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 572,141,446
Italy 410,215,205
China 156,404,411
Netherlands 153,237,918
Poland 149,809,338

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 264,822,840 307,318,606 +42,495,766
Italy 205,634,652 204,580,553 -1,054,099
China 81,564,959 74,839,452 -6,725,507
Netherlands 88,849,293 64,388,625 -24,460,668
Poland 72,239,962 77,569,376 +5,329,414
France 71,806,661 65,272,556 -6,534,105
Turkey 63,763,937 59,340,132 -4,423,805
Switzerland 34,703,108 50,911,453 +16,208,345
United States 30,593,738 26,638,812 -3,954,926
Spain 23,458,514 21,905,958 -1,552,556

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 489,425,480
Italy 429,552,433
Poland 226,962,430
China 165,847,818
Turkey 132,646,184

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 240,260,902 249,164,578 +8,903,676
Italy 211,935,952 217,616,481 +5,680,529
Poland 113,350,339 113,612,091 +261,752
China 85,056,349 80,791,469 -4,264,880
Turkey 65,339,589 67,306,595 +1,967,006
Netherlands 55,788,173 49,777,559 -6,010,614
Switzerland 37,447,146 56,698,853 +19,251,707
France 46,445,117 29,366,809 -17,078,308
United States 35,309,962 30,667,088 -4,642,874
Spain 27,561,043 23,398,382 -4,162,661

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 227
Inner London - West 210
Greater Manchester 198
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 191
West Yorkshire 180

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 168 158 -10
Inner London - West 139 142 +3
Greater Manchester 134 144 +10
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 129 140 +11
West Yorkshire 126 128 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 115 127 +12
Surrey, East and West Sussex 99 100 +1
West Midlands 90 102 +12
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 89 106 +17
Shropshire and Staffordshire 88 96 +8

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) 1,258,655,352
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 521,803,254
Air transport 306,117,167
Other 31,272,294
Road transport 11,037,239

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) 630,352,496 628,302,856 -2,049,640
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 264,705,466 257,097,788 -7,607,678
Air transport 151,055,247 155,061,920 +4,006,673
Other 10,792,632 20,479,662 +9,687,030
Road transport 2,495,626 8,541,613 +6,045,987
Rail transport 70,300 0 -70,300

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 620,623,958
Felixstowe 319,491,690
Immingham Docks 145,615,450
East Midlands Airport 135,486,443
Eurotunnel 108,615,176

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 311,629,463 308,994,495 -2,634,968
Felixstowe 146,473,086 173,018,604 +26,545,518
Immingham Docks 64,330,189 81,285,261 +16,955,072
East Midlands Airport 68,371,677 67,114,766 -1,256,911
Eurotunnel 50,693,814 57,921,362 +7,227,548
Harwich 59,641,122 46,451,412 -13,189,710
London 41,968,037 39,340,707 -2,627,330
Birmingham Airport 33,489,319 32,715,044 -774,275
London Gateway Port 30,075,195 25,666,512 -4,408,683
ZLC 18,324,426 33,877,814 +15,553,388

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
902
Manufacture of food products
465
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
405
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
273
Other manufacturing
248

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 725
2026-04 754
2026-03 788
2026-02 773
2026-01 716

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 1382
54m+ 1279
0-1m 529
15m-54m 472
Other 273

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 155,524,445
Ireland 66,236,889
Netherlands 61,461,438
Germany 44,700,265
France 38,150,760

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 81,383,322 74,141,123 -7,242,199
Ireland 36,807,426 29,429,463 -7,377,963
Netherlands 32,025,670 29,435,768 -2,589,902
Germany 26,077,715 18,622,550 -7,455,165
France 25,117,595 13,033,165 -12,084,430
Mexico 12,338,030 11,457,825 -880,205
Poland 9,506,596 12,548,605 +3,042,009
Italy 13,156,222 6,954,871 -6,201,351
Spain 8,583,381 9,968,053 +1,384,672
Australia 10,674,822 7,336,275 -3,338,547

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 2,372,088
XI 1,530,944
Turkey 961,034
Germany 523,614
Italy 368,916

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 1,333,526 1,038,562 -294,964
XI 1,034,454 496,490 -537,964
Turkey 896,811 64,223 -832,588
Germany 288,442 235,172 -53,270
Italy 195,578 173,338 -22,240
Denmark 333,081 1,785 -331,296
Poland 148,016 164,235 +16,219
China 137,135 105,798 -31,337
Ireland 40,285 16,517 -23,768
Sweden 11,080 2,606 -8,474

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) 284,393,935
Air transport 211,763,772
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 204,369,307
Other 7,921,912
Rail transport 150,000

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) 154,667,606 129,726,329 -24,941,277
Air transport 112,112,933 99,650,839 -12,462,094
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 100,361,622 104,007,685 +3,646,063
Other 5,130,372 2,791,540 -2,338,832
Rail transport 0 150,000 +150,000
Road transport 91,944 20,390 -71,554

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 161,946,414
London Heathrow Airport 83,439,835
East Midlands Airport 80,314,010
London Gateway Port 62,730,030
Southampton 60,103,799

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 88,379,063 73,567,351 -14,811,712
London Heathrow Airport 42,691,079 40,748,756 -1,942,323
East Midlands Airport 43,193,862 37,120,148 -6,073,714
London Gateway Port 33,176,887 29,553,143 -3,623,744
Southampton 26,306,336 33,797,463 +7,491,127
Liverpool Docks 25,844,429 24,417,091 -1,427,338
Felixstowe 21,558,279 22,925,383 +1,367,104
Holyhead 15,434,922 11,823,526 -3,611,396
Immingham Docks 9,407,334 11,277,193 +1,869,859
Dover 11,231,070 6,167,363 -5,063,707

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