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 104,382,460
Germany 59,293,728
China 57,777,557
France 34,871,647
Japan 18,088,972

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 52,248,241 52,134,219 -114,022
Germany 31,001,263 28,292,465 -2,708,798
China 31,684,252 26,093,305 -5,590,947
France 19,785,292 15,086,355 -4,698,937
Japan 8,304,175 9,784,797 +1,480,622
India 7,248,619 4,734,033 -2,514,586
Slovakia 5,743,727 6,099,901 +356,174
Thailand 6,044,420 3,932,477 -2,111,943
Belgium 5,127,092 4,825,104 -301,988
Netherlands 4,538,706 5,041,592 +502,886

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 85,283,141
China 66,182,908
Germany 56,646,081
France 35,882,910
Japan 20,362,294

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 45,487,825 39,795,316 -5,692,509
China 35,881,176 30,301,732 -5,579,444
Germany 30,045,475 26,600,606 -3,444,869
France 18,458,760 17,424,150 -1,034,610
Japan 9,278,181 11,084,113 +1,805,932
India 9,551,810 6,541,660 -3,010,150
Slovakia 6,982,987 7,393,695 +410,708
Austria 7,155,138 7,144,450 -10,688
Thailand 5,719,812 5,819,614 +99,802
United Kingdom 5,270,712 5,173,405 -97,307

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 132
West Midlands 101
Inner London - West 98
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 97
Surrey, East and West Sussex 94

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 98 95 -3
West Midlands 82 69 -13
Inner London - West 67 73 +6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 67 76 +9
Surrey, East and West Sussex 69 64 -5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 65 62 -3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 67 55 -12
Greater Manchester 64 53 -11
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 53 58 +5
West Yorkshire 56 43 -13

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 203,168,507
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 103,467,020
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 69,374,342
Other 14,805,932
Road transport 2,891,101

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 108,103,235 95,065,272 -13,037,963
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 53,821,232 49,645,788 -4,175,444
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 33,822,719 35,551,623 +1,728,904
Other 9,044,732 5,761,200 -3,283,532
Road transport 1,264,980 1,626,121 +361,141
Rail transport 1,880,001 834,983 -1,045,018

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 62,107,740
London Heathrow Airport 55,045,216
London Stansted Airport 35,476,562
Dover 33,850,169
Felixstowe 32,025,668

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 32,611,773 29,495,967 -3,115,806
London Heathrow Airport 29,383,483 25,661,733 -3,721,750
London Stansted Airport 18,906,863 16,569,699 -2,337,164
Dover 14,215,974 19,634,195 +5,418,221
Felixstowe 17,950,694 14,074,974 -3,875,720
Birmingham Airport 16,453,771 15,300,279 -1,153,492
Thamesport 15,809,847 13,813,640 -1,996,207
Eurotunnel 10,256,635 9,536,775 -719,860
Southampton 9,050,185 7,743,914 -1,306,271
000 9,044,732 5,761,200 -3,283,532

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 319
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 251
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 171
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 146
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 120

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 376
2025-11 407
2025-10 405
2025-09 416
2025-08 402

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+ 826
1m-15m 687
15m-54m 180
0-1m 135
Other 135

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 52,507,011
France 47,082,195
Germany 46,049,547
Italy 24,003,787
Singapore 21,629,567

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 26,070,349 26,436,662 +366,313
France 24,358,802 22,723,393 -1,635,409
Germany 25,457,904 20,591,643 -4,866,261
Italy 13,153,384 10,850,403 -2,302,981
Singapore 9,100,074 12,529,493 +3,429,419
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 8,970,485 11,992,488 +3,022,003
Netherlands 12,271,364 6,504,733 -5,766,631
Poland 7,864,819 8,076,744 +211,925
India 7,794,385 8,072,014 +277,629
Japan 7,082,733 7,605,829 +523,096

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 272,447
China 225,602
Germany 102,955
Spain 49,219
India 30,687

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 163,331 109,116 -54,215
China 111,627 113,975 +2,348
Germany 46,845 56,110 +9,265
Spain 29,070 20,149 -8,921
India 14,847 15,840 +993
Ireland 883 29,011 +28,128
United States 8,314 10,614 +2,300
Belgium 512 14,605 +14,093
Sweden 5,559 6,260 +701
Taiwan 7,391 2,264 -5,127

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 257,510,338
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 128,138,502
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 41,698,289
Other 830,445
Road transport 359,306

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 128,745,494 128,764,844 +19,350
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 67,127,579 61,010,923 -6,116,656
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,342,449 16,355,840 -8,986,609
Other 430,485 399,960 -30,525
Road transport 299,199 60,107 -239,092

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 107,629,837
London Heathrow Airport 99,426,719
East Midlands Airport 90,583,330
ZLC 20,821,960
London Gateway Port 17,367,326

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 55,380,685 52,249,152 -3,131,533
London Heathrow Airport 50,199,039 49,227,680 -971,359
East Midlands Airport 48,646,057 41,937,273 -6,708,784
ZLC 10,444,119 10,377,841 -66,278
London Gateway Port 10,955,562 6,411,764 -4,543,798
London Stansted Airport 7,383,460 8,683,782 +1,300,322
Birmingham Airport 3,663,971 8,417,509 +4,753,538
Southampton 6,856,211 4,609,582 -2,246,629
Glasgow Airport 3,721,132 5,993,138 +2,272,006
Dover 5,362,519 1,529,205 -3,833,314

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