Import/export HS code 848320: Bearing housings with ball or roller bearings

Housings that include ball or roller bearings, used to support rotating shafts in machinery

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* 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 13,837,512
China 10,005,496
United States 7,654,029
France 5,988,265
Japan 4,579,363

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 6,949,000 6,888,512 -60,488
China 4,910,289 5,095,207 +184,918
United States 4,596,739 3,057,290 -1,539,449
France 3,128,180 2,860,085 -268,095
Japan 4,040,042 539,321 -3,500,721
Belgium 1,617,453 2,475,521 +858,068
Slovakia 2,216,499 148,803 -2,067,696
Netherlands 833,977 914,055 +80,078
Switzerland 867,995 297,866 -570,129
Canada 79,570 904,161 +824,591

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 £
China 12,418,396
United States 12,331,301
Germany 9,724,402
Japan 5,288,288
Italy 4,468,995

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 £
China 5,884,449 6,533,947 +649,498
United States 7,272,760 5,058,541 -2,214,219
Germany 4,941,150 4,783,252 -157,898
Japan 4,405,734 882,554 -3,523,180
Italy 1,650,761 2,818,234 +1,167,473
France 1,900,821 1,564,362 -336,459
Slovakia 2,317,764 184,510 -2,133,254
Switzerland 545,692 588,759 +43,067
India 379,748 359,629 -20,119
South Korea 263,698 428,676 +164,978

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 49
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 46
West Midlands 38
West Yorkshire 38
Inner London - West 35

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 31 33 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 32 34 +2
West Midlands 25 28 +3
West Yorkshire 25 25 +0
Inner London - West 21 24 +3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 17 25 +8
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 27 22 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 19 -2
Greater Manchester 25 17 -8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21 17 -4

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 21,853,385
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,635,358
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,277,928
Other 621,043
Road transport 282,157

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 12,262,906 9,590,479 -2,672,427
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,685,138 8,950,220 -3,734,918
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,799,505 7,478,423 -321,082
Other 392,314 228,729 -163,585
Road transport 196,569 85,588 -110,981

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 5,912,387
Immingham Docks 5,317,536
Thamesport 5,128,393
London Heathrow Airport 5,043,996
London Gateway Port 4,898,152

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 £
East Midlands Airport 3,469,274 2,443,113 -1,026,161
Immingham Docks 2,800,223 2,517,313 -282,910
Thamesport 2,435,859 2,692,534 +256,675
London Heathrow Airport 2,707,562 2,336,434 -371,128
London Gateway Port 3,707,789 1,190,363 -2,517,426
Felixstowe 2,663,375 2,165,770 -497,605
London Stansted Airport 2,285,728 2,512,189 +226,461
Southampton 2,687,121 1,266,218 -1,420,903
Dover 2,049,861 1,891,990 -157,871
Eurotunnel 1,594,866 2,161,975 +567,109

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
155
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
129
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
52
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
47
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
34

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 115
2026-04 147
2026-03 129
2026-02 117
2026-01 113

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+ 299
1m-15m 249
15m-54m 81
Other 59
0-1m 45

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 11,487,133
Germany 7,304,407
Netherlands 6,782,828
China 5,371,417
India 1,995,371

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 6,419,835 5,067,298 -1,352,537
Germany 3,746,580 3,557,827 -188,753
Netherlands 3,221,397 3,561,431 +340,034
China 1,161,972 4,209,445 +3,047,473
India 1,267,379 727,992 -539,387
United Arab Emirates 1,436,296 423,985 -1,012,311
Singapore 861,433 703,469 -157,964
Belgium 169,962 1,382,262 +1,212,300
Ireland 739,204 720,001 -19,203
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 774,185 607,338 -166,847

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 1,280,401
China 597,184
Japan 93,890
Italy 56,781
Germany 51,729

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 819,741 460,660 -359,081
China 294,547 302,637 +8,090
Japan 31,145 62,745 +31,600
Italy 33,890 22,891 -10,999
Germany 28,833 22,896 -5,937
Sweden 22,645 6,994 -15,651
Taiwan 6,913 2,815 -4,098
Ireland 4,559 2,600 -1,959
India 5,671 1,009 -4,662
United States 4,614 1,742 -2,872

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 25,394,906
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 20,103,147
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,287,349
Other 2,195,429
Road transport 3,334

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 13,928,211 11,466,695 -2,461,516
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,681,404 10,421,743 +740,339
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,555,058 4,732,291 +177,233
Other 1,287,431 907,998 -379,433
Road transport 3,334 0 -3,334

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,905,060
London Heathrow Airport 8,553,041
London Stansted Airport 7,771,346
Immingham Docks 4,355,930
Felixstowe 3,706,871

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,192,562 4,712,498 -480,064
London Heathrow Airport 4,657,299 3,895,742 -761,557
London Stansted Airport 4,771,103 3,000,243 -1,770,860
Immingham Docks 1,131,737 3,224,193 +2,092,456
Felixstowe 550,695 3,156,176 +2,605,481
East Midlands Airport 1,660,111 1,375,166 -284,945
London Gateway Port 1,530,065 1,100,546 -429,519
Hull 1,979,929 591,530 -1,388,399
000 1,287,431 907,998 -379,433
Belfast Port 862,149 769,082 -93,067

Quick facts

HS code: 848320

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

Description: Housings that include ball or roller bearings, used to support rotating shafts in machinery