Import/export HS code 84122120: Hydraulic systems

Systems that use liquid pressure to power machinery, like lifts or heavy equipment

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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 £
United States 120,656,892
Germany 49,024,800
France 41,556,646
Italy 25,394,716
Ireland 21,182,815

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 £
United States 58,681,356 61,975,536 +3,294,180
Germany 23,217,761 25,807,039 +2,589,278
France 21,827,915 19,728,731 -2,099,184
Italy 13,224,277 12,170,439 -1,053,838
Ireland 10,160,858 11,021,957 +861,099
Netherlands 8,718,260 8,220,265 -497,995
Japan 7,126,661 6,052,925 -1,073,736
China 4,813,173 5,407,786 +594,613
Sweden 5,626,744 2,994,703 -2,632,041
India 4,918,558 3,315,265 -1,603,293

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 £
United States 145,302,809
United Kingdom 58,994,223
France 36,618,634
Philippines 18,749,109
Italy 18,166,672

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 £
United States 71,232,017 74,070,792 +2,838,775
United Kingdom 31,044,524 27,949,699 -3,094,825
France 18,588,159 18,030,475 -557,684
Philippines 8,455,652 10,293,457 +1,837,805
Italy 9,231,640 8,935,032 -296,608
Germany 6,046,757 7,107,472 +1,060,715
Japan 4,552,784 5,721,530 +1,168,746
Sweden 6,355,825 2,987,042 -3,368,783
China 4,224,362 4,536,495 +312,133
India 4,289,557 3,357,073 -932,484

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 55
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 48
Inner London - West 43
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 42
Surrey, East and West Sussex 38

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 31 46 +15
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 29 35 +6
Inner London - West 29 26 -3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 35 23 -12
Surrey, East and West Sussex 30 28 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 23 23 +0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 21 23 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 23 22 -1
Greater Manchester 20 20 +0
West Midlands 25 11 -14

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 262,680,166
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 67,892,847
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,889,934
Other 20,428,284
Road transport 4,472,518

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 131,418,614 131,261,552 -157,062
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 36,223,021 31,669,826 -4,553,195
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,356,270 16,533,664 +7,177,394
Other 13,297,086 7,131,198 -6,165,888
Road transport 240,998 4,231,520 +3,990,522
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 7,110 +7,110
Rail transport 5,195 0 -5,195

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 117,523,510
London Stansted Airport 67,071,955
East Midlands Airport 55,112,295
Dover 20,645,846
000 20,428,284

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 58,956,354 58,567,156 -389,198
London Stansted Airport 32,527,159 34,544,796 +2,017,637
East Midlands Airport 30,265,125 24,847,170 -5,417,955
Dover 11,274,104 9,371,742 -1,902,362
000 13,297,086 7,131,198 -6,165,888
Hull 5,077,960 6,601,328 +1,523,368
Immingham Docks 6,655,409 4,909,851 -1,745,558
499 85,951 10,789,165 +10,703,214
Eurotunnel 3,476,912 2,957,766 -519,146
Birmingham Airport 2,887,648 3,478,987 +591,339

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
136
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
123
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
77
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
45
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
44

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 163
2026-04 168
2026-03 166
2026-02 171
2026-01 146

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+ 396
1m-15m 239
15m-54m 83
Other 58
0-1m 31

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 248,322,607
Germany 64,162,414
Italy 52,952,036
France 47,522,151
Netherlands 17,601,033

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 129,202,966 119,119,641 -10,083,325
Germany 33,504,736 30,657,678 -2,847,058
Italy 28,589,847 24,362,189 -4,227,658
France 20,433,346 27,088,805 +6,655,459
Netherlands 10,249,326 7,351,707 -2,897,619
Mexico 6,402,540 9,952,983 +3,550,443
Spain 7,166,230 9,010,811 +1,844,581
United Arab Emirates 7,425,532 5,990,104 -1,435,428
Ireland 6,819,750 5,793,244 -1,026,506
Turkey 3,746,115 8,681,736 +4,935,621

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 £
Nicaragua 1,897,039
XI 498,762
China 137,583
France 99,114
Ireland 35,410

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 £
Nicaragua 965,194 931,845 -33,349
XI 266,562 232,200 -34,362
China 63,836 73,747 +9,911
France 65,417 33,697 -31,720
Ireland 14,624 20,786 +6,162
Czechia 995 12,258 +11,263
India 1,682 4,570 +2,888
Mexico 2,395 2,064 -331
Germany 1,542 2,114 +572
United States 0 2,961 +2,961

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 514,231,063
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 89,630,754
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,692,452
Other 2,722,793
Road transport 4,148

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 261,413,633 252,817,430 -8,596,203
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 44,427,657 45,203,097 +775,440
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,637,498 8,054,954 -3,582,544
Other 1,394,357 1,328,436 -65,921
Road transport 4,148 0 -4,148

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 311,340,046
London Stansted Airport 90,872,178
East Midlands Airport 71,728,721
Dover / Eurotunnel 57,541,788
ZLC 18,298,803

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 155,141,802 156,198,244 +1,056,442
London Stansted Airport 47,427,979 43,444,199 -3,983,780
East Midlands Airport 34,845,318 36,883,403 +2,038,085
Dover / Eurotunnel 28,877,912 28,663,876 -214,036
ZLC 10,494,280 7,804,523 -2,689,757
Hull 8,294,179 9,482,263 +1,188,084
Aberdeen Airport 4,175,189 5,171,359 +996,170
Manchester Airport 4,163,874 2,300,388 -1,863,486
Immingham Docks 3,149,023 3,012,201 -136,822
London Gateway Port 3,810,147 1,091,162 -2,718,985

Quick facts

HS code: 84122120

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

Description: Systems that use liquid pressure to power machinery, like lifts or heavy equipment