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 386,138,995
China 265,646,337
Netherlands 171,299,281
Belgium 94,956,422
France 83,452,345

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 189,881,979 196,257,016 +6,375,037
China 158,797,199 106,849,138 -51,948,061
Netherlands 92,172,244 79,127,037 -13,045,207
Belgium 43,354,611 51,601,811 +8,247,200
France 42,692,427 40,759,918 -1,932,509
Ireland 36,552,711 36,752,807 +200,096
United States 39,395,264 28,947,322 -10,447,942
Italy 25,253,502 29,069,459 +3,815,957
Canada 20,528,121 15,648,479 -4,879,642
Hungary 14,994,952 19,536,581 +4,541,629

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 312,408,700
China 310,428,832
United States 190,507,282
Netherlands 82,298,408
Belgium 66,679,989

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 157,005,702 155,402,998 -1,602,704
China 180,268,835 130,159,997 -50,108,838
United States 105,531,876 84,975,406 -20,556,470
Netherlands 40,274,940 42,023,468 +1,748,528
Belgium 29,053,771 37,626,218 +8,572,447
Italy 33,337,017 30,883,585 -2,453,432
France 22,770,750 25,900,617 +3,129,867
Hungary 19,788,411 19,003,837 -784,574
Poland 21,338,107 15,044,274 -6,293,833
Ireland 16,121,908 16,243,181 +121,273

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 48
Lincolnshire 46
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 43
Shropshire and Staffordshire 40
Kent 39

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 31 39 +8
Lincolnshire 30 39 +9
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 26 32 +6
Shropshire and Staffordshire 27 32 +5
Kent 27 32 +5
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 26 23 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 23 25 +2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 22 26 +4
West Midlands 24 21 -3
Greater Manchester 16 22 +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) 898,325,730
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 433,999,475
Other 95,100,202
Air transport 43,005,980
Road transport 13,059,236

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) 451,031,974 447,293,756 -3,738,218
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 250,788,774 183,210,701 -67,578,073
Other 44,443,651 50,656,551 +6,212,900
Air transport 23,445,342 19,560,638 -3,884,704
Road transport 9,749,617 3,309,619 -6,439,998
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 262,028,216
Immingham Docks 205,760,348
Felixstowe 188,692,731
Southampton 133,786,319
Harwich 100,218,402

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 130,468,398 131,559,818 +1,091,420
Immingham Docks 90,759,112 115,001,236 +24,242,124
Felixstowe 112,001,808 76,690,923 -35,310,885
Southampton 78,529,777 55,256,542 -23,273,235
Harwich 52,435,145 47,783,257 -4,651,888
000 44,443,651 50,656,551 +6,212,900
London Gateway Port 37,788,160 32,335,723 -5,452,437
London 30,271,299 30,258,519 -12,780
Killingholme 39,357,400 16,731,251 -22,626,149
Liverpool Docks 30,904,407 21,772,670 -9,131,737

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
363
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
128
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities
95
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
93
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
55

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 229
2026-04 241
2026-03 248
2026-02 197
2026-01 166

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 382
54m+ 218
0-1m 141
15m-54m 136
Other 73

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 236,306,144
United States 132,859,450
Ireland 76,017,482
Germany 60,885,663
Netherlands 38,987,473

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 91,427,376 144,878,768 +53,451,392
United States 85,564,967 47,294,483 -38,270,484
Ireland 38,569,090 37,448,392 -1,120,698
Germany 34,696,450 26,189,213 -8,507,237
Netherlands 18,589,086 20,398,387 +1,809,301
France 17,916,547 19,842,490 +1,925,943
Canada 13,628,852 10,800,522 -2,828,330
Poland 11,373,865 9,289,669 -2,084,196
Australia 8,420,629 7,055,586 -1,365,043
Belgium 8,197,686 7,104,701 -1,092,985

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 13,276,873
China 5,314,016
Ireland 1,557,842
Italy 1,488,777
United States 1,225,291

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 6,948,266 6,328,607 -619,659
China 2,686,748 2,627,268 -59,480
Ireland 857,160 700,682 -156,478
Italy 708,694 780,083 +71,389
United States 699,184 526,107 -173,077
Denmark 748,718 341,177 -407,541
Germany 419,814 418,447 -1,367
Japan 240,135 94,851 -145,284
France 169,151 148,130 -21,021
Finland 132,795 116,467 -16,328

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) 509,364,077
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 263,285,633
Air transport 34,825,427
Other 32,549,866
Road transport 79,521

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) 231,618,072 277,746,005 +46,127,933
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 152,280,143 111,005,490 -41,274,653
Air transport 20,146,219 14,679,208 -5,467,011
Other 17,004,989 15,544,877 -1,460,112
Road transport 78,551 970 -77,581

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Middlesbrough 180,673,352
Immingham Docks 139,742,915
Dover / Eurotunnel 119,285,391
Southampton 88,294,588
London Gateway Port 61,593,645

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 73,987,005 106,686,347 +32,699,342
Immingham Docks 64,450,827 75,292,088 +10,841,261
Dover / Eurotunnel 59,459,905 59,825,486 +365,581
Southampton 44,025,680 44,268,908 +243,228
London Gateway Port 45,366,061 16,227,584 -29,138,477
Liverpool Docks 22,659,645 12,471,211 -10,188,434
Felixstowe 19,673,369 13,143,772 -6,529,597
000 17,004,989 15,544,877 -1,460,112
Harwich 13,769,306 16,610,926 +2,841,620
Holyhead 11,419,222 15,580,154 +4,160,932

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