Import/export HS code 8416: Furnace burners and mechanical stokers

Furnace burners for liquid, solid, or gas fuel, and mechanical stokers with grates and ash dischargers

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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 £
Germany 37,584,078
Italy 34,100,052
Denmark 9,854,695
Netherlands 6,459,242
France 4,860,408

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 £
Germany 21,239,841 16,344,237 -4,895,604
Italy 17,797,715 16,302,337 -1,495,378
Denmark 5,260,076 4,594,619 -665,457
Netherlands 2,786,082 3,673,160 +887,078
France 2,931,232 1,929,176 -1,002,056
United States 2,617,509 2,162,440 -455,069
China 2,186,284 1,455,428 -730,856
Ireland 2,463,630 781,678 -1,681,952
Austria 1,627,663 1,273,335 -354,328
Finland 1,833,418 657,259 -1,176,159

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 £
Germany 31,831,720
Italy 26,546,451
Denmark 9,855,750
United States 6,365,389
China 5,273,009

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 £
Germany 17,505,937 14,325,783 -3,180,154
Italy 13,097,236 13,449,215 +351,979
Denmark 5,810,340 4,045,410 -1,764,930
United States 3,759,984 2,605,405 -1,154,579
China 3,263,949 2,009,060 -1,254,889
France 2,752,863 2,218,920 -533,943
Turkey 2,189,896 2,609,989 +420,093
Netherlands 1,638,188 2,663,498 +1,025,310
Austria 2,040,038 689,690 -1,350,348
Finland 1,745,274 640,520 -1,104,754

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 37
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 33
Inner London - West 31
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 30
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 30

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
West Midlands 34 24 -10
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 29 22 -7
Inner London - West 23 20 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 21 23 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 26 14 -12
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 21 19 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 17 16 -1
West Yorkshire 14 16 +2
Greater Manchester 17 16 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 13 18 +5

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) 82,100,111
Air transport 20,516,438
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,973,419
Other 7,977,772
Road transport 1,270,121

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) 45,721,557 36,378,554 -9,343,003
Air transport 10,424,945 10,091,493 -333,452
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,708,516 5,264,903 -2,443,613
Other 4,977,909 2,999,863 -1,978,046
Road transport 269,277 1,000,844 +731,567

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 34,355,810
Eurotunnel 19,731,181
Immingham Docks 13,553,687
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,010,838
000 7,977,772

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 19,113,503 15,242,307 -3,871,196
Eurotunnel 10,231,775 9,499,406 -732,369
Immingham Docks 8,231,345 5,322,342 -2,909,003
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,260,309 3,750,529 -509,780
000 4,977,909 2,999,863 -1,978,046
London Heathrow Airport 2,940,875 4,185,127 +1,244,252
East Midlands Airport 2,820,272 2,573,243 -247,029
Thamesport 2,356,284 1,377,717 -978,567
Felixstowe 1,569,830 1,781,930 +212,100
Birmingham Airport 1,639,109 1,424,583 -214,526

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 130
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 61
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 41
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 40
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 37

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 93
2025-11 113
2025-10 110
2025-09 108
2025-08 94

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+ 229
1m-15m 226
0-1m 77
15m-54m 53
Other 35

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 22,213,993
Ireland 8,180,492
Germany 7,091,910
Turkey 5,774,133
South Africa 4,584,926

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 14,136,651 8,077,342 -6,059,309
Ireland 2,412,478 5,768,014 +3,355,536
Germany 4,877,190 2,214,720 -2,662,470
Turkey 2,709,197 3,064,936 +355,739
South Africa 2,606,629 1,978,297 -628,332
Netherlands 1,420,410 1,423,852 +3,442
Saudi Arabia 1,320,815 1,415,866 +95,051
Canada 2,024,840 446,042 -1,578,798
Spain 920,556 1,359,084 +438,528
France 1,221,564 955,050 -266,514

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 £
Italy 724,650
China 148,534
Austria 46,128
Czechia 26,502
XI 3,722

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 £
Italy 28,349 696,301 +667,952
China 105,499 43,035 -62,464
Austria 30,454 15,674 -14,780
Czechia 1,685 24,817 +23,132
XI 1,607 2,115 +508
Ireland 0 1,692 +1,692
Finland 447 263 -184
Israel 244 88 -156
Sweden 0 81 +81
Denmark 0 46 +46

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 45,433,435
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 26,641,009
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,927,818
Other 5,025,730
Road transport 51,401

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 25,869,472 19,563,963 -6,305,509
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,716,811 11,924,198 -2,792,613
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,218,886 6,708,932 -4,509,954
Other 628,905 4,396,825 +3,767,920
Road transport 51,401 0 -51,401

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 26,631,056
Dover / Eurotunnel 19,450,894
East Midlands Airport 10,647,549
London Gateway Port 7,538,761
Southampton 6,810,644

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 14,928,936 11,702,120 -3,226,816
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,639,416 8,811,478 -1,827,938
East Midlands Airport 6,041,456 4,606,093 -1,435,363
London Gateway Port 4,217,847 3,320,914 -896,933
Southampton 5,786,883 1,023,761 -4,763,122
000 628,905 4,396,825 +3,767,920
ZLC 1,580,241 1,182,079 -398,162
London Stansted Airport 1,440,663 988,743 -451,920
Immingham Docks 1,630,078 649,895 -980,183
Manchester Airport 1,337,120 777,778 -559,342

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8416

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

Description: Furnace burners for liquid, solid, or gas fuel, and mechanical stokers with grates and ash dischargers