Import/export HS code 844399: Various parts and accessories

Additional parts and accessories for printing machinery not covered by other codes

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 £
Netherlands 588,336,462
Switzerland 393,169,224
Germany 191,048,650
China 107,923,691
France 61,340,670

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 340,936,021 247,400,441 -93,535,580
Switzerland 158,728,656 234,440,568 +75,711,912
Germany 115,339,696 75,708,954 -39,630,742
China 61,248,276 46,675,415 -14,572,861
France 32,254,468 29,086,202 -3,168,266
Belgium 14,636,270 35,221,891 +20,585,621
United States 27,375,788 20,036,895 -7,338,893
Japan 10,032,124 11,106,093 +1,073,969
Viet Nam 12,935,139 7,157,067 -5,778,072
Singapore 6,917,446 4,959,683 -1,957,763

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 £
Japan 459,225,415
China 359,165,594
Malaysia 222,044,417
Poland 94,927,603
United States 86,230,139

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 £
Japan 233,863,055 225,362,360 -8,500,695
China 195,174,752 163,990,842 -31,183,910
Malaysia 96,624,256 125,420,161 +28,795,905
Poland 48,763,834 46,163,769 -2,600,065
United States 46,458,998 39,771,141 -6,687,857
Viet Nam 40,404,241 29,781,534 -10,622,707
Thailand 21,507,595 19,476,780 -2,030,815
Germany 24,857,927 14,185,764 -10,672,163
Ireland 22,182,699 12,474,068 -9,708,631
Netherlands 15,050,796 10,499,530 -4,551,266

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 134
Inner London - West 110
Greater Manchester 100
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 95
Surrey, East and West Sussex 91

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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 104 87 -17
Inner London - West 73 68 -5
Greater Manchester 63 71 +8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 73 62 -11
Surrey, East and West Sussex 67 59 -8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 50 43 -7
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 48 40 -8
West Yorkshire 46 40 -6
Shropshire and Staffordshire 39 46 +7
West Midlands 46 35 -11

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) 847,962,571
Air transport 360,479,343
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 332,597,612
Rail transport 60,450,029
Other 9,335,985

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) 409,100,470 438,862,101 +29,761,631
Air transport 179,589,294 180,890,049 +1,300,755
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 201,883,412 130,714,200 -71,169,212
Rail transport 46,581,024 13,869,005 -32,712,019
Other 5,801,726 3,534,259 -2,267,467
Road transport 1,593,784 803,287 -790,497

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 311,461,528
Felixstowe 295,062,928
Birmingham Airport 140,030,769
Immingham Docks 119,067,244
Dover 111,121,442

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 £
Eurotunnel 182,744,729 128,716,799 -54,027,930
Felixstowe 140,629,885 154,433,043 +13,803,158
Birmingham Airport 60,645,498 79,385,271 +18,739,773
Immingham Docks 48,724,956 70,342,288 +21,617,332
Dover 59,792,662 51,328,780 -8,463,882
East Midlands Airport 49,009,074 42,364,701 -6,644,373
Thamesport 44,509,659 35,218,251 -9,291,408
Southampton 40,659,891 32,746,316 -7,913,575
London Heathrow Airport 35,645,447 33,682,583 -1,962,864
London 29,126,387 30,236,436 +1,110,049

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 365
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 158
Printing and reproduction of recorded media 143
Other manufacturing 130
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 128

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 312
2025-11 371
2025-10 377
2025-09 353
2025-08 347

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 672
54m+ 575
0-1m 227
15m-54m 189
Other 124

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 £
Netherlands 188,294,102
Germany 133,698,108
United States 99,798,319
France 86,486,746
Ireland 62,569,130

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 £
Netherlands 142,942,497 45,351,605 -97,590,892
Germany 91,499,088 42,199,020 -49,300,068
United States 52,021,268 47,777,051 -4,244,217
France 52,274,126 34,212,620 -18,061,506
Ireland 33,742,256 28,826,874 -4,915,382
China 27,139,217 28,147,278 +1,008,061
Italy 24,294,527 16,990,753 -7,303,774
India 14,734,873 11,791,496 -2,943,377
Spain 12,321,059 9,223,471 -3,097,588
Belgium 8,538,516 7,870,610 -667,906

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 £
Indonesia 9,615
China 5,288
XI 2,559
Japan 2,448
Italy 1,403

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 £
Indonesia 7,483 2,132 -5,351
China 4,871 417 -4,454
XI 2,355 204 -2,151
Japan 2,448 0 -2,448
Italy 1,403 0 -1,403
Philippines 0 208 +208

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) 516,684,539
Air transport 349,170,897
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 53,026,237
Road transport 454,200
Other 309,125

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) 341,656,991 175,027,548 -166,629,443
Air transport 189,753,707 159,417,190 -30,336,517
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,056,902 21,969,335 -9,087,567
Road transport 452,549 1,651 -450,898
Other 179,320 129,805 -49,515
Rail transport 0 4,485 +4,485

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 292,113,514
London Heathrow Airport 134,596,194
Hull 104,802,247
East Midlands Airport 88,322,968
London Stansted Airport 63,996,466

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 184,063,880 108,049,634 -76,014,246
London Heathrow Airport 71,679,848 62,916,346 -8,763,502
Hull 100,679,165 4,123,082 -96,556,083
East Midlands Airport 45,672,466 42,650,502 -3,021,964
London Stansted Airport 39,566,566 24,429,900 -15,136,666
Holyhead 25,557,929 23,495,651 -2,062,278
ZLC 22,097,508 22,572,696 +475,188
Immingham Docks 16,510,621 16,008,758 -501,863
Felixstowe 10,688,969 10,961,499 +272,530
London Gateway Port 8,897,565 7,723,534 -1,174,031

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 844399

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

Description: Additional parts and accessories for printing machinery not covered by other codes