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 18,523,562
China 9,176,252
Austria 5,345,812
United States 5,188,813
Switzerland 4,594,604

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 8,988,950 9,534,612 +545,662
China 4,403,011 4,773,241 +370,230
Austria 2,624,569 2,721,243 +96,674
United States 2,865,972 2,322,841 -543,131
Switzerland 2,132,284 2,462,320 +330,036
Netherlands 1,936,614 2,126,287 +189,673
Italy 1,614,121 1,428,078 -186,043
France 1,148,538 926,901 -221,637
Thailand 942,671 1,031,206 +88,535
Japan 647,199 454,611 -192,588

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 14,018,539
China 10,863,066
Switzerland 5,915,676
Austria 5,364,073
United States 3,837,176

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 7,069,041 6,949,498 -119,543
China 5,077,697 5,785,369 +707,672
Switzerland 2,751,650 3,164,026 +412,376
Austria 2,593,084 2,770,989 +177,905
United States 2,084,024 1,753,152 -330,872
Japan 1,730,184 1,570,759 -159,425
India 1,607,736 1,327,784 -279,952
Italy 1,316,810 1,232,722 -84,088
Thailand 964,925 1,043,885 +78,960
Slovenia 722,306 633,470 -88,836

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Greater Manchester 81
West Yorkshire 77
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 71
West Midlands 71
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 59

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 57 60 +3
West Yorkshire 55 50 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 59 41 -18
West Midlands 55 46 -9
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 40 39 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 33 27 -6
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 30 29 -1
Inner London - West 29 33 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 31 25 -6
Lancashire 25 26 +1

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 31,329,138
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,889,459
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,371,658
Road transport 2,073,164
Other 889,712

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 14,802,989 16,526,149 +1,723,160
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,663,437 7,226,022 -437,415
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,974,040 6,397,618 -576,422
Road transport 1,083,827 989,337 -94,490
Other 458,330 431,382 -26,948
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 15,393,665
Dover 5,816,935
Birmingham Airport 5,589,847
Thamesport 5,208,983
Felixstowe 4,093,619

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 7,202,573 8,191,092 +988,519
Dover 3,048,241 2,768,694 -279,547
Birmingham Airport 2,130,445 3,459,402 +1,328,957
Thamesport 2,610,897 2,598,086 -12,811
Felixstowe 2,564,534 1,529,085 -1,035,449
London Gateway Port 1,763,086 2,017,614 +254,528
London Heathrow Airport 2,075,234 1,229,177 -846,057
Eurotunnel 1,585,269 1,630,690 +45,421
London Stansted Airport 1,448,915 1,638,937 +190,022
Leeds Bradford Airport 1,203,025 655,831 -547,194

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 269
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 109
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 91
Other manufacturing 87
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 77

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 209
2026-03 186
2026-02 201
2026-01 185
2025-12 168

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+ 433
1m-15m 422
15m-54m 144
0-1m 127
Other 71

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 11,969,184
Germany 7,339,536
Italy 3,135,889
France 2,404,908
Netherlands 2,140,614

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 5,809,920 6,159,264 +349,344
Germany 3,609,051 3,730,485 +121,434
Italy 1,544,687 1,591,202 +46,515
France 1,130,437 1,274,471 +144,034
Netherlands 1,036,461 1,104,153 +67,692
Ireland 1,040,400 960,828 -79,572
Spain 744,710 889,052 +144,342
Turkey 620,147 906,648 +286,501
Poland 725,669 704,816 -20,853
Canada 560,063 755,702 +195,639

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 76,648
China 69,205
United States 1,901
Germany 1,822
Nicaragua 412

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 43,877 32,771 -11,106
China 33,587 35,618 +2,031
United States 871 1,030 +159
Germany 1,037 785 -252
Nicaragua 412 0 -412
Belarus 186 159 -27
Ireland 68 174 +106
Taiwan 138 20 -118
Finland 0 157 +157
France 105 5 -100

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 31,625,422
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,971,636
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,220,943
Other 172,285
Road transport 3,934

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 15,858,637 15,766,785 -91,852
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,427,863 6,543,773 +115,910
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,895,296 3,325,647 +430,351
Other 89,643 82,642 -7,001
Road transport 3,934 0 -3,934

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 20,293,675
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,518,540
London Heathrow Airport 6,632,119
Dover 3,085,837
London Gateway Port 2,517,288

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 10,518,207 9,775,468 -742,739
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,887,603 3,630,937 -256,666
London Heathrow Airport 2,990,332 3,641,787 +651,455
Dover 1,264,308 1,821,529 +557,221
London Gateway Port 1,634,936 882,352 -752,584
ZLC 1,218,565 1,107,212 -111,353
Immingham Docks 904,803 1,106,068 +201,265
Southampton 539,182 1,097,050 +557,868
London Stansted Airport 641,101 654,603 +13,502
Manchester Airport 454,259 527,028 +72,769

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