Import/export HS code 842720: Non-electric fork-lift trucks

Self-propelled trucks powered by non-electric engines, used for lifting and moving materials

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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 £
France 260,217,445
Germany 93,008,588
Italy 64,732,857
Ireland 50,890,210
China 50,251,679

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 £
France 132,427,842 127,789,603 -4,638,239
Germany 44,343,782 48,664,806 +4,321,024
Italy 33,484,470 31,248,387 -2,236,083
Ireland 30,380,391 20,509,819 -9,870,572
China 23,559,265 26,692,414 +3,133,149
Netherlands 22,825,515 25,406,292 +2,580,777
Hungary 9,885,489 5,477,828 -4,407,661
Poland 8,041,045 5,473,925 -2,567,120
South Korea 8,958,924 4,038,326 -4,920,598
United States 5,558,562 6,500,361 +941,799

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 £
France 247,638,195
Italy 78,621,370
Germany 71,900,698
China 59,317,181
Ireland 46,146,891

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 £
France 122,933,853 124,704,342 +1,770,489
Italy 43,977,567 34,643,803 -9,333,764
Germany 31,675,017 40,225,681 +8,550,664
China 27,343,619 31,973,562 +4,629,943
Ireland 27,558,169 18,588,722 -8,969,447
Poland 16,004,215 10,065,198 -5,939,017
Netherlands 11,184,465 12,075,979 +891,514
Spain 10,462,362 9,821,379 -640,983
Hungary 9,947,154 5,804,384 -4,142,770
South Korea 11,125,588 4,138,111 -6,987,477

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Northern Ireland 17
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 13
Greater Manchester 13
Shropshire and Staffordshire 13
Essex 12

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
Northern Ireland 13 10 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 9 10 +1
Greater Manchester 9 7 -2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 12 10 -2
Essex 7 11 +4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 9 5 -4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 5 7 +2
West Midlands 8 5 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 8 4 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 5 4 -1

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) 544,566,063
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 117,450,527
Other 22,622,435
Air transport 910,070
Road transport 407,339

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) 285,261,970 259,304,093 -25,957,877
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 59,934,899 57,515,628 -2,419,271
Other 10,971,720 11,650,715 +678,995
Air transport 606,444 303,626 -302,818
Road transport 158,662 248,677 +90,015

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Portsmouth 167,652,831
Dover 140,015,002
Poole 85,267,103
Immingham Docks 55,040,735
Southampton 43,433,161

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 £
Portsmouth 82,120,209 85,532,622 +3,412,413
Dover 72,969,687 67,045,315 -5,924,372
Poole 46,272,594 38,994,509 -7,278,085
Immingham Docks 28,816,730 26,224,005 -2,592,725
Southampton 23,284,045 20,149,116 -3,134,929
Felixstowe 17,261,104 16,954,182 -306,922
Holyhead 14,022,158 12,505,042 -1,517,116
000 10,971,720 11,650,715 +678,995
Liverpool Docks 13,065,914 7,979,244 -5,086,670
London 10,971,083 8,134,146 -2,836,937

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 75
Rental and leasing activities 32
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 25
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 22
Specialised construction activities 20

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 48
2025-11 44
2025-10 46
2025-09 40
2025-08 44

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 116
54m+ 62
15m-54m 32
0-1m 29
Other 15

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 911,598,344
France 277,013,265
Spain 103,157,028
Germany 93,633,548
Ireland 88,786,620

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 609,767,525 301,830,819 -307,936,706
France 153,280,744 123,732,521 -29,548,223
Spain 58,039,738 45,117,290 -12,922,448
Germany 45,864,326 47,769,222 +1,904,896
Ireland 46,239,149 42,547,471 -3,691,678
Australia 42,523,162 35,831,569 -6,691,593
Turkey 40,441,471 34,806,485 -5,634,986
United Arab Emirates 34,931,177 29,368,123 -5,563,054
Poland 31,679,064 30,363,555 -1,315,509
Italy 28,450,548 31,230,888 +2,780,340

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 70,815,948
Germany 3,928,220
France 2,397,705
Italy 1,074,961
China 748,403

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 41,789,587 29,026,361 -12,763,226
Germany 1,212,550 2,715,670 +1,503,120
France 1,434,704 963,001 -471,703
Italy 823,724 251,237 -572,487
China 266,812 481,591 +214,779
Canada 239,366 412,371 +173,005
Ireland 200,210 100,061 -100,149
Nicaragua 201,331 67,460 -133,871
South Korea 10,910 227,917 +217,007
Japan 105,878 60,186 -45,692

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,183,689,132
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,011,481,659
Other 84,235,314
Road transport 813,635
Air transport 396,375

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 761,533,109 422,156,023 -339,377,086
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 535,792,163 475,689,496 -60,102,667
Other 48,469,094 35,766,220 -12,702,874
Road transport 813,635 0 -813,635
Air transport 209,321 187,054 -22,267

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 674,852,739
Southampton 602,163,994
Liverpool Docks 428,483,032
000 84,235,314
Felixstowe 81,237,760

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 365,681,194 309,171,545 -56,509,649
Southampton 350,299,683 251,864,311 -98,435,372
Liverpool Docks 336,459,219 92,023,813 -244,435,406
000 48,469,094 35,766,220 -12,702,874
Felixstowe 45,000,070 36,237,690 -8,762,380
London Gateway Port 31,435,080 44,462,244 +13,027,164
Immingham Docks 22,558,338 35,768,191 +13,209,853
Avonmouth Docks 39,822,878 16,953,794 -22,869,084
Portsmouth 24,524,420 27,013,658 +2,489,238
Belfast Port 20,527,216 28,610,426 +8,083,210

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 842720

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

Description: Self-propelled trucks powered by non-electric engines, used for lifting and moving materials