Import/export HS code 84122180: Various linear acting devices

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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 £
United States 79,936,408
Germany 55,468,738
India 33,397,900
Netherlands 14,383,800
China 14,364,950

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 £
United States 41,878,325 38,058,083 -3,820,242
Germany 28,807,786 26,660,952 -2,146,834
India 18,326,089 15,071,811 -3,254,278
Netherlands 8,476,497 5,907,303 -2,569,194
China 4,872,160 9,492,790 +4,620,630
France 5,291,635 4,818,816 -472,819
Romania 4,571,790 4,508,115 -63,675
Italy 4,210,141 3,684,157 -525,984
South Korea 635,522 5,962,146 +5,326,624
Malaysia 3,641,768 1,566,107 -2,075,661

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 £
United States 92,922,304
Germany 42,650,115
India 34,526,556
United Kingdom 14,036,185
China 13,476,813

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 £
United States 49,621,532 43,300,772 -6,320,760
Germany 21,279,411 21,370,704 +91,293
India 19,037,352 15,489,204 -3,548,148
United Kingdom 6,963,079 7,073,106 +110,027
China 7,114,569 6,362,244 -752,325
South Korea 1,678,905 10,932,423 +9,253,518
Romania 3,982,038 4,274,227 +292,189
Czechia 4,108,722 3,397,777 -710,945
Italy 3,763,586 3,058,974 -704,612
France 3,838,447 2,970,151 -868,296

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 56
West Midlands 51
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 50
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 48
Inner London - West 47

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 38 47 +9
West Midlands 32 40 +8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 37 32 -5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 39 32 -7
Inner London - West 33 32 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 32 28 -4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 28 31 +3
Greater Manchester 33 24 -9
Surrey, East and West Sussex 23 32 +9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 26 26 +0

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 154,200,953
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 74,421,213
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 45,077,460
Other 8,588,881
Road transport 3,476,059

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 £
Air transport 82,077,374 72,123,579 -9,953,795
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 38,152,327 36,268,886 -1,883,441
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,923,050 27,154,410 +9,231,360
Other 6,776,632 1,812,249 -4,964,383
Road transport 1,487,206 1,988,853 +501,647

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 60,552,994
East Midlands Airport 43,682,572
Dover 30,732,183
London Stansted Airport 20,097,127
London Gateway Port 17,236,992

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 27,133,027 33,419,967 +6,286,940
East Midlands Airport 25,781,121 17,901,451 -7,879,670
Dover 15,657,013 15,075,170 -581,843
London Stansted Airport 10,281,185 9,815,942 -465,243
London Gateway Port 8,827,567 8,409,425 -418,142
Eurotunnel 9,051,786 7,011,208 -2,040,578
Immingham Docks 5,120,881 7,066,983 +1,946,102
499 35,573 11,165,068 +11,129,495
Birmingham Airport 5,080,055 4,607,713 -472,342
000 6,776,632 1,812,249 -4,964,383

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
185
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
153
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
95
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
52
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
51

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 210
2026-04 200
2026-03 217
2026-02 206
2026-01 191

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
54m+ 466
1m-15m 307
15m-54m 103
Other 80
0-1m 41

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 62,384,816
Germany 22,718,591
France 15,459,029
Netherlands 15,138,854
United Arab Emirates 5,407,676

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 34,834,728 27,550,088 -7,284,640
Germany 12,844,286 9,874,305 -2,969,981
France 7,309,706 8,149,323 +839,617
Netherlands 7,585,635 7,553,219 -32,416
United Arab Emirates 2,628,491 2,779,185 +150,694
Brazil 2,323,707 2,204,742 -118,965
Japan 2,043,726 2,368,082 +324,356
Singapore 1,383,682 2,792,444 +1,408,762
Norway 2,493,874 1,659,529 -834,345
India 741,578 3,088,112 +2,346,534

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 250,415
Ireland 49,964
Germany 24,956
India 17,833
Czechia 12,171

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 125,837 124,578 -1,259
Ireland 25,058 24,906 -152
Germany 13,729 11,227 -2,502
India 7,935 9,898 +1,963
Czechia 3,541 8,630 +5,089
China 6,622 3,141 -3,481
United States 3,053 2,617 -436
Italy 2,745 1,180 -1,565
Netherlands 1,066 2,617 +1,551
Turkey 995 981 -14

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 130,764,411
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,798,016
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,562,500
Other 400,406
Road transport 4,331

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 67,695,941 63,068,470 -4,627,471
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,573,009 17,225,007 -348,002
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,564,752 6,997,748 +432,996
Other 204,039 196,367 -7,672
Road transport 4,331 0 -4,331

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 76,367,385
Dover / Eurotunnel 29,419,803
London Stansted Airport 19,763,223
East Midlands Airport 17,005,105
ZLC 10,084,364

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 39,039,562 37,327,823 -1,711,739
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,918,231 14,501,572 -416,659
London Stansted Airport 10,472,283 9,290,940 -1,181,343
East Midlands Airport 9,305,248 7,699,857 -1,605,391
ZLC 5,123,496 4,960,868 -162,628
London Gateway Port 3,070,304 2,478,328 -591,976
Immingham Docks 1,549,655 2,118,535 +568,880
Aberdeen Airport 1,615,714 1,950,626 +334,912
Southampton 583,067 1,775,243 +1,192,176
Aberdeen Docks 1,288,616 217,992 -1,070,624

Quick facts

HS code: 84122180

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

Description: Other types of devices that move in a straight line, not specified above