Import/export HS code 841480: Various air or gas equipment

Other machines for moving or compressing air or gas

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* 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 440,056,736
Germany 192,725,234
Slovakia 173,063,474
Romania 133,794,078
China 124,670,346

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 204,228,215 235,828,521 +31,600,306
Germany 104,622,878 88,102,356 -16,520,522
Slovakia 84,569,303 88,494,171 +3,924,868
Romania 70,592,719 63,201,359 -7,391,360
China 60,329,335 64,341,011 +4,011,676
Poland 62,650,570 50,591,686 -12,058,884
Netherlands 45,678,485 56,710,912 +11,032,427
Belgium 50,947,139 38,959,152 -11,987,987
France 51,328,472 34,716,546 -16,611,926
Italy 40,715,189 31,757,813 -8,957,376

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 454,963,603
Slovakia 225,152,421
Germany 161,611,235
China 155,395,810
Romania 146,974,371

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 212,635,297 242,328,306 +29,693,009
Slovakia 111,471,570 113,680,851 +2,209,281
Germany 92,462,045 69,149,190 -23,312,855
China 73,952,879 81,442,931 +7,490,052
Romania 77,125,058 69,849,313 -7,275,745
Poland 62,609,252 63,019,667 +410,415
Italy 41,276,224 34,805,882 -6,470,342
Hungary 35,949,173 19,907,326 -16,041,847
Belgium 31,456,155 23,106,032 -8,350,123
United Kingdom 20,218,630 17,629,030 -2,589,600

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 146
West Midlands 99
Surrey, East and West Sussex 92
Greater Manchester 85
Inner London - West 82

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 105 109 +4
West Midlands 72 67 -5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 69 71 +2
Greater Manchester 57 60 +3
Inner London - West 56 53 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 52 62 +10
West Yorkshire 56 54 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 49 52 +3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 50 43 -7
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 56 46 -10

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 635,148,824
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 601,673,780
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 371,905,689
Other 49,382,675
Rail transport 6,792,859

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 305,584,848 329,563,976 +23,979,128
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 325,501,574 276,172,206 -49,329,368
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 167,580,913 204,324,776 +36,743,863
Other 43,946,826 5,435,849 -38,510,977
Rail transport 3,524,606 3,268,253 -256,353
Road transport 1,155,771 2,848,979 +1,693,208

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 379,929,086
Dover 194,273,885
Birmingham Airport 181,435,465
Harwich 167,890,721
London 144,621,805

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 179,235,900 200,693,186 +21,457,286
Dover 107,777,398 86,496,487 -21,280,911
Birmingham Airport 92,219,346 89,216,119 -3,003,227
Harwich 85,876,811 82,013,910 -3,862,901
London 82,105,412 62,516,393 -19,589,019
Eurotunnel 43,307,951 37,161,615 -6,146,336
Felixstowe 43,741,347 31,681,355 -12,059,992
Southampton 26,706,436 42,149,355 +15,442,919
000 43,946,826 5,435,849 -38,510,977
499 976,258 39,351,701 +38,375,443

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
413
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
203
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
182
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
180
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
135

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 459
2026-04 383
2026-03 422
2026-02 388
2026-01 364

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 714
54m+ 625
0-1m 212
15m-54m 203
Other 168

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 305,145,824
Germany 131,531,010
Netherlands 121,905,430
Sweden 118,632,409
France 90,941,074

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 165,258,164 139,887,660 -25,370,504
Germany 68,879,585 62,651,425 -6,228,160
Netherlands 66,183,516 55,721,914 -10,461,602
Sweden 57,475,138 61,157,271 +3,682,133
France 47,336,604 43,604,470 -3,732,134
Belgium 48,292,040 41,016,560 -7,275,480
United Arab Emirates 41,655,911 46,325,890 +4,669,979
India 38,174,697 39,556,103 +1,381,406
Italy 24,973,370 26,463,030 +1,489,660
China 26,754,908 23,796,185 -2,958,723

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 £
China 400,666
XI 174,564
United States 49,022
Germany 47,840
France 39,438

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 £
China 196,921 203,745 +6,824
XI 99,195 75,369 -23,826
United States 9,517 39,505 +29,988
Germany 38,269 9,571 -28,698
France 20,411 19,027 -1,384
Ireland 23,528 5,195 -18,333
Taiwan 7,502 15,913 +8,411
Sweden 2,804 10,906 +8,102
XL 0 11,164 +11,164
Romania 5,685 2,082 -3,603

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 726,669,342
Air transport 515,567,279
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 239,929,929
Other 1,329,300
Road transport 20,794

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 376,651,339 350,018,003 -26,633,336
Air transport 263,750,242 251,817,037 -11,933,205
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 137,072,601 102,857,328 -34,215,273
Other 786,337 542,963 -243,374
Road transport 17,283 3,511 -13,772

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 436,591,583
Dover / Eurotunnel 406,672,349
Immingham Docks 205,621,194
London Gateway Port 87,723,074
Hull 46,390,517

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 217,378,879 219,212,704 +1,833,825
Dover / Eurotunnel 205,297,841 201,374,508 -3,923,333
Immingham Docks 105,530,509 100,090,685 -5,439,824
London Gateway Port 49,776,382 37,946,692 -11,829,690
Hull 25,277,796 21,112,721 -4,165,075
Southampton 16,210,303 21,575,106 +5,364,803
Liverpool Docks 16,523,220 18,414,334 +1,891,114
London 18,723,595 11,919,755 -6,803,840
East Midlands Airport 18,248,286 11,431,885 -6,816,401
Felixstowe 16,614,704 10,807,242 -5,807,462

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 841480

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

Description: Other machines for moving or compressing air or gas