Import/export HS code 842839: Various lifting machinery

Other types of lifting machinery not covered by specific codes

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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 £
Austria 91,026,019
Germany 80,115,199
Netherlands 55,636,515
Italy 35,964,095
Poland 23,388,681

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 £
Austria 39,849,214 51,176,805 +11,327,591
Germany 43,381,660 36,733,539 -6,648,121
Netherlands 32,658,901 22,977,614 -9,681,287
Italy 18,442,045 17,522,050 -919,995
Poland 9,095,052 14,293,629 +5,198,577
France 9,780,342 12,703,151 +2,922,809
China 9,593,813 12,586,414 +2,992,601
Spain 8,819,817 10,027,089 +1,207,272
Sweden 6,618,915 11,111,379 +4,492,464
Finland 12,438,817 4,119,949 -8,318,868

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 £
Austria 90,756,462
Germany 83,754,050
Poland 44,694,763
Italy 38,454,534
Netherlands 33,093,281

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 £
Austria 39,665,388 51,091,074 +11,425,686
Germany 44,284,794 39,469,256 -4,815,538
Poland 20,430,635 24,264,128 +3,833,493
Italy 18,962,167 19,492,367 +530,200
Netherlands 23,976,148 9,117,133 -14,859,015
China 11,031,266 13,230,556 +2,199,290
Spain 10,006,229 10,793,218 +786,989
Sweden 5,555,512 10,293,825 +4,738,313
Romania 5,089,943 8,984,701 +3,894,758
Finland 5,909,004 4,106,928 -1,802,076

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 56
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 49
West Midlands 45
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 43
Shropshire and Staffordshire 43

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 34 37 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 33 30 -3
West Midlands 31 30 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 24 33 +9
Shropshire and Staffordshire 23 28 +5
Inner London - West 25 24 -1
West Yorkshire 25 29 +4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 24 25 +1
Greater Manchester 23 22 -1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 16 22 +6

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) 386,173,183
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,727,006
Air transport 13,728,835
Road transport 855,173
Other 285,496

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) 187,825,432 198,347,751 +10,522,319
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,274,412 20,452,594 -1,821,818
Air transport 8,515,394 5,213,441 -3,301,953
Road transport 378,523 476,650 +98,127
Other 199,241 86,255 -112,986
Rail transport 98,008 0 -98,008

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 187,020,942
Immingham Docks 66,206,571
Eurotunnel 48,154,944
Felixstowe 46,184,545
Dover / Eurotunnel 18,803,795

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 77,339,368 109,681,574 +32,342,206
Immingham Docks 34,963,279 31,243,292 -3,719,987
Eurotunnel 25,888,998 22,265,946 -3,623,052
Felixstowe 23,657,014 22,527,531 -1,129,483
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,510,946 5,292,849 -8,218,097
Harwich 11,290,946 3,616,809 -7,674,137
London 3,552,089 5,912,997 +2,360,908
Killingholme 5,883,709 1,224,261 -4,659,448
Southampton 2,585,018 4,509,330 +1,924,312
London Heathrow Airport 4,006,285 2,319,031 -1,687,254

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
189
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
128
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
68
Manufacture of food products
60
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
59

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 109
2026-04 105
2026-03 101
2026-02 93
2026-01 86

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
54m+ 341
1m-15m 292
15m-54m 115
0-1m 90
Other 64

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 20,718,260
Germany 18,357,318
Netherlands 12,627,054
Iraq 11,935,267
France 10,977,157

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 12,519,121 8,199,139 -4,319,982
Germany 6,582,066 11,775,252 +5,193,186
Netherlands 5,453,188 7,173,866 +1,720,678
Iraq 2,874,726 9,060,541 +6,185,815
France 4,377,407 6,599,750 +2,222,343
Ireland 4,709,990 5,324,960 +614,970
Canada 6,240,891 3,548,835 -2,692,056
Poland 1,856,238 5,667,911 +3,811,673
Ivory Coast 5,254,012 4,656 -5,249,356
Saudi Arabia 2,930,940 2,133,700 -797,240

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 420,444
China 204,656
Taiwan 77,422
Spain 7,499
Austria 114

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 126,239 294,205 +167,966
China 77,619 127,037 +49,418
Taiwan 38,203 39,219 +1,016
Spain 0 7,499 +7,499
Austria 0 114 +114

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) 96,341,450
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 67,534,966
Air transport 13,908,594
Other 726,062
Road transport 77,146

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) 39,665,789 56,675,661 +17,009,872
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 40,516,564 27,018,402 -13,498,162
Air transport 7,880,194 6,028,400 -1,851,794
Other 254,127 471,935 +217,808
Road transport 77,146 0 -77,146
Rail transport 44,866 0 -44,866

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 58,468,103
London Gateway Port 25,599,511
Southampton 14,601,896
Liverpool Docks 11,296,812
Dover 10,781,474

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 25,221,310 33,246,793 +8,025,483
London Gateway Port 13,893,896 11,705,615 -2,188,281
Southampton 8,337,906 6,263,990 -2,073,916
Liverpool Docks 7,069,923 4,226,889 -2,843,034
Dover 3,798,181 6,983,293 +3,185,112
London Heathrow Airport 4,830,483 3,282,521 -1,547,962
London 6,639,905 1,182,690 -5,457,215
Immingham Docks 3,013,376 4,709,428 +1,696,052
Felixstowe 2,199,282 5,216,905 +3,017,623
Holyhead 1,580,443 2,477,818 +897,375

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 842839

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

Description: Other types of lifting machinery not covered by specific codes