Import/export HS code 848180: Various types of valves

Includes mixing valves, thermostatic valves, and other specialized valves for specific uses

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • 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 £
China 714,644,420
Germany 633,278,426
United States 519,558,002
Italy 391,258,351
France 230,053,544

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 £
China 404,471,144 310,173,276 -94,297,868
Germany 334,667,274 298,611,152 -36,056,122
United States 275,183,776 244,374,226 -30,809,550
Italy 216,198,197 175,060,154 -41,138,043
France 131,609,728 98,443,816 -33,165,912
Netherlands 83,750,865 65,072,828 -18,678,037
Spain 64,846,997 46,749,337 -18,097,660
Denmark 34,817,901 29,698,814 -5,119,087
Belgium 31,952,870 15,601,068 -16,351,802
Ireland 25,458,492 20,711,083 -4,747,409

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 786,379,851
China 782,849,173
Germany 420,532,977
Italy 382,684,062
France 183,666,773

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 420,213,450 366,166,401 -54,047,049
China 440,939,201 341,909,972 -99,029,229
Germany 228,804,578 191,728,399 -37,076,179
Italy 213,763,516 168,920,546 -44,842,970
France 102,499,567 81,167,206 -21,332,361
United Kingdom 67,836,178 55,255,127 -12,581,051
Spain 49,074,682 29,917,979 -19,156,703
Netherlands 40,454,685 30,594,825 -9,859,860
Hungary 25,744,379 27,566,615 +1,822,236
Portugal 25,858,997 26,077,561 +218,564

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 401
Inner London - West 322
West Midlands 284
Surrey, East and West Sussex 282
Greater Manchester 264

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 322 295 -27
Inner London - West 235 225 -10
West Midlands 231 195 -36
Surrey, East and West Sussex 225 207 -18
Greater Manchester 199 208 +9
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 181 176 -5
West Yorkshire 181 176 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 168 177 +9
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 179 151 -28
Shropshire and Staffordshire 168 151 -17

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 1,292,543,274
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,120,416,840
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,009,778,488
Other 82,898,774
Road transport 16,175,953

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 691,199,508 601,343,766 -89,855,742
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 616,610,608 503,806,232 -112,804,376
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 582,804,679 426,973,809 -155,830,870
Other 52,797,287 30,101,487 -22,695,800
Road transport 8,160,018 8,015,935 -144,083
Rail transport 9,078,381 2,253,683 -6,824,698

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 532,403,748
London Heathrow Airport 440,219,834
Felixstowe 417,388,776
East Midlands Airport 316,756,107
London Stansted Airport 252,577,841

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 283,690,866 248,712,882 -34,977,984
London Heathrow Airport 244,376,295 195,843,539 -48,532,756
Felixstowe 260,285,151 157,103,625 -103,181,526
East Midlands Airport 160,891,978 155,864,129 -5,027,849
London Stansted Airport 134,275,323 118,302,518 -15,972,805
Eurotunnel 124,700,723 114,992,693 -9,708,030
Southampton 114,045,980 79,019,552 -35,026,428
London 91,439,979 66,984,084 -24,455,895
Birmingham Airport 72,298,808 70,516,180 -1,782,628
London Gateway Port 40,979,222 64,450,688 +23,471,466

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 1411
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 633
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 466
Other manufacturing 352
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 342

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 1495
2025-11 1577
2025-10 1672
2025-09 1583
2025-08 1555

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 2613
54m+ 1758
0-1m 773
15m-54m 571
Other 397

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 431,138,808
Germany 204,351,730
Norway 170,836,408
Ireland 150,960,905
France 129,467,845

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 259,409,750 171,729,058 -87,680,692
Germany 102,933,468 101,418,262 -1,515,206
Norway 85,292,634 85,543,774 +251,140
Ireland 80,317,574 70,643,331 -9,674,243
France 73,943,776 55,524,069 -18,419,707
China 62,870,327 48,487,681 -14,382,646
United Arab Emirates 56,032,594 53,373,032 -2,659,562
Italy 51,250,017 49,186,592 -2,063,425
Netherlands 51,015,439 48,852,464 -2,162,975
Saudi Arabia 59,917,490 39,625,906 -20,291,584

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 12,215,929
China 7,509,638
Germany 644,189
Lithuania 403,249
Ireland 255,517

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 10,973,618 1,242,311 -9,731,307
China 3,687,267 3,822,371 +135,104
Germany 495,220 148,969 -346,251
Lithuania 156,627 246,622 +89,995
Ireland 98,673 156,844 +58,171
France 117,913 124,456 +6,543
Italy 148,133 72,716 -75,417
India 118,620 34,547 -84,073
Sweden 57,569 32,744 -24,825
Netherlands 34,914 29,232 -5,682

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 1,404,941,440
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 744,206,086
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 630,289,293
Other 25,617,499
Road transport 959,340

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 775,447,842 629,493,598 -145,954,244
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 417,836,847 326,369,239 -91,467,608
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 324,292,168 305,997,125 -18,295,043
Other 17,460,947 8,156,552 -9,304,395
Road transport 868,826 90,514 -778,312
Rail transport 0 5,625 +5,625

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 684,576,667
Dover / Eurotunnel 424,529,499
Aberdeen Docks 231,911,009
London Gateway Port 219,233,970
London Stansted Airport 216,244,510

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 389,427,104 295,149,563 -94,277,541
Dover / Eurotunnel 220,122,000 204,407,499 -15,714,501
Aberdeen Docks 134,254,688 97,656,321 -36,598,367
London Gateway Port 127,670,088 91,563,882 -36,106,206
London Stansted Airport 109,543,483 106,701,027 -2,842,456
East Midlands Airport 115,185,642 89,640,705 -25,544,937
Southampton 53,954,981 52,559,109 -1,395,872
ZLC 53,863,889 47,788,627 -6,075,262
Manchester Airport 44,256,019 33,819,868 -10,436,151
Holyhead 32,540,448 31,400,700 -1,139,748

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 848180

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

Description: Includes mixing valves, thermostatic valves, and other specialized valves for specific uses