Import/export HS code 848340: Gears, gearboxes, and speed changers

Includes gears, gearboxes, ball screws, and torque converters used to change speed or direction in machinery

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* 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 194,517,520
Italy 144,306,460
France 63,728,447
United States 62,149,170
Denmark 54,663,816

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 103,943,127 90,574,393 -13,368,734
Italy 65,996,620 78,309,840 +12,313,220
France 35,099,127 28,629,320 -6,469,807
United States 30,314,959 31,834,211 +1,519,252
Denmark 37,098,033 17,565,783 -19,532,250
India 16,986,360 23,580,990 +6,594,630
Hungary 21,975,285 16,742,461 -5,232,824
Poland 14,253,174 15,771,365 +1,518,191
Japan 14,393,155 12,719,664 -1,673,491
China 12,219,297 10,870,947 -1,348,350

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 £
Germany 204,799,159
Italy 146,938,600
United States 72,168,912
United Kingdom 51,304,940
Poland 47,818,150

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 £
Germany 112,786,274 92,012,885 -20,773,389
Italy 66,211,499 80,727,101 +14,515,602
United States 35,403,040 36,765,872 +1,362,832
United Kingdom 24,906,257 26,398,683 +1,492,426
Poland 22,537,435 25,280,715 +2,743,280
France 26,657,485 17,540,422 -9,117,063
India 17,207,791 24,046,627 +6,838,836
Hungary 22,708,552 18,042,129 -4,666,423
Denmark 20,677,184 10,309,514 -10,367,670
China 15,801,597 13,579,795 -2,221,802

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 187
West Yorkshire 138
West Midlands 134
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 132
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 125

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 135 139 +4
West Yorkshire 95 100 +5
West Midlands 95 104 +9
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 107 97 -10
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 90 92 +2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 91 89 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 89 83 -6
Greater Manchester 81 81 +0
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 79 74 -5
Inner London - West 75 74 -1

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 454,502,136
Air transport 197,116,641
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 156,694,038
Other 36,033,852
Road transport 15,862,737

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 233,441,475 221,060,661 -12,380,814
Air transport 92,191,143 104,925,498 +12,734,355
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 83,165,032 73,529,006 -9,636,026
Other 29,683,807 6,350,045 -23,333,762
Road transport 1,264,762 14,597,975 +13,333,213
Rail transport 616,237 501,935 -114,302

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 165,381,671
Eurotunnel 128,631,021
Immingham Docks 69,345,922
East Midlands Airport 58,740,234
London Heathrow Airport 48,792,610

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 £
Dover 87,213,619 78,168,052 -9,045,567
Eurotunnel 65,624,342 63,006,679 -2,617,663
Immingham Docks 35,391,846 33,954,076 -1,437,770
East Midlands Airport 29,076,178 29,664,056 +587,878
London Heathrow Airport 23,033,753 25,758,857 +2,725,104
London Gateway Port 14,868,667 24,671,292 +9,802,625
000 29,683,807 6,350,045 -23,333,762
Birmingham Airport 16,015,067 17,697,345 +1,682,278
499 174,006 29,701,853 +29,527,847
Felixstowe 17,581,838 10,323,429 -7,258,409

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
572
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
451
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
233
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
183
Other manufacturing
133

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 594
2026-04 554
2026-03 588
2026-02 588
2026-01 561

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
1m-15m 1126
54m+ 1054
15m-54m 327
0-1m 206
Other 185

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 £
Italy 167,035,298
United States 80,909,333
Germany 56,321,252
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 38,247,700
Saudi Arabia 29,057,785

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 £
Italy 83,093,551 83,941,747 +848,196
United States 40,665,759 40,243,574 -422,185
Germany 25,238,548 31,082,704 +5,844,156
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 14,149,610 24,098,090 +9,948,480
Saudi Arabia 26,203,020 2,854,765 -23,348,255
Japan 9,435,731 16,388,871 +6,953,140
Canada 18,593,016 6,658,398 -11,934,618
United Arab Emirates 12,168,466 11,997,516 -170,950
France 11,927,559 10,249,313 -1,678,246
Denmark 14,154,687 6,431,184 -7,723,503

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 £
Italy 2,269,355
XI 484,707
Nicaragua 231,280
China 133,927
India 41,920

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 £
Italy 1,136,357 1,132,998 -3,359
XI 241,189 243,518 +2,329
Nicaragua 219,786 11,494 -208,292
China 71,851 62,076 -9,775
India 30,130 11,790 -18,340
United States 26,275 11,080 -15,195
Germany 1,806 29,667 +27,861
Brazil 11,433 16,984 +5,551
Ireland 5,509 18,316 +12,807
Poland 0 10,274 +10,274

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 352,473,317
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 253,080,194
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 80,067,960
Other 3,445,159
Road transport 25,217

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 188,916,799 163,556,518 -25,360,281
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 122,542,125 130,538,069 +7,995,944
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,672,394 37,395,566 -5,276,828
Other 1,857,042 1,588,117 -268,925
Road transport 0 25,217 +25,217
Rail transport 0 3,681 +3,681

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 206,502,101
Dover / Eurotunnel 189,662,805
East Midlands Airport 49,858,689
Immingham Docks 34,759,017
Warton Aerodrome 25,884,360

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 105,222,099 101,280,002 -3,942,097
Dover / Eurotunnel 91,626,911 98,035,894 +6,408,983
East Midlands Airport 25,393,213 24,465,476 -927,737
Immingham Docks 17,812,979 16,946,038 -866,941
Warton Aerodrome 24,097,343 1,787,017 -22,310,326
Southampton 12,332,909 13,206,723 +873,814
Manchester Airport 10,135,591 10,528,126 +392,535
London Gateway Port 9,624,950 10,276,326 +651,376
Liverpool Docks 9,829,722 8,515,782 -1,313,940
ZLC 8,548,796 9,671,280 +1,122,484

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 848340

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

Description: Includes gears, gearboxes, ball screws, and torque converters used to change speed or direction in machinery