Import/export HS code 843120: Parts for earth-moving machinery

Components for machines like bulldozers and excavators used in construction

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 57,888,947
Italy 51,053,248
China 33,407,024
India 31,092,480
Czechia 25,506,331

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 28,448,266 29,440,681 +992,415
Italy 24,981,820 26,071,428 +1,089,608
China 14,961,467 18,445,557 +3,484,090
India 9,057,434 22,035,046 +12,977,612
Czechia 15,534,065 9,972,266 -5,561,799
Belgium 11,493,152 10,433,902 -1,059,250
Netherlands 9,463,843 8,596,745 -867,098
United States 8,902,740 8,194,083 -708,657
Poland 3,077,965 13,347,962 +10,269,997
France 8,225,686 7,772,497 -453,189

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 50,694,072
China 43,549,648
Italy 35,951,838
India 33,430,060
United States 17,831,616

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 23,651,779 27,042,293 +3,390,514
China 19,913,882 23,635,766 +3,721,884
Italy 16,494,726 19,457,112 +2,962,386
India 9,489,810 23,940,250 +14,450,440
United States 9,076,979 8,754,637 -322,342
Poland 2,420,702 13,067,381 +10,646,679
Sweden 8,013,214 6,422,511 -1,590,703
Turkey 6,091,854 6,479,236 +387,382
Sri Lanka 5,596,877 1,995,855 -3,601,022
Czechia 3,641,167 3,872,703 +231,536

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 47
Inner London - West 41
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 41
West Midlands 38
Greater Manchester 37

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 28 37 +9
Inner London - West 25 23 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 25 31 +6
West Midlands 17 32 +15
Greater Manchester 24 25 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 26 22 -4
Shropshire and Staffordshire 25 27 +2
West Yorkshire 24 17 -7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21 20 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 19 19 +0

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) 142,051,080
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 99,335,414
Other 74,325,291
Air transport 35,141,581
Road transport 4,275,009

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) 64,922,513 77,128,567 +12,206,054
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 40,886,672 58,448,742 +17,562,070
Other 44,392,569 29,932,722 -14,459,847
Air transport 17,704,781 17,436,800 -267,981
Road transport 1,806,866 2,468,143 +661,277

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 74,325,291
Dover 47,829,685
Felixstowe 37,589,944
Immingham Docks 23,031,289
London Gateway Port 21,597,184

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 £
000 44,392,569 29,932,722 -14,459,847
Dover 21,566,837 26,262,848 +4,696,011
Felixstowe 19,581,302 18,008,642 -1,572,660
Immingham Docks 8,992,183 14,039,106 +5,046,923
London Gateway Port 8,276,456 13,320,728 +5,044,272
Belfast Port 11,093,374 10,374,306 -719,068
Eurotunnel 10,808,074 10,084,286 -723,788
499 1,699 14,676,645 +14,674,946
East Midlands Airport 7,447,017 6,587,365 -859,652
London 3,929,130 9,489,589 +5,560,459

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 190
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 90
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 63
Rental and leasing activities 44
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 43

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 140
2026-03 148
2026-02 122
2026-01 119
2025-12 116

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+ 282
1m-15m 281
15m-54m 84
0-1m 63
Other 57

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 29,322,402
Ireland 12,326,406
Sweden 11,247,802
Poland 10,334,837
Italy 8,284,058

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 15,172,358 14,150,044 -1,022,314
Ireland 6,487,183 5,839,223 -647,960
Sweden 5,960,534 5,287,268 -673,266
Poland 4,708,677 5,626,160 +917,483
Italy 4,152,053 4,132,005 -20,048
Finland 3,595,444 3,944,640 +349,196
France 3,650,024 3,305,106 -344,918
Netherlands 3,404,168 3,191,139 -213,029
Brazil 2,842,100 3,008,161 +166,061
Germany 2,871,832 2,648,663 -223,169

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 6,862,236
Italy 304,066
Ireland 24,188
Spain 4,538
Germany 3,934

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 3,336,841 3,525,395 +188,554
Italy 157,066 147,000 -10,066
Ireland 8,114 16,074 +7,960
Spain 728 3,810 +3,082
Germany 983 2,951 +1,968
France 0 2,874 +2,874
Hungary 0 2,124 +2,124
Belgium 0 1,772 +1,772
Japan 1,079 0 -1,079
United States 235 575 +340

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) 65,986,475
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 41,372,364
Air transport 17,103,164
Other 7,214,785
Road transport 34,325

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) 34,015,347 31,971,128 -2,044,219
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,851,392 20,520,972 -330,420
Air transport 8,453,237 8,649,927 +196,690
Other 3,510,849 3,703,936 +193,087
Road transport 34,325 0 -34,325

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 28,580,021
Immingham Docks 21,099,827
London Gateway Port 11,546,233
Belfast Port 9,529,310
Southampton 7,563,603

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 15,552,912 13,027,109 -2,525,803
Immingham Docks 10,670,902 10,428,925 -241,977
London Gateway Port 7,907,745 3,638,488 -4,269,257
Belfast Port 5,751,805 3,777,505 -1,974,300
Southampton 1,095,885 6,467,718 +5,371,833
000 3,510,849 3,703,936 +193,087
Liverpool Docks 3,832,377 3,261,381 -570,996
London Heathrow Airport 3,253,059 3,401,162 +148,103
Holyhead 2,725,757 2,813,232 +87,475
East Midlands Airport 2,381,877 2,962,788 +580,911

Quick facts

HS code: 843120

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

Description: Components for machines like bulldozers and excavators used in construction