Import/export HS code 84289090: Various machinery

Other lifting and handling machinery not covered by specific codes

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* 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 180,574,498
Netherlands 144,977,929
China 92,853,290
United States 89,654,678
Italy 73,314,447

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 92,694,025 87,880,473 -4,813,552
Netherlands 76,658,962 68,318,967 -8,339,995
China 41,305,801 51,547,489 +10,241,688
United States 35,223,034 54,431,644 +19,208,610
Italy 38,197,490 35,116,957 -3,080,533
Czechia 12,159,376 24,022,231 +11,862,855
France 18,224,424 17,521,766 -702,658
Denmark 10,875,350 20,955,907 +10,080,557
Switzerland 14,520,354 7,825,126 -6,695,228
Sweden 11,905,109 9,936,271 -1,968,838

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 181,619,329
China 127,375,403
Italy 92,923,419
United States 90,339,382
Netherlands 69,183,325

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 94,835,867 86,783,462 -8,052,405
China 65,285,761 62,089,642 -3,196,119
Italy 47,177,357 45,746,062 -1,431,295
United States 38,432,498 51,906,884 +13,474,386
Netherlands 33,140,303 36,043,022 +2,902,719
Czechia 11,483,879 25,306,206 +13,822,327
United Kingdom 17,864,501 15,667,877 -2,196,624
Denmark 9,815,190 20,096,559 +10,281,369
Austria 10,194,325 17,467,862 +7,273,537
France 14,650,604 8,681,534 -5,969,070

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 99
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 96
West Midlands 86
Greater Manchester 85
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 75

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
Inner London - West 66 64 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 59 66 +7
West Midlands 55 67 +12
Greater Manchester 67 49 -18
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 50 49 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 55 50 -5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 48 57 +9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 45 44 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 46 43 -3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 40 38 -2

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) 550,937,609
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 253,805,103
Air transport 64,461,925
Other 18,423,988
Road transport 6,426,807

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) 280,596,676 270,340,933 -10,255,743
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 112,129,829 141,675,274 +29,545,445
Air transport 33,366,508 31,095,417 -2,271,091
Other 6,555,430 11,868,558 +5,313,128
Road transport 3,920,312 2,506,495 -1,413,817
Rail transport 594,426 267,556 -326,870

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 222,364,521
Immingham Docks 144,555,747
Felixstowe 100,662,646
Southampton 59,629,019
Harwich 42,422,566

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 112,999,276 109,365,245 -3,634,031
Immingham Docks 63,591,374 80,964,373 +17,372,999
Felixstowe 43,213,906 57,448,740 +14,234,834
Southampton 16,676,355 42,952,664 +26,276,309
Harwich 21,962,202 20,460,364 -1,501,838
London Heathrow Airport 19,973,557 18,790,443 -1,183,114
Eurotunnel 19,636,797 17,230,581 -2,406,216
Killingholme 24,382,840 3,590,539 -20,792,301
Hull 8,168,788 13,823,847 +5,655,059
Liverpool Docks 9,325,304 11,680,207 +2,354,903

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 330
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 185
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 131
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 89
Specialised construction activities 89

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 238
2026-03 267
2026-02 228
2026-01 219
2025-12 202

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+ 608
1m-15m 596
15m-54m 200
0-1m 136
Other 131

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 99,272,355
France 78,288,899
United States 65,163,061
Germany 57,706,853
Ireland 47,887,276

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 46,310,637 52,961,718 +6,651,081
France 30,043,995 48,244,904 +18,200,909
United States 34,491,676 30,671,385 -3,820,291
Germany 28,833,908 28,872,945 +39,037
Ireland 22,515,411 25,371,865 +2,856,454
Spain 22,426,192 19,534,639 -2,891,553
Belgium 9,458,013 30,289,086 +20,831,073
Canada 8,175,512 6,999,580 -1,175,932
Norway 3,934,604 10,747,104 +6,812,500
Poland 8,952,021 4,566,761 -4,385,260

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 7,324,259
Italy 2,545,880
United States 1,810,731
China 1,193,367
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 4,176,028 3,148,231 -1,027,797
Italy 1,379,480 1,166,400 -213,080
United States 1,101,475 709,256 -392,219
China 989,241 204,126 -785,115
Ireland 148,905 271,889 +122,984
France 286,546 133,319 -153,227
Germany 46,894 137,117 +90,223
Belgium 108,724 8,247 -100,477
Canada 85,659 329 -85,330
Sweden 0 25,756 +25,756

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) 379,344,769
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 221,549,755
Air transport 64,857,757
Other 14,784,954
Road transport 110,862

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) 180,111,828 199,232,941 +19,121,113
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 96,642,027 124,907,728 +28,265,701
Air transport 32,174,365 32,683,392 +509,027
Other 8,557,734 6,227,220 -2,330,514
Road transport 89,362 21,500 -67,862

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 182,064,950
Immingham Docks 92,302,398
London Gateway Port 52,903,546
London Heathrow Airport 42,865,370
Felixstowe 40,081,924

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 92,412,696 89,652,254 -2,760,442
Immingham Docks 38,880,873 53,421,525 +14,540,652
London Gateway Port 31,616,390 21,287,156 -10,329,234
London Heathrow Airport 20,433,804 22,431,566 +1,997,762
Felixstowe 8,690,370 31,391,554 +22,701,184
Southampton 16,919,162 20,561,529 +3,642,367
Liverpool Docks 15,678,299 17,506,987 +1,828,688
Dover 12,974,409 13,689,432 +715,023
Holyhead 7,932,720 10,524,065 +2,591,345
Grangemouth Docks 7,620,606 7,547,712 -72,894

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