,376,954 88,179,866 -12,197,088
Austria 78,451,526 66,690,560 -11,760,966
Spain 66,769,829 40,954,479 -25,815,350
United States 60,091,344 45,659,803 -14,431,541
Italy 42,727,929 34,351,537 -8,376,392

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 1,086,174,856
Netherlands 678,785,403
France 593,615,339
Belgium 437,903,175
Sweden 309,053,048

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 526,306,457 559,868,399 +33,561,942
Netherlands 412,493,907 266,291,496 -146,202,411
France 319,045,273 274,570,066 -44,475,207
Belgium 236,548,715 201,354,460 -35,194,255
Sweden 161,378,941 147,674,107 -13,704,834
Poland 104,607,730 90,679,469 -13,928,261
United States 82,793,556 64,625,269 -18,168,287
Austria 74,324,730 54,357,604 -19,967,126
Spain 59,991,684 36,359,216 -23,632,468
Italy 50,713,785 38,165,975 -12,547,810

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 16
Shropshire and Staffordshire 15
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 13
Inner London - West 11
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 11

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 13 10 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 10 10 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 12 8 -4
Inner London - West 7 8 +1
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 9 9 +0
Northern Ireland 7 7 +0
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 6 6 +0
Essex 5 8 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 5 8 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,102,238,749
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 837,991,232
Other 102,585,586
Road transport 11,831,668
Air transport 1,894,449

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) 1,683,765,419 1,418,473,330 -265,292,089
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 440,864,647 397,126,585 -43,738,062
Other 58,450,118 44,135,468 -14,314,650
Road transport 101,385 11,730,283 +11,628,898
Air transport 910,188 984,261 +74,073

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 1,776,371,426
Hull 543,236,378
Dover 375,112,882
London 374,667,764
Harwich 224,561,901

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 899,583,910 876,787,516 -22,796,394
Hull 305,887,491 237,348,887 -68,538,604
Dover 221,945,737 153,167,145 -68,778,592
London 208,875,254 165,792,510 -43,082,744
Harwich 121,290,414 103,271,487 -18,018,927
Newhaven 107,845,634 48,314,391 -59,531,243
Southampton 68,255,663 56,621,468 -11,634,195
000 58,450,118 44,135,468 -14,314,650
Dover / Eurotunnel 27,966,900 36,488,981 +8,522,081
Avonmouth Docks 41,228,911 11,507,541 -29,721,370

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 96
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 42
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 15
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 13
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 12

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 46
2025-10 52
2025-09 37
2025-08 43
2025-07 64

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 100
54m+ 52
0-1m 38
15m-54m 32
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 £
United States 291,680,799
Belgium 284,056,107
Ireland 267,886,892
France 206,269,161
Netherlands 122,238,002

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 204,425,969 87,254,830 -117,171,139
Belgium 141,279,489 142,776,618 +1,497,129
Ireland 126,558,176 141,328,716 +14,770,540
France 116,054,396 90,214,765 -25,839,631
Netherlands 47,629,786 74,608,216 +26,978,430
Australia 57,599,339 24,628,411 -32,970,928
Poland 42,375,911 35,239,123 -7,136,788
Ukraine 24,850,918 44,427,497 +19,576,579
Germany 27,962,254 37,444,481 +9,482,227
United Republic of Tanzania 25,715,077 32,360,169 +6,645,092

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 21,596,577
XU 14,925,063
Germany 4,813,513
France 4,529,784
Ireland 3,154,507

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 11,995,182 9,601,395 -2,393,787
XU 7,371,560 7,553,503 +181,943
Germany 1,665,635 3,147,878 +1,482,243
France 1,936,362 2,593,422 +657,060
Ireland 1,564,969 1,589,538 +24,569
United States 1,595,993 1,384,609 -211,384
Canada 837,738 1,153,835 +316,097
Austria 653,396 1,018,351 +364,955
Nicaragua 1,007,378 659,139 -348,239
Sweden 1,187,303 411,650 -775,653

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) 1,158,197,365
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,057,992,543
Other 65,125,761
Air transport 1,077,397
Road transport 30,247

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) 542,006,991 616,190,374 +74,183,383
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 664,873,017 393,119,526 -271,753,491
Other 34,700,163 30,425,598 -4,274,565
Air transport 582,846 494,551 -88,295
Road transport 4,500 25,747 +21,247

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 757,570,492
Southampton 507,017,942
Liverpool Docks 152,545,691
Felixstowe 144,113,266
London 113,902,009

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 378,720,945 378,849,547 +128,602
Southampton 330,769,423 176,248,519 -154,520,904
Liverpool Docks 86,807,954 65,737,737 -21,070,217
Felixstowe 92,765,397 51,347,869 -41,417,528
London 49,610,510 64,291,499 +14,680,989
Immingham Docks 43,828,496 64,072,666 +20,244,170
Avonmouth Docks 48,825,362 27,336,491 -21,488,871
Holyhead 30,241,684 43,841,479 +13,599,795
London Gateway Port 35,254,059 34,684,933 -569,126
000 34,700,163 30,425,598 -4,274,565

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8701

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

Description: Covers all types of tractors, excluding those classified under heading 8709, such as agricultural or industrial tractors