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 858,462,637
United States 654,783,868
Italy 319,593,098
China 305,491,926
France 259,090,733

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 436,073,108 422,389,529 -13,683,579
United States 324,510,878 330,272,990 +5,762,112
Italy 155,450,729 164,142,369 +8,691,640
China 167,097,429 138,394,497 -28,702,932
France 136,490,668 122,600,065 -13,890,603
India 68,839,932 77,046,487 +8,206,555
Japan 62,229,629 74,732,380 +12,502,751
Netherlands 60,715,001 56,865,097 -3,849,904
Poland 54,816,435 55,327,499 +511,064
Spain 52,008,622 54,817,578 +2,808,956

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 810,710,054
United States 477,955,764
China 423,508,093
Italy 340,241,293
France 260,684,256

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 415,797,562 394,912,492 -20,885,070
United States 247,560,874 230,394,890 -17,165,984
China 220,041,555 203,466,538 -16,575,017
Italy 164,381,506 175,859,787 +11,478,281
France 130,740,572 129,943,684 -796,888
Japan 82,510,447 94,699,753 +12,189,306
United Kingdom 80,403,321 88,689,001 +8,285,680
India 75,515,331 83,650,003 +8,134,672
Poland 75,200,884 69,358,235 -5,842,649
Spain 66,580,181 69,156,934 +2,576,753

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 381
West Midlands 334
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 316
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 285
West Yorkshire 276

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 305 294 -11
West Midlands 257 255 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 237 248 +11
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 225 208 -17
West Yorkshire 208 218 +10
Greater Manchester 202 185 -17
Surrey, East and West Sussex 200 190 -10
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 199 183 -16
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 179 185 +6
Inner London - West 179 174 -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 1,361,924,345
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,314,571,228
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 939,879,269
Other 144,149,081
Road transport 28,243,181

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 665,155,463 696,768,882 +31,613,419
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 665,393,593 649,177,635 -16,215,958
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 456,233,790 483,645,479 +27,411,689
Other 117,406,673 26,742,408 -90,664,265
Road transport 5,186,474 23,056,707 +17,870,233
Rail transport 12,633,152 8,401,675 -4,231,477

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 529,554,326
London Heathrow Airport 471,894,539
Birmingham Airport 349,685,468
Eurotunnel 284,681,996
Felixstowe 238,570,720

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 267,896,853 261,657,473 -6,239,380
London Heathrow Airport 203,926,110 267,968,429 +64,042,319
Birmingham Airport 192,880,855 156,804,613 -36,076,242
Eurotunnel 138,238,747 146,443,249 +8,204,502
Felixstowe 144,273,015 94,297,705 -49,975,310
East Midlands Airport 106,190,460 127,085,553 +20,895,093
London 104,988,437 110,793,367 +5,804,930
London Stansted Airport 104,527,103 92,104,305 -12,422,798
Southampton 100,824,679 92,836,984 -7,987,695
000 117,406,673 26,742,408 -90,664,265

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
1193
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
842
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
480
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
478
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
431

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 1573
2026-04 1638
2026-03 1657
2026-02 1569
2026-01 1465

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 2827
54m+ 1998
15m-54m 675
0-1m 662
Other 401

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 816,137,023
Singapore 605,950,579
Germany 455,142,621
United States 437,155,464
Italy 243,952,333

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 314,863,647 501,273,376 +186,409,729
Singapore 276,243,566 329,707,013 +53,463,447
Germany 200,872,680 254,269,941 +53,397,261
United States 237,108,421 200,047,043 -37,061,378
Italy 120,098,559 123,853,774 +3,755,215
France 69,057,371 74,759,622 +5,702,251
Japan 63,783,983 71,318,943 +7,534,960
United Arab Emirates 52,769,560 56,609,183 +3,839,623
Spain 40,727,349 44,566,622 +3,839,273
Netherlands 37,465,405 37,609,196 +143,791

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 3,921,336
Italy 2,991,506
China 2,266,070
United States 1,086,913
Germany 597,800

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 1,903,245 2,018,091 +114,846
Italy 1,573,871 1,417,635 -156,236
China 1,039,204 1,226,866 +187,662
United States 532,536 554,377 +21,841
Germany 329,180 268,620 -60,560
Nicaragua 219,786 37,717 -182,069
Spain 76,988 78,911 +1,923
France 61,187 56,802 -4,385
India 59,668 52,613 -7,055
Ireland 30,860 80,533 +49,673

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 2,635,759,694
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,030,465,267
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 343,583,327
Other 12,493,429
Road transport 450,396

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 1,225,063,229 1,410,696,465 +185,633,236
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 482,995,405 547,469,862 +64,474,457
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 175,274,528 168,308,799 -6,965,729
Other 6,285,116 6,208,313 -76,803
Road transport 324,761 125,635 -199,126
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 1,611,388,226
Dover / Eurotunnel 863,912,127
Birmingham Airport 467,436,022
East Midlands Airport 264,884,614
Southampton 106,968,612

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 751,043,789 860,344,437 +109,300,648
Dover / Eurotunnel 398,746,461 465,165,666 +66,419,205
Birmingham Airport 198,971,087 268,464,935 +69,493,848
East Midlands Airport 125,052,816 139,831,798 +14,778,982
Southampton 54,466,619 52,501,993 -1,964,626
London Gateway Port 54,083,786 48,985,673 -5,098,113
London Stansted Airport 43,139,115 36,345,088 -6,794,027
Immingham Docks 37,980,347 39,911,430 +1,931,083
ZLC 35,434,379 36,470,029 +1,035,650
Manchester Airport 23,751,268 36,275,747 +12,524,479

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