Import/export HS code 847410: Sorting and washing machines for minerals

Machines that sort, screen, separate, or wash minerals and similar materials

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 19,493,266
Netherlands 12,391,346
Ireland 6,862,670
Austria 6,679,268
Poland 6,177,040

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 12,166,445 7,326,821 -4,839,624
Netherlands 4,867,422 7,523,924 +2,656,502
Ireland 4,552,612 2,310,058 -2,242,554
Austria 4,261,481 2,417,787 -1,843,694
Poland 3,473,668 2,703,372 -770,296
France 354,139 5,110,076 +4,755,937
India 2,414,854 2,006,308 -408,546
Italy 2,545,192 1,411,814 -1,133,378
Belgium 1,755,157 1,434,322 -320,835
United States 1,475,748 1,590,877 +115,129

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 21,418,932
Netherlands 11,274,563
Poland 6,488,564
Austria 5,946,128
India 4,437,882

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 12,715,313 8,703,619 -4,011,694
Netherlands 4,250,153 7,024,410 +2,774,257
Poland 3,561,614 2,926,950 -634,664
Austria 3,943,656 2,002,472 -1,941,184
India 2,423,241 2,014,641 -408,600
Italy 2,254,618 1,151,485 -1,103,133
United States 1,589,771 1,493,806 -95,965
United Kingdom 994,920 1,705,730 +710,810
China 1,148,091 1,342,041 +193,950
Ireland 1,856,819 572,145 -1,284,674

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 18
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 14
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 11
Inner London - West 10
Northern Ireland 10

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 13 10 -3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 10 8 -2
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 6 7 +1
Inner London - West 4 9 +5
Northern Ireland 7 6 -1
West Midlands 8 5 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 6 6 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 5 6 +1
Cheshire 6 6 +0
South Yorkshire 6 4 -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) 53,706,988
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,935,309
Other 7,425,848
Air transport 2,593,808
Road transport 1,532,147

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) 25,505,969 28,201,019 +2,695,050
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,504,109 7,431,200 -5,072,909
Other 4,428,563 2,997,285 -1,431,278
Air transport 1,613,929 979,879 -634,050
Road transport 213,068 1,319,079 +1,106,011

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 20,213,507
Dover 15,281,264
Harwich 8,773,788
000 7,425,848
Southampton 3,747,207

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 10,138,319 10,075,188 -63,131
Dover 8,284,100 6,997,164 -1,286,936
Harwich 4,476,522 4,297,266 -179,256
000 4,428,563 2,997,285 -1,431,278
Southampton 1,619,620 2,127,587 +507,967
Killingholme 3,145,436 447,919 -2,697,517
Belfast Port 1,434,790 2,109,752 +674,962
Felixstowe 1,497,979 1,292,837 -205,142
Eurotunnel 1,265,109 1,511,772 +246,663
Purfleet 274,459 2,498,554 +2,224,095

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 56
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 36
Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery 17
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 13
Other manufacturing 13

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 24
2026-03 26
2026-02 31
2026-01 21
2025-12 31

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 100
54m+ 79
15m-54m 29
Other 19
0-1m 17

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 295,698,996
Australia 55,380,997
Germany 44,651,059
Italy 42,493,912
Ireland 41,132,049

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 162,552,530 133,146,466 -29,406,064
Australia 23,794,376 31,586,621 +7,792,245
Germany 23,546,801 21,104,258 -2,442,543
Italy 18,031,230 24,462,682 +6,431,452
Ireland 21,661,546 19,470,503 -2,191,043
Poland 20,058,557 15,879,474 -4,179,083
France 19,921,494 11,944,850 -7,976,644
Canada 13,058,308 15,796,793 +2,738,485
Spain 10,802,749 12,602,543 +1,799,794
Belgium 12,296,073 9,916,273 -2,379,800

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 £
XI 243,370,915
Nicaragua 3,727,051
Ireland 1,233,938
Germany 550,827
Austria 450,459

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 £
XI 119,130,651 124,240,264 +5,109,613
Nicaragua 2,787,116 939,935 -1,847,181
Ireland 527,800 706,138 +178,338
Germany 334,469 216,358 -118,111
Austria 35,265 415,194 +379,929
Spain 160,848 165,719 +4,871
France 307,172 19,040 -288,132
United States 59,427 74,504 +15,077
Poland 3,357 108,465 +105,108
Sweden 95,950 777 -95,173

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) 529,768,941
Other 254,627,610
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 85,843,567
Air transport 11,000,354
Road transport 868,066

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) 271,264,797 258,504,144 -12,760,653
Other 126,487,533 128,140,077 +1,652,544
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 44,414,130 41,429,437 -2,984,693
Air transport 4,817,567 6,182,787 +1,365,220
Road transport 472,996 395,070 -77,926

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 254,627,610
Southampton 225,235,211
Liverpool Docks 148,634,817
Belfast Port 91,983,107
Dover / Eurotunnel 38,643,013

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 £
000 126,487,533 128,140,077 +1,652,544
Southampton 117,479,491 107,755,720 -9,723,771
Liverpool Docks 82,836,343 65,798,474 -17,037,869
Belfast Port 41,008,753 50,974,354 +9,965,601
Dover / Eurotunnel 19,907,094 18,735,919 -1,171,175
Immingham Docks 13,497,365 11,360,466 -2,136,899
London 10,518,822 10,639,806 +120,984
Avonmouth Docks 5,172,873 11,809,797 +6,636,924
London Gateway Port 5,154,184 7,344,979 +2,190,795
Harwich 5,838,175 3,587,458 -2,250,717

Quick facts

HS code: 847410

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

Description: Machines that sort, screen, separate, or wash minerals and similar materials