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 380,030,904
Germany 177,167,347
Slovakia 147,357,696
Romania 129,634,918
China 108,417,032

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 195,862,766 184,168,138 -11,694,628
Germany 104,001,059 73,166,288 -30,834,771
Slovakia 81,892,247 65,465,449 -16,426,798
Romania 76,060,366 53,574,552 -22,485,814
China 59,068,386 49,348,646 -9,719,740
Poland 67,272,048 39,903,691 -27,368,357
Belgium 55,070,479 32,862,326 -22,208,153
Netherlands 44,433,587 42,251,687 -2,181,900
France 48,163,316 33,557,798 -14,605,518
Italy 37,755,112 30,434,128 -7,320,984

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 394,902,113
Slovakia 196,510,576
Germany 149,959,504
Romania 138,437,750
China 134,970,032

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 203,943,000 190,959,113 -12,983,887
Slovakia 111,570,257 84,940,319 -26,629,938
Germany 88,036,687 61,922,817 -26,113,870
Romania 78,482,987 59,954,763 -18,528,224
China 72,509,880 62,460,152 -10,049,728
Poland 65,436,150 50,412,632 -15,023,518
Italy 38,146,467 31,963,482 -6,182,985
Hungary 38,007,082 14,306,000 -23,701,082
Belgium 33,499,797 18,239,245 -15,260,552
United Kingdom 22,813,515 14,673,798 -8,139,717

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 142
West Midlands 98
Surrey, East and West Sussex 87
Inner London - West 82
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 75

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 98 -7
West Midlands 74 61 -13
Surrey, East and West Sussex 69 63 -6
Inner London - West 57 53 -4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 58 47 -11
Greater Manchester 62 46 -16
West Yorkshire 61 47 -14
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 51 53 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 51 45 -6
Shropshire and Staffordshire 50 46 -4

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 563,890,666
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 544,857,724
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 320,239,333
Other 60,974,406
Road transport 7,182,135

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 294,412,972 269,477,694 -24,935,278
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 315,798,521 229,059,203 -86,739,318
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 175,872,823 144,366,510 -31,506,313
Other 45,733,234 15,241,172 -30,492,062
Road transport 6,325,352 856,783 -5,468,569
Rail transport 4,110,890 1,833,142 -2,277,748

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 334,714,612
Dover 187,037,977
Birmingham Airport 164,337,780
London 140,256,669
Harwich 133,995,577

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 170,141,103 164,573,509 -5,567,594
Dover 114,733,232 72,304,745 -42,428,487
Birmingham Airport 93,185,405 71,152,375 -22,033,030
London 90,345,975 49,910,694 -40,435,281
Harwich 72,196,308 61,799,269 -10,397,039
Felixstowe 46,758,729 27,760,039 -18,998,690
Eurotunnel 40,101,939 33,572,673 -6,529,266
000 45,733,234 15,241,172 -30,492,062
Southampton 28,139,585 24,511,965 -3,627,620
Liverpool Docks 23,199,635 16,899,906 -6,299,729

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 395
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 192
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 173
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 169
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 129

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 364
2025-11 394
2025-10 401
2025-09 371
2025-08 391

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 691
54m+ 595
0-1m 200
15m-54m 196
Other 156

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 266,160,200
Germany 122,339,676
Netherlands 115,777,081
Sweden 102,475,566
France 81,608,037

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 161,978,793 104,181,407 -57,797,386
Germany 69,240,256 53,099,420 -16,140,836
Netherlands 67,957,354 47,819,727 -20,137,627
Sweden 54,367,965 48,107,601 -6,260,364
France 46,276,020 35,332,017 -10,944,003
Belgium 45,697,859 34,543,093 -11,154,766
United Arab Emirates 43,043,151 30,264,416 -12,778,735
India 38,331,065 32,706,427 -5,624,638
Italy 26,243,538 21,986,601 -4,256,937
China 25,446,882 19,216,245 -6,230,637

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 313,038
XI 145,197
Germany 49,091
France 32,159
Ireland 26,165

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 185,026 128,012 -57,014
XI 98,584 46,613 -51,971
Germany 39,738 9,353 -30,385
France 15,384 16,775 +1,391
Ireland 15,303 10,862 -4,441
Taiwan 6,383 9,581 +3,198
United States 11,813 3,418 -8,395
XL 0 11,164 +11,164
Sweden 2,869 7,520 +4,651
Romania 5,657 2,082 -3,575

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) 645,271,538
Air transport 451,155,845
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 223,741,844
Other 1,108,946
Road transport 26,160

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) 365,987,020 279,284,518 -86,702,502
Air transport 257,815,442 193,340,403 -64,475,039
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 140,892,225 82,849,619 -58,042,606
Other 744,862 364,084 -380,778
Road transport 24,900 1,260 -23,640

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 376,991,448
Dover / Eurotunnel 366,621,268
Immingham Docks 174,437,917
London Gateway Port 78,432,316
Hull 44,363,312

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 213,678,637 163,312,811 -50,365,826
Dover / Eurotunnel 204,011,645 162,609,623 -41,402,022
Immingham Docks 97,083,183 77,354,734 -19,728,449
London Gateway Port 46,173,776 32,258,540 -13,915,236
Hull 27,821,788 16,541,524 -11,280,264
London 20,510,953 12,998,108 -7,512,845
Southampton 15,101,477 18,392,234 +3,290,757
Liverpool Docks 14,787,895 13,227,203 -1,560,692
East Midlands Airport 17,539,806 9,916,747 -7,623,059
Felixstowe 17,214,749 7,146,893 -10,067,856

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