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 122,991,594
Germany 71,097,057
Finland 45,171,302
China 35,901,821
Ireland 33,570,651

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 52,356,644 70,634,950 +18,278,306
Germany 31,421,128 39,675,929 +8,254,801
Finland 21,650,327 23,520,975 +1,870,648
China 17,377,375 18,524,446 +1,147,071
Ireland 15,490,029 18,080,622 +2,590,593
Italy 10,993,875 21,127,961 +10,134,086
Sweden 10,063,615 10,379,173 +315,558
Denmark 8,134,732 9,668,282 +1,533,550
United States 10,142,246 7,563,055 -2,579,191
France 8,391,357 9,148,456 +757,099

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 101,343,579
Germany 64,182,298
China 53,567,701
Finland 45,672,545
Italy 29,420,576

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 45,581,340 55,762,239 +10,180,899
Germany 25,813,879 38,368,419 +12,554,540
China 27,003,172 26,564,529 -438,643
Finland 21,846,137 23,826,408 +1,980,271
Italy 9,646,835 19,773,741 +10,126,906
Ireland 10,217,465 13,298,933 +3,081,468
United States 10,289,658 9,296,594 -993,064
Sweden 9,289,157 9,043,860 -245,297
Denmark 7,701,770 9,435,883 +1,734,113
Belgium 4,036,931 9,396,825 +5,359,894

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 47
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 38
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 37
North Yorkshire 37
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 36 +1
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 28 24 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 24 22 -2
North Yorkshire 26 29 +3
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 26 26 +0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 24 28 +4
Cheshire 23 18 -5
Devon 21 24 +3
East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 20 24 +4
Lincolnshire 20 25 +5

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) 307,013,191
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 126,697,809
Air transport 25,252,974
Other 20,236,179
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) 136,151,138 170,862,053 +34,710,915
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 55,825,349 70,872,460 +15,047,111
Air transport 11,372,736 13,880,238 +2,507,502
Other 9,609,456 10,626,723 +1,017,267
Road transport 888,991 109,546 -779,445

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 115,396,921
Dover 70,548,189
Felixstowe 43,734,188
London 32,131,966
Hull 26,477,226

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 50,967,420 64,429,501 +13,462,081
Dover 28,215,060 42,333,129 +14,118,069
Felixstowe 19,547,659 24,186,529 +4,638,870
London 15,248,936 16,883,030 +1,634,094
Hull 17,827,961 8,649,265 -9,178,696
Eurotunnel 8,322,971 14,004,396 +5,681,425
Harwich 7,932,716 13,943,589 +6,010,873
000 9,609,456 10,626,723 +1,017,267
Southampton 7,172,447 7,404,789 +232,342
Liverpool Docks 7,009,027 4,689,733 -2,319,294

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 287
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 133
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 101
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 89
Manufacture of food products 63

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 224
2026-03 239
2026-02 228
2026-01 168
2025-12 197

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 409
54m+ 177
0-1m 164
15m-54m 108
Other 67

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 32,393,761
France 31,546,657
Ireland 23,691,637
Germany 20,482,832
Poland 12,928,095

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 12,211,209 20,182,552 +7,971,343
France 15,043,323 16,503,334 +1,460,011
Ireland 11,060,088 12,631,549 +1,571,461
Germany 9,136,209 11,346,623 +2,210,414
Poland 9,028,168 3,899,927 -5,128,241
Netherlands 4,187,838 6,018,419 +1,830,581
Spain 3,687,971 2,944,539 -743,432
Finland 4,650,203 906,903 -3,743,300
Belgium 2,232,799 2,930,727 +697,928
United Arab Emirates 732,239 3,654,392 +2,922,153

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 6,458,812
XI 3,602,507
United States 501,903
Ireland 362,477
Finland 338,256

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 3,289,285 3,169,527 -119,758
XI 1,638,501 1,964,006 +325,505
United States 173,862 328,041 +154,179
Ireland 221,297 141,180 -80,117
Finland 180,595 157,661 -22,934
Italy 107,890 67,710 -40,180
Germany 55,068 88,295 +33,227
Netherlands 63,843 73,281 +9,438
China 49,158 46,008 -3,150
Denmark 42,195 9,288 -32,907

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) 118,119,120
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 74,161,818
Other 15,880,554
Air transport 12,611,297
Road transport 135,082

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) 62,535,975 55,583,145 -6,952,830
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 30,386,506 43,775,312 +13,388,806
Other 7,955,077 7,925,477 -29,600
Air transport 6,074,474 6,536,823 +462,349
Road transport 135,082 0 -135,082

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 60,285,656
Southampton 28,458,565
Immingham Docks 20,286,758
000 15,880,554
Liverpool Docks 14,545,687

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 28,347,372 31,938,284 +3,590,912
Southampton 10,877,478 17,581,087 +6,703,609
Immingham Docks 14,158,637 6,128,121 -8,030,516
000 7,955,077 7,925,477 -29,600
Liverpool Docks 6,819,315 7,726,372 +907,057
London Gateway Port 7,057,110 5,801,316 -1,255,794
Portsmouth 5,793,716 4,780,472 -1,013,244
Dover 3,172,116 4,948,032 +1,775,916
Felixstowe 3,026,125 3,906,362 +880,237
Holyhead 2,504,525 2,847,141 +342,616

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