Import/export HS code 844391: Parts for printing machinery

Spare parts and accessories for printing machines using plates, cylinders, or other components

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 24,320,248
United States 22,738,591
Netherlands 7,114,933
China 3,159,623
Italy 3,053,652

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 11,825,756 12,494,492 +668,736
United States 10,059,915 12,678,676 +2,618,761
Netherlands 3,630,321 3,484,612 -145,709
China 547,564 2,612,059 +2,064,495
Italy 1,913,961 1,139,691 -774,270
France 1,002,694 1,583,950 +581,256
Denmark 1,391,610 612,068 -779,542
Israel 820,030 1,082,810 +262,780
Japan 812,863 788,811 -24,052
Switzerland 1,029,910 442,334 -587,576

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 22,698,272
United States 20,752,466
China 3,922,155
Netherlands 3,719,983
Italy 3,693,525

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 10,657,084 12,041,188 +1,384,104
United States 9,555,100 11,197,366 +1,642,266
China 1,117,864 2,804,291 +1,686,427
Netherlands 1,797,849 1,922,134 +124,285
Italy 1,825,058 1,868,467 +43,409
Japan 1,350,311 1,739,699 +389,388
United Kingdom 1,440,836 1,174,723 -266,113
Switzerland 1,666,500 840,547 -825,953
Israel 1,212,034 1,069,225 -142,809
Czechia 1,286,992 885,166 -401,826

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Greater Manchester 45
West Yorkshire 45
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 42
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 37
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 29

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
Greater Manchester 31 28 -3
West Yorkshire 34 34 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 31 26 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 30 24 -6
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 24 20 -4
Shropshire and Staffordshire 20 19 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22 16 -6
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 17 18 +1
Inner London - West 12 15 +3
West Midlands 14 13 -1

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 44,601,582
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,007,016
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,741,292
Other 391,748
Road transport 132,446

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 £
Air transport 21,156,846 23,444,736 +2,287,890
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,787,525 10,219,491 -568,034
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,639,136 6,102,156 +1,463,020
Other 242,817 148,931 -93,886
Road transport 62,761 69,685 +6,924

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 12,095,796
East Midlands Airport 9,886,617
London Stansted Airport 7,708,698
Birmingham Airport 7,540,973
Dover 7,198,192

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 4,684,200 7,411,596 +2,727,396
East Midlands Airport 5,294,525 4,592,092 -702,433
London Stansted Airport 4,368,825 3,339,873 -1,028,952
Birmingham Airport 3,908,047 3,632,926 -275,121
Dover 3,018,097 4,180,095 +1,161,998
Eurotunnel 3,460,654 3,029,563 -431,091
Manchester Airport 1,752,536 3,299,145 +1,546,609
London Gateway Port 1,908,752 1,408,543 -500,209
Immingham Docks 1,076,931 1,402,663 +325,732
Thamesport 1,306,499 1,133,406 -173,093

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 124
Printing and reproduction of recorded media 83
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 59
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 58
Other manufacturing 58

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 119
2025-11 123
2025-10 148
2025-09 125
2025-08 124

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 236
54m+ 236
15m-54m 80
0-1m 61
Other 42

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 £
Germany 34,247,932
United States 18,645,817
France 9,955,500
Netherlands 8,659,102
Poland 5,406,423

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 £
Germany 10,392,051 23,855,881 +13,463,830
United States 10,153,048 8,492,769 -1,660,279
France 7,716,062 2,239,438 -5,476,624
Netherlands 5,114,041 3,545,061 -1,568,980
Poland 2,186,459 3,219,964 +1,033,505
Ireland 1,914,179 2,228,485 +314,306
Italy 1,797,821 1,652,398 -145,423
Canada 2,009,105 1,266,012 -743,093
Spain 1,817,471 1,080,712 -736,759
China 1,731,980 490,014 -1,241,966

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 £
Ireland 1,883,591
United States 1,596
France 780

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 £
Ireland 906,868 976,723 +69,855
United States 991 605 -386
France 780 0 -780

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 83,999,962
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 35,217,984
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,893,123
Other 1,901,327
Road transport 146,741

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 £
Air transport 36,172,966 47,826,996 +11,654,030
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,891,612 13,326,372 -8,565,240
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,150,628 3,742,495 -3,408,133
Other 923,893 977,434 +53,541
Road transport 141,594 5,147 -136,447

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 31,222,494
East Midlands Airport 27,061,610
Dover / Eurotunnel 25,892,227
ZLC 8,929,899
Manchester Airport 7,556,333

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 7,055,243 24,167,251 +17,112,008
East Midlands Airport 14,397,833 12,663,777 -1,734,056
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,324,729 8,567,498 -8,757,231
ZLC 4,494,295 4,435,604 -58,691
Manchester Airport 4,388,237 3,168,096 -1,220,141
London Stansted Airport 3,130,617 1,612,473 -1,518,144
London Gateway Port 2,488,366 1,389,236 -1,099,130
Immingham Docks 2,115,869 910,419 -1,205,450
Glasgow Airport 1,806,084 1,182,808 -623,276
Southampton 1,730,936 1,246,540 -484,396

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 844391

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

Description: Spare parts and accessories for printing machines using plates, cylinders, or other components