Import/export HS code 84289090: Various machinery

Other lifting and handling 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 £
Germany 167,521,257
Netherlands 131,912,025
China 79,657,808
United States 75,279,839
Italy 66,681,613

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 105,074,946 62,446,311 -42,628,635
Netherlands 78,039,379 53,872,646 -24,166,733
China 39,723,956 39,933,852 +209,896
United States 37,090,208 38,189,631 +1,099,423
Italy 39,957,062 26,724,551 -13,232,511
France 18,639,507 11,609,331 -7,030,176
Denmark 11,125,206 16,869,739 +5,744,533
Czechia 11,861,547 16,102,062 +4,240,515
Switzerland 14,584,110 7,217,713 -7,366,397
Sweden 11,947,498 6,936,916 -5,010,582

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 169,698,367
China 115,562,969
Italy 84,618,815
United States 77,606,798
Netherlands 58,865,186

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 107,515,834 62,182,533 -45,333,301
China 67,123,341 48,439,628 -18,683,713
Italy 48,986,768 35,632,047 -13,354,721
United States 41,084,631 36,522,167 -4,562,464
Netherlands 29,125,659 29,739,527 +613,868
Czechia 11,269,626 17,158,259 +5,888,633
United Kingdom 17,986,690 10,390,629 -7,596,061
Denmark 10,088,259 16,177,100 +6,088,841
Austria 11,080,494 12,018,210 +937,716
France 16,118,437 6,542,004 -9,576,433

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 87
Inner London - West 85
West Midlands 81
Greater Manchester 79
Shropshire and Staffordshire 71

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 60 55 -5
Inner London - West 67 52 -15
West Midlands 56 59 +3
Greater Manchester 63 44 -19
Shropshire and Staffordshire 56 47 -9
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 52 40 -12
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 48 49 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 45 35 -10
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 43 36 -7
West Yorkshire 41 28 -13

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) 493,181,303
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 221,369,939
Air transport 56,301,601
Other 15,758,646
Road transport 5,719,887

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) 299,241,629 193,939,674 -105,301,955
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 111,737,368 109,632,571 -2,104,797
Air transport 34,850,520 21,451,081 -13,399,439
Other 6,242,663 9,515,983 +3,273,320
Road transport 4,433,553 1,286,334 -3,147,219
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 198,813,941
Immingham Docks 124,295,708
Felixstowe 81,797,637
Southampton 49,397,597
Harwich 35,856,418

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 116,513,755 82,300,186 -34,213,569
Immingham Docks 72,436,479 51,859,229 -20,577,250
Felixstowe 40,212,109 41,585,528 +1,373,419
Southampton 19,126,290 30,271,307 +11,145,017
Harwich 22,068,931 13,787,487 -8,281,444
Eurotunnel 22,418,744 12,616,475 -9,802,269
London Heathrow Airport 20,976,102 12,064,138 -8,911,964
Killingholme 26,605,889 4,053,437 -22,552,452
Hull 9,942,767 12,469,543 +2,526,776
Liverpool Docks 9,613,481 10,643,456 +1,029,975

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 300
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 172
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 113
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 83
Other manufacturing 81

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 219
2025-11 253
2025-10 246
2025-09 233
2025-08 225

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+ 557
1m-15m 545
15m-54m 189
0-1m 122
Other 120

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 83,766,130
France 65,076,253
United States 58,791,279
Germany 52,790,864
Ireland 43,623,757

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 45,347,682 38,418,448 -6,929,234
France 30,083,603 34,992,650 +4,909,047
United States 36,837,699 21,953,580 -14,884,119
Germany 27,813,511 24,977,353 -2,836,158
Ireland 23,698,469 19,925,288 -3,773,181
Spain 22,419,579 15,265,970 -7,153,609
Belgium 9,052,403 25,709,273 +16,656,870
Canada 6,766,972 6,212,575 -554,397
Poland 8,510,382 3,930,913 -4,579,469
Italy 5,529,141 5,537,616 +8,475

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 6,896,313
Italy 2,426,576
United States 1,727,653
China 1,172,175
Ireland 420,794

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 4,592,696 2,303,617 -2,289,079
Italy 1,378,975 1,047,601 -331,374
United States 811,037 916,616 +105,579
China 1,026,111 146,064 -880,047
Ireland 148,905 271,889 +122,984
France 286,546 97,944 -188,602
Germany 45,277 113,575 +68,298
Belgium 108,724 6,429 -102,295
Canada 85,659 329 -85,330
Netherlands 20,000 0 -20,000

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) 331,074,008
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 184,446,332
Air transport 56,398,460
Other 14,017,004
Road transport 114,568

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) 179,426,049 151,647,959 -27,778,090
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 95,333,830 89,112,502 -6,221,328
Air transport 34,159,478 22,238,982 -11,920,496
Other 8,733,867 5,283,137 -3,450,730
Road transport 93,068 21,500 -71,568

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 160,664,953
Immingham Docks 76,602,195
London Gateway Port 43,524,630
London Heathrow Airport 36,237,446
Southampton 32,739,664

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 94,752,963 65,911,990 -28,840,973
Immingham Docks 36,222,259 40,379,936 +4,157,677
London Gateway Port 31,004,224 12,520,406 -18,483,818
London Heathrow Airport 21,752,453 14,484,993 -7,267,460
Southampton 16,265,564 16,474,100 +208,536
Felixstowe 8,725,469 22,799,977 +14,074,508
Liverpool Docks 13,304,158 15,882,736 +2,578,578
Dover 12,583,074 9,635,164 -2,947,910
Holyhead 8,731,213 8,118,080 -613,133
Grangemouth Docks 8,652,007 6,491,387 -2,160,620

Quick facts

HS code: 84289090

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

Description: Other lifting and handling machinery not covered by specific codes