Import/export HS code 840890: Various engines

Engines not specifically for marine or vehicle use, including industrial engines

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  • 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 90,438,129
United States 73,324,542
Sweden 53,860,670
China 43,585,150
Italy 37,351,806

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 50,993,198 39,444,931 -11,548,267
United States 45,726,929 27,597,613 -18,129,316
Sweden 25,786,632 28,074,038 +2,287,406
China 23,119,187 20,465,963 -2,653,224
Italy 19,140,882 18,210,924 -929,958
India 18,570,248 16,321,723 -2,248,525
Japan 15,358,775 12,538,449 -2,820,326
France 14,724,966 13,107,083 -1,617,883
Netherlands 10,433,498 9,558,670 -874,828
South Korea 7,160,216 8,376,637 +1,216,421

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 88,287,754
United States 83,416,906
Japan 43,976,910
Sweden 40,393,773
India 36,831,945

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 51,902,228 36,385,526 -15,516,702
United States 48,465,586 34,951,320 -13,514,266
Japan 23,629,950 20,346,960 -3,282,990
Sweden 18,783,042 21,610,731 +2,827,689
India 19,484,771 17,347,174 -2,137,597
China 21,128,823 15,610,861 -5,517,962
Italy 16,495,597 16,559,408 +63,811
France 14,073,679 15,622,748 +1,549,069
South Korea 7,287,903 8,643,340 +1,355,437
United Kingdom 7,389,560 4,057,543 -3,332,017

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 15
Inner London - West 13
Surrey, East and West Sussex 12
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 11
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 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 8 -5
Inner London - West 5 10 +5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 7 6 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 5 10 +5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 8 10 +2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 9 9 +0
Essex 7 7 +0
Lincolnshire 8 3 -5
Shropshire and Staffordshire 6 7 +1
West Midlands 7 5 -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) 231,101,412
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 184,683,151
Other 40,398,063
Air transport 9,722,865
Road transport 1,231,508

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) 122,073,418 109,027,994 -13,045,424
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 97,992,665 86,690,486 -11,302,179
Other 28,104,513 12,293,550 -15,810,963
Air transport 4,119,916 5,602,949 +1,483,033
Road transport 982,646 248,862 -733,784

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 101,022,922
Southampton 64,429,619
Immingham Docks 46,611,745
000 40,398,063
Felixstowe 31,987,459

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 53,539,160 47,483,762 -6,055,398
Southampton 39,108,268 25,321,351 -13,786,917
Immingham Docks 22,957,980 23,653,765 +695,785
000 28,104,513 12,293,550 -15,810,963
Felixstowe 16,199,822 15,787,637 -412,185
Eurotunnel 18,281,632 12,050,855 -6,230,777
Liverpool Docks 18,078,969 11,327,202 -6,751,767
London Gateway Port 9,399,373 18,296,445 +8,897,072
Killingholme 10,458,046 5,147,892 -5,310,154
Belfast Port 8,830,703 5,620,105 -3,210,598

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 59
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 38
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 25
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 22
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 12

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 45
2025-11 48
2025-10 59
2025-09 46
2025-08 51

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+ 104
1m-15m 69
15m-54m 29
Other 26
0-1m 10

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 1,152,309,362
China 400,405,605
Germany 205,773,683
United Arab Emirates 145,274,623
Turkey 135,589,214

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 583,784,334 568,525,028 -15,259,306
China 200,912,937 199,492,668 -1,420,269
Germany 98,674,860 107,098,823 +8,423,963
United Arab Emirates 56,027,675 89,246,948 +33,219,273
Turkey 60,530,643 75,058,571 +14,527,928
Italy 53,549,300 51,507,953 -2,041,347
France 44,658,306 47,368,197 +2,709,891
Japan 41,546,601 39,210,342 -2,336,259
Brazil 38,704,817 28,965,405 -9,739,412
South Korea 35,846,937 31,413,010 -4,433,927

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 190,129
Ireland 66,842
Nicaragua 51,765
Germany 46,729
China 40,046

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 72,363 117,766 +45,403
Ireland 66,842 0 -66,842
Nicaragua 34,346 17,419 -16,927
Germany 46,729 0 -46,729
China 22,520 17,526 -4,994
Italy 23,287 15,928 -7,359
Japan 4,544 15,439 +10,895
France 17,309 0 -17,309
Belgium 747 0 -747

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,264,216,681
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 879,283,995
Air transport 40,824,760
Other 799,688
Road transport 17,132

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,156,614,829 1,107,601,852 -49,012,977
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 423,922,038 455,361,957 +31,439,919
Air transport 16,142,688 24,682,072 +8,539,384
Other 590,849 208,839 -382,010
Road transport 17,132 0 -17,132
Rail transport 9,551 0 -9,551

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 952,185,020
Dover / Eurotunnel 612,912,990
London Gateway Port 514,390,201
Liverpool Docks 466,108,969
Felixstowe 367,645,496

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 £
Southampton 437,432,553 514,752,467 +77,319,914
Dover / Eurotunnel 291,317,056 321,595,934 +30,278,878
London Gateway Port 270,396,317 243,993,884 -26,402,433
Liverpool Docks 265,470,893 200,638,076 -64,832,817
Felixstowe 193,272,500 174,372,996 -18,899,504
Immingham Docks 34,686,663 41,579,555 +6,892,892
Dover 23,639,758 11,683,133 -11,956,625
London Heathrow Airport 13,464,754 19,409,576 +5,944,822
Portsmouth 7,519,471 15,676,868 +8,157,397
Harwich 14,867,038 7,836,107 -7,030,931

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 840890

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

Description: Engines not specifically for marine or vehicle use, including industrial engines