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 13,991,778
China 9,843,350
United States 7,480,954
France 6,102,812
Japan 4,911,838

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 7,273,573 6,718,205 -555,368
China 4,302,647 5,540,703 +1,238,056
United States 4,224,908 3,256,046 -968,862
France 3,247,248 2,855,564 -391,684
Japan 4,202,102 709,736 -3,492,366
Belgium 1,554,436 2,376,329 +821,893
Slovakia 2,547,951 137,729 -2,410,222
Netherlands 836,106 881,983 +45,877
Switzerland 958,326 286,870 -671,456
Canada 86,452 859,068 +772,616

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 12,353,672
China 12,251,086
Germany 9,827,953
Japan 5,618,059
Italy 4,325,793

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 6,335,558 6,018,114 -317,444
China 5,963,187 6,287,899 +324,712
Germany 5,208,864 4,619,089 -589,775
Japan 4,573,330 1,044,729 -3,528,601
Italy 1,610,942 2,714,851 +1,103,909
France 2,054,033 1,445,871 -608,162
Slovakia 2,651,857 174,192 -2,477,665
Switzerland 571,131 500,924 -70,207
India 406,104 352,094 -54,010
South Korea 269,975 431,566 +161,591

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 51
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 46
West Midlands 38
West Yorkshire 37
Inner London - West 34

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 33 35 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 33 33 +0
West Midlands 26 27 +1
West Yorkshire 22 26 +4
Inner London - West 20 24 +4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 17 23 +6
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 24 21 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22 20 -2
Greater Manchester 25 17 -8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 20 18 -2

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 22,265,000
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,649,247
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,303,010
Other 638,087
Road transport 255,868

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 12,128,734 10,136,266 -1,992,468
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,705,891 8,943,356 -3,762,535
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,934,773 7,368,237 -566,536
Other 394,360 243,727 -150,633
Road transport 197,344 58,524 -138,820

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 5,944,255
Immingham Docks 5,282,710
London Heathrow Airport 5,205,353
London Gateway Port 5,154,729
Thamesport 5,079,164

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 3,488,775 2,455,480 -1,033,295
Immingham Docks 2,844,624 2,438,086 -406,538
London Heathrow Airport 2,238,179 2,967,174 +728,995
London Gateway Port 3,853,336 1,301,393 -2,551,943
Thamesport 2,474,364 2,604,800 +130,436
London Stansted Airport 2,365,564 2,426,920 +61,356
Felixstowe 2,653,362 2,068,536 -584,826
Dover 2,062,530 1,923,262 -139,268
Southampton 2,544,888 1,427,759 -1,117,129
Eurotunnel 1,629,435 2,170,463 +541,028

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 153
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 128
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 51
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
2026-04 147
2026-03 129
2026-02 117
2026-01 113
2025-12 108

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+ 300
1m-15m 245
15m-54m 82
Other 59
0-1m 46

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 12,108,149
Germany 7,054,423
Netherlands 6,809,435
China 5,350,360
India 2,055,610

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 6,338,291 5,769,858 -568,433
Germany 3,697,531 3,356,892 -340,639
Netherlands 3,279,571 3,529,864 +250,293
China 896,810 4,453,550 +3,556,740
India 1,172,144 883,466 -288,678
United Arab Emirates 1,466,323 387,604 -1,078,719
Belgium 169,419 1,390,369 +1,220,950
Singapore 885,240 644,354 -240,886
Ireland 780,611 646,369 -134,242
France 853,410 508,939 -344,471

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 1,307,235
China 605,326
Italy 55,583
Germany 52,160
Japan 49,772

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 869,016 438,219 -430,797
China 300,202 305,124 +4,922
Italy 30,037 25,546 -4,491
Germany 26,103 26,057 -46
Japan 31,145 18,627 -12,518
Sweden 26,228 8,316 -17,912
Taiwan 7,691 2,815 -4,876
United States 4,687 2,768 -1,919
Ireland 4,157 3,117 -1,040
India 5,780 994 -4,786

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 26,009,267
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,794,224
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,398,429
Other 2,201,168
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 13,652,166 12,357,101 -1,295,065
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,750,528 10,043,696 +293,168
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,377,258 5,021,171 +643,913
Other 1,349,076 852,092 -496,984
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 9,614,331
London Heathrow Airport 8,371,533
London Stansted Airport 8,370,075
Immingham Docks 4,171,570
Felixstowe 3,597,248

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 5,310,119 4,304,212 -1,005,907
London Heathrow Airport 4,315,786 4,055,747 -260,039
London Stansted Airport 4,654,957 3,715,118 -939,839
Immingham Docks 994,053 3,177,517 +2,183,464
Felixstowe 437,349 3,159,899 +2,722,550
East Midlands Airport 1,685,238 1,333,458 -351,780
Hull 2,215,827 680,560 -1,535,267
London Gateway Port 1,617,584 1,131,259 -486,325
000 1,349,076 852,092 -496,984
Belfast Port 689,456 846,867 +157,411

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