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 288,333,946
Germany 98,239,983
Italy 61,880,155
China 60,764,902
Ireland 51,152,976

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 126,780,034 161,553,912 +34,773,878
Germany 42,466,434 55,773,549 +13,307,115
Italy 35,028,920 26,851,235 -8,177,685
China 24,292,650 36,472,252 +12,179,602
Ireland 32,242,589 18,910,387 -13,332,202
Netherlands 24,228,834 26,318,027 +2,089,193
Hungary 8,504,230 7,793,190 -711,040
Poland 8,329,235 6,031,676 -2,297,559
United States 6,643,984 6,797,325 +153,341
South Korea 4,358,681 7,180,641 +2,821,960

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 279,046,153
Germany 77,696,883
China 76,480,727
Italy 75,632,622
Ireland 45,399,838

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 118,679,013 160,367,140 +41,688,127
Germany 31,121,758 46,575,125 +15,453,367
China 28,406,150 48,074,577 +19,668,427
Italy 45,062,080 30,570,542 -14,491,538
Ireland 29,473,691 15,926,147 -13,547,544
Poland 16,914,807 8,420,918 -8,493,889
Spain 11,103,601 10,655,916 -447,685
Netherlands 10,046,288 10,740,453 +694,165
Hungary 8,683,254 8,032,515 -650,739
Austria 6,259,661 9,378,505 +3,118,844

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Northern Ireland 20
Greater Manchester 15
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 13
Essex 12
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 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 14 +1
Greater Manchester 10 10 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 9 9 +0
Essex 10 8 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 7 6 -1
West Midlands 8 6 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 9 4 -5
Shropshire and Staffordshire 10 8 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 7 6 -1
Outer London - West and North West 4 6 +2

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) 576,449,168
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 133,547,439
Other 24,856,698
Air transport 658,652
Road transport 583,170

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) 282,043,959 294,405,209 +12,361,250
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 56,453,680 77,093,759 +20,640,079
Other 11,116,919 13,739,779 +2,622,860
Air transport 620,237 38,415 -581,822
Road transport 238,946 344,224 +105,278

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Portsmouth 208,421,317
Dover 145,293,563
Poole 70,463,873
Immingham Docks 54,472,431
Southampton 54,350,331

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 85,548,031 122,873,286 +37,325,255
Dover 72,045,239 73,248,324 +1,203,085
Poole 40,747,266 29,716,607 -11,030,659
Immingham Docks 31,083,589 23,388,842 -7,694,747
Southampton 22,862,749 31,487,582 +8,624,833
Felixstowe 14,424,883 17,215,619 +2,790,736
Holyhead 14,884,712 13,133,005 -1,751,707
000 11,116,919 13,739,779 +2,622,860
Liverpool Docks 14,991,725 4,640,413 -10,351,312
London 10,234,763 9,152,907 -1,081,856

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
80
Rental and leasing activities
28
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
25
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
21
Specialised construction activities
21

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 45
2026-04 39
2026-03 39
2026-02 42
2026-01 48

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 115
54m+ 57
0-1m 36
15m-54m 32
Other 12

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 926,894,073
France 291,532,312
Germany 107,526,522
Spain 107,086,555
Ireland 97,301,176

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 509,760,544 417,133,529 -92,627,015
France 139,998,821 151,533,491 +11,534,670
Germany 49,766,234 57,760,288 +7,994,054
Spain 54,947,749 52,138,806 -2,808,943
Ireland 48,549,118 48,752,058 +202,940
Australia 49,474,937 45,246,545 -4,228,392
Turkey 50,848,577 28,805,781 -22,042,796
United Arab Emirates 34,625,085 35,506,014 +880,929
Poland 29,584,346 34,810,362 +5,226,016
Italy 30,493,666 32,164,548 +1,670,882

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 71,344,098
Germany 4,511,067
France 2,595,808
China 964,085
Italy 735,020

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 40,563,113 30,780,985 -9,782,128
Germany 1,851,295 2,659,772 +808,477
France 1,391,294 1,204,514 -186,780
China 306,560 657,525 +350,965
Italy 246,743 488,277 +241,534
Canada 401,336 307,032 -94,304
Nicaragua 245,933 64,091 -181,842
Sweden 70,892 226,099 +155,207
Ireland 171,806 105,933 -65,873
South Korea 188,768 41,518 -147,250

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) 1,233,696,546
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,081,628,007
Other 86,582,609
Air transport 262,110
Road transport 196,321

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) 655,747,000 577,949,546 -77,797,454
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 539,987,616 541,640,391 +1,652,775
Other 47,844,398 38,738,211 -9,106,187
Air transport 186,037 76,073 -109,964
Road transport 0 196,321 +196,321

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 717,606,920
Southampton 646,727,495
Liverpool Docks 382,513,802
Felixstowe 133,627,017
London Gateway Port 92,658,143

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 350,076,038 367,530,882 +17,454,844
Southampton 337,834,057 308,893,438 -28,940,619
Liverpool Docks 260,979,030 121,534,772 -139,444,258
Felixstowe 47,723,296 85,903,721 +38,180,425
London Gateway Port 27,920,523 64,737,620 +36,817,097
000 47,844,398 38,738,211 -9,106,187
Immingham Docks 28,184,220 33,865,140 +5,680,920
Portsmouth 23,535,501 35,655,507 +12,120,006
Belfast Port 24,136,680 22,830,450 -1,306,230
Avonmouth Docks 33,761,679 8,884,205 -24,877,474

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