Import/export HS code 84281020: Electric lifts and hoists

Lifts and skip hoists powered by electricity

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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 75,100,550
Spain 58,244,351
Italy 49,696,941
Sweden 42,672,060
Czechia 38,778,083

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 50,300,302 24,800,248 -25,500,054
Spain 32,152,916 26,091,435 -6,061,481
Italy 25,826,155 23,870,786 -1,955,369
Sweden 22,224,057 20,448,003 -1,776,054
Czechia 14,067,492 24,710,591 +10,643,099
Netherlands 20,588,223 16,409,107 -4,179,116
France 21,186,531 13,066,124 -8,120,407
China 20,445,168 6,405,319 -14,039,849
Greece 6,107,281 3,361,443 -2,745,838
Turkey 1,518,609 2,667,820 +1,149,211

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 £
Finland 72,641,399
Germany 60,380,952
Spain 59,464,513
Sweden 41,381,515
Netherlands 34,987,080

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 £
Finland 44,081,213 28,560,186 -15,521,027
Germany 34,660,448 25,720,504 -8,939,944
Spain 32,635,396 26,829,117 -5,806,279
Sweden 21,542,768 19,838,747 -1,704,021
Netherlands 19,286,335 15,700,745 -3,585,590
China 24,060,355 6,844,073 -17,216,282
France 17,869,569 11,718,214 -6,151,355
Italy 10,119,552 19,136,559 +9,017,007
Greece 6,632,692 3,333,987 -3,298,705
Turkey 1,531,720 2,709,109 +1,177,389

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 11
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 10
Outer London - East and North East 9
West Yorkshire 9
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 8

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
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 9 6 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 6 8 +2
Outer London - East and North East 6 4 -2
West Yorkshire 7 5 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 6 6 +0
Inner London - West 7 1 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 6 6 +0
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 5 5 +0
Greater Manchester 6 1 -5
West Midlands 7 3 -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) 335,011,120
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 50,608,757
Air transport 6,294,457
Other 5,257,386
Road transport 1,698,769

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) 185,817,174 149,193,946 -36,623,228
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 34,925,404 15,683,353 -19,242,051
Air transport 2,250,157 4,044,300 +1,794,143
Other 2,113,308 3,144,078 +1,030,770
Road transport 1,258,669 440,100 -818,569

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 167,679,380
Immingham Docks 63,082,463
Eurotunnel 29,539,886
Felixstowe 26,019,421
Portsmouth 19,657,241

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 89,250,637 78,428,743 -10,821,894
Immingham Docks 32,744,059 30,338,404 -2,405,655
Eurotunnel 13,532,502 16,007,384 +2,474,882
Felixstowe 19,373,420 6,646,001 -12,727,419
Portsmouth 10,833,512 8,823,729 -2,009,783
Purfleet 11,436,150 3,525,798 -7,910,352
Hull 9,782,083 4,167,688 -5,614,395
Killingholme 6,963,227 2,837,779 -4,125,448
Southampton 3,366,492 3,570,655 +204,163
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,315,155 2,327,804 -1,987,351

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 36
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 23
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 22
Specialised construction activities 22
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 20

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 18
2025-11 26
2025-10 25
2025-09 25
2025-08 31

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 70
54m+ 63
0-1m 20
15m-54m 20
Other 8

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 15,557,747
Ireland 12,423,176
Netherlands 11,527,213
Germany 8,963,578
Spain 8,145,242

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 6,722,519 8,835,228 +2,112,709
Ireland 6,429,209 5,993,967 -435,242
Netherlands 6,046,110 5,481,103 -565,007
Germany 7,952,162 1,011,416 -6,940,746
Spain 3,663,794 4,481,448 +817,654
Italy 3,059,584 2,689,872 -369,712
Australia 2,562,165 2,034,771 -527,394
Sweden 2,078,786 1,559,979 -518,807
Greece 1,719,944 1,493,436 -226,508
France 1,648,787 991,681 -657,106

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 4,407,107
Canada 34,064
Nicaragua 33,592
Spain 16,721
United States 15,189

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 2,197,388 2,209,719 +12,331
Canada 30,403 3,661 -26,742
Nicaragua 0 33,592 +33,592
Spain 14,578 2,143 -12,435
United States 3,888 11,301 +7,413
Netherlands 2,195 12,065 +9,870
China 7,739 5,092 -2,647
Italy 450 7,217 +6,767
Sweden 4,314 2,625 -1,689
France 1,726 1,427 -299

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) 45,891,156
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 24,240,573
Air transport 14,306,316
Other 4,836,652
Road transport 2,650

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) 26,877,257 19,013,899 -7,863,358
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,991,542 13,249,031 +2,257,489
Air transport 7,887,621 6,418,695 -1,468,926
Other 2,374,262 2,462,390 +88,128
Road transport 2,650 0 -2,650

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 26,815,897
Felixstowe 7,087,475
Immingham Docks 6,573,812
Southampton 6,450,237
London Heathrow Airport 6,309,314

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 16,026,025 10,789,872 -5,236,153
Felixstowe 2,717,266 4,370,209 +1,652,943
Immingham Docks 3,989,737 2,584,075 -1,405,662
Southampton 1,426,469 5,023,768 +3,597,299
London Heathrow Airport 2,474,983 3,834,331 +1,359,348
East Midlands Airport 4,138,758 1,702,640 -2,436,118
000 2,374,262 2,462,390 +88,128
London Gateway Port 2,719,197 1,738,183 -981,014
Liverpool Docks 2,293,311 1,924,461 -368,850
Holyhead 1,757,568 2,004,667 +247,099

Quick facts

HS code: 84281020

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

Description: Lifts and skip hoists powered by electricity