Import/export HS code 84122981: Hydraulic fluid power motors

Motors that use hydraulic fluid to create movement, often found in heavy machinery

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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 £
Germany 48,319,651
Italy 28,909,865
United States 27,813,050
Japan 16,006,463
France 11,254,546

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 25,304,926 23,014,725 -2,290,201
Italy 14,681,104 14,228,761 -452,343
United States 14,985,269 12,827,781 -2,157,488
Japan 6,671,565 9,334,898 +2,663,333
France 5,962,500 5,292,046 -670,454
Sweden 4,676,399 4,585,250 -91,149
Denmark 4,485,505 3,515,723 -969,782
India 2,626,530 2,700,061 +73,531
Turkey 258,223 4,393,951 +4,135,728
Bulgaria 1,722,621 2,554,260 +831,639

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 36,519,023
Italy 28,479,583
United Kingdom 26,734,034
United States 19,235,159
Japan 16,852,406

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 17,504,677 19,014,346 +1,509,669
Italy 14,588,469 13,891,114 -697,355
United Kingdom 14,424,589 12,309,445 -2,115,144
United States 10,195,891 9,039,268 -1,156,623
Japan 7,078,215 9,774,191 +2,695,976
Turkey 4,816,818 6,147,959 +1,331,141
Sweden 5,103,135 5,279,420 +176,285
France 3,578,875 2,714,445 -864,430
India 2,747,641 2,868,620 +120,979
South Korea 3,082,220 1,692,840 -1,389,380

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 38
North Eastern Scotland 32
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 26
Surrey, East and West Sussex 25
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 22

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 26 28 +2
North Eastern Scotland 18 19 +1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 23 20 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 19 15 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14 14 +0
Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear 13 16 +3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 14 17 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 16 12 -4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 10 9 -1
West Midlands 12 7 -5

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) 83,289,250
Air transport 69,070,632
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,425,011
Other 16,154,996
Road transport 3,911,641

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) 44,012,396 39,276,854 -4,735,542
Air transport 33,717,784 35,352,848 +1,635,064
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,012,751 16,412,260 +7,399,509
Other 12,096,816 4,058,180 -8,038,636
Road transport 163,721 3,747,920 +3,584,199

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 56,180,643
East Midlands Airport 22,106,707
London Heathrow Airport 20,052,651
000 16,154,996
London Stansted Airport 11,469,706

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 28,936,162 27,244,481 -1,691,681
East Midlands Airport 11,748,054 10,358,653 -1,389,401
London Heathrow Airport 9,833,780 10,218,871 +385,091
000 12,096,816 4,058,180 -8,038,636
London Stansted Airport 5,575,502 5,894,204 +318,702
Birmingham Airport 3,909,764 5,391,989 +1,482,225
Eurotunnel 4,238,238 4,740,436 +502,198
London Gateway Port 2,726,958 5,385,052 +2,658,094
Immingham Docks 3,578,762 2,944,344 -634,418
Thamesport 2,881,838 2,645,686 -236,152

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
117
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
101
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
56
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
26
Rental and leasing activities
24

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 127
2026-04 122
2026-03 112
2026-02 101
2026-01 91

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+ 210
1m-15m 183
15m-54m 52
Other 34
0-1m 21

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 120,761,195
Netherlands 43,168,795
Canada 34,265,369
Germany 23,600,356
China 19,410,530

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 63,108,682 57,652,513 -5,456,169
Netherlands 22,259,069 20,909,726 -1,349,343
Canada 12,844,467 21,420,902 +8,576,435
Germany 12,585,188 11,015,168 -1,570,020
China 8,427,193 10,983,337 +2,556,144
Poland 854,123 18,538,179 +17,684,056
France 8,082,094 8,705,381 +623,287
Czechia 7,552,064 5,393,676 -2,158,388
Italy 5,811,140 5,856,377 +45,237
Belgium 5,284,919 5,252,979 -31,940

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 351,004
XI 287,732
China 258,155
Italy 99,518
Turkey 83,049

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 188,955 162,049 -26,906
XI 129,744 157,988 +28,244
China 150,446 107,709 -42,737
Italy 52,353 47,165 -5,188
Turkey 45,766 37,283 -8,483
Germany 44,245 23,009 -21,236
United States 29,369 28,534 -835
Poland 25,747 18,637 -7,110
Sweden 9,284 21,233 +11,949
Taiwan 21,432 1,754 -19,678

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 146,504,341
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 131,431,488
Air transport 105,154,629
Other 1,433,487
Road transport 9,289

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 67,842,857 78,661,484 +10,818,627
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 66,846,475 64,585,013 -2,261,462
Air transport 49,091,169 56,063,460 +6,972,291
Other 772,050 661,437 -110,613
Road transport 8,395 894 -7,501

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 109,608,725
Liverpool Docks 57,270,043
London Heathrow Airport 52,865,343
Southampton 34,655,732
London Stansted Airport 25,966,305

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 49,515,230 60,093,495 +10,578,265
Liverpool Docks 29,827,369 27,442,674 -2,384,695
London Heathrow Airport 23,057,959 29,807,384 +6,749,425
Southampton 13,829,081 20,826,651 +6,997,570
London Stansted Airport 12,952,347 13,013,958 +61,611
London Gateway Port 12,591,801 9,067,018 -3,524,783
Hull 6,203,177 6,867,526 +664,349
East Midlands Airport 6,476,127 6,303,934 -172,193
Felixstowe 4,532,024 5,656,609 +1,124,585
Immingham Docks 5,257,136 4,606,277 -650,859

Quick facts

HS code: 84122981

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

Description: Motors that use hydraulic fluid to create movement, often found in heavy machinery