Import/export HS code 8415: Air-conditioning machines

Machines with fans and systems to control temperature and humidity

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  • 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 226,990,803
Czechia 203,982,938
Thailand 195,465,792
China 182,863,372
Italy 159,439,461

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 114,554,214 112,436,589 -2,117,625
Czechia 111,061,268 92,921,670 -18,139,598
Thailand 107,207,014 88,258,778 -18,948,236
China 114,492,167 68,371,205 -46,120,962
Italy 82,250,990 77,188,471 -5,062,519
Belgium 76,378,018 65,021,300 -11,356,718
Japan 83,299,423 56,152,443 -27,146,980
Germany 72,401,677 56,890,476 -15,511,201
Netherlands 56,333,392 50,914,769 -5,418,623
France 55,304,230 36,174,037 -19,130,193

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 304,240,694
China 255,368,364
Czechia 229,800,142
Thailand 206,674,822
Japan 150,381,552

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 154,793,096 149,447,598 -5,345,498
China 150,478,259 104,890,105 -45,588,154
Czechia 130,758,398 99,041,744 -31,716,654
Thailand 110,322,224 96,352,598 -13,969,626
Japan 88,292,375 62,089,177 -26,203,198
Italy 78,452,070 71,108,346 -7,343,724
Germany 58,044,027 42,178,190 -15,865,837
Belgium 48,788,242 37,884,395 -10,903,847
Spain 37,103,001 20,081,837 -17,021,164
Turkey 23,268,696 22,112,292 -1,156,404

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 110
Inner London - West 95
West Midlands 89
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 77
Surrey, East and West Sussex 77

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 77 73 -4
Inner London - West 71 62 -9
West Midlands 61 68 +7
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 54 55 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 56 59 +3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 46 48 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 46 43 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 50 35 -15
Greater Manchester 46 29 -17
Shropshire and Staffordshire 37 39 +2

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) 900,299,235
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 566,730,574
Air transport 379,842,120
Other 45,208,522
Road transport 7,041,028

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) 493,767,840 406,531,395 -87,236,445
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 324,105,951 242,624,623 -81,481,328
Air transport 197,830,345 182,011,775 -15,818,570
Other 30,317,478 14,891,044 -15,426,434
Road transport 2,295,468 4,745,560 +2,450,092
Rail transport 578,365 487,492 -90,873

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 355,518,028
London Heathrow Airport 295,967,231
Southampton 225,026,956
Felixstowe 216,526,471
Immingham Docks 156,890,434

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 211,199,363 144,318,665 -66,880,698
London Heathrow Airport 153,579,955 142,387,276 -11,192,679
Southampton 146,207,464 78,819,492 -67,387,972
Felixstowe 118,324,916 98,201,555 -20,123,361
Immingham Docks 80,812,502 76,077,932 -4,734,570
Purfleet 72,846,505 74,477,770 +1,631,265
Eurotunnel 42,710,011 33,344,637 -9,365,374
London 32,589,256 36,513,635 +3,924,379
London Gateway Port 17,872,582 27,743,528 +9,870,946
000 30,317,478 14,891,044 -15,426,434

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 313
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 139
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 125
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 109
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 105

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 283
2025-11 295
2025-10 322
2025-09 298
2025-08 306

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
54m+ 572
1m-15m 536
15m-54m 171
0-1m 143
Other 124

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 121,018,565
Ireland 99,086,883
France 79,292,910
Netherlands 64,316,515
United Arab Emirates 59,415,498

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 58,954,400 62,064,165 +3,109,765
Ireland 61,786,238 37,300,645 -24,485,593
France 43,304,891 35,988,019 -7,316,872
Netherlands 24,206,641 40,109,874 +15,903,233
United Arab Emirates 31,812,480 27,603,018 -4,209,462
Germany 27,199,758 18,215,942 -8,983,816
Spain 20,144,273 18,033,622 -2,110,651
Italy 20,077,028 14,373,240 -5,703,788
Norway 3,830,693 28,708,077 +24,877,384
Belgium 3,838,502 24,464,725 +20,626,223

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 £
Czechia 922,104
South Korea 240,817
XI 126,966
Belgium 113,580
Spain 99,656

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 £
Czechia 177,399 744,705 +567,306
South Korea 125,243 115,574 -9,669
XI 117,454 9,512 -107,942
Belgium 64,996 48,584 -16,412
Spain 94,289 5,367 -88,922
China 43,689 51,183 +7,494
Germany 18,375 65,523 +47,148
Italy 46,973 28 -46,945
Croatia 0 21,920 +21,920
Ireland 8,530 3,984 -4,546

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) 400,885,534
Air transport 300,434,543
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 109,277,570
Other 2,095,981
Road transport 121,103

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) 190,997,559 209,887,975 +18,890,416
Air transport 150,372,978 150,061,565 -311,413
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 62,136,909 47,140,661 -14,996,248
Other 752,720 1,343,261 +590,541
Road transport 119,974 1,129 -118,845

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 215,943,700
Dover / Eurotunnel 173,678,107
Immingham Docks 96,322,446
Holyhead 51,521,891
Liverpool Docks 41,362,962

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 106,017,711 109,925,989 +3,908,278
Dover / Eurotunnel 76,031,255 97,646,852 +21,615,597
Immingham Docks 34,010,612 62,311,834 +28,301,222
Holyhead 28,261,985 23,259,906 -5,002,079
Liverpool Docks 31,602,511 9,760,451 -21,842,060
East Midlands Airport 20,454,262 14,895,317 -5,558,945
London Stansted Airport 13,512,735 16,239,877 +2,727,142
Southampton 9,513,238 13,876,349 +4,363,111
London Gateway Port 14,446,101 8,028,787 -6,417,314
Felixstowe 9,948,225 5,091,793 -4,856,432

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8415

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

Description: Machines with fans and systems to control temperature and humidity