Import/export HS code 847989: Various machines

Various machines with unique functions not specified elsewhere

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

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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 £
Germany 903,294,734
United States 211,912,180
Netherlands 204,285,371
China 187,767,198
Italy 141,652,474

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 514,541,678 388,753,056 -125,788,622
United States 103,361,072 108,551,108 +5,190,036
Netherlands 94,565,002 109,720,369 +15,155,367
China 81,586,117 106,181,081 +24,594,964
Italy 71,617,129 70,035,345 -1,581,784
Poland 59,892,954 66,299,574 +6,406,620
France 46,399,935 58,369,486 +11,969,551
Switzerland 34,409,346 39,490,206 +5,080,860
Norway 28,719,157 33,775,073 +5,055,916
Denmark 28,301,520 28,028,745 -272,775

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 802,501,016
United States 295,743,020
China 272,379,144
Italy 174,079,489
Poland 127,250,279

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 459,055,795 343,445,221 -115,610,574
United States 131,531,798 164,211,222 +32,679,424
China 130,536,302 141,842,842 +11,306,540
Italy 82,526,479 91,553,010 +9,026,531
Poland 56,681,856 70,568,423 +13,886,567
United Kingdom 65,186,956 59,338,423 -5,848,533
Netherlands 40,429,776 41,834,476 +1,404,700
Switzerland 37,831,544 43,719,372 +5,887,828
Japan 25,693,879 39,032,497 +13,338,618
Canada 29,189,026 22,698,566 -6,490,460

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 364
Inner London - West 282
Surrey, East and West Sussex 243
Greater Manchester 242
West Midlands 222

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 243 265 +22
Inner London - West 176 205 +29
Surrey, East and West Sussex 178 167 -11
Greater Manchester 163 182 +19
West Midlands 156 172 +16
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 154 156 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 154 162 +8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 154 156 +2
West Yorkshire 148 145 -3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 130 141 +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) 1,425,715,237
Air transport 674,374,154
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 505,455,291
Road transport 37,242,407
Other 18,073,605

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) 754,905,201 670,810,036 -84,095,165
Air transport 316,540,356 357,833,798 +41,293,442
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 242,702,282 262,753,009 +20,050,727
Road transport 16,900,591 20,341,816 +3,441,225
Other 11,995,290 6,078,315 -5,916,975
Rail transport 1,578,972 2,549,115 +970,143

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 714,694,611
London Heathrow Airport 200,276,369
Felixstowe 192,906,718
Immingham Docks 167,989,120
Eurotunnel 137,877,350

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 392,543,616 322,150,995 -70,392,621
London Heathrow Airport 92,212,514 108,063,855 +15,851,341
Felixstowe 95,319,046 97,587,672 +2,268,626
Immingham Docks 71,240,983 96,748,137 +25,507,154
Eurotunnel 72,725,466 65,151,884 -7,573,582
Birmingham Airport 49,011,835 52,684,998 +3,673,163
Harwich 48,307,639 43,647,251 -4,660,388
Southampton 40,133,665 49,703,638 +9,569,973
Dover / Eurotunnel 49,519,868 37,570,486 -11,949,382
East Midlands Airport 39,170,203 44,250,366 +5,080,163

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 1157
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 450
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 430
Other manufacturing 358
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 283

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 988
2026-03 1042
2026-02 983
2026-01 946
2025-12 899

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 2128
54m+ 1586
0-1m 651
15m-54m 569
Other 370

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 326,825,139
Germany 221,857,468
Netherlands 107,096,045
France 94,824,461
Norway 87,219,821

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 174,853,936 151,971,203 -22,882,733
Germany 112,539,863 109,317,605 -3,222,258
Netherlands 46,242,509 60,853,536 +14,611,027
France 47,879,065 46,945,396 -933,669
Norway 51,039,310 36,180,511 -14,858,799
Brazil 46,942,775 30,070,728 -16,872,047
Ireland 27,297,081 29,809,264 +2,512,183
Poland 17,731,678 38,412,844 +20,681,166
China 24,870,711 31,135,583 +6,264,872
Belgium 26,254,472 27,522,958 +1,268,486

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 2,492,303
Italy 1,291,382
Germany 369,660
China 109,697
Netherlands 79,301

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 1,093,010 1,399,293 +306,283
Italy 588,661 702,721 +114,060
Germany 187,792 181,868 -5,924
China 67,628 42,069 -25,559
Netherlands 3,586 75,715 +72,129
XL 0 65,039 +65,039
Ireland 28,306 27,229 -1,077
Sweden 35,427 18,723 -16,704
France 16,834 7,078 -9,756
Denmark 18,722 5,067 -13,655

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) 729,216,261
Air transport 617,797,902
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 492,575,248
Other 4,959,881
Road transport 404,417

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) 360,632,525 368,583,736 +7,951,211
Air transport 317,947,763 299,850,139 -18,097,624
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 267,724,068 224,851,180 -42,872,888
Other 2,245,330 2,714,551 +469,221
Road transport 173,682 230,735 +57,053
Rail transport 0 77,121 +77,121

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 486,099,986
London Heathrow Airport 337,320,207
London Gateway Port 153,964,946
Immingham Docks 116,923,086
Southampton 96,504,965

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 254,105,098 231,994,888 -22,110,210
London Heathrow Airport 174,254,720 163,065,487 -11,189,233
London Gateway Port 86,585,950 67,378,996 -19,206,954
Immingham Docks 48,024,477 68,898,609 +20,874,132
Southampton 48,410,858 48,094,107 -316,751
East Midlands Airport 39,950,093 37,060,929 -2,889,164
Aberdeen Docks 38,870,932 22,962,945 -15,907,987
Felixstowe 26,016,425 30,824,050 +4,807,625
Liverpool Docks 31,506,672 23,933,527 -7,573,145
London Stansted Airport 23,314,966 23,670,788 +355,822

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 847989

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

Description: Various machines with unique functions not specified elsewhere