Import/export HS code 848130: Check (non-return) valves

Valves that allow flow in one direction only, preventing backflow in pipes or systems

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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 82,223,419
Germany 28,480,354
China 26,977,597
France 12,280,573
Japan 10,629,942

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 42,337,719 39,885,700 -2,452,019
Germany 14,908,115 13,572,239 -1,335,876
China 15,483,993 11,493,604 -3,990,389
France 5,744,913 6,535,660 +790,747
Japan 6,558,183 4,071,759 -2,486,424
Italy 4,536,928 5,788,520 +1,251,592
Netherlands 3,970,243 3,018,269 -951,974
Singapore 3,434,070 2,150,450 -1,283,620
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,946,463 2,078,423 -868,040
Switzerland 2,241,476 1,876,961 -364,515

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 Kingdom 67,128,311
United States 58,332,002
China 28,668,354
Germany 19,237,654
France 13,045,289

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 Kingdom 34,941,217 32,187,094 -2,754,123
United States 30,989,578 27,342,424 -3,647,154
China 16,435,842 12,232,512 -4,203,330
Germany 11,214,463 8,023,191 -3,191,272
France 6,950,649 6,094,640 -856,009
Italy 5,052,718 3,739,973 -1,312,745
Japan 5,067,976 3,464,552 -1,603,424
Taiwan 1,687,590 2,638,413 +950,823
Poland 2,801,876 1,187,859 -1,614,017
Netherlands 1,029,208 1,549,052 +519,844

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 93
West Midlands 76
Inner London - West 75
Surrey, East and West Sussex 70
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 59

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 70 70 +0
West Midlands 57 55 -2
Inner London - West 58 51 -7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 50 52 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 49 44 -5
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 42 42 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 40 42 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 44 35 -9
North Eastern Scotland 41 40 -1
West Yorkshire 41 35 -6

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 147,072,975
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 44,583,075
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 44,007,761
Other 3,658,500
Road transport 1,185,749

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 77,591,511 69,481,464 -8,110,047
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 23,549,274 21,033,801 -2,515,473
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,561,713 17,446,048 -9,115,665
Other 2,302,096 1,356,404 -945,692
Road transport 310,838 874,911 +564,073

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 56,072,527
London Stansted Airport 45,421,565
East Midlands Airport 26,595,131
Southampton 20,171,589
Dover 20,088,979

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 31,363,171 24,709,356 -6,653,815
London Stansted Airport 20,729,303 24,692,262 +3,962,959
East Midlands Airport 13,948,778 12,646,353 -1,302,425
Southampton 10,907,733 9,263,856 -1,643,877
Dover 10,320,486 9,768,493 -551,993
Birmingham Airport 6,197,837 3,605,628 -2,592,209
Felixstowe 5,867,483 3,243,011 -2,624,472
Eurotunnel 4,428,710 4,327,074 -101,636
Immingham Docks 3,086,853 3,343,354 +256,501
Thamesport 2,709,599 1,316,594 -1,393,005

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 352
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 199
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 106
Other manufacturing 79
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 76

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 306
2025-11 302
2025-10 338
2025-09 289
2025-08 296

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+ 554
1m-15m 525
15m-54m 140
Other 102
0-1m 94

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 83,165,927
Germany 27,660,637
China 22,406,655
Norway 17,258,474
United Arab Emirates 17,250,603

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 45,124,307 38,041,620 -7,082,687
Germany 13,200,918 14,459,719 +1,258,801
China 12,104,923 10,301,732 -1,803,191
Norway 7,054,548 10,203,926 +3,149,378
United Arab Emirates 6,690,221 10,560,382 +3,870,161
Qatar 15,407,297 1,120,905 -14,286,392
Singapore 6,500,666 8,789,490 +2,288,824
India 7,764,059 6,792,430 -971,629
Japan 7,630,179 6,613,015 -1,017,164
Australia 6,688,183 5,375,411 -1,312,772

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 £
XI 159,842
Germany 7,877
Denmark 6,322
France 5,038
Italy 4,002

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 £
XI 88,395 71,447 -16,948
Germany 6,775 1,102 -5,673
Denmark 3,373 2,949 -424
France 3,821 1,217 -2,604
Italy 1,608 2,394 +786
China 444 920 +476
United States 846 200 -646
Nicaragua 0 1,029 +1,029
Georgia 541 0 -541
Switzerland 93 19 -74

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 260,747,045
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 70,231,292
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 44,213,248
Other 260,621
Road transport 169,748

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 144,103,344 116,643,701 -27,459,643
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 37,772,998 32,458,294 -5,314,704
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,983,568 24,229,680 +4,246,112
Other 151,377 109,244 -42,133
Road transport 163,251 6,497 -156,754

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 117,691,143
East Midlands Airport 60,322,981
London Stansted Airport 55,382,581
London Gateway Port 30,251,341
Dover / Eurotunnel 27,592,615

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 65,864,839 51,826,304 -14,038,535
East Midlands Airport 32,149,324 28,173,657 -3,975,667
London Stansted Airport 31,432,783 23,949,798 -7,482,985
London Gateway Port 21,521,734 8,729,607 -12,792,127
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,686,361 13,906,254 +219,893
Southampton 5,354,323 13,021,397 +7,667,074
ZLC 7,629,198 5,607,132 -2,022,066
Immingham Docks 3,281,958 6,948,296 +3,666,338
Manchester Airport 3,857,376 2,301,643 -1,555,733
Aberdeen Docks 2,134,975 2,630,298 +495,323

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 848130

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

Description: Valves that allow flow in one direction only, preventing backflow in pipes or systems