Import/export HS code 842489: Various spraying equipment

Other types of spraying machines not specified elsewhere

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • 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 64,447,465
China 43,691,127
Italy 33,427,423
United States 17,662,093
Netherlands 12,918,797

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 36,385,925 28,061,540 -8,324,385
China 24,456,200 19,234,927 -5,221,273
Italy 20,011,846 13,415,577 -6,596,269
United States 7,173,186 10,488,907 +3,315,721
Netherlands 6,577,680 6,341,117 -236,563
France 5,018,376 6,502,823 +1,484,447
Switzerland 2,491,500 3,691,760 +1,200,260
Belgium 3,491,082 2,538,462 -952,620
Spain 994,710 2,106,911 +1,112,201
Denmark 1,569,378 980,636 -588,742

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 58,163,712
China 54,457,605
Italy 36,020,062
United States 25,059,692
France 12,707,170

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 29,634,439 28,529,273 -1,105,166
China 29,630,741 24,826,864 -4,803,877
Italy 22,183,023 13,837,039 -8,345,984
United States 11,419,543 13,640,149 +2,220,606
France 7,224,013 5,483,157 -1,740,856
Switzerland 2,383,966 2,908,536 +524,570
Netherlands 1,718,169 1,500,975 -217,194
Denmark 1,556,627 985,778 -570,849
Austria 1,804,465 698,027 -1,106,438
Israel 709,479 1,686,255 +976,776

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 80
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 73
Greater Manchester 73
Surrey, East and West Sussex 71
West Midlands 55

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
Inner London - West 52 56 +4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 55 49 -6
Greater Manchester 52 53 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 47 48 +1
West Midlands 38 37 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 35 35 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 35 34 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 30 26 -4
Outer London - West and North West 32 23 -9
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 30 26 -4

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) 124,335,377
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 63,598,702
Air transport 28,192,222
Road transport 4,296,921
Other 2,573,396

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) 68,435,961 55,899,416 -12,536,545
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 33,083,720 30,514,982 -2,568,738
Air transport 15,212,040 12,980,182 -2,231,858
Road transport 1,377,309 2,919,612 +1,542,303
Other 1,929,142 644,254 -1,284,888
Rail transport 37,789 0 -37,789

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 49,839,046
Felixstowe 27,077,191
Eurotunnel 25,538,856
Southampton 17,152,458
Killingholme 12,032,900

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 22,939,751 26,899,295 +3,959,544
Felixstowe 14,656,912 12,420,279 -2,236,633
Eurotunnel 16,211,271 9,327,585 -6,883,686
Southampton 10,134,847 7,017,611 -3,117,236
Killingholme 7,870,652 4,162,248 -3,708,404
Immingham Docks 6,260,756 5,568,575 -692,181
London Heathrow Airport 6,266,717 4,076,270 -2,190,447
London Gateway Port 3,573,116 5,490,302 +1,917,186
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,361,724 2,713,064 -2,648,660
East Midlands Airport 3,345,705 2,854,675 -491,030

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 345
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 166
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 87
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 82
Other manufacturing 77

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 200
2025-11 224
2025-10 208
2025-09 225
2025-08 226

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 465
54m+ 386
0-1m 163
15m-54m 141
Other 83

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 £
Netherlands 69,379,018
China 10,860,478
India 8,209,726
Saudi Arabia 6,642,565
Singapore 6,533,429

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 £
Netherlands 38,251,066 31,127,952 -7,123,114
China 7,496,912 3,363,566 -4,133,346
India 4,704,930 3,504,796 -1,200,134
Saudi Arabia 6,461,771 180,794 -6,280,977
Singapore 3,335,911 3,197,518 -138,393
Germany 3,030,413 2,625,414 -404,999
Norway 1,342,048 4,300,919 +2,958,871
Ireland 2,429,900 2,141,469 -288,431
United States 2,168,773 1,965,919 -202,854
Australia 2,168,608 1,849,714 -318,894

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 £
XI 680,703
China 66,955
Germany 5,299
Ireland 3,202
Malaysia 2,642

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 £
XI 299,302 381,401 +82,099
China 45,705 21,250 -24,455
Germany 4,892 407 -4,485
Ireland 1,934 1,268 -666
Malaysia 0 2,642 +2,642
Taiwan 176 706 +530
Slovakia 619 0 -619
South Korea 574 0 -574
Netherlands 406 6 -400
France 321 71 -250

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) 96,928,910
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 43,551,795
Air transport 21,642,699
Other 765,921
Road transport 39,689

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) 51,049,128 45,879,782 -5,169,346
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,746,865 16,804,930 -9,941,935
Air transport 13,564,962 8,077,737 -5,487,225
Other 356,890 409,031 +52,141
Road transport 39,689 0 -39,689

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 71,453,399
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,840,789
London Gateway Port 16,810,651
Felixstowe 15,200,086
London Heathrow Airport 12,364,341

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 £
Immingham Docks 37,674,201 33,779,198 -3,895,003
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,882,366 7,958,423 -923,943
London Gateway Port 8,104,888 8,705,763 +600,875
Felixstowe 11,998,709 3,201,377 -8,797,332
London Heathrow Airport 8,430,537 3,933,804 -4,496,733
Southampton 5,625,231 5,015,804 -609,427
East Midlands Airport 1,831,115 1,339,389 -491,726
ZLC 1,122,180 1,181,930 +59,750
Liverpool Docks 1,022,347 1,165,091 +142,744
Manchester Airport 787,081 1,141,043 +353,962

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 842489

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

Description: Other types of spraying machines not specified elsewhere