Import/export HS code 84122920: Hydraulic systems

Systems powered by liquid pressure, used in machinery and industrial 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 11,398,051
Germany 11,135,272
Italy 6,345,227
Netherlands 4,702,188
Belgium 3,976,966

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 7,898,595 3,499,456 -4,399,139
Germany 7,802,203 3,333,069 -4,469,134
Italy 2,123,884 4,221,343 +2,097,459
Netherlands 3,152,574 1,549,614 -1,602,960
Belgium 241,803 3,735,163 +3,493,360
France 1,537,611 1,133,277 -404,334
Norway 1,197,558 929,200 -268,358
China 1,374,304 746,338 -627,966
Denmark 1,302,230 812,571 -489,659
Spain 722,051 645,266 -76,785

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 23,091,521
United Kingdom 7,380,882
Italy 6,278,253
Netherlands 5,138,980
Germany 2,550,503

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 16,212,010 6,879,511 -9,332,499
United Kingdom 3,410,067 3,970,815 +560,748
Italy 2,272,848 4,005,405 +1,732,557
Netherlands 1,422,098 3,716,882 +2,294,784
Germany 1,314,934 1,235,569 -79,365
France 1,364,907 1,027,796 -337,111
China 1,214,027 762,904 -451,123
Denmark 601,104 648,909 +47,805
Poland 287,156 881,848 +594,692
Norway 621,367 453,481 -167,886

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
North Eastern Scotland 21
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 17
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 17
Surrey, East and West Sussex 15
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 14

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
North Eastern Scotland 15 12 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 14 8 -6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 11 12 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 9 15 +6
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 10 8 -2
Greater Manchester 9 11 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 7 7 +0
Inner London - West 7 10 +3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 6 8 +2
Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear 6 7 +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 30,693,051
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,796,054
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,154,653
Other 3,210,373
Road transport 469,594

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 21,304,501 9,388,550 -11,915,951
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,243,045 10,553,009 +4,309,964
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,523,002 2,631,651 +108,649
Other 776,703 2,433,670 +1,656,967
Road transport 79,328 390,266 +310,938

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 9,499,400
London Stansted Airport 8,545,611
East Midlands Airport 8,266,231
Dover 4,684,320
Felixstowe 4,096,764

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 5,460,020 4,039,380 -1,420,640
London Stansted Airport 5,836,440 2,709,171 -3,127,269
East Midlands Airport 6,575,321 1,690,910 -4,884,411
Dover 1,961,527 2,722,793 +761,266
Felixstowe 359,085 3,737,679 +3,378,594
000 776,703 2,433,670 +1,656,967
Immingham Docks 1,468,048 809,377 -658,671
Eurotunnel 1,271,801 896,055 -375,746
499 287,391 1,872,294 +1,584,903
Aberdeen Docks 634,891 945,030 +310,139

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 54
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 45
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 27
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 15
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 14

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 42
2025-11 40
2025-10 46
2025-09 45
2025-08 41

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+ 135
1m-15m 89
15m-54m 28
Other 18
0-1m 14

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 12,947,832
Italy 9,833,394
Germany 7,626,784
Netherlands 4,989,755
France 4,235,044

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 9,860,980 3,086,852 -6,774,128
Italy 5,885,510 3,947,884 -1,937,626
Germany 5,323,921 2,302,863 -3,021,058
Netherlands 3,778,916 1,210,839 -2,568,077
France 2,502,723 1,732,321 -770,402
Czechia 71,712 4,062,976 +3,991,264
Brazil 3,417,896 263,256 -3,154,640
Norway 2,345,432 615,989 -1,729,443
United Arab Emirates 674,870 1,877,193 +1,202,323
Canada 938,466 1,143,616 +205,150

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 £
Denmark 3,167
XI 1,755
Ireland 1,319
Italy 1,040
Mexico 732

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 £
Denmark 3,167 0 -3,167
XI 1,408 347 -1,061
Ireland 1,319 0 -1,319
Italy 0 1,040 +1,040
Mexico 0 732 +732
Japan 0 341 +341
Turkey 0 201 +201
China 0 145 +145

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 34,457,833
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 26,327,787
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,831,587
Road transport 81,715
Other 16,336

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 20,692,931 13,764,902 -6,928,029
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,717,559 10,610,228 -5,107,331
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,236,603 4,594,984 -5,641,619
Road transport 81,715 0 -81,715
Other 6,080 10,256 +4,176

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 20,381,554
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,127,812
London Gateway Port 6,404,343
East Midlands Airport 4,112,144
ZLC 3,579,323

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 12,553,820 7,827,734 -4,726,086
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,473,846 8,653,966 +180,120
London Gateway Port 4,380,336 2,024,007 -2,356,329
East Midlands Airport 2,263,970 1,848,174 -415,796
ZLC 2,392,429 1,186,894 -1,205,535
London Stansted Airport 2,329,291 925,268 -1,404,023
Tyne 3,005,896 221,097 -2,784,799
Dover 2,506,081 629,567 -1,876,514
Immingham Docks 1,731,165 300,083 -1,431,082
Holyhead 990,690 773,925 -216,765

Quick facts

HS code: 84122920

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

Description: Systems powered by liquid pressure, used in machinery and industrial equipment