Import/export HS code 8436: Farm and garden machinery

Machines for farming, gardening, forestry, or raising poultry and bees, including incubators for eggs

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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 £
Netherlands 121,329,260
Germany 70,419,978
Finland 43,058,437
China 34,008,596
Ireland 33,063,080

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 £
Netherlands 55,169,536 66,159,724 +10,990,188
Germany 31,991,408 38,428,570 +6,437,162
Finland 21,868,792 21,189,645 -679,147
China 17,203,463 16,805,133 -398,330
Ireland 16,183,128 16,879,952 +696,824
Italy 12,684,321 20,137,930 +7,453,609
Sweden 10,755,911 7,686,313 -3,069,598
Belgium 5,000,206 12,431,462 +7,431,256
Denmark 8,274,112 8,902,814 +628,702
France 8,247,824 8,398,002 +150,178

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 £
Netherlands 99,060,980
Germany 64,241,188
China 51,185,363
Finland 44,676,612
Italy 30,213,890

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 £
Netherlands 47,600,885 51,460,095 +3,859,210
Germany 27,247,439 36,993,749 +9,746,310
China 27,587,131 23,598,232 -3,988,899
Finland 22,281,142 22,395,470 +114,328
Italy 11,338,186 18,875,704 +7,537,518
Ireland 10,527,326 12,521,913 +1,994,587
United States 8,749,378 9,533,310 +783,932
Sweden 10,260,585 6,523,898 -3,736,687
Belgium 4,529,275 12,032,006 +7,502,731
Denmark 7,234,464 8,822,660 +1,588,196

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
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 38
North Yorkshire 36
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 34
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 34

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 35 35 +0
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 29 25 -4
North Yorkshire 28 28 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 20 21 +1
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 26 23 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 22 27 +5
Devon 22 24 +2
East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 20 25 +5
Lincolnshire 22 23 +1
West Midlands 20 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) 301,117,955
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 124,859,904
Air transport 24,686,727
Other 19,168,245
Road transport 998,537

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) 138,824,640 162,293,315 +23,468,675
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 60,073,321 64,786,583 +4,713,262
Air transport 11,454,967 13,231,760 +1,776,793
Other 9,420,029 9,748,216 +328,187
Road transport 890,516 108,021 -782,495

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 110,916,677
Dover 68,887,535
Felixstowe 42,654,633
London 32,310,540
Eurotunnel 25,373,608

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 £
Immingham Docks 54,994,455 55,922,222 +927,767
Dover 26,901,316 41,986,219 +15,084,903
Felixstowe 19,740,481 22,914,152 +3,173,671
London 15,914,202 16,396,338 +482,136
Eurotunnel 8,065,320 17,308,288 +9,242,968
Hull 17,022,956 7,947,025 -9,075,931
Harwich 9,188,418 13,614,941 +4,426,523
000 9,420,029 9,748,216 +328,187
Southampton 7,273,274 6,330,753 -942,521
Liverpool Docks 6,817,145 3,635,762 -3,181,383

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
283
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities
128
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
104
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
89
Manufacture of food products
60

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 225
2026-04 224
2026-03 239
2026-02 228
2026-01 168

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 398
54m+ 174
0-1m 165
15m-54m 110
Other 63

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 33,475,835
France 30,046,746
Ireland 23,969,694
Germany 20,302,964
Poland 11,796,880

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 14,317,599 19,158,236 +4,840,637
France 15,044,586 15,002,160 -42,426
Ireland 11,264,768 12,704,926 +1,440,158
Germany 9,085,392 11,217,572 +2,132,180
Poland 8,062,520 3,734,360 -4,328,160
Netherlands 4,521,197 5,643,619 +1,122,422
Spain 2,539,583 2,946,539 +406,956
Finland 4,524,958 770,728 -3,754,230
Belgium 2,413,483 2,473,408 +59,925
United Arab Emirates 1,235,638 3,157,492 +1,921,854

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 £
Nicaragua 6,278,803
XI 3,663,952
United States 556,373
Ireland 397,936
Finland 279,842

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 £
Nicaragua 3,234,431 3,044,372 -190,059
XI 1,732,862 1,931,090 +198,228
United States 213,040 343,333 +130,293
Ireland 230,345 167,591 -62,754
Finland 103,148 176,694 +73,546
Italy 90,835 65,115 -25,720
Netherlands 63,132 81,366 +18,234
Germany 59,242 71,387 +12,145
China 41,777 41,192 -585
Denmark 42,195 10,445 -31,750

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) 112,944,495
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 74,431,001
Other 15,741,311
Air transport 12,444,362
Road transport 1,922

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) 60,434,748 52,509,747 -7,925,001
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,429,239 43,001,762 +11,572,523
Other 8,006,479 7,734,832 -271,647
Air transport 6,081,898 6,362,464 +280,566
Road transport 1,922 0 -1,922

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 56,816,983
Southampton 28,628,475
Immingham Docks 19,823,979
000 15,741,311
Liverpool Docks 14,276,384

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 28,234,576 28,582,407 +347,831
Southampton 11,846,578 16,781,897 +4,935,319
Immingham Docks 13,345,566 6,478,413 -6,867,153
000 8,006,479 7,734,832 -271,647
Liverpool Docks 7,119,315 7,157,069 +37,754
London Gateway Port 6,968,019 6,421,256 -546,763
Portsmouth 4,676,780 4,456,853 -219,927
Dover 2,917,984 4,935,598 +2,017,614
Felixstowe 3,514,005 3,602,738 +88,733
Holyhead 2,610,327 3,322,101 +711,774

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8436

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

Description: Machines for farming, gardening, forestry, or raising poultry and bees, including incubators for eggs