Import/export HS code 8414: Air and gas pumps, compressors, and fans

Includes vacuum pumps, air compressors, fans, and ventilating hoods, with or without filters. Also includes gas-tight safety cabinets

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 722,536,988
Germany 681,706,755
China 617,702,607
Italy 269,315,654
Netherlands 260,838,626

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 351,695,350 370,841,638 +19,146,288
Germany 358,357,653 323,349,102 -35,008,551
China 291,983,414 325,719,193 +33,735,779
Italy 146,729,485 122,586,169 -24,143,316
Netherlands 132,939,303 127,899,323 -5,039,980
France 136,260,874 104,221,833 -32,039,041
Belgium 109,295,231 82,652,049 -26,643,182
Slovakia 88,340,955 91,108,470 +2,767,515
Poland 94,909,317 82,581,852 -12,327,465
Romania 80,986,737 78,171,179 -2,815,558

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 836,751,620
China 745,579,618
Germany 542,131,600
Italy 289,530,960
Slovakia 238,921,411

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 407,805,202 428,946,418 +21,141,216
China 356,276,154 389,303,464 +33,027,310
Germany 294,311,337 247,820,263 -46,491,074
Italy 158,930,563 130,600,397 -28,330,166
Slovakia 118,937,508 119,983,903 +1,046,395
Poland 101,883,306 100,152,142 -1,731,164
Romania 91,388,100 91,112,887 -275,213
France 80,216,096 73,827,766 -6,388,330
Japan 67,091,066 52,770,651 -14,320,415
Hungary 62,523,564 47,215,934 -15,307,630

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 415
Inner London - West 361
West Midlands 309
Greater Manchester 295
Surrey, East and West Sussex 292

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 318 306 -12
Inner London - West 258 240 -18
West Midlands 226 228 +2
Greater Manchester 215 211 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 211 218 +7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 194 201 +7
West Yorkshire 189 179 -10
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 180 178 -2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 169 161 -8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 164 167 +3

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) 1,497,924,466
Air transport 1,280,828,697
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,213,856,628
Other 134,252,119
Rail transport 39,681,040

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) 804,298,646 693,625,820 -110,672,826
Air transport 631,897,278 648,931,419 +17,034,141
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 562,868,426 650,988,202 +88,119,776
Other 112,676,970 21,575,149 -91,101,821
Rail transport 23,232,861 16,448,179 -6,784,682
Road transport 15,041,219 13,498,321 -1,542,898

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 677,302,507
Dover 530,584,848
Felixstowe 373,261,222
Eurotunnel 255,712,020
Southampton 247,893,924

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 335,582,629 341,719,878 +6,137,249
Dover 288,620,861 241,963,987 -46,656,874
Felixstowe 189,578,155 183,683,067 -5,895,088
Eurotunnel 125,614,063 130,097,957 +4,483,894
Southampton 123,465,687 124,428,237 +962,550
London 135,749,459 110,613,192 -25,136,267
Birmingham Airport 122,198,454 119,094,756 -3,103,698
Harwich 118,815,617 111,798,597 -7,017,020
East Midlands Airport 72,949,630 79,488,068 +6,538,438
Immingham Docks 72,334,603 69,192,812 -3,141,791

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
1396
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
658
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
530
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
361
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
349

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 1474
2026-04 1485
2026-03 1515
2026-02 1408
2026-01 1295

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 2510
54m+ 1820
0-1m 769
15m-54m 674
Other 462

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 630,733,503
Germany 326,037,856
Netherlands 251,938,503
France 194,647,044
India 165,739,741

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 354,767,485 275,966,018 -78,801,467
Germany 171,582,940 154,454,916 -17,128,024
Netherlands 139,142,798 112,795,705 -26,347,093
France 104,364,091 90,282,953 -14,081,138
India 79,134,418 86,605,323 +7,470,905
United Arab Emirates 87,471,750 72,916,077 -14,555,673
Sweden 67,765,822 78,420,011 +10,654,189
Belgium 63,435,378 55,403,924 -8,031,454
Italy 51,384,180 60,621,929 +9,237,749
China 44,774,845 48,796,375 +4,021,530

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 114,584,815
Germany 1,459,944
China 1,438,144
France 429,614
Turkey 351,476

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 53,574,663 61,010,152 +7,435,489
Germany 640,159 819,785 +179,626
China 682,678 755,466 +72,788
France 175,066 254,548 +79,482
Turkey 156,995 194,481 +37,486
Italy 116,664 123,304 +6,640
Austria 113,441 122,659 +9,218
Belgium 119,200 76,353 -42,847
Ireland 72,914 119,946 +47,032
Poland 152,160 27,597 -124,563

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 1,356,918,893
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,210,608,360
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 458,617,564
Other 123,575,203
Road transport 190,099

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 727,696,248 629,222,645 -98,473,603
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 626,799,849 583,808,511 -42,991,338
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 255,549,405 203,068,159 -52,481,246
Other 58,245,039 65,330,164 +7,085,125
Road transport 111,018 79,081 -31,937

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 1,014,055,070
Dover / Eurotunnel 735,261,764
Immingham Docks 271,259,993
London Gateway Port 183,811,310
East Midlands Airport 129,792,220

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 543,621,739 470,433,331 -73,188,408
Dover / Eurotunnel 371,589,333 363,672,431 -7,916,902
Immingham Docks 138,400,593 132,859,400 -5,541,193
London Gateway Port 105,106,675 78,704,635 -26,402,040
East Midlands Airport 71,375,705 58,416,515 -12,959,190
000 58,245,039 65,330,164 +7,085,125
Southampton 37,228,918 49,393,904 +12,164,986
London Stansted Airport 41,768,742 28,891,620 -12,877,122
ZLC 31,839,980 35,116,016 +3,276,036
Hull 36,439,685 27,454,184 -8,985,501

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8414

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

Description: Includes vacuum pumps, air compressors, fans, and ventilating hoods, with or without filters. Also includes gas-tight safety cabinets