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 190,480,724
Netherlands 143,094,400
Italy 125,749,389
China 83,113,237
United States 78,164,086

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 117,474,327 73,006,397 -44,467,930
Netherlands 81,977,775 61,116,625 -20,861,150
Italy 68,180,161 57,569,228 -10,610,933
China 39,933,549 43,179,688 +3,246,139
United States 38,168,696 39,995,390 +1,826,694
France 26,974,233 20,417,686 -6,556,547
Denmark 8,370,748 20,551,282 +12,180,534
Czechia 11,519,781 17,382,833 +5,863,052
Switzerland 15,585,220 7,405,629 -8,179,591
Sweden 12,190,146 8,759,308 -3,430,838

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 194,038,233
Italy 144,285,705
China 121,675,464
United States 80,925,481
Netherlands 65,162,732

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 122,038,307 71,999,926 -50,038,381
Italy 77,813,649 66,472,056 -11,341,593
China 68,457,817 53,217,647 -15,240,170
United States 42,052,067 38,873,414 -3,178,653
Netherlands 31,111,507 34,051,225 +2,939,718
France 23,651,218 14,621,634 -9,029,584
United Kingdom 18,879,728 10,877,072 -8,002,656
Czechia 11,028,064 18,520,386 +7,492,322
Denmark 7,250,166 19,730,245 +12,480,079
Austria 11,435,745 13,238,606 +1,802,861

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 93
Inner London - West 88
West Midlands 86
Greater Manchester 80
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 63 61 -2
Inner London - West 66 55 -11
West Midlands 60 65 +5
Greater Manchester 63 47 -16
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 58 43 -15
Shropshire and Staffordshire 54 49 -5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 49 50 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 48 38 -10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 44 38 -6
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 48 32 -16

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) 555,358,984
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 255,572,102
Other 62,740,036
Air transport 59,859,429
Road transport 5,831,711

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) 326,581,469 228,777,515 -97,803,954
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 121,085,696 134,486,406 +13,400,710
Other 35,166,790 27,573,246 -7,593,544
Air transport 36,005,135 23,854,294 -12,150,841
Road transport 4,508,645 1,323,066 -3,185,579
Rail transport 158,568 703,414 +544,846

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 216,345,613
Immingham Docks 133,835,084
Felixstowe 91,558,550
000 62,740,036
Southampton 50,813,705

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 121,931,587 94,414,026 -27,517,561
Immingham Docks 76,947,720 56,887,364 -20,060,356
Felixstowe 43,336,270 48,222,280 +4,886,010
000 35,166,790 27,573,246 -7,593,544
Southampton 19,809,703 31,004,002 +11,194,299
Harwich 24,181,237 17,145,792 -7,035,445
Eurotunnel 23,722,384 14,346,724 -9,375,660
Killingholme 31,176,048 5,908,380 -25,267,668
London Heathrow Airport 21,534,465 13,218,883 -8,315,582
Hull 8,206,320 15,511,401 +7,305,081

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 343
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 183
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 122
Other manufacturing 88
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 85

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 231
2025-11 265
2025-10 262
2025-09 243
2025-08 234

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 598
54m+ 593
15m-54m 201
0-1m 135
Other 127

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 87,332,733
France 67,989,566
United States 62,330,050
Germany 56,774,305
Ireland 55,740,794

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 44,233,729 43,099,004 -1,134,725
France 29,773,505 38,216,061 +8,442,556
United States 36,758,883 25,571,167 -11,187,716
Germany 29,514,791 27,259,514 -2,255,277
Ireland 27,799,431 27,941,363 +141,932
Spain 23,737,745 16,936,174 -6,801,571
Belgium 8,296,072 27,984,072 +19,688,000
Poland 8,836,732 6,248,241 -2,588,491
Canada 7,421,069 6,860,161 -560,908
India 7,573,590 4,387,295 -3,186,295

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 13,845,810
Italy 2,426,576
United States 1,730,247
China 1,179,145
Ireland 1,105,682

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 8,014,290 5,831,520 -2,182,770
Italy 692,467 1,734,109 +1,041,642
United States 813,631 916,616 +102,985
China 937,511 241,634 -695,877
Ireland 451,894 653,788 +201,894
France 294,708 102,720 -191,988
Germany 46,009 202,799 +156,790
Belgium 108,724 6,429 -102,295
Canada 85,659 329 -85,330
Sweden 57,678 27,175 -30,503

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) 354,744,649
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 196,452,569
Air transport 60,641,825
Other 22,223,602
Road transport 139,286

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) 179,649,986 175,094,663 -4,555,323
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 92,040,483 104,412,086 +12,371,603
Air transport 35,282,988 25,358,837 -9,924,151
Other 11,905,533 10,318,069 -1,587,464
Road transport 81,786 57,500 -24,286

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 176,217,798
Immingham Docks 79,541,624
London Gateway Port 45,830,787
London Heathrow Airport 39,137,373
Southampton 35,377,687

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 101,369,396 74,848,402 -26,520,994
Immingham Docks 33,221,013 46,320,611 +13,099,598
London Gateway Port 26,034,884 19,795,903 -6,238,981
London Heathrow Airport 22,757,399 16,379,974 -6,377,425
Southampton 17,076,888 18,300,799 +1,223,911
Felixstowe 8,229,699 23,708,455 +15,478,756
Liverpool Docks 13,878,322 17,457,787 +3,579,465
Dover 10,762,890 11,890,420 +1,127,530
000 11,905,533 10,318,069 -1,587,464
Holyhead 9,612,544 10,397,574 +785,030

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