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 12,670,533
China 8,751,797
United States 6,897,999
Japan 6,049,959
France 5,623,700

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 7,845,161 4,825,372 -3,019,789
China 3,538,827 5,212,970 +1,674,143
United States 3,918,123 2,979,876 -938,247
Japan 4,597,679 1,452,280 -3,145,399
France 3,182,347 2,441,353 -740,994
Belgium 1,360,974 1,963,009 +602,035
Slovakia 2,972,679 136,100 -2,836,579
Netherlands 1,099,983 701,363 -398,620
Switzerland 853,022 371,839 -481,183
Italy 327,410 492,862 +165,452

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 £
United States 11,639,300
China 10,489,772
Germany 9,241,499
Japan 6,722,040
Italy 3,706,199

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 £
United States 5,077,353 6,561,947 +1,484,594
China 5,994,035 4,495,737 -1,498,298
Germany 5,790,399 3,451,100 -2,339,299
Japan 4,985,303 1,736,737 -3,248,566
Italy 1,501,036 2,205,163 +704,127
Slovakia 3,074,953 166,691 -2,908,262
France 1,904,779 1,327,874 -576,905
Switzerland 515,367 360,547 -154,820
India 382,094 300,576 -81,518
Thailand 571,032 90,259 -480,773

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 48
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 43
West Midlands 35
West Yorkshire 34
Inner London - West 30

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 36 29 -7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 32 28 -4
West Midlands 25 23 -2
West Yorkshire 23 22 -1
Inner London - West 20 18 -2
Greater Manchester 26 14 -12
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 17 19 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 19 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 21 19 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 18 19 +1

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 21,634,379
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,685,451
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,454,234
Other 585,709
Road transport 427,271

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 12,246,592 9,387,787 -2,858,805
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,604,742 8,080,709 -4,524,033
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,931,902 5,522,332 -2,409,570
Other 372,781 212,928 -159,853
Road transport 377,721 49,550 -328,171

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 5,974,192
East Midlands Airport 5,534,314
London Heathrow Airport 5,170,078
Thamesport 4,612,796
Immingham Docks 4,555,374

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 Gateway Port 4,294,734 1,679,458 -2,615,276
East Midlands Airport 3,146,032 2,388,282 -757,750
London Heathrow Airport 2,016,412 3,153,666 +1,137,254
Thamesport 2,462,839 2,149,957 -312,882
Immingham Docks 2,872,926 1,682,448 -1,190,478
London Stansted Airport 2,268,703 2,195,440 -73,263
Felixstowe 2,481,026 1,700,408 -780,618
Southampton 2,537,713 1,533,798 -1,003,915
Dover 2,097,626 1,481,121 -616,505
Eurotunnel 1,630,820 1,586,619 -44,201

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 148
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 130
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 46
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 46
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
2026-01 113
2025-11 112
2025-10 144
2025-09 121
2025-08 140

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+ 288
1m-15m 238
15m-54m 83
Other 53
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 11,329,837
Germany 6,293,196
Netherlands 6,053,280
China 5,110,070
India 1,956,085

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 6,893,653 4,436,184 -2,457,469
Germany 3,593,282 2,699,914 -893,368
Netherlands 3,357,609 2,695,671 -661,938
China 515,408 4,594,662 +4,079,254
India 704,586 1,251,499 +546,913
United Arab Emirates 1,084,452 796,271 -288,181
Belgium 155,767 1,351,438 +1,195,671
Singapore 675,725 827,176 +151,451
France 947,855 400,654 -547,201
Canada 902,007 393,168 -508,839

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 1,207,984
China 528,756
Germany 51,670
Italy 49,168
Japan 31,288

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 835,053 372,931 -462,122
China 294,632 234,124 -60,508
Germany 34,218 17,452 -16,766
Italy 27,844 21,324 -6,520
Japan 31,145 143 -31,002
Sweden 24,632 4,371 -20,261
United States 24,505 2,466 -22,039
Taiwan 8,108 165 -7,943
Ireland 4,157 3,092 -1,065
India 6,870 179 -6,691

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 24,463,606
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,014,046
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,451,190
Other 2,011,857
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 12,485,655 11,977,951 -507,704
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,758,881 8,255,165 -1,503,716
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,951,074 4,500,116 -450,958
Other 1,338,965 672,892 -666,073
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 9,046,870
London Stansted Airport 8,358,767
London Heathrow Airport 7,520,536
Immingham Docks 3,787,370
Hull 3,004,363

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 5,704,504 3,342,366 -2,362,138
London Stansted Airport 4,786,943 3,571,824 -1,215,119
London Heathrow Airport 3,661,462 3,859,074 +197,612
Immingham Docks 1,041,746 2,745,624 +1,703,878
Hull 2,172,832 831,531 -1,341,301
East Midlands Airport 1,475,788 1,360,944 -114,844
London Gateway Port 1,781,278 1,048,806 -732,472
Felixstowe 293,391 2,536,657 +2,243,266
000 1,338,965 672,892 -666,073
Glasgow Airport 356,275 1,096,357 +740,082

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