Import/export HS code 848330: Bearing housings without bearings; plain shaft bearings

Bearing housings without built-in bearings and plain bearings used to reduce friction 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 £
United States 111,351,228
Germany 64,915,429
China 62,027,534
France 35,896,000
Japan 21,498,638

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 56,533,867 54,817,361 -1,716,506
Germany 31,771,738 33,143,691 +1,371,953
China 32,564,723 29,462,811 -3,101,912
France 18,549,574 17,346,426 -1,203,148
Japan 8,079,286 13,419,352 +5,340,066
Slovakia 5,938,939 8,120,005 +2,181,066
Netherlands 5,218,228 6,539,548 +1,321,320
Belgium 5,217,291 6,103,216 +885,925
India 6,027,238 4,881,475 -1,145,763
Thailand 5,906,959 4,802,109 -1,104,850

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 90,707,342
China 71,105,208
Germany 62,509,886
France 36,697,758
Japan 24,127,551

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 46,259,184 44,448,158 -1,811,026
China 37,013,336 34,091,872 -2,921,464
Germany 30,458,425 32,051,461 +1,593,036
France 18,875,472 17,822,286 -1,053,186
Japan 9,466,654 14,660,897 +5,194,243
Austria 7,728,858 9,502,098 +1,773,240
Slovakia 7,292,733 9,651,548 +2,358,815
India 8,549,959 6,647,815 -1,902,144
Thailand 6,234,858 6,767,377 +532,519
United Kingdom 5,734,727 7,070,022 +1,335,295

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 126
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 106
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 106
West Midlands 105
Inner London - West 100

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 93 101 +8
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 74 70 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 79 79 +0
West Midlands 79 73 -6
Inner London - West 74 71 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 70 69 -1
Greater Manchester 64 59 -5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 65 55 -10
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 56 61 +5
West Yorkshire 54 54 +0

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 217,805,860
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 117,580,978
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 80,871,148
Other 12,820,114
Road transport 3,439,431

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 107,890,909 109,914,951 +2,024,042
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 55,793,583 61,787,395 +5,993,812
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 37,300,495 43,570,653 +6,270,158
Other 9,594,446 3,225,668 -6,368,778
Road transport 1,259,740 2,179,691 +919,951
Rail transport 1,489,903 1,112,411 -377,492

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 68,525,315
London Heathrow Airport 57,701,666
Dover 40,681,271
London Stansted Airport 37,795,103
Thamesport 34,221,609

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 30,190,779 38,334,536 +8,143,757
London Heathrow Airport 28,499,693 29,201,973 +702,280
Dover 17,226,814 23,454,457 +6,227,643
London Stansted Airport 19,460,955 18,334,148 -1,126,807
Thamesport 15,911,960 18,309,649 +2,397,689
Birmingham Airport 19,035,534 14,363,245 -4,672,289
Felixstowe 18,125,119 15,224,480 -2,900,639
Eurotunnel 11,165,520 11,598,483 +432,963
Southampton 9,921,720 8,465,071 -1,456,649
London 6,999,385 6,371,791 -627,594

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
339
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
260
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
189
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
149
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
121

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 410
2026-04 453
2026-03 443
2026-02 391
2026-01 376

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+ 863
1m-15m 712
15m-54m 194
Other 148
0-1m 138

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 £
Germany 60,228,005
United States 55,988,370
France 55,321,970
Italy 28,658,285
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 27,034,826

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 £
Germany 26,383,179 33,844,826 +7,461,647
United States 26,976,981 29,011,389 +2,034,408
France 23,668,612 31,653,358 +7,984,746
Italy 13,523,348 15,134,937 +1,611,589
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 9,552,792 17,482,034 +7,929,242
Singapore 11,847,073 14,391,367 +2,544,294
India 8,069,738 11,148,673 +3,078,935
Poland 8,139,347 9,759,999 +1,620,652
China 7,085,224 9,066,102 +1,980,878
Japan 6,646,667 8,145,749 +1,499,082

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 292,452
China 233,174
Germany 139,884
Spain 66,450
Ireland 51,355

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 156,973 135,479 -21,494
China 112,160 121,014 +8,854
Germany 66,476 73,408 +6,932
Spain 30,274 36,176 +5,902
Ireland 3,893 47,462 +43,569
India 13,486 28,492 +15,006
United States 11,896 8,137 -3,759
Belgium 11,838 3,279 -8,559
Netherlands 3,354 11,758 +8,404
Sweden 3,850 9,868 +6,018

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 287,772,281
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 159,216,828
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 45,110,519
Other 950,573
Road transport 139,035

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 126,695,927 161,076,354 +34,380,427
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 71,217,810 87,999,018 +16,781,208
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,932,801 22,177,718 -755,083
Other 456,394 494,179 +37,785
Road transport 78,928 60,107 -18,821

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 134,853,824
London Heathrow Airport 113,700,292
East Midlands Airport 97,136,946
ZLC 22,078,953
London Gateway Port 19,118,280

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 59,859,004 74,994,820 +15,135,816
London Heathrow Airport 50,293,498 63,406,794 +13,113,296
East Midlands Airport 42,138,072 54,998,874 +12,860,802
ZLC 10,634,806 11,444,147 +809,341
London Gateway Port 11,150,550 7,967,730 -3,182,820
London Stansted Airport 7,040,489 9,919,997 +2,879,508
Birmingham Airport 7,382,479 7,091,671 -290,808
Southampton 7,063,302 7,052,561 -10,741
Glasgow Airport 4,727,035 7,682,587 +2,955,552
Immingham Docks 3,102,642 5,089,210 +1,986,568

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 848330

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

Description: Bearing housings without built-in bearings and plain bearings used to reduce friction in machinery