Import/export HS code 847420: Crushing and grinding machines

Machines used to crush or grind minerals and other solid materials

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  • 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 25,376,783
Finland 14,030,693
India 10,781,528
Austria 9,745,069
Italy 6,684,546

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 13,291,267 12,085,516 -1,205,751
Finland 9,795,294 4,235,399 -5,559,895
India 4,382,564 6,398,964 +2,016,400
Austria 6,089,267 3,655,802 -2,433,465
Italy 4,205,885 2,478,661 -1,727,224
China 2,741,106 2,958,003 +216,897
Sweden 1,943,889 3,150,539 +1,206,650
Netherlands 1,445,760 2,961,083 +1,515,323
Switzerland 804,013 2,661,898 +1,857,885
South Africa 2,313,493 655,900 -1,657,593

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 25,685,794
Finland 13,052,004
India 11,114,937
Austria 8,604,952
China 6,141,778

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 12,480,968 13,204,826 +723,858
Finland 9,044,727 4,007,277 -5,037,450
India 4,695,417 6,419,520 +1,724,103
Austria 5,720,863 2,884,089 -2,836,774
China 2,883,933 3,257,845 +373,912
Italy 3,727,720 2,209,292 -1,518,428
Switzerland 1,410,124 2,620,285 +1,210,161
United States 1,240,993 1,898,439 +657,446
South Africa 2,313,493 655,900 -1,657,593
Netherlands 976,177 1,135,865 +159,688

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 10
Northern Ireland 8
Shropshire and Staffordshire 8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 8
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 7

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
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 5 6 +1
Northern Ireland 7 4 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 8 4 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 6 5 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 4 5 +1
West Midlands 5 5 +0
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 3 4 +1
Greater Manchester 5 4 -1
Merseyside 2 5 +3
West Yorkshire 5 4 -1

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 52,472,164
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 41,233,586
Other 5,181,129
Air transport 1,001,352
Road transport 707,332

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,394,258 25,077,906 -2,316,352
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 23,873,353 17,360,233 -6,513,120
Other 2,368,315 2,812,814 +444,499
Air transport 617,114 384,238 -232,876
Road transport 63,170 644,162 +580,992

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 28,212,752
Belfast Port 16,139,732
Harwich 11,149,287
London 10,250,472
Dover 9,509,043

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 14,414,973 13,797,779 -617,194
Belfast Port 7,618,408 8,521,324 +902,916
Harwich 5,455,068 5,694,219 +239,151
London 6,735,715 3,514,757 -3,220,958
Dover 5,802,647 3,706,396 -2,096,251
000 2,368,315 2,812,814 +444,499
Hull 2,439,627 1,818,013 -621,614
Felixstowe 1,374,468 941,887 -432,581
Killingholme 2,260,360 52,400 -2,207,960
Medway 1,467,317 543,558 -923,759

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 48
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 18
Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 13
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 12
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 10

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 22
2025-11 19
2025-10 19
2025-09 21
2025-08 23

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 64
54m+ 40
0-1m 23
15m-54m 16
Other 16

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 279,035,767
Australia 67,203,924
Italy 33,021,444
South Africa 32,710,568
Poland 25,235,046

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 162,582,948 116,452,819 -46,130,129
Australia 34,366,296 32,837,628 -1,528,668
Italy 16,760,556 16,260,888 -499,668
South Africa 11,706,521 21,004,047 +9,297,526
Poland 15,771,123 9,463,923 -6,307,200
Spain 10,436,644 12,036,678 +1,600,034
Mexico 16,292,804 3,567,913 -12,724,891
Ireland 8,526,663 10,539,815 +2,013,152
Guinea 9,190,720 6,127,485 -3,063,235
Canada 5,093,833 8,750,409 +3,656,576

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 65,466,314
Nicaragua 2,842,580
Spain 504,132
Ireland 433,581
Italy 363,847

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 32,387,670 33,078,644 +690,974
Nicaragua 1,201,872 1,640,708 +438,836
Spain 504,132 0 -504,132
Ireland 368,020 65,561 -302,459
Italy 347,440 16,407 -331,033
France 359,739 0 -359,739
United States 294,674 49,786 -244,888
Poland 274,092 0 -274,092
Germany 96,044 2,377 -93,667
Netherlands 1,781 405 -1,376

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) 547,859,211
Other 74,829,775
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 53,737,665
Air transport 2,586,711
Road transport 337,368

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) 302,535,065 245,324,146 -57,210,919
Other 37,504,202 37,325,573 -178,629
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 25,289,154 28,448,511 +3,159,357
Air transport 2,123,139 463,572 -1,659,567
Road transport 33,155 304,213 +271,058

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 276,712,714
Liverpool Docks 153,987,203
000 74,829,775
London 26,624,696
Immingham Docks 26,004,231

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 £
Southampton 151,807,047 124,905,667 -26,901,380
Liverpool Docks 83,538,728 70,448,475 -13,090,253
000 37,504,202 37,325,573 -178,629
London 17,360,578 9,264,118 -8,096,460
Immingham Docks 13,106,662 12,897,569 -209,093
Avonmouth Docks 13,913,901 12,054,933 -1,858,968
Harwich 7,044,254 7,335,279 +291,025
London Gateway Port 5,376,369 7,706,614 +2,330,245
Belfast Port 7,681,142 5,310,427 -2,370,715
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,912,456 3,289,910 -4,622,546

Quick facts

HS code: 847420

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

Description: Machines used to crush or grind minerals and other solid materials