Import/export HS code 85159080: Various machine parts

Other spare parts for welding, soldering, or cutting machines

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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 £
Netherlands 52,641,289
Germany 37,048,926
South Korea 22,183,414
United States 11,583,252
France 9,334,006

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 3,854,313 48,786,976 +44,932,663
Germany 16,124,105 20,924,821 +4,800,716
South Korea 21,823,667 359,747 -21,463,920
United States 5,638,789 5,944,463 +305,674
France 4,637,068 4,696,938 +59,870
China 3,496,093 2,979,874 -516,219
Austria 3,016,611 3,225,917 +209,306
Italy 3,057,129 2,872,019 -185,110
Switzerland 2,182,549 2,432,764 +250,215
Spain 1,817,822 2,750,332 +932,510

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 £
Netherlands 50,648,512
Germany 25,506,775
South Korea 21,892,564
United States 17,702,124
China 11,032,000

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 £
Netherlands 3,087,811 47,560,701 +44,472,890
Germany 12,030,046 13,476,729 +1,446,683
South Korea 21,779,548 113,016 -21,666,532
United States 8,379,105 9,323,019 +943,914
China 4,805,999 6,226,001 +1,420,002
France 3,184,124 3,142,134 -41,990
Italy 2,589,192 3,075,592 +486,400
Austria 2,685,500 2,968,764 +283,264
Switzerland 2,256,042 2,589,477 +333,435
Spain 1,782,259 2,656,603 +874,344

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 69
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 57
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 51
West Yorkshire 51
Inner London - West 50

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 48 49 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 37 41 +4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 40 38 -2
West Yorkshire 38 33 -5
Inner London - West 35 34 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 30 35 +5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 37 33 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 31 40 +9
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 33 34 +1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 34 36 +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) 92,548,187
Air transport 47,883,846
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 40,471,422
Rail transport 1,466,187
Other 1,002,265

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) 21,375,779 71,172,408 +49,796,629
Air transport 22,564,756 25,319,090 +2,754,334
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 30,782,964 9,688,458 -21,094,506
Rail transport 252,630 1,213,557 +960,927
Other 533,793 468,472 -65,321
Road transport 473,102 230,660 -242,442

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 47,309,309
Dover 23,651,705
Middlesbrough 20,038,740
East Midlands Airport 19,495,299
Eurotunnel 16,324,602

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 760,350 46,548,959 +45,788,609
Dover 10,546,732 13,104,973 +2,558,241
Middlesbrough 19,229,568 809,172 -18,420,396
East Midlands Airport 9,438,264 10,057,035 +618,771
Eurotunnel 7,790,497 8,534,105 +743,608
London Heathrow Airport 6,548,524 5,739,796 -808,728
Birmingham Airport 2,426,767 3,777,981 +1,351,214
London Stansted Airport 2,382,603 3,047,322 +664,719
London Gateway Port 2,407,516 2,931,160 +523,644
Southampton 3,675,011 1,236,653 -2,438,358

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 257
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 128
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 109
Other manufacturing 74
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 60

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 214
2026-03 204
2026-02 193
2026-01 177
2025-12 211

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 420
54m+ 392
15m-54m 112
0-1m 96
Other 66

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 £
Germany 6,562,908
Japan 4,106,155
United States 4,057,919
Netherlands 3,988,734
India 3,922,609

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 £
Germany 3,570,820 2,992,088 -578,732
Japan 503,936 3,602,219 +3,098,283
United States 1,751,830 2,306,089 +554,259
Netherlands 2,042,622 1,946,112 -96,510
India 1,181,192 2,741,417 +1,560,225
France 1,193,671 1,243,996 +50,325
United Arab Emirates 1,594,572 754,800 -839,772
Ireland 1,119,046 1,198,372 +79,326
Italy 1,170,197 703,435 -466,762
Saudi Arabia 1,097,925 707,264 -390,661

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 £
China 332,756
Germany 54,487
Czechia 16,083
XI 7,394
United States 1,471

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 £
China 185,226 147,530 -37,696
Germany 28,532 25,955 -2,577
Czechia 6,851 9,232 +2,381
XI 3,192 4,202 +1,010
United States 456 1,015 +559
Italy 13 899 +886
France 710 167 -543
Sweden 0 837 +837
India 274 318 +44
Sri Lanka 122 110 -12

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 30,751,494
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,162,603
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,631,615
Other 426,099
Road transport 26,277

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 £
Air transport 14,965,444 15,786,050 +820,606
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,500,468 7,662,135 +161,667
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,751,287 4,880,328 +3,129,041
Other 231,676 194,423 -37,253
Road transport 20,511 5,766 -14,745

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 11,347,038
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,988,708
London Heathrow Airport 8,059,919
London Gateway Port 3,550,267
ZLC 3,523,712

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 £
East Midlands Airport 6,339,976 5,007,062 -1,332,914
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,539,586 5,449,122 -90,464
London Heathrow Airport 2,805,864 5,254,055 +2,448,191
London Gateway Port 911,312 2,638,955 +1,727,643
ZLC 1,818,273 1,705,439 -112,834
London Stansted Airport 1,422,160 2,053,953 +631,793
Glasgow Airport 2,185,445 674,001 -1,511,444
Immingham Docks 793,451 1,370,084 +576,633
Dover 836,347 1,000,097 +163,750
Southampton 394,478 545,737 +151,259

Quick facts

HS code: 85159080

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

Description: Other spare parts for welding, soldering, or cutting machines