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 817,873,404
United States 603,235,881
China 301,611,603
Italy 297,881,539
France 260,303,258

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 434,637,866 383,235,538 -51,402,328
United States 308,629,446 294,606,435 -14,023,011
China 161,529,438 140,082,165 -21,447,273
Italy 159,468,585 138,412,954 -21,055,631
France 144,538,704 115,764,554 -28,774,150
India 67,980,015 66,776,277 -1,203,738
Japan 58,094,062 67,578,767 +9,484,705
Spain 62,825,240 47,653,075 -15,172,165
Netherlands 58,269,391 51,630,489 -6,638,902
Poland 60,601,175 48,307,660 -12,293,515

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 777,482,591
United States 459,397,603
China 404,737,656
Italy 311,872,792
France 252,843,737

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 420,324,532 357,158,059 -63,166,473
United States 251,869,127 207,528,476 -44,340,651
China 211,632,364 193,105,292 -18,527,072
Italy 164,593,867 147,278,925 -17,314,942
France 127,498,840 125,344,897 -2,153,943
Japan 73,733,322 88,312,004 +14,578,682
United Kingdom 64,306,145 84,511,816 +20,205,671
India 74,509,564 72,173,212 -2,336,352
Poland 81,331,164 59,862,607 -21,468,557
Spain 76,216,276 60,451,650 -15,764,626

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 369
West Midlands 313
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 307
West Yorkshire 275
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 270

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 311 280 -31
West Midlands 251 226 -25
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 241 233 -8
West Yorkshire 217 202 -15
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 211 198 -13
Greater Manchester 211 179 -32
Surrey, East and West Sussex 207 179 -28
Inner London - West 181 183 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 191 179 -12
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 180 171 -9

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 1,265,072,302
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,255,906,705
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 887,021,806
Other 168,253,945
Rail transport 25,425,645

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 662,229,937 602,842,365 -59,387,572
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 679,712,276 576,194,429 -103,517,847
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 450,934,194 436,087,612 -14,846,582
Other 90,628,320 77,625,625 -13,002,695
Rail transport 18,163,254 7,262,391 -10,900,863
Road transport 6,669,671 7,641,445 +971,774

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 509,213,240
London Heathrow Airport 417,106,790
Birmingham Airport 346,032,952
Eurotunnel 253,328,736
Felixstowe 245,906,799

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 280,956,906 228,256,334 -52,700,572
London Heathrow Airport 207,997,154 209,109,636 +1,112,482
Birmingham Airport 186,419,009 159,613,943 -26,805,066
Eurotunnel 128,650,141 124,678,595 -3,971,546
Felixstowe 145,299,106 100,607,693 -44,691,413
East Midlands Airport 105,842,731 102,033,401 -3,809,330
London 99,862,434 102,440,289 +2,577,855
London Stansted Airport 97,205,323 86,677,268 -10,528,055
Southampton 84,135,801 94,866,353 +10,730,552
000 90,628,320 77,625,625 -13,002,695

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 1150
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 814
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 462
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 460
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 410

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 1463
2025-11 1538
2025-10 1615
2025-09 1535
2025-08 1547

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 2754
54m+ 1959
15m-54m 649
0-1m 642
Other 372

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 652,919,612
Singapore 550,498,288
United States 425,133,233
Germany 370,062,827
Italy 224,307,577

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 280,332,994 372,586,618 +92,253,624
Singapore 242,556,237 307,942,051 +65,385,814
United States 224,013,673 201,119,560 -22,894,113
Germany 166,812,566 203,250,261 +36,437,695
Italy 113,984,389 110,323,188 -3,661,201
Japan 65,300,201 66,703,692 +1,403,491
France 68,442,033 62,197,006 -6,245,027
United Arab Emirates 49,669,686 44,379,821 -5,289,865
Netherlands 42,040,393 35,308,765 -6,731,628
Spain 38,543,263 38,399,763 -143,500

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 3,770,847
Italy 2,698,694
China 2,043,528
United States 1,052,786
Germany 570,351

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 1,733,127 2,037,720 +304,593
Italy 1,585,878 1,112,816 -473,062
China 970,453 1,073,075 +102,622
United States 515,331 537,455 +22,124
Germany 333,524 236,827 -96,697
Nicaragua 264,785 79,625 -185,160
France 70,907 53,292 -17,615
Spain 84,279 37,512 -46,767
India 73,192 30,251 -42,941
Ireland 28,300 56,726 +28,426

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 2,346,982,115
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 887,376,100
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 337,604,505
Other 11,887,853
Road transport 1,125,270

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 1,137,529,998 1,209,452,117 +71,922,119
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 416,314,326 471,061,774 +54,747,448
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 189,659,006 147,945,499 -41,713,507
Other 6,360,892 5,526,961 -833,931
Road transport 1,032,283 92,987 -939,296
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 1,429,973,263
Dover / Eurotunnel 742,938,544
Birmingham Airport 395,836,257
East Midlands Airport 247,563,667
Southampton 101,462,849

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 747,800,122 682,173,141 -65,626,981
Dover / Eurotunnel 349,604,806 393,333,738 +43,728,932
Birmingham Airport 100,385,249 295,451,008 +195,065,759
East Midlands Airport 133,402,445 114,161,222 -19,241,223
Southampton 50,027,840 51,435,009 +1,407,169
London Gateway Port 56,396,736 39,032,279 -17,364,457
London Stansted Airport 44,924,264 34,283,612 -10,640,652
Immingham Docks 27,990,067 40,858,794 +12,868,727
ZLC 34,727,475 33,355,476 -1,371,999
Manchester Airport 31,767,050 22,131,976 -9,635,074

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