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 672,349,277
Germany 658,573,643
China 559,899,915
Italy 259,007,804
Netherlands 243,705,855

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 357,468,120 314,881,157 -42,586,963
Germany 350,448,821 308,124,822 -42,323,999
China 297,364,049 262,535,866 -34,828,183
Italy 138,191,224 120,816,580 -17,374,644
Netherlands 126,519,718 117,186,137 -9,333,581
France 133,536,844 103,534,685 -30,002,159
Belgium 121,946,042 78,870,043 -43,075,999
Poland 95,805,237 74,779,037 -21,026,200
Slovakia 85,005,616 76,126,659 -8,878,957
Romania 84,425,880 74,406,715 -10,019,165

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 780,840,845
China 678,950,323
Germany 526,180,228
Italy 281,415,026
Slovakia 219,881,798

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 412,637,090 368,203,755 -44,433,335
China 357,793,519 321,156,804 -36,636,715
Germany 282,902,031 243,278,197 -39,623,834
Italy 149,386,504 132,028,522 -17,357,982
Slovakia 119,012,393 100,869,405 -18,142,988
Poland 104,565,630 90,789,988 -13,775,642
Romania 88,935,730 86,024,632 -2,911,098
France 81,125,777 68,671,237 -12,454,540
Japan 66,722,822 51,368,804 -15,354,018
Hungary 63,218,943 40,977,392 -22,241,551

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 397
Inner London - West 352
West Midlands 300
Greater Manchester 285
Surrey, East and West Sussex 284

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 294 299 +5
Inner London - West 248 239 -9
West Midlands 226 214 -12
Greater Manchester 213 201 -12
Surrey, East and West Sussex 218 202 -16
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 191 198 +7
West Yorkshire 202 162 -40
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 180 161 -19
Shropshire and Staffordshire 154 164 +10
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 167 154 -13

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) 1,425,431,974
Air transport 1,201,605,658
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,093,786,856
Other 182,343,052
Road transport 38,318,394

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) 767,228,268 658,203,706 -109,024,562
Air transport 623,730,531 577,875,127 -45,855,404
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 575,190,801 518,596,055 -56,594,746
Other 128,865,547 53,477,505 -75,388,042
Road transport 26,034,817 12,283,577 -13,751,240
Rail transport 23,531,765 14,311,246 -9,220,519

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 641,770,849
Dover 527,414,743
Felixstowe 361,067,321
Southampton 248,934,249
London 245,325,750

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 336,796,799 304,974,050 -31,822,749
Dover 293,402,840 234,011,903 -59,390,937
Felixstowe 211,862,069 149,205,252 -62,656,817
Southampton 144,237,786 104,696,463 -39,541,323
London 144,646,714 100,679,036 -43,967,678
Eurotunnel 114,007,224 121,103,408 +7,096,184
Birmingham Airport 120,991,659 106,544,683 -14,446,976
Harwich 96,489,443 97,200,937 +711,494
000 128,865,547 53,477,505 -75,388,042
East Midlands Airport 71,097,625 69,561,255 -1,536,370

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 1362
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 623
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 511
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 351
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 348

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 1292
2025-11 1371
2025-10 1469
2025-09 1419
2025-08 1409

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 2467
54m+ 1793
0-1m 741
15m-54m 646
Other 436

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 611,957,451
Germany 312,730,589
Netherlands 254,407,638
France 192,540,383
India 151,090,642

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 355,594,880 256,362,571 -99,232,309
Germany 164,722,191 148,008,398 -16,713,793
Netherlands 146,752,105 107,655,533 -39,096,572
France 106,194,952 86,345,431 -19,849,521
India 76,630,135 74,460,507 -2,169,628
United Arab Emirates 85,676,268 60,586,531 -25,089,737
Sweden 61,948,621 68,855,875 +6,907,254
Belgium 60,260,825 51,365,022 -8,895,803
Italy 51,966,957 47,520,221 -4,446,736
China 42,886,057 40,311,905 -2,574,152

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 106,006,741
China 1,232,420
Germany 1,007,964
France 312,543
Turkey 312,227

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 51,740,418 54,266,323 +2,525,905
China 657,589 574,831 -82,758
Germany 676,648 331,316 -345,332
France 150,506 162,037 +11,531
Turkey 148,605 163,622 +15,017
Belgium 115,054 126,387 +11,333
Italy 116,575 96,089 -20,486
Austria 119,825 92,562 -27,263
Poland 62,424 114,783 +52,359
Ireland 77,812 38,114 -39,698

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 1,282,904,577
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,125,747,174
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 464,272,882
Other 113,911,097
Road transport 941,793

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 726,882,022 556,022,555 -170,859,467
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 597,169,428 528,577,746 -68,591,682
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 267,918,786 196,354,096 -71,564,690
Other 56,139,912 57,771,185 +1,631,273
Road transport 876,951 64,842 -812,109

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 958,152,251
Dover / Eurotunnel 691,531,917
Immingham Docks 242,967,388
London Gateway Port 181,669,877
East Midlands Airport 123,860,464

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 543,673,782 414,478,469 -129,195,313
Dover / Eurotunnel 368,216,106 323,315,811 -44,900,295
Immingham Docks 125,745,001 117,222,387 -8,522,614
London Gateway Port 101,950,793 79,719,084 -22,231,709
East Midlands Airport 67,098,476 56,761,988 -10,336,488
000 56,139,912 57,771,185 +1,631,273
Southampton 35,256,546 44,953,109 +9,696,563
London Stansted Airport 44,768,176 25,422,701 -19,345,475
Hull 41,033,732 24,288,697 -16,745,035
ZLC 33,575,201 29,318,707 -4,256,494

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