Import/export HS code 84122180: Various linear acting devices

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

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 £
United States 76,389,452
Germany 49,991,844
India 32,283,059
Netherlands 14,357,853
China 12,576,476

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 44,505,405 31,884,047 -12,621,358
Germany 28,555,524 21,436,320 -7,119,204
India 19,581,812 12,701,247 -6,880,565
Netherlands 8,870,727 5,487,126 -3,383,601
China 4,682,549 7,893,927 +3,211,378
France 5,020,319 4,145,945 -874,374
Romania 5,072,475 3,407,644 -1,664,831
Italy 4,514,031 3,031,545 -1,482,486
Malaysia 3,333,603 1,799,642 -1,533,961
Belgium 2,512,928 1,720,424 -792,504

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 89,951,094
Germany 36,489,722
India 33,195,847
China 13,112,478
United Kingdom 11,670,269

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 52,752,229 37,198,865 -15,553,364
Germany 20,974,287 15,515,435 -5,458,852
India 20,295,937 12,899,910 -7,396,027
China 7,660,412 5,452,066 -2,208,346
United Kingdom 6,329,908 5,340,361 -989,547
South Korea 1,099,970 6,458,423 +5,358,453
Romania 4,465,020 3,051,086 -1,413,934
Czechia 3,931,752 3,203,187 -728,565
France 3,960,980 2,822,518 -1,138,462
Italy 3,980,068 2,321,156 -1,658,912

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 52
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 48
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 47
Inner London - West 43
West Midlands 43

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 40 40 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 38 32 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 40 22 -18
Inner London - West 35 26 -9
West Midlands 29 35 +6
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 35 25 -10
Shropshire and Staffordshire 30 27 -3
Greater Manchester 33 24 -9
Surrey, East and West Sussex 26 23 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 27 24 -3

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 143,587,585
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 67,022,671
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 39,319,864
Other 9,756,561
Road transport 3,480,276

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 82,501,921 61,085,664 -21,416,257
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 39,197,947 27,824,724 -11,373,223
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,126,039 19,193,825 -932,214
Other 6,740,773 3,015,788 -3,724,985
Road transport 2,299,667 1,180,609 -1,119,058

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 52,884,911
East Midlands Airport 40,304,457
Dover 28,147,183
London Stansted Airport 21,049,750
London Gateway Port 15,858,712

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 24,346,496 28,538,415 +4,191,919
East Midlands Airport 24,061,869 16,242,588 -7,819,281
Dover 16,832,972 11,314,211 -5,518,761
London Stansted Airport 15,083,840 5,965,910 -9,117,930
London Gateway Port 8,639,984 7,218,728 -1,421,256
Eurotunnel 8,862,590 6,241,227 -2,621,363
000 6,740,773 3,015,788 -3,724,985
Immingham Docks 5,398,828 4,188,196 -1,210,632
Manchester Airport 7,305,016 1,762,373 -5,542,643
Birmingham Airport 4,672,394 4,148,297 -524,097

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 178
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 146
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 94
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 51
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 46

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 191
2025-11 208
2025-10 213
2025-09 192
2025-08 196

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+ 430
1m-15m 295
15m-54m 93
Other 74
0-1m 38

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 54,919,387
Germany 22,040,225
France 13,722,305
Netherlands 12,021,538
United Arab Emirates 5,076,436

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 32,909,412 22,009,975 -10,899,437
Germany 12,168,191 9,872,034 -2,296,157
France 7,195,515 6,526,790 -668,725
Netherlands 7,027,904 4,993,634 -2,034,270
United Arab Emirates 2,560,220 2,516,216 -44,004
Singapore 2,027,478 2,345,058 +317,580
Brazil 2,658,602 1,593,650 -1,064,952
Norway 2,365,574 1,404,219 -961,355
Japan 1,597,603 1,565,160 -32,443
Italy 1,484,076 1,366,343 -117,733

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 224,850
Ireland 42,299
Germany 13,903
India 13,122
China 9,701

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 127,551 97,299 -30,252
Ireland 22,525 19,774 -2,751
Germany 13,694 209 -13,485
India 7,475 5,647 -1,828
China 6,969 2,732 -4,237
Czechia 1,156 6,935 +5,779
United States 0 5,670 +5,670
Italy 3,068 889 -2,179
Turkey 1,209 995 -214
Netherlands 547 1,038 +491

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 116,228,471
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 27,690,705
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,424,506
Other 346,582
Road transport 12,637

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 66,337,406 49,891,065 -16,446,341
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,813,026 11,877,679 -3,935,347
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,024,205 5,400,301 -1,623,904
Other 197,612 148,970 -48,642
Road transport 12,637 0 -12,637

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 66,793,728
Dover / Eurotunnel 23,436,850
East Midlands Airport 16,649,696
London Stansted Airport 16,091,098
ZLC 9,847,686

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 38,770,515 28,023,213 -10,747,302
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,119,378 10,317,472 -2,801,906
East Midlands Airport 8,796,463 7,853,233 -943,230
London Stansted Airport 10,468,500 5,622,598 -4,845,902
ZLC 5,422,178 4,425,508 -996,670
London Gateway Port 3,858,797 1,727,734 -2,131,063
Aberdeen Airport 1,358,969 1,505,089 +146,120
Immingham Docks 1,517,585 1,167,968 -349,617
Aberdeen Docks 1,273,813 357,991 -915,822
Southampton 374,236 1,238,752 +864,516

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