Import/export HS code 848250: Cylindrical roller bearings

Bearings with cylindrical rollers, used to support heavy radial loads in machinery

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  • 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 £
United States 59,608,300
Germany 43,727,641
France 12,927,459
Belgium 7,568,818
Italy 4,129,117

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 24,703,303 34,904,997 +10,201,694
Germany 19,819,665 23,907,976 +4,088,311
France 5,957,192 6,970,267 +1,013,075
Belgium 3,858,694 3,710,124 -148,570
Italy 1,737,705 2,391,412 +653,707
Netherlands 1,595,982 1,940,689 +344,707
Japan 705,192 997,733 +292,541
China 278,195 1,038,925 +760,730
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 150,670 1,058,334 +907,664
Austria 239,572 560,933 +321,361

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 £
Germany 49,484,361
United States 30,427,364
France 20,479,116
Italy 9,640,941
Canada 6,412,309

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 £
Germany 22,406,515 27,077,846 +4,671,331
United States 11,824,879 18,602,485 +6,777,606
France 9,100,491 11,378,625 +2,278,134
Italy 4,042,409 5,598,532 +1,556,123
Canada 2,899,424 3,512,885 +613,461
China 2,314,809 3,348,933 +1,034,124
Japan 1,607,702 2,607,382 +999,680
Romania 2,000,783 2,098,487 +97,704
India 1,068,508 1,169,454 +100,946
United Kingdom 639,094 1,554,042 +914,948

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 54
West Midlands 39
West Yorkshire 39
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 35
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 34

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 40 33 -7
West Midlands 27 30 +3
West Yorkshire 27 28 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 25 22 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 29 20 -9
Inner London - West 21 20 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 24 22 -2
Greater Manchester 16 20 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20 16 -4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 13 20 +7

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 82,352,139
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 39,003,974
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,755,858
Other 3,656,527
Road transport 828,568

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 34,880,519 47,471,620 +12,591,101
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,713,667 21,290,307 +3,576,640
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,543,595 9,212,263 +2,668,668
Other 2,089,926 1,566,601 -523,325
Road transport 102,387 726,181 +623,794
Rail transport 0 1,961 +1,961

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 24,997,655
Eurotunnel 22,657,596
East Midlands Airport 21,669,274
London Stansted Airport 20,228,807
Birmingham Airport 11,240,470

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 6,567,054 18,430,601 +11,863,547
Eurotunnel 9,310,908 13,346,688 +4,035,780
East Midlands Airport 8,466,792 13,202,482 +4,735,690
London Stansted Airport 10,822,917 9,405,890 -1,417,027
Birmingham Airport 6,700,972 4,539,498 -2,161,474
Dover 5,767,847 4,977,033 -790,814
Thamesport 4,287,812 3,943,474 -344,338
000 2,089,926 1,566,601 -523,325
Southampton 832,780 2,414,537 +1,581,757
499 0 3,039,996 +3,039,996

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 140
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 89
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 67
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 39
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 31

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 122
2026-03 121
2026-02 122
2026-01 115
2025-12 124

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+ 300
1m-15m 214
15m-54m 52
Other 48
0-1m 35

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 34,497,755
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 31,500,428
Germany 10,654,724
Singapore 8,939,055
United Arab Emirates 7,094,101

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 18,628,358 15,869,397 -2,758,961
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 9,257,191 22,243,237 +12,986,046
Germany 5,519,759 5,134,965 -384,794
Singapore 3,894,525 5,044,530 +1,150,005
United Arab Emirates 4,185,287 2,908,814 -1,276,473
China 2,911,265 2,960,769 +49,504
France 2,473,621 1,869,725 -603,896
South Africa 3,026,229 582,002 -2,444,227
Belgium 1,801,957 1,612,908 -189,049
India 1,240,599 2,010,286 +769,687

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 56,049
Germany 43,556
China 14,736
Romania 9,477
United States 7,050

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 21,450 34,599 +13,149
Germany 30,212 13,344 -16,868
China 9,389 5,347 -4,042
Romania 5,005 4,472 -533
United States 6,876 174 -6,702
Italy 2,491 3,852 +1,361
Sweden 1,132 0 -1,132
India 557 0 -557
Slovakia 0 85 +85

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 90,455,355
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 38,823,247
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,874,658
Other 146,678
Road transport 81,585

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 38,648,941 51,806,414 +13,157,473
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 22,567,791 16,255,456 -6,312,335
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,169,447 1,705,211 -1,464,236
Other 83,792 62,886 -20,906
Road transport 3,860 77,725 +73,865

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 56,405,618
Dover / Eurotunnel 36,830,290
London Stansted Airport 12,692,427
East Midlands Airport 8,361,312
Birmingham Airport 6,009,643

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 21,386,100 35,019,518 +13,633,418
Dover / Eurotunnel 21,443,554 15,386,736 -6,056,818
London Stansted Airport 7,602,007 5,090,420 -2,511,587
East Midlands Airport 4,657,837 3,703,475 -954,362
Birmingham Airport 2,034,884 3,974,759 +1,939,875
Manchester Airport 922,994 1,563,667 +640,673
ZLC 1,109,901 1,351,493 +241,592
London Gateway Port 1,564,489 353,180 -1,211,309
Liverpool Docks 706,465 893,740 +187,275
Glasgow Airport 376,014 258,890 -117,124

Quick facts

HS code: 848250

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

Description: Bearings with cylindrical rollers, used to support heavy radial loads in machinery