Import/export HS code 8422: Dishwashers and packaging machines

Machines for washing dishes, cleaning containers, or packing items. Includes bottle fillers and labelers

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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 541,426,006
Italy 367,394,202
Netherlands 150,846,766
Poland 143,522,401
China 141,111,028

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 252,918,121 288,507,885 +35,589,764
Italy 199,080,601 168,313,601 -30,767,000
Netherlands 89,534,339 61,312,427 -28,221,912
Poland 84,044,773 59,477,628 -24,567,145
China 66,870,178 74,240,850 +7,370,672
France 68,774,233 68,586,329 -187,904
Turkey 62,740,002 55,203,736 -7,536,266
Switzerland 36,108,088 45,543,220 +9,435,132
United States 24,209,287 31,043,079 +6,833,792
Spain 23,441,441 17,669,414 -5,772,027

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 474,155,923
Italy 391,098,651
Poland 211,718,235
China 148,282,455
Turkey 127,130,404

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 236,741,392 237,414,531 +673,139
Italy 206,047,288 185,051,363 -20,995,925
Poland 110,602,960 101,115,275 -9,487,685
China 70,843,116 77,439,339 +6,596,223
Turkey 63,557,996 63,572,408 +14,412
Netherlands 60,422,539 41,243,868 -19,178,671
Switzerland 38,774,842 51,927,045 +13,152,203
France 43,471,718 36,711,117 -6,760,601
United States 27,725,045 36,209,239 +8,484,194
Spain 28,000,697 19,831,945 -8,168,752

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 222
Inner London - West 208
Greater Manchester 196
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 178
West Yorkshire 177

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 161 153 -8
Inner London - West 137 148 +11
Greater Manchester 139 127 -12
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 117 134 +17
West Yorkshire 126 122 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 111 99 -12
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 107 117 +10
West Midlands 91 103 +12
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 88 95 +7
Outer London - West and North West 81 64 -17

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) 1,191,109,916
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 508,781,513
Air transport 280,757,080
Other 23,711,435
Road transport 14,913,478

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) 616,000,047 575,109,869 -40,890,178
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 264,189,691 244,591,822 -19,597,869
Air transport 144,586,892 136,170,188 -8,416,704
Other 13,965,874 9,745,561 -4,220,313
Road transport 6,909,643 8,003,835 +1,094,192
Rail transport 80,121 0 -80,121

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 587,894,049
Felixstowe 292,307,483
Immingham Docks 145,348,777
East Midlands Airport 126,465,259
Eurotunnel 107,687,164

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 297,465,715 290,428,334 -7,037,381
Felixstowe 140,357,168 151,950,315 +11,593,147
Immingham Docks 74,360,757 70,988,020 -3,372,737
East Midlands Airport 66,960,850 59,504,409 -7,456,441
Eurotunnel 56,695,644 50,991,520 -5,704,124
Harwich 62,878,689 42,760,554 -20,118,135
London 36,718,482 34,542,746 -2,175,736
Birmingham Airport 32,623,586 28,265,398 -4,358,188
ZLC 19,528,235 35,464,512 +15,936,277
London Gateway Port 23,652,662 26,476,093 +2,823,431

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 865
Manufacture of food products 432
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 373
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 264
Other manufacturing 244

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 716
2025-11 792
2025-10 827
2025-09 775
2025-08 791

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
1m-15m 1323
54m+ 1230
0-1m 494
15m-54m 452
Other 259

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 156,738,008
Ireland 62,233,266
Netherlands 54,705,278
Germany 45,368,363
France 43,340,988

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 91,450,074 65,287,934 -26,162,140
Ireland 37,627,016 24,606,250 -13,020,766
Netherlands 27,684,769 27,020,509 -664,260
Germany 27,676,909 17,691,454 -9,985,455
France 21,327,715 22,013,273 +685,558
Italy 13,873,512 9,526,091 -4,347,421
Mexico 12,768,515 8,998,391 -3,770,124
India 15,741,132 5,302,888 -10,438,244
Australia 13,812,037 6,016,479 -7,795,558
Poland 8,950,213 8,162,647 -787,566

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 £
Spain 2,164,539
XI 1,979,601
Turkey 1,295,673
Italy 514,217
Germany 485,086

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 £
Spain 786,484 1,378,055 +591,571
XI 1,461,523 518,078 -943,445
Turkey 1,240,350 55,323 -1,185,027
Italy 420,543 93,674 -326,869
Germany 314,223 170,863 -143,360
Denmark 389,343 1,702 -387,641
Poland 135,044 120,283 -14,761
China 130,397 113,549 -16,848
Ireland 131,854 27,733 -104,121
Netherlands 24,468 2,535 -21,933

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) 270,649,727
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 209,185,927
Air transport 206,984,098
Other 9,273,717
Road transport 417,526

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) 148,543,874 122,105,853 -26,438,021
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 120,454,844 88,731,083 -31,723,761
Air transport 121,969,936 85,014,162 -36,955,774
Other 6,249,483 3,024,234 -3,225,249
Road transport 362,755 54,771 -307,984

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 155,046,090
London Heathrow Airport 80,810,507
East Midlands Airport 80,216,861
London Gateway Port 69,948,634
Southampton 57,883,968

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 86,205,783 68,840,307 -17,365,476
London Heathrow Airport 50,040,176 30,770,331 -19,269,845
East Midlands Airport 45,334,781 34,882,080 -10,452,701
London Gateway Port 43,507,833 26,440,801 -17,067,032
Southampton 31,238,377 26,645,591 -4,592,786
Liverpool Docks 27,887,019 20,438,824 -7,448,195
Felixstowe 23,792,201 16,965,057 -6,827,144
Holyhead 14,605,668 11,362,452 -3,243,216
Dover 11,547,154 9,301,509 -2,245,645
Immingham Docks 10,079,826 9,864,269 -215,557

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8422

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

Description: Machines for washing dishes, cleaning containers, or packing items. Includes bottle fillers and labelers