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 111,811,753
Germany 64,754,678
China 62,073,134
France 36,390,479
Japan 20,945,177

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 54,368,597 57,443,156 +3,074,559
Germany 31,446,696 33,307,982 +1,861,286
China 32,563,002 29,510,132 -3,052,870
France 18,909,453 17,481,026 -1,428,427
Japan 8,195,038 12,750,139 +4,555,101
Slovakia 5,861,414 7,965,014 +2,103,600
India 7,147,782 5,093,621 -2,054,161
Netherlands 5,161,730 6,238,358 +1,076,628
Belgium 5,342,705 5,909,710 +567,005
Thailand 6,056,695 4,593,760 -1,462,935

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 91,601,134
China 71,097,480
Germany 62,175,772
France 37,401,243
Japan 23,641,227

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 45,201,123 46,400,011 +1,198,888
China 36,837,880 34,259,600 -2,578,280
Germany 30,443,472 31,732,300 +1,288,828
France 19,000,727 18,400,516 -600,211
Japan 9,429,441 14,211,786 +4,782,345
Austria 7,535,133 9,236,104 +1,700,971
Slovakia 7,245,942 9,423,026 +2,177,084
India 9,429,005 6,967,197 -2,461,808
Thailand 6,012,420 7,173,191 +1,160,771
United Kingdom 5,730,753 6,499,807 +769,054

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 127
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 106
West Midlands 104
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 102
Inner London - West 99

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 94 101 +7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 79 79 +0
West Midlands 78 74 -4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 73 68 -5
Inner London - West 72 72 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 72 67 -5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 67 58 -9
Greater Manchester 63 57 -6
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 57 61 +4
West Yorkshire 56 52 -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 218,957,020
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 117,131,205
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 79,985,798
Other 13,746,900
Road transport 3,460,339

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 107,503,217 111,453,803 +3,950,586
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 55,675,601 61,455,604 +5,780,003
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 36,659,242 43,326,556 +6,667,314
Other 9,761,878 3,985,022 -5,776,856
Road transport 1,263,119 2,197,220 +934,101
Rail transport 1,654,693 1,083,319 -571,374

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 68,765,789
London Heathrow Airport 58,554,773
Dover 40,070,898
London Stansted Airport 37,738,084
Felixstowe 34,072,260

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 31,244,402 37,521,387 +6,276,985
London Heathrow Airport 28,472,714 30,082,059 +1,609,345
Dover 16,932,127 23,138,771 +6,206,644
London Stansted Airport 19,286,714 18,451,370 -835,344
Felixstowe 18,599,901 15,472,359 -3,127,542
Thamesport 16,226,171 17,750,203 +1,524,032
Birmingham Airport 18,532,173 14,778,845 -3,753,328
Eurotunnel 10,527,191 12,178,845 +1,651,654
Southampton 9,450,911 8,616,716 -834,195
000 9,761,878 3,985,022 -5,776,856

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 332
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 260
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 187
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 150
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
2026-04 453
2026-03 443
2026-02 391
2026-01 376
2025-12 353

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+ 850
1m-15m 708
15m-54m 192
Other 147
0-1m 143

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 56,730,375
Germany 54,593,888
France 53,623,950
Italy 28,357,167
Singapore 25,701,771

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 27,410,039 29,320,336 +1,910,297
Germany 25,712,712 28,881,176 +3,168,464
France 23,886,055 29,737,895 +5,851,840
Italy 13,349,457 15,007,710 +1,658,253
Singapore 9,429,224 16,272,547 +6,843,323
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 9,769,646 15,893,044 +6,123,398
India 8,187,661 10,178,752 +1,991,091
Poland 8,011,729 9,787,998 +1,776,269
China 7,003,806 8,936,168 +1,932,362
Japan 6,446,072 8,565,844 +2,119,772

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 295,659
China 240,817
Germany 130,171
Spain 65,714
India 46,999

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 165,617 130,042 -35,575
China 113,084 127,733 +14,649
Germany 62,380 67,791 +5,411
Spain 30,274 35,440 +5,166
India 18,513 28,486 +9,973
Ireland 2,004 43,925 +41,921
United States 10,502 9,531 -971
Belgium 9,919 5,198 -4,721
Sweden 3,850 9,868 +6,018
Netherlands 2,999 8,551 +5,552

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 283,458,274
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 152,399,974
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 45,595,180
Other 948,623
Road transport 145,010

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 124,383,317 159,074,957 +34,691,640
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 69,681,185 82,718,789 +13,037,604
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,939,903 21,655,277 -2,284,626
Other 463,149 485,474 +22,325
Road transport 84,903 60,107 -24,796

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 128,193,607
London Heathrow Airport 112,364,499
East Midlands Airport 94,919,071
ZLC 22,133,859
London Gateway Port 18,467,248

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 58,049,484 70,144,123 +12,094,639
London Heathrow Airport 50,932,083 61,432,416 +10,500,333
East Midlands Airport 42,251,676 52,667,395 +10,415,719
ZLC 10,580,941 11,552,918 +971,977
London Gateway Port 11,187,128 7,280,120 -3,907,008
London Stansted Airport 7,043,802 10,145,251 +3,101,449
Southampton 7,346,337 7,561,927 +215,590
Birmingham Airport 4,615,591 9,819,618 +5,204,027
Glasgow Airport 4,396,925 7,421,173 +3,024,248
Immingham Docks 3,252,834 4,573,008 +1,320,174

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