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 203,778,656
Italy 150,550,955
France 67,170,211
Denmark 64,018,288
United States 63,501,419

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 105,043,844 98,734,812 -6,309,032
Italy 66,948,657 83,602,298 +16,653,641
France 33,813,596 33,356,615 -456,981
Denmark 44,560,613 19,457,675 -25,102,938
United States 28,759,167 34,742,252 +5,983,085
India 17,051,627 24,944,955 +7,893,328
Hungary 22,410,771 18,728,095 -3,682,676
Poland 15,845,710 16,736,980 +891,270
Japan 13,906,517 14,111,626 +205,109
China 12,624,452 11,612,634 -1,011,818

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 217,074,358
Italy 151,749,317
United States 74,426,214
United Kingdom 53,165,854
Poland 50,998,341

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 113,469,488 103,604,870 -9,864,618
Italy 66,735,231 85,014,086 +18,278,855
United States 36,149,938 38,276,276 +2,126,338
United Kingdom 23,309,330 29,856,524 +6,547,194
Poland 22,994,540 28,003,801 +5,009,261
France 26,745,694 20,758,633 -5,987,061
Hungary 23,221,364 20,114,783 -3,106,581
India 17,268,897 25,437,422 +8,168,525
Denmark 26,119,826 11,198,115 -14,921,711
China 16,463,256 14,487,055 -1,976,201

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 147
West Midlands 136
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 132
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 130

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 134 144 +10
West Yorkshire 106 100 -6
West Midlands 100 102 +2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 103 102 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 90 96 +6
Shropshire and Staffordshire 92 92 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 88 90 +2
Greater Manchester 84 82 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 80 75 -5
Inner London - West 80 74 -6

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) 478,312,170
Air transport 203,863,201
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 169,968,910
Other 37,846,282
Road transport 14,519,645

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) 239,296,794 239,015,376 -281,418
Air transport 91,482,770 112,380,431 +20,897,661
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 91,888,676 78,080,234 -13,808,442
Other 23,798,294 14,047,988 -9,750,306
Road transport 1,049,491 13,470,154 +12,420,663
Rail transport 522,599 574,860 +52,261

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 179,113,618
Eurotunnel 133,557,390
Immingham Docks 73,340,437
East Midlands Airport 60,403,560
London Heathrow Airport 49,957,601

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 95,638,231 83,475,387 -12,162,844
Eurotunnel 65,091,227 68,466,163 +3,374,936
Immingham Docks 34,841,548 38,498,889 +3,657,341
East Midlands Airport 27,880,607 32,522,953 +4,642,346
London Heathrow Airport 22,475,130 27,482,471 +5,007,341
London Gateway Port 13,496,167 25,745,374 +12,249,207
000 23,798,294 14,047,988 -9,750,306
Birmingham Airport 15,238,114 19,191,030 +3,952,916
Felixstowe 18,884,311 11,826,396 -7,057,915
499 174,006 27,734,442 +27,560,436

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 581
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 460
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 235
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 193
Other manufacturing 138

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 552
2026-03 586
2026-02 587
2026-01 561
2025-12 539

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 1158
54m+ 1075
15m-54m 330
0-1m 216
Other 190

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 173,782,453
United States 83,946,775
Germany 56,095,639
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 38,876,495
Saudi Arabia 29,034,935

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 83,686,736 90,095,717 +6,408,981
United States 41,709,193 42,237,582 +528,389
Germany 25,436,263 30,659,376 +5,223,113
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 17,952,501 20,923,994 +2,971,493
Saudi Arabia 24,349,055 4,685,880 -19,663,175
Japan 9,580,012 16,884,138 +7,304,126
Canada 14,555,390 10,464,827 -4,090,563
United Arab Emirates 10,142,275 12,601,833 +2,459,558
France 12,234,591 10,448,615 -1,785,976
Denmark 12,142,918 8,787,674 -3,355,244

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 2,401,638
XI 494,005
Nicaragua 270,299
China 133,711
India 51,656

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 1,106,868 1,294,770 +187,902
XI 189,204 304,801 +115,597
Nicaragua 240,333 29,966 -210,367
China 51,085 82,626 +31,541
India 44,361 7,295 -37,066
United States 32,556 11,080 -21,476
Germany 1,806 29,667 +27,861
Brazil 48 28,369 +28,321
Ireland 5,264 19,399 +14,135
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 358,790,544
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 256,694,106
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 84,222,921
Other 3,727,424
Road transport 15,387

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 191,725,456 167,065,088 -24,660,368
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 118,389,825 138,304,281 +19,914,456
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 40,995,873 43,227,048 +2,231,175
Other 1,869,603 1,857,821 -11,782
Road transport 15,387 0 -15,387
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 214,324,759
Dover / Eurotunnel 195,415,925
East Midlands Airport 49,607,882
Immingham Docks 32,449,170
Warton Aerodrome 25,570,744

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 109,711,500 104,613,259 -5,098,241
Dover / Eurotunnel 90,238,966 105,176,959 +14,937,993
East Midlands Airport 25,079,321 24,528,561 -550,760
Immingham Docks 15,036,509 17,412,661 +2,376,152
Warton Aerodrome 22,211,707 3,359,037 -18,852,670
Southampton 11,121,972 14,376,240 +3,254,268
London Gateway Port 11,635,409 10,669,950 -965,459
Manchester Airport 10,968,923 9,008,300 -1,960,623
Liverpool Docks 7,117,956 11,881,857 +4,763,901
ZLC 8,324,415 10,565,346 +2,240,931

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