Import/export HS code 8409: Engine parts

Parts designed specifically for engines, such as those in headings 8407 or 8408

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 1,897,068,537
China 423,022,382
France 283,641,788
United States 236,399,892
Netherlands 233,450,627

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 1,033,665,894 863,402,643 -170,263,251
China 232,145,698 190,876,684 -41,269,014
France 151,338,555 132,303,233 -19,035,322
United States 119,955,514 116,444,378 -3,511,136
Netherlands 126,520,572 106,930,055 -19,590,517
India 109,249,551 114,248,773 +4,999,222
Japan 75,975,703 130,740,523 +54,764,820
Belgium 106,007,493 94,072,860 -11,934,633
Turkey 105,060,011 79,096,456 -25,963,555
Austria 89,282,003 87,445,970 -1,836,033

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 1,636,368,020
Turkey 468,371,633
China 436,668,012
United States 387,232,207
India 239,128,946

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 898,845,045 737,522,975 -161,322,070
Turkey 251,321,150 217,050,483 -34,270,667
China 227,864,533 208,803,479 -19,061,054
United States 170,792,341 216,439,866 +45,647,525
India 115,572,165 123,556,781 +7,984,616
Japan 86,879,824 145,800,358 +58,920,534
Czechia 123,563,594 96,056,379 -27,507,215
France 116,530,146 99,956,607 -16,573,539
Austria 94,800,919 88,855,397 -5,945,522
Brazil 87,016,749 84,965,679 -2,051,070

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 153
West Midlands 110
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 108
Surrey, East and West Sussex 105
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 103

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 118 104 -14
West Midlands 90 72 -18
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 74 73 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 79 76 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 75 81 +6
Inner London - West 68 56 -12
Shropshire and Staffordshire 60 59 -1
Greater Manchester 51 52 +1
Essex 55 53 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 54 48 -6

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) 1,949,405,213
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,760,499,168
Air transport 1,158,119,906
Other 324,148,213
Rail transport 123,860,112

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) 936,177,113 1,013,228,100 +77,050,987
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 982,924,869 777,574,299 -205,350,570
Air transport 562,654,583 595,465,323 +32,810,740
Other 219,661,559 104,486,654 -115,174,905
Rail transport 86,075,715 37,784,397 -48,291,318
Road transport 3,938,014 5,818,153 +1,880,139

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 910,335,994
London 733,933,160
Birmingham Airport 692,292,287
Felixstowe 470,689,394
Southampton 403,222,825

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 495,539,443 414,796,551 -80,742,892
London 371,930,224 362,002,936 -9,927,288
Birmingham Airport 352,006,903 340,285,384 -11,721,519
Felixstowe 272,137,990 198,551,404 -73,586,586
Southampton 192,540,406 210,682,419 +18,142,013
000 219,661,559 104,486,654 -115,174,905
London Gateway Port 106,085,481 130,182,299 +24,096,818
Eurotunnel 131,114,046 94,885,301 -36,228,745
London Heathrow Airport 101,962,557 105,004,403 +3,041,846
Harwich 90,291,554 46,122,127 -44,169,427

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 400
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 334
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 156
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 148
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 118

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 463
2025-11 492
2025-10 527
2025-09 467
2025-08 470

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 827
54m+ 624
0-1m 261
15m-54m 201
Other 133

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 248,388,436
Sweden 195,617,054
Germany 155,395,474
China 151,314,588
France 149,294,572

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 144,305,326 104,083,110 -40,222,216
Sweden 99,818,065 95,798,989 -4,019,076
Germany 80,327,537 75,067,937 -5,259,600
China 85,100,516 66,214,072 -18,886,444
France 80,826,328 68,468,244 -12,358,084
Belgium 55,896,604 46,992,790 -8,903,814
Poland 56,022,895 41,397,444 -14,625,451
Austria 49,794,651 39,743,453 -10,051,198
Spain 52,755,951 35,212,643 -17,543,308
Romania 59,392,533 28,528,088 -30,864,445

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 13,007,964
Japan 1,003,209
Germany 379,017
Sweden 270,113
China 159,064

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 7,107,902 5,900,062 -1,207,840
Japan 508,747 494,462 -14,285
Germany 220,432 158,585 -61,847
Sweden 137,407 132,706 -4,701
China 82,704 76,360 -6,344
United States 58,476 28,945 -29,531
Poland 51,216 16,313 -34,903
France 40,167 19,699 -20,468
Belgium 34,271 18,489 -15,782
Netherlands 26,459 12,865 -13,594

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) 978,687,535
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 660,948,300
Air transport 531,246,923
Other 15,675,950
Road transport 876,562

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) 536,183,610 442,503,925 -93,679,685
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 386,917,787 274,030,513 -112,887,274
Air transport 280,017,922 251,229,001 -28,788,921
Other 8,619,219 7,056,731 -1,562,488
Road transport 810,745 65,817 -744,928
Rail transport 0 2,443 +2,443

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 711,777,997
London Heathrow Airport 284,415,492
Immingham Docks 244,956,349
London Gateway Port 158,227,755
Southampton 153,738,781

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 395,690,609 316,087,388 -79,603,221
London Heathrow Airport 147,649,476 136,766,016 -10,883,460
Immingham Docks 134,561,296 110,395,053 -24,166,243
London Gateway Port 89,470,154 68,757,601 -20,712,553
Southampton 75,286,147 78,452,634 +3,166,487
East Midlands Airport 64,283,880 52,327,823 -11,956,057
London 58,520,593 50,931,506 -7,589,087
Felixstowe 67,456,921 26,446,640 -41,010,281
ZLC 28,927,045 24,465,182 -4,461,863
Manchester Airport 18,729,927 17,034,943 -1,694,984

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8409

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

Description: Parts designed specifically for engines, such as those in headings 8407 or 8408