Import/export HS code 84818040: Valves for tires and inner tubes

Valves used in pneumatic tires and inner tubes for vehicles and bicycles

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 83,359,886
France 9,176,439
Ireland 5,338,116
Germany 2,538,338
United States 1,576,731

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 47,062,554 36,297,332 -10,765,222
France 4,986,987 4,189,452 -797,535
Ireland 2,504,665 2,833,451 +328,786
Germany 1,637,575 900,763 -736,812
United States 617,415 959,316 +341,901
Italy 339,138 956,722 +617,584
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 309,052 577,537 +268,485
Japan 429,763 372,924 -56,839
South Korea 403,131 345,941 -57,190
Netherlands 243,958 187,488 -56,470

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 £
China 88,726,020
United States 2,285,731
Italy 1,505,189
Japan 973,816
France 916,808

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 £
China 49,272,010 39,454,010 -9,818,000
United States 1,036,738 1,248,993 +212,255
Italy 463,302 1,041,887 +578,585
Japan 493,014 480,802 -12,212
France 660,403 256,405 -403,998
Germany 503,504 303,830 -199,674
South Korea 372,690 336,032 -36,658
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 199,929 298,298 +98,369
Poland 207,249 82,316 -124,933
United Kingdom 145,624 122,707 -22,917

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 43
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 33
West Yorkshire 30
Shropshire and Staffordshire 28
Greater Manchester 27

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 35 28 -7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 25 23 -2
West Yorkshire 21 19 -2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 23 17 -6
Greater Manchester 18 21 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14 16 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 13 21 +8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 9 16 +7
Inner London - West 13 14 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 12 12 +0

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 79,608,837
Air transport 10,622,040
Other 10,044,994
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,836,677
Road transport 164,973

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 44,896,611 34,712,226 -10,184,385
Air transport 5,774,952 4,847,088 -927,864
Other 5,473,892 4,571,102 -902,790
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,439,978 4,396,699 +956,721
Road transport 125,291 39,682 -85,609
Rail transport 15,812 0 -15,812

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 44,381,577
Southampton 12,555,023
Liverpool Docks 10,430,214
000 10,044,994
London Gateway Port 7,126,701

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 £
Felixstowe 25,876,200 18,505,377 -7,370,823
Southampton 8,327,436 4,227,587 -4,099,849
Liverpool Docks 6,695,010 3,735,204 -2,959,806
000 5,473,892 4,571,102 -902,790
London Gateway Port 1,168,865 5,957,836 +4,788,971
London Heathrow Airport 2,268,533 2,019,976 -248,557
Holyhead 1,077,126 1,632,765 +555,639
London 1,404,737 473,873 -930,864
Belfast Port 961,788 878,299 -83,489
Eurotunnel 610,262 1,078,863 +468,601

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 188
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 50
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 49
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 48
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 30

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 87
2025-11 104
2025-10 83
2025-09 77
2025-08 83

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 234
54m+ 157
15m-54m 58
0-1m 54
Other 30

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 £
China 2,482,946
United States 2,243,616
Germany 1,955,080
Ireland 1,780,108
India 1,610,044

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 £
China 1,438,512 1,044,434 -394,078
United States 1,655,427 588,189 -1,067,238
Germany 1,036,512 918,568 -117,944
Ireland 980,482 799,626 -180,856
India 217,319 1,392,725 +1,175,406
Italy 696,510 432,385 -264,125
France 455,480 464,201 +8,721
Egypt 8,520 747,552 +739,032
Libya 637,563 0 -637,563
Brazil 584,250 15,439 -568,811

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 1,112,844
China 631,877
France 35,326
Italy 12,070
Switzerland 9,989

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 654,782 458,062 -196,720
China 289,019 342,858 +53,839
France 15,594 19,732 +4,138
Italy 8,271 3,799 -4,472
Switzerland 4,998 4,991 -7
Ireland 144 7,516 +7,372
Turkey 4,496 0 -4,496
Germany 1,839 1,648 -191
Spain 1,787 0 -1,787
Czechia 141 188 +47

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 9,673,187
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,673,208
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,740,552
Other 1,867,224
Road transport 18,482

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 5,519,970 4,153,217 -1,366,753
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,539,562 2,133,646 -405,916
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,747,911 1,992,641 +244,730
Other 1,005,203 862,021 -143,182
Road transport 16,524 1,958 -14,566

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 4,775,344
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,707,135
000 1,867,224
London Gateway Port 1,449,440
London Stansted Airport 1,180,225

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 2,372,447 2,402,897 +30,450
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,491,754 1,215,381 -276,373
000 1,005,203 862,021 -143,182
London Gateway Port 543,423 906,017 +362,594
London Stansted Airport 648,254 531,971 -116,283
East Midlands Airport 829,600 308,029 -521,571
Manchester Airport 667,486 385,660 -281,826
Dover 356,308 516,048 +159,740
Felixstowe 546,633 190,207 -356,426
Southampton 150,751 437,011 +286,260

Quick facts

HS code: 84818040

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

Description: Valves used in pneumatic tires and inner tubes for vehicles and bicycles