Import/export HS code 8464: Machines for cutting or shaping stone, glass, and similar materials

Machines used to cut, grind, or shape hard materials like stone, ceramics, concrete, and glass

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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 £
Italy 35,079,908
Germany 10,175,573
China 10,102,550
Austria 6,737,068
Sweden 6,190,090

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 £
Italy 21,659,000 13,420,908 -8,238,092
Germany 7,668,189 2,507,384 -5,160,805
China 5,514,734 4,587,816 -926,918
Austria 4,449,737 2,287,331 -2,162,406
Sweden 3,388,116 2,801,974 -586,142
Spain 3,687,333 2,278,493 -1,408,840
France 2,178,577 2,153,860 -24,717
Netherlands 2,647,337 824,584 -1,822,753
United States 1,821,526 1,325,729 -495,797
Switzerland 1,246,045 138,210 -1,107,835

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 £
Italy 36,296,734
China 15,181,836
Germany 10,168,692
Austria 8,369,690
United States 4,566,171

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 £
Italy 21,569,575 14,727,159 -6,842,416
China 8,179,429 7,002,407 -1,177,022
Germany 8,321,034 1,847,658 -6,473,376
Austria 6,281,871 2,087,819 -4,194,052
United States 2,680,277 1,885,894 -794,383
Spain 2,900,438 1,633,730 -1,266,708
France 1,621,737 873,490 -748,247
Sweden 1,434,335 980,606 -453,729
South Korea 722,698 286,059 -436,639
Bulgaria 446,339 417,553 -28,786

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 23
Surrey, East and West Sussex 17
Essex 16
Shropshire and Staffordshire 16
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 15

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
West Midlands 16 15 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 10 10 +0
Essex 11 11 +0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 12 13 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 9 8 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 10 6 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 7 12 +5
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 10 7 -3
Northern Ireland 7 7 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 11 2 -9

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) 67,264,137
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,153,899
Air transport 7,970,933
Road transport 301,917
Other 94,497

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) 43,440,320 23,823,817 -19,616,503
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,019,274 7,134,625 -1,884,649
Air transport 4,365,061 3,605,872 -759,189
Road transport 198,204 103,713 -94,491
Other 78,324 16,173 -62,151

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 37,120,901
Eurotunnel 10,284,318
Felixstowe 6,927,423
Immingham Docks 6,632,517
London 4,740,503

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 24,291,721 12,829,180 -11,462,541
Eurotunnel 5,445,858 4,838,460 -607,398
Felixstowe 4,691,097 2,236,326 -2,454,771
Immingham Docks 3,521,116 3,111,401 -409,715
London 2,452,529 2,287,974 -164,555
Southampton 2,037,626 1,928,821 -108,805
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,330,104 1,049,839 -1,280,265
Purfleet 2,976,605 335,899 -2,640,706
Manchester Airport 1,291,737 1,667,344 +375,607
East Midlands Airport 866,007 819,398 -46,609

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 103
Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 54
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 40
Other manufacturing 29
Specialised construction activities 26

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 47
2025-11 52
2025-10 62
2025-09 47
2025-08 45

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 179
54m+ 86
0-1m 51
15m-54m 37
Other 22

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 6,324,247
Ireland 3,099,428
Germany 1,900,035
China 1,808,834
New Zealand 1,281,462

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 2,713,050 3,611,197 +898,147
Ireland 1,435,937 1,663,491 +227,554
Germany 1,065,835 834,200 -231,635
China 1,424,478 384,356 -1,040,122
New Zealand 678,977 602,485 -76,492
Sweden 829,024 157,653 -671,371
South Africa 853,029 4,158 -848,871
Turkey 2,644 817,692 +815,048
Canada 261,725 364,517 +102,792
France 324,829 290,300 -34,529

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 £
Sweden 302,199
Italy 37,510
China 18,286
XI 8,942
Germany 7,051

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 £
Sweden 133,376 168,823 +35,447
Italy 33,748 3,762 -29,986
China 15,562 2,724 -12,838
XI 4,073 4,869 +796
Germany 5,082 1,969 -3,113
Netherlands 4,516 0 -4,516
Belgium 1,467 520 -947
Ireland 0 197 +197

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,725,828
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,502,265
Air transport 6,317,417
Other 383,047
Road transport 3,272

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,166,765 4,559,063 +392,298
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,333,209 4,169,056 -164,153
Air transport 3,771,455 2,545,962 -1,225,493
Other 198,822 184,225 -14,597
Road transport 3,272 0 -3,272

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,780,953
Southampton 3,947,642
London Gateway Port 2,574,530
London Heathrow Airport 1,892,072
East Midlands Airport 1,831,643

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 2,382,958 2,397,995 +15,037
Southampton 304,830 3,642,812 +3,337,982
London Gateway Port 2,149,613 424,917 -1,724,696
London Heathrow Airport 1,116,101 775,971 -340,130
East Midlands Airport 1,005,120 826,523 -178,597
Holyhead 856,894 936,650 +79,756
Felixstowe 1,020,747 383,922 -636,825
Immingham Docks 890,731 166,956 -723,775
ZLC 646,522 389,065 -257,457
Glasgow Airport 838,578 90,895 -747,683

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8464

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

Description: Machines used to cut, grind, or shape hard materials like stone, ceramics, concrete, and glass