Import/export HS code 8413: Pumps for liquids

Pumps used to move liquids, including those with measuring devices or liquid elevators

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 706,923,995
United States 604,817,658
Italy 324,962,213
France 298,009,866
Netherlands 275,130,981

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 388,603,030 318,320,965 -70,282,065
United States 338,730,623 266,087,035 -72,643,588
Italy 179,440,970 145,521,243 -33,919,727
France 154,428,361 143,581,505 -10,846,856
Netherlands 140,231,313 134,899,668 -5,331,645
China 135,376,940 105,739,423 -29,637,517
Czechia 77,743,253 71,394,359 -6,348,894
Belgium 62,544,302 55,203,016 -7,341,286
Denmark 48,210,752 37,435,442 -10,775,310
Romania 35,912,386 48,124,423 +12,212,037

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 696,322,654
Germany 613,547,978
Italy 317,429,327
China 298,985,460
France 243,203,561

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 384,327,211 311,995,443 -72,331,768
Germany 338,167,791 275,380,187 -62,787,604
Italy 175,114,018 142,315,309 -32,798,709
China 167,283,251 131,702,209 -35,581,042
France 122,418,870 120,784,691 -1,634,179
Czechia 104,174,385 100,243,495 -3,930,890
United Kingdom 107,314,086 94,197,720 -13,116,366
Romania 48,076,040 52,866,543 +4,790,503
Hungary 48,751,524 44,725,986 -4,025,538
Japan 44,695,988 42,311,927 -2,384,061

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 383
Inner London - West 302
Surrey, East and West Sussex 279
Greater Manchester 278
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 278

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 310 291 -19
Inner London - West 215 207 -8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 229 209 -20
Greater Manchester 221 210 -11
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 219 206 -13
West Midlands 211 192 -19
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 180 187 +7
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 194 174 -20
Shropshire and Staffordshire 189 177 -12
West Yorkshire 169 173 +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) 1,513,265,498
Air transport 1,276,309,026
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 729,247,160
Other 166,050,744
Rail transport 39,639,978

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) 795,092,829 718,172,669 -76,920,160
Air transport 684,908,685 591,400,341 -93,508,344
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 387,135,344 342,111,816 -45,023,528
Other 112,725,433 53,325,311 -59,400,122
Rail transport 23,407,484 16,232,494 -7,174,990
Road transport 13,857,251 18,403,437 +4,546,186
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 31,096 +31,096

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 675,887,682
London Heathrow Airport 435,519,000
Birmingham Airport 235,490,923
London Stansted Airport 231,397,836
East Midlands Airport 210,740,457

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 354,459,871 321,427,811 -33,032,060
London Heathrow Airport 238,398,332 197,120,668 -41,277,664
Birmingham Airport 122,840,210 112,650,713 -10,189,497
London Stansted Airport 122,512,175 108,885,661 -13,626,514
East Midlands Airport 108,136,625 102,603,832 -5,532,793
Felixstowe 127,196,378 82,330,871 -44,865,507
London 106,251,203 100,953,943 -5,297,260
Eurotunnel 107,877,643 98,025,762 -9,851,881
Immingham Docks 88,658,470 86,902,805 -1,755,665
000 112,725,433 53,325,311 -59,400,122

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 1280
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 648
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 398
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 386
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 362

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 1455
2025-11 1578
2025-10 1693
2025-09 1567
2025-08 1573

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 2590
54m+ 1824
0-1m 710
15m-54m 647
Other 391

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 580,699,141
Germany 271,628,005
Netherlands 177,951,199
China 173,776,659
France 166,269,930

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 319,402,773 261,296,368 -58,106,405
Germany 134,792,335 136,835,670 +2,043,335
Netherlands 115,029,157 62,922,042 -52,107,115
China 94,843,416 78,933,243 -15,910,173
France 86,773,366 79,496,564 -7,276,802
United Arab Emirates 79,060,310 63,833,629 -15,226,681
India 56,476,274 53,342,657 -3,133,617
Belgium 46,701,246 52,755,559 +6,054,313
Ireland 48,544,617 41,261,518 -7,283,099
Italy 49,319,842 37,683,237 -11,636,605

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 15,623,042
Germany 1,398,639
Malta 1,234,757
Italy 616,643
China 411,646

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 8,054,235 7,568,807 -485,428
Germany 998,943 399,696 -599,247
Malta 577,352 657,405 +80,053
Italy 359,055 257,588 -101,467
China 184,600 227,046 +42,446
Ireland 337,860 48,030 -289,830
United States 270,635 106,801 -163,834
Turkey 176,158 159,660 -16,498
Denmark 208,720 68,712 -140,008
France 49,406 97,892 +48,486

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 1,402,246,108
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,072,249,330
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 842,540,558
Other 23,411,811
Road transport 2,828,426

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 756,437,532 645,808,576 -110,628,956
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 547,833,768 524,415,562 -23,418,206
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 486,102,154 356,438,404 -129,663,750
Other 12,720,817 10,690,994 -2,029,823
Road transport 2,737,437 90,989 -2,646,448
Rail transport 938,579 84,161 -854,418

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 833,351,328
Dover / Eurotunnel 654,062,812
London Gateway Port 275,481,052
Immingham Docks 250,297,730
Southampton 212,265,308

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 437,483,509 395,867,819 -41,615,690
Dover / Eurotunnel 332,290,049 321,772,763 -10,517,286
London Gateway Port 158,705,718 116,775,334 -41,930,384
Immingham Docks 155,101,831 95,195,899 -59,905,932
Southampton 111,806,081 100,459,227 -11,346,854
East Midlands Airport 122,999,650 88,486,911 -34,512,739
London Stansted Airport 79,433,168 69,896,437 -9,536,731
Felixstowe 74,288,557 46,196,784 -28,091,773
ZLC 49,628,022 40,024,778 -9,603,244
Liverpool Docks 38,714,126 35,644,941 -3,069,185

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8413

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

Description: Pumps used to move liquids, including those with measuring devices or liquid elevators