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 107,654,997
Netherlands 65,784,657
France 49,511,799
Italy 43,712,396
China 39,848,018

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 62,843,189 44,811,808 -18,031,381
Netherlands 33,088,162 32,696,495 -391,667
France 22,532,165 26,979,634 +4,447,469
Italy 21,724,367 21,988,029 +263,662
China 20,065,693 19,782,325 -283,368
Ireland 14,229,806 16,211,531 +1,981,725
Sweden 15,893,602 11,191,457 -4,702,145
United States 13,857,436 7,279,231 -6,578,205
Denmark 9,660,105 11,059,404 +1,399,299
Norway 4,458,282 6,737,379 +2,279,097

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 113,842,110
Netherlands 50,399,734
Italy 45,193,744
China 43,317,716
France 33,580,663

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 60,975,622 52,866,488 -8,109,134
Netherlands 23,973,121 26,426,613 +2,453,492
Italy 22,153,605 23,040,139 +886,534
China 21,724,421 21,593,295 -131,126
France 17,695,636 15,885,027 -1,810,609
United States 18,250,019 9,049,485 -9,200,534
Sweden 15,500,718 10,793,961 -4,706,757
Denmark 9,817,031 10,670,601 +853,570
Ireland 8,040,825 6,233,791 -1,807,034
Norway 5,138,720 7,399,394 +2,260,674

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 40
Shropshire and Staffordshire 39
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 38
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 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 32 27 -5
Lincolnshire 34 23 -11
Shropshire and Staffordshire 25 24 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 29 26 -3
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 29 24 -5
Kent 24 26 +2
Essex 27 23 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 29 19 -10
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 24 22 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 21 24 +3

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) 307,072,495
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 117,358,503
Air transport 24,367,074
Other 20,836,801
Road transport 561,796

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) 162,200,461 144,872,034 -17,328,427
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 62,588,510 54,769,993 -7,818,517
Air transport 11,850,016 12,517,058 +667,042
Other 9,108,515 11,728,286 +2,619,771
Road transport 278,148 283,648 +5,500

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 135,432,651
Immingham Docks 74,977,700
Felixstowe 46,866,952
000 20,836,801
Southampton 20,498,439

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 68,063,073 67,369,578 -693,495
Immingham Docks 36,541,695 38,436,005 +1,894,310
Felixstowe 26,499,533 20,367,419 -6,132,114
000 9,108,515 11,728,286 +2,619,771
Southampton 10,591,735 9,906,704 -685,031
Harwich 12,143,253 8,006,023 -4,137,230
Liverpool Docks 10,348,845 4,005,595 -6,343,250
London 6,662,456 7,671,892 +1,009,436
Eurotunnel 7,558,490 6,382,205 -1,176,285
Killingholme 7,838,011 3,077,775 -4,760,236

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 317
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 113
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 113
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 100
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 53

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 147
2025-11 172
2025-10 189
2025-09 164
2025-08 154

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 446
54m+ 158
0-1m 128
15m-54m 105
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 £
Ireland 44,843,416
United States 22,915,989
Germany 20,680,693
France 16,435,213
Netherlands 15,177,236

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 22,328,053 22,515,363 +187,310
United States 13,388,489 9,527,500 -3,860,989
Germany 9,640,753 11,039,940 +1,399,187
France 9,701,524 6,733,689 -2,967,835
Netherlands 6,321,815 8,855,421 +2,533,606
Poland 3,316,701 4,296,364 +979,663
Australia 3,862,292 3,447,036 -415,256
New Zealand 2,557,597 3,344,695 +787,098
Sweden 1,825,032 3,120,731 +1,295,699
Italy 2,485,756 2,164,988 -320,768

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 16,353,749
Ireland 2,663,725
Poland 2,542,046
Italy 793,364
Nicaragua 569,744

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 8,717,725 7,636,024 -1,081,701
Ireland 1,110,300 1,553,425 +443,125
Poland 1,459,557 1,082,489 -377,068
Italy 344,262 449,102 +104,840
Nicaragua 561,179 8,565 -552,614
France 269,451 290,765 +21,314
Belgium 91,257 221,866 +130,609
New Zealand 85,804 193,022 +107,218
United States 23,046 195,309 +172,263
China 100,793 63,420 -37,373

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) 109,044,959
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 64,513,057
Other 26,096,986
Air transport 11,090,646
Road transport 49,789

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) 54,026,669 55,018,290 +991,621
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 34,344,199 30,168,858 -4,175,341
Other 13,604,537 12,492,449 -1,112,088
Air transport 6,001,424 5,089,222 -912,202
Road transport 41,261 8,528 -32,733

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 61,245,163
000 26,096,986
London Gateway Port 20,952,293
Immingham Docks 13,597,781
Felixstowe 11,543,775

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 30,222,068 31,023,095 +801,027
000 13,604,537 12,492,449 -1,112,088
London Gateway Port 12,822,269 8,130,024 -4,692,245
Immingham Docks 6,794,168 6,803,613 +9,445
Felixstowe 6,622,243 4,921,532 -1,700,711
Southampton 4,525,526 6,758,716 +2,233,190
Dover 7,316,769 3,823,744 -3,493,025
Harwich 3,989,018 5,932,095 +1,943,077
Holyhead 3,461,847 5,327,338 +1,865,491
Liverpool Docks 4,621,442 3,394,713 -1,226,729

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