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 140,396,784
United States 69,400,371
Belgium 42,870,489
France 42,557,004
China 32,333,205

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 69,629,473 70,767,311 +1,137,838
United States 39,831,468 29,568,903 -10,262,565
Belgium 22,516,487 20,354,002 -2,162,485
France 19,300,249 23,256,755 +3,956,506
China 18,326,948 14,006,257 -4,320,691
Poland 15,448,681 13,789,652 -1,659,029
Netherlands 14,696,126 10,978,015 -3,718,111
Turkey 11,406,646 14,072,154 +2,665,508
Czechia 11,669,698 11,705,309 +35,611
Thailand 7,103,764 5,781,022 -1,322,742

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 83,458,701
Germany 62,910,176
China 56,482,514
Czechia 50,647,330
France 44,039,232

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 48,320,993 35,137,708 -13,183,285
Germany 33,450,191 29,459,985 -3,990,206
China 29,932,004 26,550,510 -3,381,494
Czechia 24,358,193 26,289,137 +1,930,944
France 22,279,389 21,759,843 -519,546
Turkey 12,146,233 17,291,604 +5,145,371
Poland 14,149,978 13,671,046 -478,932
Austria 9,334,318 9,229,336 -104,982
Tunisia 7,898,838 9,079,917 +1,181,079
Thailand 8,221,837 7,055,762 -1,166,075

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 71
West Midlands 55
Surrey, East and West Sussex 53
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 52
Inner London - West 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 56 -3
West Midlands 46 38 -8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 39 38 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 38 44 +6
Inner London - West 38 36 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 36 39 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 32 27 -5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 29 26 -3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 23 30 +7
Greater Manchester 27 24 -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) 263,734,493
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 170,013,699
Air transport 60,953,196
Other 8,371,736
Road transport 1,869,200

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) 134,669,750 129,064,743 -5,605,007
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 87,953,650 82,060,049 -5,893,601
Air transport 32,346,083 28,607,113 -3,738,970
Other 5,959,823 2,411,913 -3,547,910
Road transport 574,859 1,294,341 +719,482
Rail transport 450,349 498,006 +47,657

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 103,538,993
Eurotunnel 50,902,546
Southampton 45,855,043
Dover / Eurotunnel 45,792,593
Felixstowe 43,564,910

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 51,720,397 51,818,596 +98,199
Eurotunnel 27,001,458 23,901,088 -3,100,370
Southampton 25,957,144 19,897,899 -6,059,245
Dover / Eurotunnel 25,858,407 19,934,186 -5,924,221
Felixstowe 23,875,910 19,689,000 -4,186,910
London 19,923,792 18,754,208 -1,169,584
Immingham Docks 12,333,865 15,394,184 +3,060,319
Birmingham Airport 10,530,603 11,110,050 +579,447
Harwich 8,298,634 8,596,017 +297,383
Liverpool Docks 8,137,287 8,599,391 +462,104

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
195
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
195
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
87
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
84
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
61

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 239
2026-04 264
2026-03 263
2026-02 269
2026-01 246

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 379
54m+ 361
15m-54m 105
Other 81
0-1m 69

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 41,486,130
Germany 32,178,296
France 27,487,340
Belgium 26,500,938
Ireland 19,777,294

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 20,497,047 20,989,083 +492,036
Germany 16,579,944 15,598,352 -981,592
France 13,579,785 13,907,555 +327,770
Belgium 12,788,192 13,712,746 +924,554
Ireland 9,548,011 10,229,283 +681,272
China 6,423,792 12,013,662 +5,589,870
Brazil 5,330,669 9,476,366 +4,145,697
Sweden 4,473,076 5,499,058 +1,025,982
Italy 5,002,594 4,608,992 -393,602
India 4,399,024 5,201,980 +802,956

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 342,765
China 248,851
Germany 194,145
XI 192,355
Czechia 98,007

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 315,914 26,851 -289,063
China 130,878 117,973 -12,905
Germany 123,171 70,974 -52,197
XI 90,829 101,526 +10,697
Czechia 75,646 22,361 -53,285
Austria 49,769 21,119 -28,650
India 50,427 14,763 -35,664
United States 31,173 20,300 -10,873
Mexico 31,372 7,872 -23,500
Bulgaria 21,247 17,317 -3,930

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) 155,899,513
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 86,446,630
Air transport 84,288,495
Other 1,700,852
Road transport 23,535

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) 75,506,220 80,393,293 +4,887,073
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 41,220,938 45,225,692 +4,004,754
Air transport 38,490,139 45,798,356 +7,308,217
Other 1,087,982 612,870 -475,112
Road transport 23,535 0 -23,535

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 85,129,030
London Heathrow Airport 47,280,644
Immingham Docks 38,045,873
London Gateway Port 36,781,266
Southampton 28,906,315

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 39,473,765 45,655,265 +6,181,500
London Heathrow Airport 18,285,046 28,995,598 +10,710,552
Immingham Docks 19,945,769 18,100,104 -1,845,665
London Gateway Port 18,893,857 17,887,409 -1,006,448
Southampton 12,128,095 16,778,220 +4,650,125
East Midlands Airport 8,615,077 6,357,074 -2,258,003
Holyhead 6,007,053 7,740,616 +1,733,563
Felixstowe 5,355,789 5,844,476 +488,687
Dover 7,030,457 4,163,368 -2,867,089
ZLC 6,091,825 3,869,899 -2,221,926

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