Import/export HS code 8483: Transmission parts and components

Includes transmission shafts, cranks, bearing housings, gears, gearboxes, flywheels, pulleys, clutches, and couplings. Used in machinery and vehicles for power transmission

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 £
Germany 894,592,944
United States 678,307,551
Italy 332,607,355
China 322,843,104
France 279,160,397

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 435,481,302 459,111,642 +23,630,340
United States 318,615,004 359,692,547 +41,077,543
Italy 157,434,882 175,172,473 +17,737,591
China 167,246,116 155,596,988 -11,649,128
France 141,690,194 137,470,203 -4,219,991
India 70,046,847 81,698,965 +11,652,118
Japan 61,897,020 79,064,389 +17,167,369
Netherlands 58,957,547 62,337,462 +3,379,915
Poland 57,433,283 59,604,341 +2,171,058
Spain 55,170,245 57,904,502 +2,734,257

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 849,435,311
United States 501,389,818
China 447,482,103
Italy 353,081,267
France 276,601,190

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 418,948,195 430,487,116 +11,538,921
United States 251,907,898 249,481,920 -2,425,978
China 221,213,739 226,268,364 +5,054,625
Italy 166,588,072 186,493,195 +19,905,123
France 128,985,409 147,615,781 +18,630,372
Japan 79,765,179 100,073,341 +20,308,162
United Kingdom 79,836,370 97,079,924 +17,243,554
India 76,663,782 88,616,403 +11,952,621
Poland 78,754,643 75,869,436 -2,885,207
Spain 69,002,590 74,386,598 +5,384,008

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 386
West Midlands 330
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 320
West Yorkshire 285
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 284

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 304 302 -2
West Midlands 255 254 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 234 254 +20
West Yorkshire 212 219 +7
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 221 215 -6
Greater Manchester 210 189 -21
Surrey, East and West Sussex 204 195 -9
Inner London - West 188 191 +3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 194 184 -10
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 183 188 +5

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 1,415,752,316
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,380,299,163
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 985,577,784
Other 158,740,297
Road transport 26,978,010

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 667,170,676 748,581,640 +81,410,964
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 677,770,675 702,528,488 +24,757,813
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 464,911,817 520,665,967 +55,754,150
Other 108,274,683 50,465,614 -57,809,069
Road transport 5,274,696 21,703,314 +16,428,618
Rail transport 16,713,806 9,007,141 -7,706,665

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 560,555,483
London Heathrow Airport 481,953,603
Birmingham Airport 369,528,525
Eurotunnel 294,156,353
Felixstowe 258,492,048

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 278,579,452 281,976,031 +3,396,579
London Heathrow Airport 197,640,340 284,313,263 +86,672,923
Birmingham Airport 197,742,960 171,785,565 -25,957,395
Eurotunnel 134,377,833 159,778,520 +25,400,687
Felixstowe 149,874,466 108,617,582 -41,256,884
East Midlands Airport 106,651,550 134,429,436 +27,777,886
London 99,977,471 123,658,434 +23,680,963
London Stansted Airport 103,746,065 100,905,253 -2,840,812
Southampton 103,491,097 99,971,472 -3,519,625
000 108,274,683 50,465,614 -57,809,069

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 1205
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 850
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 491
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 486
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 424

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 1634
2026-03 1652
2026-02 1565
2026-01 1463
2025-12 1471

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 2882
54m+ 2019
0-1m 693
15m-54m 680
Other 408

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, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 802,735,012
Singapore 633,510,699
United States 457,251,392
Germany 452,574,361
Italy 253,280,102

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, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 286,779,944 515,955,068 +229,175,124
Singapore 266,034,964 367,475,735 +101,440,771
United States 233,486,389 223,765,003 -9,721,386
Germany 176,633,904 275,940,457 +99,306,553
Italy 121,654,626 131,625,476 +9,970,850
France 70,330,398 76,315,640 +5,985,242
Japan 62,312,002 78,543,547 +16,231,545
United Arab Emirates 52,948,225 58,509,362 +5,561,137
Spain 40,056,692 46,948,458 +6,891,766
Netherlands 36,703,562 40,478,371 +3,774,809

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 4,026,955
Italy 3,187,064
China 2,292,278
United States 1,172,415
Germany 613,821

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 1,854,918 2,172,037 +317,119
Italy 1,584,399 1,602,665 +18,266
China 917,570 1,374,708 +457,138
United States 534,274 638,141 +103,867
Germany 298,066 315,755 +17,689
Nicaragua 240,333 56,189 -184,144
Spain 79,303 79,775 +472
France 71,794 63,015 -8,779
India 77,841 50,732 -27,109
Ireland 25,075 83,361 +58,286

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 2,685,808,050
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,042,067,175
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 370,679,563
Other 13,118,289
Road transport 474,263

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 1,170,868,955 1,514,939,095 +344,070,140
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 449,608,605 592,458,570 +142,849,965
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 183,935,932 186,743,631 +2,807,699
Other 6,269,733 6,848,556 +578,823
Road transport 370,168 104,095 -266,073
Rail transport 0 3,681 +3,681

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 1,645,798,494
Dover / Eurotunnel 876,174,447
Birmingham Airport 467,118,243
East Midlands Airport 271,602,597
Southampton 111,522,282

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 747,458,502 898,339,992 +150,881,490
Dover / Eurotunnel 374,036,373 502,138,074 +128,101,701
Birmingham Airport 142,512,581 324,605,662 +182,093,081
East Midlands Airport 127,773,486 143,829,111 +16,055,625
Southampton 52,470,917 59,051,365 +6,580,448
London Gateway Port 55,201,836 52,779,422 -2,422,414
London Stansted Airport 43,383,792 39,499,829 -3,883,963
Immingham Docks 30,038,907 45,630,189 +15,591,282
ZLC 34,499,879 40,006,416 +5,506,537
Manchester Airport 30,853,345 33,889,701 +3,036,356

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8483

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

Description: Includes transmission shafts, cranks, bearing housings, gears, gearboxes, flywheels, pulleys, clutches, and couplings. Used in machinery and vehicles for power transmission