Import/export HS code 8701: Tractors (not for road use)

Covers all types of tractors, excluding those classified under heading 8709, such as agricultural or industrial tractors

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 882,896,245
Belgium 674,788,752
France 661,439,366
Netherlands 538,994,492
Sweden 378,222,727

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 332,117,468 550,778,777 +218,661,309
Belgium 318,820,703 355,968,049 +37,147,346
France 319,593,477 341,845,889 +22,252,412
Netherlands 238,013,410 300,981,082 +62,967,672
Sweden 210,902,766 167,319,961 -43,582,805
Poland 92,102,797 90,083,705 -2,019,092
Austria 67,912,153 85,685,526 +17,773,373
Spain 63,224,332 33,406,655 -29,817,677
United States 44,534,921 41,387,090 -3,147,831
Italy 33,423,431 49,709,520 +16,286,089

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 1,097,522,491
Netherlands 623,565,931
France 559,857,975
Belgium 439,692,206
Sweden 299,352,376

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 420,562,764 676,959,727 +256,396,963
Netherlands 323,402,385 300,163,546 -23,238,839
France 263,851,326 296,006,649 +32,155,323
Belgium 212,103,304 227,588,902 +15,485,598
Sweden 140,322,630 159,029,746 +18,707,116
Poland 96,454,990 92,584,904 -3,870,086
Austria 55,072,928 85,842,587 +30,769,659
United States 64,893,106 60,607,328 -4,285,778
Spain 56,886,561 34,058,272 -22,828,289
Italy 38,289,269 45,735,665 +7,446,396

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 19
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 12
Northern Ireland 12
Shropshire and Staffordshire 11
Essex 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 10 15 +5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 10 9 -1
Northern Ireland 9 8 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 9 8 -1
Essex 5 9 +4
Lancashire 5 7 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 8 8 +0
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 6 10 +4
Inner London - West 5 5 +0
Lincolnshire 4 8 +4

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) 3,023,805,652
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 809,121,165
Other 91,178,537
Road transport 11,880,175
Air transport 1,899,073

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) 1,392,328,990 1,631,476,662 +239,147,672
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 359,665,398 449,455,767 +89,790,369
Other 52,916,946 38,261,591 -14,655,355
Road transport 11,793,863 86,312 -11,707,551
Air transport 899,591 999,482 +99,891

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 1,797,856,695
Hull 525,937,722
London 349,598,076
Dover 321,304,751
Harwich 229,445,613

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 784,083,572 1,013,773,123 +229,689,551
Hull 243,194,327 282,743,395 +39,549,068
London 150,213,926 199,384,150 +49,170,224
Dover 157,168,910 164,135,841 +6,966,931
Harwich 106,576,077 122,869,536 +16,293,459
Newhaven 80,277,420 23,571,702 -56,705,718
Southampton 47,122,726 54,168,738 +7,046,012
000 52,916,946 38,261,591 -14,655,355
Dover / Eurotunnel 34,143,091 38,451,471 +4,308,380
Medway 24,310,835 29,267,413 +4,956,578

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
95
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
48
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities
14
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
13
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
12

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 53
2026-04 59
2026-03 49
2026-02 45
2026-01 54

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 101
54m+ 54
0-1m 37
15m-54m 31
Other 12

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 £
Belgium 316,991,152
Ireland 288,100,525
United States 204,960,542
France 187,870,526
Netherlands 127,578,999

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 £
Belgium 142,011,950 174,979,202 +32,967,252
Ireland 128,050,148 160,050,377 +32,000,229
United States 99,908,487 105,052,055 +5,143,568
France 81,111,162 106,759,364 +25,648,202
Netherlands 75,177,679 52,401,320 -22,776,359
Ukraine 40,409,571 39,969,061 -440,510
Germany 30,368,298 39,061,567 +8,693,269
Poland 36,654,959 30,009,536 -6,645,423
United Republic of Tanzania 28,991,063 34,809,499 +5,818,436
Australia 30,895,095 29,079,879 -1,815,216

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 22,531,067
France 6,029,449
Germany 5,444,366
United States 3,315,455
Ireland 3,175,479

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 10,506,409 12,024,658 +1,518,249
France 2,241,587 3,787,862 +1,546,275
Germany 2,708,621 2,735,745 +27,124
United States 1,627,338 1,688,117 +60,779
Ireland 1,204,905 1,970,574 +765,669
Canada 936,386 1,343,234 +406,848
Austria 837,909 1,250,284 +412,375
Nicaragua 846,444 733,635 -112,809
Italy 755,246 668,049 -87,197
Sweden 770,681 412,773 -357,908

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) 1,217,874,589
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 873,767,890
Other 66,898,120
Air transport 859,040
Road transport 28,247

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) 575,721,397 642,153,192 +66,431,795
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 420,634,138 453,133,752 +32,499,614
Other 32,143,790 34,754,330 +2,610,540
Air transport 342,451 516,589 +174,138
Road transport 0 28,247 +28,247

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 746,304,937
Southampton 399,296,229
London 156,535,631
Liverpool Docks 145,638,633
Immingham Docks 119,095,530

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 342,962,868 403,342,069 +60,379,201
Southampton 176,483,545 222,812,684 +46,329,139
London 63,010,507 93,525,124 +30,514,617
Liverpool Docks 68,374,935 77,263,698 +8,888,763
Immingham Docks 67,537,066 51,558,464 -15,978,602
Felixstowe 74,631,677 25,820,096 -48,811,581
Holyhead 38,203,310 44,477,860 +6,274,550
London Gateway Port 29,451,396 49,781,515 +20,330,119
000 32,143,790 34,754,330 +2,610,540
Avonmouth Docks 28,481,746 26,279,477 -2,202,269

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8701

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

Description: Covers all types of tractors, excluding those classified under heading 8709, such as agricultural or industrial tractors