Import/export HS code 842123: Oil or petrol filters

Filters used in car engines to clean oil or petrol

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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 129,041,071
United States 67,371,860
Belgium 39,291,307
France 36,255,581
China 30,966,774

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 68,518,815 60,522,256 -7,996,559
United States 39,597,597 27,774,263 -11,823,334
Belgium 21,780,779 17,510,528 -4,270,251
France 19,077,563 17,178,018 -1,899,545
China 18,413,055 12,553,719 -5,859,336
Poland 15,753,855 12,967,989 -2,785,866
Netherlands 14,791,936 10,412,264 -4,379,672
Turkey 11,739,517 9,812,089 -1,927,428
Czechia 10,845,239 10,202,531 -642,708
Thailand 7,181,590 4,581,669 -2,599,921

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 81,463,184
Germany 60,124,580
China 52,498,123
Czechia 46,234,528
France 40,703,000

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 48,293,235 33,169,949 -15,123,286
Germany 32,218,389 27,906,191 -4,312,198
China 29,992,419 22,505,704 -7,486,715
Czechia 24,204,950 22,029,578 -2,175,372
France 22,634,799 18,068,201 -4,566,598
Poland 14,394,746 11,336,599 -3,058,147
Turkey 12,484,162 11,235,076 -1,249,086
Austria 8,858,856 7,930,566 -928,290
Tunisia 8,271,699 7,112,340 -1,159,359
Thailand 8,233,798 5,744,366 -2,489,432

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 70
West Midlands 56
Inner London - West 54
Surrey, East and West Sussex 51
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 49

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 59 57 -2
West Midlands 47 38 -9
Inner London - West 38 42 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 36 37 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 37 38 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 38 30 -8
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 30 24 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 26 30 +4
Essex 26 22 -4
Greater Manchester 25 22 -3

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) 244,515,534
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 157,392,913
Air transport 55,521,864
Other 9,111,136
Road transport 1,377,351

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) 132,640,337 111,875,197 -20,765,140
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 89,869,427 67,523,486 -22,345,941
Air transport 30,370,412 25,151,452 -5,218,960
Other 5,799,066 3,312,070 -2,486,996
Road transport 639,720 737,631 +97,911
Rail transport 608,226 106,085 -502,141

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 94,337,109
Dover / Eurotunnel 46,993,148
Eurotunnel 46,732,044
Southampton 43,774,119
Felixstowe 41,232,647

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 51,934,396 42,402,713 -9,531,683
Dover / Eurotunnel 28,697,778 18,295,370 -10,402,408
Eurotunnel 25,834,696 20,897,348 -4,937,348
Southampton 23,836,670 19,937,449 -3,899,221
Felixstowe 26,948,500 14,284,147 -12,664,353
London 18,790,120 15,969,017 -2,821,103
Immingham Docks 10,464,670 13,116,296 +2,651,626
Birmingham Airport 9,764,534 9,621,712 -142,822
Liverpool Docks 8,370,336 7,526,424 -843,912
Harwich 7,362,861 8,251,321 +888,460

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 186
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 177
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 77
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 76
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 59

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 246
2025-11 256
2025-10 269
2025-09 258
2025-08 263

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+ 352
1m-15m 350
15m-54m 97
Other 79
0-1m 68

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 38,816,972
Germany 29,716,736
France 23,885,719
Belgium 22,633,787
Ireland 17,981,947

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 21,221,794 17,595,178 -3,626,616
Germany 16,280,017 13,436,719 -2,843,298
France 13,090,337 10,795,382 -2,294,955
Belgium 10,900,967 11,732,820 +831,853
Ireland 9,378,856 8,603,091 -775,765
China 6,011,949 8,067,166 +2,055,217
Brazil 4,515,942 6,866,917 +2,350,975
Italy 5,467,875 4,308,153 -1,159,722
Sweden 4,615,384 4,339,774 -275,610
India 3,838,413 4,632,459 +794,046

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 £
France 331,843
China 221,991
Germany 176,260
XI 173,292
Czechia 93,493

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 £
France 246,136 85,707 -160,429
China 134,082 87,909 -46,173
Germany 120,764 55,496 -65,268
XI 84,685 88,607 +3,922
Czechia 61,285 32,208 -29,077
Austria 43,092 19,971 -23,121
India 42,671 18,354 -24,317
United States 26,905 24,015 -2,890
Belgium 28,252 12,289 -15,963
Mexico 29,314 8,161 -21,153

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) 138,091,657
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 83,226,150
Air transport 70,133,558
Other 1,579,136
Road transport 79,988

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) 70,323,447 67,768,210 -2,555,237
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 46,723,163 36,502,987 -10,220,176
Air transport 35,858,492 34,275,066 -1,583,426
Other 982,263 596,873 -385,390
Road transport 79,988 0 -79,988

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 74,387,708
London Heathrow Airport 35,926,391
Immingham Docks 35,590,267
London Gateway Port 34,373,313
Southampton 25,346,732

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 36,782,654 37,605,054 +822,400
London Heathrow Airport 16,019,295 19,907,096 +3,887,801
Immingham Docks 19,916,050 15,674,217 -4,241,833
London Gateway Port 18,173,366 16,199,947 -1,973,419
Southampton 13,380,538 11,966,194 -1,414,344
East Midlands Airport 9,171,653 5,560,102 -3,611,551
Dover 8,478,739 3,612,855 -4,865,884
Holyhead 5,996,276 6,093,597 +97,321
Felixstowe 6,931,132 4,707,517 -2,223,615
ZLC 5,876,431 3,206,474 -2,669,957

Quick facts

HS code: 842123

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

Description: Filters used in car engines to clean oil or petrol