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 83,998,918
Germany 57,746,236
India 35,714,506
Netherlands 15,428,839
China 14,989,753

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 42,681,800 41,317,118 -1,364,682
Germany 29,512,126 28,234,110 -1,278,016
India 19,102,232 16,612,274 -2,489,958
Netherlands 8,459,912 6,968,927 -1,490,985
China 5,037,792 9,951,961 +4,914,169
France 5,182,633 5,538,480 +355,847
Romania 4,829,247 4,787,427 -41,820
Italy 4,546,272 3,973,953 -572,319
South Korea 719,527 4,912,790 +4,193,263
Malaysia 3,437,966 2,070,596 -1,367,370

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 99,029,256
Germany 43,174,181
India 36,878,184
China 14,576,739
United Kingdom 14,144,068

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 51,622,758 47,406,498 -4,216,260
Germany 20,911,204 22,262,977 +1,351,773
India 19,892,170 16,986,014 -2,906,156
China 7,678,012 6,898,727 -779,285
United Kingdom 6,402,524 7,741,544 +1,339,020
South Korea 1,387,869 10,046,837 +8,658,968
Romania 4,269,898 4,540,093 +270,195
Czechia 4,015,248 3,896,351 -118,897
France 4,050,628 3,404,675 -645,953
Italy 3,839,058 3,302,931 -536,127

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 57
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 51
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 50
Inner London - West 48
West Midlands 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
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 39 31 -8
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 38 35 -3
Inner London - West 35 33 -2
West Midlands 29 38 +9
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 32 34 +2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 30 31 +1
Greater Manchester 32 25 -7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 25 31 +6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 27 27 +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 161,055,300
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 77,096,209
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 47,518,284
Other 9,793,996
Road transport 4,221,524

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 81,201,584 79,853,716 -1,347,868
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 38,230,830 38,865,379 +634,549
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,793,445 27,724,839 +7,931,394
Other 7,132,795 2,661,201 -4,471,594
Road transport 2,230,473 1,991,051 -239,422

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 62,569,871
East Midlands Airport 44,121,146
Dover 32,237,346
London Stansted Airport 22,177,647
London Gateway Port 18,279,887

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 25,299,177 37,270,694 +11,971,517
East Midlands Airport 23,672,903 20,448,243 -3,224,660
Dover 16,246,876 15,990,470 -256,406
London Stansted Airport 12,739,329 9,438,318 -3,301,011
London Gateway Port 8,943,931 9,335,956 +392,025
Eurotunnel 8,707,694 8,142,730 -564,964
Immingham Docks 4,923,081 7,339,799 +2,416,718
Birmingham Airport 4,770,538 5,377,509 +606,971
499 35,573 9,925,735 +9,890,162
000 7,132,795 2,661,201 -4,471,594

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 196
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 156
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 97
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 54
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 50

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 200
2026-03 217
2026-02 206
2026-01 191
2025-12 179

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+ 468
1m-15m 315
15m-54m 108
Other 84
0-1m 44

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 64,158,134
Germany 24,177,769
France 15,553,756
Netherlands 15,017,718
United Arab Emirates 5,753,236

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 32,697,589 31,460,545 -1,237,044
Germany 12,261,691 11,916,078 -345,613
France 7,182,231 8,371,525 +1,189,294
Netherlands 7,092,698 7,925,020 +832,322
United Arab Emirates 2,770,345 2,982,891 +212,546
Singapore 2,126,764 3,028,570 +901,806
Brazil 2,537,223 2,191,334 -345,889
Japan 1,683,137 2,750,786 +1,067,649
Norway 2,389,665 1,831,788 -557,877
India 819,673 2,825,215 +2,005,542

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 257,990
Ireland 49,569
Germany 25,008
India 16,528
China 11,181

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 124,489 133,501 +9,012
Ireland 24,161 25,408 +1,247
Germany 13,694 11,314 -2,380
India 8,422 8,106 -316
China 6,672 4,509 -2,163
Czechia 1,972 8,974 +7,002
United States 0 5,670 +5,670
Italy 3,756 1,251 -2,505
Netherlands 547 3,136 +2,589
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 135,810,708
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,364,900
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,259,933
Other 410,392
Road transport 10,306

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 66,552,036 69,258,672 +2,706,636
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,755,021 17,609,879 +854,858
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,641,964 7,617,969 +976,005
Other 201,601 208,791 +7,190
Road transport 10,306 0 -10,306

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 78,902,861
Dover / Eurotunnel 29,102,966
London Stansted Airport 19,696,932
East Midlands Airport 18,626,762
ZLC 10,787,010

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 38,506,865 40,395,996 +1,889,131
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,027,627 15,075,339 +1,047,712
London Stansted Airport 10,385,942 9,310,990 -1,074,952
East Midlands Airport 9,956,599 8,670,163 -1,286,436
ZLC 5,207,424 5,579,586 +372,162
London Gateway Port 3,756,965 2,546,722 -1,210,243
Immingham Docks 1,534,303 2,085,373 +551,070
Aberdeen Airport 1,179,844 2,405,620 +1,225,776
Southampton 380,390 1,857,499 +1,477,109
Aberdeen Docks 1,055,948 502,525 -553,423

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