Import/export HS code 8433: Machines for farming work

Includes harvesters, threshers, balers, mowers, and machines for cleaning or sorting farm produce like eggs and fruits

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 364,471,779
China 258,675,192
Netherlands 173,876,571
Belgium 87,451,199
France 79,888,057

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 185,789,478 178,682,301 -7,107,177
China 136,673,974 122,001,218 -14,672,756
Netherlands 103,078,270 70,798,301 -32,279,969
Belgium 50,895,399 36,555,800 -14,339,599
France 43,513,947 36,374,110 -7,139,837
United States 43,077,392 28,241,800 -14,835,592
Ireland 37,285,628 31,471,038 -5,814,590
Italy 25,259,183 21,624,022 -3,635,161
Canada 20,613,105 11,726,946 -8,886,159
Japan 17,037,504 14,284,924 -2,752,580

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 298,401,775
China 297,741,684
United States 185,973,886
Netherlands 82,120,472
Italy 62,419,252

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 154,273,462 144,128,313 -10,145,149
China 156,770,687 140,970,997 -15,799,690
United States 115,712,531 70,261,355 -45,451,176
Netherlands 45,579,952 36,540,520 -9,039,432
Italy 36,283,397 26,135,855 -10,147,542
Belgium 31,023,711 27,800,072 -3,223,639
France 24,767,822 22,946,222 -1,821,600
Hungary 20,789,494 17,622,930 -3,166,564
Poland 20,969,527 15,828,927 -5,140,600
Japan 17,234,337 14,241,436 -2,992,901

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 46
Shropshire and Staffordshire 45
Lincolnshire 39
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 37
Kent 36

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
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 32 35 +3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 30 31 +1
Lincolnshire 29 33 +4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 23 28 +5
Kent 27 31 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 29 22 -7
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 26 22 -4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 20 24 +4
West Midlands 24 17 -7
Essex 26 20 -6

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) 869,544,878
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 419,225,736
Other 84,385,668
Air transport 40,087,429
Road transport 13,860,151

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) 466,205,606 403,339,272 -62,866,334
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 237,732,919 181,492,817 -56,240,102
Other 44,502,022 39,883,646 -4,618,376
Air transport 20,620,868 19,466,561 -1,154,307
Road transport 2,850,237 11,009,914 +8,159,677
Rail transport 0 154,532 +154,532

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 250,226,836
Felixstowe 185,761,639
Immingham Docks 183,856,840
Southampton 148,452,154
Harwich 113,839,905

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 130,338,073 119,888,763 -10,449,310
Felixstowe 105,858,303 79,903,336 -25,954,967
Immingham Docks 94,958,386 88,898,454 -6,059,932
Southampton 93,029,529 55,422,625 -37,606,904
Harwich 61,256,567 52,583,338 -8,673,229
000 44,502,022 39,883,646 -4,618,376
London Gateway Port 25,846,224 35,729,458 +9,883,234
London 33,385,150 27,964,011 -5,421,139
Killingholme 37,772,129 22,638,548 -15,133,581
Liverpool Docks 24,170,737 19,749,470 -4,421,267

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 347
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 115
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 93
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 89
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
2026-01 166
2025-11 184
2025-10 192
2025-09 211
2025-08 208

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 379
54m+ 221
15m-54m 132
0-1m 127
Other 62

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 £
Sweden 170,226,128
United States 163,396,085
Ireland 71,791,836
Germany 66,026,460
France 42,080,444

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 £
Sweden 68,801,173 101,424,955 +32,623,782
United States 107,466,777 55,929,308 -51,537,469
Ireland 39,377,848 32,413,988 -6,963,860
Germany 41,161,523 24,864,937 -16,296,586
France 21,944,522 20,135,922 -1,808,600
Netherlands 20,838,490 17,156,383 -3,682,107
Canada 12,411,041 9,659,656 -2,751,385
Poland 8,691,373 11,673,595 +2,982,222
Spain 9,261,203 6,116,138 -3,145,065
Australia 8,348,608 6,738,445 -1,610,163

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 13,017,718
China 5,563,323
Ireland 1,523,262
Italy 1,332,217
United States 1,212,068

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 7,036,025 5,981,693 -1,054,332
China 3,333,699 2,229,624 -1,104,075
Ireland 981,680 541,582 -440,098
Italy 647,158 685,059 +37,901
United States 796,578 415,490 -381,088
Denmark 514,780 445,333 -69,447
Germany 414,795 215,489 -199,306
France 152,698 237,242 +84,544
Japan 176,332 179,814 +3,482
Finland 156,189 105,814 -50,375

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) 438,625,189
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 303,706,987
Air transport 34,685,334
Other 32,170,991
Road transport 127,412

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) 217,568,213 221,056,976 +3,488,763
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 193,464,427 110,242,560 -83,221,867
Air transport 17,881,600 16,803,734 -1,077,866
Other 17,617,619 14,553,372 -3,064,247
Road transport 96,044 31,368 -64,676
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 12,920 0 -12,920

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Middlesbrough 145,021,829
Dover / Eurotunnel 123,227,234
Immingham Docks 118,081,683
London Gateway Port 87,054,880
Southampton 86,763,781

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 £
Middlesbrough 68,790,191 76,231,638 +7,441,447
Dover / Eurotunnel 68,726,358 54,500,876 -14,225,482
Immingham Docks 54,035,650 64,046,033 +10,010,383
London Gateway Port 69,596,059 17,458,821 -52,137,238
Southampton 41,715,691 45,048,090 +3,332,399
Liverpool Docks 25,840,341 13,895,457 -11,944,884
Felixstowe 23,574,133 10,300,455 -13,273,678
000 17,617,619 14,553,372 -3,064,247
Harwich 17,142,807 12,363,011 -4,779,796
Holyhead 10,786,515 10,771,700 -14,815

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8433

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

Description: Includes harvesters, threshers, balers, mowers, and machines for cleaning or sorting farm produce like eggs and fruits