Import/export HS code 848310: Transmission shafts and cranks

Parts like camshafts, crankshafts, and other transmission shafts used in engines and machinery

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  • 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 £
United States 298,610,944
Germany 277,157,709
China 122,515,989
Spain 75,394,899
France 67,580,168

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 152,246,916 146,364,028 -5,882,888
Germany 145,442,431 131,715,278 -13,727,153
China 66,681,253 55,834,736 -10,846,517
Spain 40,952,207 34,442,692 -6,509,515
France 36,655,511 30,924,657 -5,730,854
India 24,587,631 25,473,821 +886,190
Japan 19,308,704 30,498,424 +11,189,720
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,386,990 32,058,524 +27,671,534
Netherlands 19,066,515 15,249,187 -3,817,328
Italy 18,613,519 12,445,281 -6,168,238

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 263,330,136
China 165,617,333
United States 164,469,488
France 97,628,527
Spain 92,697,912

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 138,696,242 124,633,894 -14,062,348
China 84,922,450 80,694,883 -4,227,567
United States 93,943,489 70,525,999 -23,417,490
France 46,534,505 51,094,022 +4,559,517
Spain 49,571,481 43,126,431 -6,445,050
Japan 30,025,776 47,275,141 +17,249,365
United Kingdom 29,234,278 45,978,314 +16,744,036
India 25,042,657 25,917,070 +874,413
Turkey 19,830,649 21,095,490 +1,264,841
Italy 18,407,628 12,982,807 -5,424,821

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 153
West Midlands 112
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 107
West Yorkshire 95
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 92

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 107 115 +8
West Midlands 81 73 -8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 78 79 +1
West Yorkshire 65 68 +3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 74 65 -9
Inner London - West 66 63 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 63 66 +3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 59 56 -3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 51 57 +6
Greater Manchester 61 52 -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 513,622,944
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 293,939,015
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 287,638,270
Other 61,214,407
Rail transport 7,682,028

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 266,066,292 247,556,652 -18,509,640
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 128,418,803 165,520,212 +37,101,409
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 154,369,353 133,268,917 -21,100,436
Other 36,472,009 24,742,398 -11,729,611
Rail transport 6,493,655 1,188,373 -5,305,282
Road transport 169,068 1,151,207 +982,139

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 234,422,807
Birmingham Airport 157,291,780
Dover 124,274,996
Felixstowe 108,045,582
Southampton 77,112,054

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 115,102,299 119,320,508 +4,218,209
Birmingham Airport 88,080,319 69,211,461 -18,868,858
Dover 62,182,967 62,092,029 -90,938
Felixstowe 63,069,845 44,975,737 -18,094,108
Southampton 26,475,992 50,636,062 +24,160,070
London Stansted Airport 39,521,042 32,308,986 -7,212,056
000 36,472,009 24,742,398 -11,729,611
London 28,588,561 29,932,396 +1,343,835
Eurotunnel 17,004,499 21,409,050 +4,404,551
London Gateway Port 12,828,546 19,408,666 +6,580,120

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 346
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 278
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 199
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 171
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 114

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 354
2025-11 415
2025-10 421
2025-09 421
2025-08 424

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+ 816
1m-15m 694
15m-54m 193
0-1m 156
Other 147

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 583,738,538
Singapore 485,253,845
Germany 209,589,264
United States 171,846,963
Japan 73,431,738

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 246,945,501 336,793,037 +89,847,536
Singapore 214,808,839 270,445,006 +55,636,167
Germany 82,895,149 126,694,115 +43,798,966
United States 91,092,404 80,754,559 -10,337,845
Japan 36,374,203 37,057,535 +683,332
United Arab Emirates 30,298,903 23,733,851 -6,565,052
Spain 23,647,198 20,751,405 -2,895,793
France 13,683,581 10,458,502 -3,225,079
Netherlands 11,573,069 12,532,033 +958,964
Austria 13,609,294 10,084,649 -3,524,645

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 467,715
United States 46,376
Germany 42,037
China 33,103
Spain 29,004

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 226,906 240,809 +13,903
United States 21,365 25,011 +3,646
Germany 6,809 35,228 +28,419
China 15,278 17,825 +2,547
Spain 28,252 752 -27,500
Hungary 10,113 963 -9,150
Italy 4,284 4,450 +166
Malaysia 6,314 0 -6,314
France 2,264 3,823 +1,559
India 3,973 1,135 -2,838

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 1,428,777,858
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 336,683,748
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 87,452,927
Other 711,737
Road transport 95,406

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 652,449,870 776,327,988 +123,878,118
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 148,658,832 188,024,916 +39,366,084
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 52,816,081 34,636,846 -18,179,235
Other 358,252 353,485 -4,767
Road transport 66,769 28,637 -38,132

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 968,585,918
Birmingham Airport 349,550,035
Dover / Eurotunnel 319,978,961
East Midlands Airport 50,198,607
Southampton 27,453,171

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 506,843,811 461,742,107 -45,101,704
Birmingham Airport 85,121,969 264,428,066 +179,306,097
Dover / Eurotunnel 142,192,794 177,786,167 +35,593,373
East Midlands Airport 27,873,891 22,324,716 -5,549,175
Southampton 15,562,248 11,890,923 -3,671,325
London Stansted Airport 12,847,747 7,861,897 -4,985,850
Manchester Airport 10,914,973 9,186,346 -1,728,627
London Gateway Port 9,378,807 9,410,047 +31,240
London 7,361,388 5,385,029 -1,976,359
Liverpool Docks 6,032,173 4,998,763 -1,033,410

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 848310

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

Description: Parts like camshafts, crankshafts, and other transmission shafts used in engines and machinery