Import/export HS code 8432: Farm and garden machinery

Machines for preparing soil, planting, or maintaining lawns and sports fields

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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 109,832,977
Netherlands 75,780,127
France 52,493,273
China 48,928,251
Italy 48,729,102

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 58,602,866 51,230,111 -7,372,755
Netherlands 38,199,293 37,580,834 -618,459
France 23,659,149 28,834,124 +5,174,975
China 23,325,311 25,602,940 +2,277,629
Italy 25,321,268 23,407,834 -1,913,434
Ireland 15,135,016 18,292,763 +3,157,747
Sweden 12,579,244 16,106,676 +3,527,432
Denmark 10,501,002 11,712,002 +1,211,000
United States 11,576,834 8,221,264 -3,355,570
Norway 5,687,880 5,434,313 -253,567

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 124,916,831
Netherlands 53,930,113
China 52,792,776
Italy 49,935,871
France 35,404,237

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 60,694,735 64,222,096 +3,527,361
Netherlands 30,568,522 23,361,591 -7,206,931
China 25,024,422 27,768,354 +2,743,932
Italy 25,781,242 24,154,629 -1,626,613
France 16,900,787 18,503,450 +1,602,663
United States 15,208,674 13,297,787 -1,910,887
Sweden 12,049,499 15,745,043 +3,695,544
Denmark 10,767,661 11,041,101 +273,440
Ireland 6,762,915 7,622,618 +859,703
Norway 6,290,614 6,190,729 -99,885

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 42
Lincolnshire 37
Surrey, East and West Sussex 36
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 35
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 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 34 28 -6
Lincolnshire 30 24 -6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 28 27 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 28 25 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 26 19 -7
Shropshire and Staffordshire 25 25 +0
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 27 22 -5
Kent 24 27 +3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 25 20 -5
Essex 22 20 -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) 328,563,235
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 128,475,914
Air transport 25,821,977
Other 23,803,448
Road transport 575,363

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) 166,171,342 162,391,893 -3,779,449
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 61,774,734 66,701,180 +4,926,446
Air transport 12,390,532 13,431,445 +1,040,913
Other 10,956,454 12,846,994 +1,890,540
Road transport 356,298 219,065 -137,233

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 146,356,017
Immingham Docks 84,143,484
Felixstowe 50,963,555
000 23,803,448
Southampton 22,756,336

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 72,232,012 74,124,005 +1,891,993
Immingham Docks 35,129,365 49,014,119 +13,884,754
Felixstowe 29,091,919 21,871,636 -7,220,283
000 10,956,454 12,846,994 +1,890,540
Southampton 10,953,902 11,802,434 +848,532
Harwich 12,129,965 8,761,849 -3,368,116
London 7,935,150 7,724,411 -210,739
Liverpool Docks 9,284,950 5,305,414 -3,979,536
Eurotunnel 8,141,199 6,301,766 -1,839,433
Hull 4,703,622 6,049,193 +1,345,571

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
304
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
120
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities
116
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
103
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
54

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 189
2026-04 184
2026-03 224
2026-02 186
2026-01 147

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 445
54m+ 153
0-1m 133
15m-54m 111
Other 45

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 £
Ireland 50,334,116
United States 22,910,274
Germany 21,848,819
Netherlands 17,466,942
France 16,372,786

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 £
Ireland 24,071,485 26,262,631 +2,191,146
United States 12,667,027 10,243,247 -2,423,780
Germany 10,062,565 11,786,254 +1,723,689
Netherlands 6,633,744 10,833,198 +4,199,454
France 9,266,799 7,105,987 -2,160,812
Australia 3,691,040 4,803,604 +1,112,564
Poland 4,464,286 3,490,010 -974,276
New Zealand 3,390,139 3,605,723 +215,584
Sweden 2,392,229 3,923,952 +1,531,723
Denmark 2,211,892 2,615,574 +403,682

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 19,068,455
Ireland 3,279,978
Poland 2,371,743
Italy 840,290
France 566,941

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 9,025,165 10,043,290 +1,018,125
Ireland 1,190,037 2,089,941 +899,904
Poland 1,486,802 884,941 -601,861
Italy 415,413 424,877 +9,464
France 281,397 285,544 +4,147
Nicaragua 522,018 15,109 -506,909
Belgium 143,705 309,323 +165,618
New Zealand 167,433 200,644 +33,211
United States 93,875 204,271 +110,396
China 73,849 171,044 +97,195

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) 117,622,665
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 64,082,001
Other 29,688,161
Air transport 11,480,177
Road transport 53,298

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) 58,870,932 58,751,733 -119,199
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,738,329 32,343,672 +605,343
Other 14,021,940 15,666,221 +1,644,281
Air transport 6,665,387 4,814,790 -1,850,597
Road transport 21,338 31,960 +10,622

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 66,513,999
000 29,688,161
London Gateway Port 19,260,352
Immingham Docks 15,736,223
Felixstowe 13,009,700

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 34,109,230 32,404,769 -1,704,461
000 14,021,940 15,666,221 +1,644,281
London Gateway Port 9,927,363 9,332,989 -594,374
Immingham Docks 7,444,464 8,291,759 +847,295
Felixstowe 6,341,998 6,667,702 +325,704
Southampton 5,848,393 6,898,901 +1,050,508
Holyhead 4,363,515 6,312,551 +1,949,036
Harwich 4,618,078 5,236,113 +618,035
Dover 3,831,795 4,018,864 +187,069
Liverpool Docks 3,703,035 4,109,998 +406,963

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 8432

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

Description: Machines for preparing soil, planting, or maintaining lawns and sports fields