Import/export HS code 820890: Various machine knives and blades

Other types of knives and cutting blades for machines not listed above

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 17,982,378
China 8,640,074
Austria 5,085,457
United States 4,817,875
Switzerland 4,313,884

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 9,059,934 8,922,444 -137,490
China 4,459,370 4,180,704 -278,666
Austria 2,562,531 2,522,926 -39,605
United States 2,682,129 2,135,746 -546,383
Switzerland 2,094,463 2,219,421 +124,958
Netherlands 1,870,156 1,998,331 +128,175
Italy 1,754,573 1,151,995 -602,578
France 1,046,355 861,987 -184,368
Thailand 850,398 1,044,972 +194,574
Japan 610,355 421,410 -188,945

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 13,340,074
China 10,330,959
Switzerland 5,683,209
Austria 5,094,618
United States 3,610,002

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 6,970,606 6,369,468 -601,138
China 5,202,160 5,128,799 -73,361
Switzerland 2,743,033 2,940,176 +197,143
Austria 2,540,244 2,554,374 +14,130
United States 2,005,927 1,604,075 -401,852
Japan 1,704,436 1,449,257 -255,179
India 1,476,763 1,348,592 -128,171
Italy 1,451,669 999,457 -452,212
Thailand 872,652 1,060,023 +187,371
Slovenia 710,293 565,370 -144,923

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Greater Manchester 79
West Yorkshire 77
West Midlands 72
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 64
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 56

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
Greater Manchester 59 55 -4
West Yorkshire 56 49 -7
West Midlands 55 45 -10
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 51 39 -12
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 38 39 +1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 33 24 -9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 30 25 -5
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 32 26 -6
Lancashire 26 23 -3
Inner London - West 26 29 +3

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 30,444,655
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,968,502
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,621,470
Road transport 1,945,313
Other 870,720

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 £
Air transport 14,938,189 15,506,466 +568,277
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,554,334 6,414,168 -1,140,166
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,807,205 5,814,265 -992,940
Road transport 1,062,665 882,648 -180,017
Other 487,043 383,677 -103,366
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 18,166 +18,166

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 15,010,242
Birmingham Airport 5,598,217
Dover 5,465,276
Thamesport 4,956,315
London Gateway Port 3,679,631

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 £
East Midlands Airport 7,360,332 7,649,910 +289,578
Birmingham Airport 2,176,944 3,421,273 +1,244,329
Dover 2,926,899 2,538,377 -388,522
Thamesport 2,584,670 2,371,645 -213,025
London Gateway Port 1,675,220 2,004,411 +329,191
Felixstowe 2,504,309 1,136,147 -1,368,162
London Heathrow Airport 1,948,034 1,188,086 -759,948
Eurotunnel 1,629,317 1,481,269 -148,048
London Stansted Airport 1,381,960 1,503,211 +121,251
Leeds Bradford Airport 1,232,615 535,521 -697,094

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
265
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
106
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
93
Other manufacturing
86
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
72

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 200
2026-04 209
2026-03 186
2026-02 201
2026-01 185

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
54m+ 428
1m-15m 408
15m-54m 144
0-1m 123
Other 68

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 11,647,619
Germany 7,248,795
Italy 2,925,908
France 2,233,022
Netherlands 2,063,610

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 5,918,073 5,729,546 -188,527
Germany 3,781,011 3,467,784 -313,227
Italy 1,582,242 1,343,666 -238,576
France 1,065,957 1,167,065 +101,108
Netherlands 1,074,035 989,575 -84,460
Ireland 960,033 910,239 -49,794
Spain 807,891 729,199 -78,692
Turkey 672,363 841,591 +169,228
Poland 754,715 618,675 -136,040
Canada 594,796 649,862 +55,066

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 £
China 67,355
XI 66,984
United States 1,901
Germany 1,345
Belarus 471

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 £
China 34,728 32,627 -2,101
XI 39,171 27,813 -11,358
United States 871 1,030 +159
Germany 489 856 +367
Belarus 153 318 +165
Belgium 0 425 +425
Nicaragua 412 0 -412
Ireland 50 174 +124
France 110 52 -58
Taiwan 158 0 -158

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 30,558,320
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,360,502
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,207,577
Other 160,501

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 £
Air transport 16,107,916 14,450,404 -1,657,512
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,372,443 5,988,059 -384,384
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,201,310 3,006,267 -195,043
Other 87,503 72,998 -14,505

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 19,270,837
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,126,325
London Heathrow Airport 6,783,155
Dover 3,063,757
London Gateway Port 2,347,523

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 £
East Midlands Airport 10,611,075 8,659,762 -1,951,313
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,881,168 3,245,157 -636,011
London Heathrow Airport 3,201,612 3,581,543 +379,931
Dover 1,320,993 1,742,764 +421,771
London Gateway Port 1,584,113 763,410 -820,703
ZLC 1,190,001 1,026,842 -163,159
Immingham Docks 1,159,258 962,812 -196,446
Southampton 673,127 975,281 +302,154
London Stansted Airport 624,088 617,891 -6,197
Manchester Airport 418,650 529,297 +110,647

Quick facts

HS code: 820890

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

Description: Other types of knives and cutting blades for machines not listed above