Import/export HS code 842230: Bottle fillers and sealers

Machines that fill, close, seal, or label bottles, cans, or boxes

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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* 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 182,785,797
Italy 94,617,537
France 54,155,450
China 44,004,374
Switzerland 32,395,978

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 86,770,989 96,014,808 +9,243,819
Italy 41,410,333 53,207,204 +11,796,871
France 24,614,672 29,540,778 +4,926,106
China 26,792,846 17,211,528 -9,581,318
Switzerland 11,714,474 20,681,504 +8,967,030
Netherlands 13,744,609 14,522,800 +778,191
United States 12,729,125 14,973,346 +2,244,221
Spain 6,708,956 5,356,679 -1,352,277
Belgium 6,046,609 4,349,396 -1,697,213
Denmark 3,152,008 3,186,055 +34,047

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 184,186,832
Italy 95,054,422
China 47,727,870
United States 33,202,613
Switzerland 32,401,705

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 89,463,113 94,723,719 +5,260,606
Italy 43,492,956 51,561,466 +8,068,510
China 28,404,287 19,323,583 -9,080,704
United States 15,574,876 17,627,737 +2,052,861
Switzerland 11,692,448 20,709,257 +9,016,809
France 17,667,478 14,316,840 -3,350,638
Netherlands 7,090,634 13,135,027 +6,044,393
Spain 6,643,833 5,269,707 -1,374,126
Israel 5,072,714 5,385,129 +312,415
Denmark 3,824,222 4,052,949 +228,727

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 76
Inner London - West 68
Greater Manchester 58
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 53
West Yorkshire 48

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 61 48 -13
Inner London - West 39 39 +0
Greater Manchester 32 37 +5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 36 36 +0
West Yorkshire 31 30 -1
Inner London - East 27 30 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 26 26 +0
Kent 18 27 +9
Surrey, East and West Sussex 19 28 +9
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 25 22 -3

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) 392,372,232
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 93,365,596
Air transport 31,743,484
Other 9,859,816
Road transport 822,399

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) 185,173,424 207,198,808 +22,025,384
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 48,762,528 44,603,068 -4,159,460
Air transport 16,215,036 15,528,448 -686,588
Other 324,666 9,535,150 +9,210,484
Road transport 151,592 670,807 +519,215
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 194,067,048
Immingham Docks 45,794,569
Eurotunnel 39,598,522
ZLC 32,362,470
Felixstowe 28,172,608

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 98,149,498 95,917,550 -2,231,948
Immingham Docks 17,027,236 28,767,333 +11,740,097
Eurotunnel 18,876,140 20,722,382 +1,846,242
ZLC 12,296,048 20,066,422 +7,770,374
Felixstowe 11,200,298 16,972,310 +5,772,012
Southampton 6,731,480 11,479,409 +4,747,929
Purfleet 9,381,939 8,649,158 -732,781
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,562,359 5,644,380 -4,917,979
Tyne 14,345,290 1,776,240 -12,569,050
Killingholme 8,513,387 7,350,078 -1,163,309

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
279
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
170
Manufacture of food products
144
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
100
Other manufacturing
76

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 118
2026-04 122
2026-03 130
2026-02 121
2026-01 116

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 404
54m+ 320
0-1m 219
15m-54m 111
Other 72

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 47,220,096
Netherlands 24,057,237
Germany 20,969,367
France 20,908,793
Ireland 18,530,588

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 23,026,157 24,193,939 +1,167,782
Netherlands 14,217,180 9,840,057 -4,377,123
Germany 13,362,601 7,606,766 -5,755,835
France 16,337,055 4,571,738 -11,765,317
Ireland 12,095,728 6,434,860 -5,660,868
Mexico 3,460,284 3,853,004 +392,720
India 4,305,576 2,947,294 -1,358,282
Canada 1,677,856 5,339,803 +3,661,947
Japan 526,230 6,108,184 +5,581,954
Italy 4,640,984 1,357,557 -3,283,427

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 £
Sweden 11,716
China 277
XI 175
Taiwan 32

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 £
Sweden 9,544 2,172 -7,372
China 222 55 -167
XI 175 0 -175
Taiwan 32 0 -32

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) 119,951,263
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 72,932,054
Air transport 46,769,710
Rail transport 150,000
Road transport 85,476

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) 73,901,418 46,049,845 -27,851,573
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,388,017 41,544,037 +10,156,020
Air transport 21,446,511 25,323,199 +3,876,688
Rail transport 0 150,000 +150,000
Road transport 80,676 4,800 -75,876
Other 10,684 5,704 -4,980

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 69,216,490
London Heathrow Airport 30,630,210
Southampton 23,706,692
London Gateway Port 20,319,556
Felixstowe 18,565,158

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 43,697,975 25,518,515 -18,179,460
London Heathrow Airport 13,330,827 17,299,383 +3,968,556
Southampton 8,391,737 15,314,955 +6,923,218
London Gateway Port 9,536,486 10,783,070 +1,246,584
Felixstowe 7,832,646 10,732,512 +2,899,866
Liverpool Docks 10,380,398 8,103,410 -2,276,988
Dover 6,546,161 3,055,095 -3,491,066
Immingham Docks 4,831,880 4,268,520 -563,360
Holyhead 4,741,616 2,895,642 -1,845,974
Harwich 4,161,860 1,870,245 -2,291,615

Quick facts

HS code: 842230

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

Description: Machines that fill, close, seal, or label bottles, cans, or boxes