Import/export HS code 842890: Various lifting and handling machinery

Other machinery for lifting, handling, or moving materials 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 £
Germany 181,551,651
Netherlands 139,659,798
Italy 131,460,955
China 93,953,540
United States 93,191,518

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 96,555,080 84,996,571 -11,558,509
Netherlands 77,006,089 62,653,709 -14,352,380
Italy 69,977,108 61,483,847 -8,493,261
China 44,754,973 49,198,567 +4,443,594
United States 33,311,955 59,879,563 +26,567,608
France 26,907,296 26,191,602 -715,694
Czechia 13,570,468 22,038,337 +8,467,869
Denmark 11,344,321 20,676,717 +9,332,396
Ireland 10,943,996 12,701,928 +1,757,932
Sweden 12,029,501 10,301,302 -1,728,199

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 180,850,759
Italy 148,980,469
China 124,141,403
United States 90,081,394
Netherlands 72,811,660

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 96,535,195 84,315,564 -12,219,631
Italy 78,769,458 70,211,011 -8,558,447
China 62,758,922 61,382,481 -1,376,441
United States 35,410,172 54,671,222 +19,261,050
Netherlands 40,792,654 32,019,006 -8,773,648
France 22,188,965 17,420,084 -4,768,881
Czechia 13,253,931 23,256,641 +10,002,710
United Kingdom 18,000,961 14,762,777 -3,238,184
Denmark 9,956,951 19,863,341 +9,906,390
Austria 10,475,668 16,731,128 +6,255,460

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 100
Inner London - West 99
West Midlands 93
Greater Manchester 83
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 78

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 68 66 -2
Inner London - West 65 63 -2
West Midlands 62 67 +5
Greater Manchester 66 51 -15
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 51 53 +2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 54 55 +1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 56 48 -8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 46 43 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 45 40 -5
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 40 39 -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) 554,874,827
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 291,792,004
Air transport 63,548,855
Other 54,547,311
Road transport 4,753,889

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) 287,036,536 267,838,291 -19,198,245
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 123,329,001 168,463,003 +45,134,002
Air transport 33,888,037 29,660,818 -4,227,219
Other 39,535,472 15,011,839 -24,523,633
Road transport 2,436,961 2,316,928 -120,033
Rail transport 861,982 0 -861,982

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 218,451,525
Immingham Docks 139,437,273
Felixstowe 108,609,241
Southampton 67,527,828
000 54,547,311

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 115,805,915 102,645,610 -13,160,305
Immingham Docks 61,047,966 78,389,307 +17,341,341
Felixstowe 49,681,038 58,928,203 +9,247,165
Southampton 19,072,300 48,455,528 +29,383,228
000 39,535,472 15,011,839 -24,523,633
Harwich 24,498,574 20,428,370 -4,070,204
London Heathrow Airport 19,527,904 17,760,235 -1,767,669
Eurotunnel 19,645,969 15,869,844 -3,776,125
499 112,365 26,095,177 +25,982,812
Killingholme 22,056,753 3,982,179 -18,074,574

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
366
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
186
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
139
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
94
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
88

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 265
2026-04 253
2026-03 283
2026-02 244
2026-01 231

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 625
54m+ 618
15m-54m 214
0-1m 136
Other 132

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 95,515,360
France 75,782,329
United States 63,258,582
Ireland 57,767,905
Germany 56,519,813

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 46,152,410 49,362,950 +3,210,540
France 30,547,411 45,234,918 +14,687,507
United States 34,173,210 29,085,372 -5,087,838
Ireland 26,607,627 31,160,278 +4,552,651
Germany 31,123,956 25,395,857 -5,728,099
Belgium 10,578,974 31,283,241 +20,704,267
Spain 21,984,940 17,643,855 -4,341,085
Norway 5,520,118 10,217,865 +4,697,747
Canada 7,836,704 6,561,832 -1,274,872
Poland 10,655,123 3,720,695 -6,934,428

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 13,559,761
Italy 2,614,631
United States 1,688,339
China 1,050,093
Ireland 800,607

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 7,389,385 6,170,376 -1,219,009
Italy 1,510,552 1,104,079 -406,473
United States 986,022 702,317 -283,705
China 878,466 171,627 -706,839
Ireland 370,958 429,649 +58,691
France 339,226 40,182 -299,044
Germany 117,080 223,433 +106,353
Sweden 46,300 57,159 +10,859
Belgium 74,507 8,247 -66,260
Canada 59,603 7,389 -52,214

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) 376,479,696
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 220,531,210
Air transport 63,332,993
Other 21,648,145
Road transport 115,099

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) 184,182,599 192,297,097 +8,114,498
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 102,833,692 117,697,518 +14,863,826
Air transport 32,759,981 30,573,012 -2,186,969
Other 12,306,966 9,341,179 -2,965,787
Road transport 113,166 1,933 -111,233

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 177,880,291
Immingham Docks 90,593,009
London Gateway Port 52,654,946
London Heathrow Airport 41,521,442
Felixstowe 40,258,467

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 91,760,135 86,120,156 -5,639,979
Immingham Docks 41,180,679 49,412,330 +8,231,651
London Gateway Port 31,736,859 20,918,087 -10,818,772
London Heathrow Airport 20,982,515 20,538,927 -443,588
Felixstowe 8,039,685 32,218,782 +24,179,097
Southampton 17,999,277 20,618,224 +2,618,947
Liverpool Docks 16,716,333 15,774,919 -941,414
Dover 15,429,589 11,058,981 -4,370,608
Holyhead 8,221,789 13,482,014 +5,260,225
000 12,306,966 9,341,179 -2,965,787

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 842890

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

Description: Other machinery for lifting, handling, or moving materials not covered by specific codes