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 55,786,047
Italy 46,797,746
China 29,001,684
Czechia 26,436,959
India 24,179,639

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 31,499,192 24,286,855 -7,212,337
Italy 26,533,950 20,263,796 -6,270,154
China 14,874,298 14,127,386 -746,912
Czechia 16,277,086 10,159,873 -6,117,213
India 7,733,862 16,445,777 +8,711,915
Belgium 11,812,529 8,640,406 -3,172,123
Netherlands 9,677,724 7,688,158 -1,989,566
United States 7,489,689 9,351,081 +1,861,392
France 8,247,478 6,413,092 -1,834,386
Poland 3,140,035 8,063,899 +4,923,864

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 48,380,968
China 38,325,847
Italy 31,378,516
India 26,071,436
United States 17,356,218

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 26,733,275 21,647,693 -5,085,582
China 19,918,145 18,407,702 -1,510,443
Italy 17,306,219 14,072,297 -3,233,922
India 8,160,170 17,911,266 +9,751,096
United States 7,752,866 9,603,352 +1,850,486
Sweden 8,145,983 5,458,199 -2,687,784
Turkey 6,535,079 4,684,697 -1,850,382
Poland 2,026,440 7,843,280 +5,816,840
Sri Lanka 6,290,972 2,521,297 -3,769,675
Czechia 3,456,155 3,357,127 -99,028

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 45
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 39
Inner London - West 38
Greater Manchester 36
Shropshire and Staffordshire 35

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 35 +7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 28 24 -4
Inner London - West 24 21 -3
Greater Manchester 23 24 +1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 27 24 -3
West Midlands 18 26 +8
West Yorkshire 23 18 -5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 24 16 -8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 22 17 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 16 18 +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) 127,432,185
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 85,774,740
Other 75,930,727
Air transport 33,145,973
Road transport 4,168,612

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) 68,460,618 58,971,567 -9,489,051
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 38,452,338 47,322,402 +8,870,064
Other 47,262,225 28,668,502 -18,593,723
Air transport 18,064,890 15,081,083 -2,983,807
Road transport 2,281,319 1,887,293 -394,026

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 75,930,727
Dover 41,904,460
Felixstowe 34,651,798
Eurotunnel 22,615,756
Belfast Port 20,928,732

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 47,262,225 28,668,502 -18,593,723
Dover 21,750,373 20,154,087 -1,596,286
Felixstowe 19,911,197 14,740,601 -5,170,596
Eurotunnel 13,932,113 8,683,643 -5,248,470
Belfast Port 10,768,603 10,160,129 -608,474
Immingham Docks 8,681,619 10,918,230 +2,236,611
London Gateway Port 6,876,915 11,442,605 +4,565,690
East Midlands Airport 7,308,728 5,948,303 -1,360,425
London 3,036,513 6,414,773 +3,378,260
Birmingham Airport 4,257,893 4,499,584 +241,691

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 178
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 86
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 58
Rental and leasing activities 40
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 39

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 119
2025-11 141
2025-10 147
2025-09 131
2025-08 142

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 272
54m+ 263
15m-54m 74
0-1m 62
Other 49

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 28,832,907
Ireland 11,764,531
Sweden 11,297,167
Poland 10,001,651
Italy 7,847,639

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 16,869,428 11,963,479 -4,905,949
Ireland 6,683,940 5,080,591 -1,603,349
Sweden 7,014,867 4,282,300 -2,732,567
Poland 4,734,334 5,267,317 +532,983
Italy 4,505,329 3,342,310 -1,163,019
France 3,922,173 2,668,316 -1,253,857
Finland 3,131,593 3,432,063 +300,470
Netherlands 3,738,638 2,792,626 -946,012
Spain 2,957,075 2,586,395 -370,680
Germany 2,961,531 2,437,093 -524,438

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 6,447,052
Italy 272,073
Ireland 8,114
France 7,256
Spain 4,261

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 3,530,703 2,916,349 -614,354
Italy 147,761 124,312 -23,449
Ireland 8,114 0 -8,114
France 4,610 2,646 -1,964
Spain 728 3,533 +2,805
Nicaragua 2,153 0 -2,153
Germany 1,240 847 -393
Hungary 0 1,593 +1,593
Belgium 807 363 -444
Japan 1,079 0 -1,079

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) 62,999,147
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 41,982,084
Air transport 16,386,011
Other 6,755,555
Road transport 124,591

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) 33,400,488 29,598,659 -3,801,829
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,077,176 16,904,908 -8,172,268
Air transport 9,258,632 7,127,379 -2,131,253
Other 3,704,846 3,050,709 -654,137
Road transport 120,187 4,404 -115,783

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 27,726,879
Immingham Docks 20,064,000
London Gateway Port 12,508,505
Belfast Port 10,766,601
Liverpool Docks 6,971,534

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 14,788,995 12,937,884 -1,851,111
Immingham Docks 11,716,456 8,347,544 -3,368,912
London Gateway Port 9,571,505 2,937,000 -6,634,505
Belfast Port 7,139,614 3,626,987 -3,512,627
Liverpool Docks 3,493,656 3,477,878 -15,778
000 3,704,846 3,050,709 -654,137
Southampton 591,574 5,832,828 +5,241,254
London Heathrow Airport 3,441,925 2,535,951 -905,974
East Midlands Airport 2,399,352 2,513,051 +113,699
Holyhead 2,890,124 1,948,398 -941,726

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