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 195,516,116
Italy 130,518,764
Denmark 59,603,951
France 59,569,778
United States 57,233,229

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 109,081,928 86,434,188 -22,647,740
Italy 67,516,981 63,001,783 -4,515,198
Denmark 42,045,763 17,558,188 -24,487,575
France 31,652,543 27,917,235 -3,735,308
United States 28,644,402 28,588,827 -55,575
Hungary 22,005,423 15,593,440 -6,411,983
India 16,459,399 19,526,330 +3,066,931
Poland 18,625,209 12,093,876 -6,531,333
Japan 12,271,619 13,992,219 +1,720,600
China 12,714,743 9,210,780 -3,503,963

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 208,835,138
Italy 127,628,472
United States 67,135,122
Poland 46,843,621
United Kingdom 45,158,939

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 118,194,174 90,640,964 -27,553,210
Italy 63,544,997 64,083,475 +538,478
United States 36,518,402 30,616,720 -5,901,682
Poland 25,434,028 21,409,593 -4,024,435
United Kingdom 21,131,146 24,027,793 +2,896,647
France 26,237,475 17,840,547 -8,396,928
Hungary 23,149,703 16,591,525 -6,558,178
India 16,740,787 19,753,871 +3,013,084
Denmark 26,384,036 9,916,035 -16,468,001
China 16,435,690 12,056,557 -4,379,133

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 171
West Yorkshire 140
West Midlands 132
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 130
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 127

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 135 122 -13
West Yorkshire 105 89 -16
West Midlands 100 94 -6
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 103 101 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 97 86 -11
Surrey, East and West Sussex 93 83 -10
Shropshire and Staffordshire 92 80 -12
Greater Manchester 80 84 +4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 79 68 -11
Inner London - West 79 66 -13

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) 442,375,189
Air transport 180,019,790
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 163,090,157
Other 37,819,020
Road transport 3,871,984

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) 245,376,584 196,998,605 -48,377,979
Air transport 92,975,921 87,043,869 -5,932,052
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 99,651,166 63,438,991 -36,212,175
Other 12,089,641 25,729,379 +13,639,738
Road transport 1,123,197 2,748,787 +1,625,590
Rail transport 523,528 433,410 -90,118

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 164,687,391
Eurotunnel 115,281,198
Immingham Docks 64,932,545
East Midlands Airport 52,952,538
London Heathrow Airport 43,810,149

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 97,628,219 67,059,172 -30,569,047
Eurotunnel 62,641,289 52,639,909 -10,001,380
Immingham Docks 33,075,673 31,856,872 -1,218,801
East Midlands Airport 27,283,038 25,669,500 -1,613,538
London Heathrow Airport 23,718,601 20,091,548 -3,627,053
000 12,089,641 25,729,379 +13,639,738
London Gateway Port 11,741,821 20,320,467 +8,578,646
Felixstowe 19,938,835 10,850,376 -9,088,459
Birmingham Airport 14,230,224 15,318,540 +1,088,316
London Stansted Airport 10,682,241 13,506,934 +2,824,693

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 558
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 439
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 218
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 177
Other manufacturing 131

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 561
2025-11 589
2025-10 584
2025-09 553
2025-08 561

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 1100
54m+ 1015
15m-54m 315
0-1m 201
Other 180

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 154,536,908
United States 79,383,537
Germany 50,068,240
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 34,886,551
Saudi Arabia 29,379,721

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 77,611,940 76,924,968 -686,972
United States 42,682,273 36,701,264 -5,981,009
Germany 25,837,932 24,230,308 -1,607,624
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 18,496,096 16,390,455 -2,105,641
Saudi Arabia 24,990,775 4,388,946 -20,601,829
Canada 14,719,311 8,140,287 -6,579,024
Japan 9,526,641 12,372,501 +2,845,860
Denmark 8,858,063 11,362,938 +2,504,875
France 11,166,068 8,978,310 -2,187,758
United Arab Emirates 7,982,485 9,904,054 +1,921,569

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 1,940,035
XI 444,378
Nicaragua 324,061
China 114,398
Belgium 58,724

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 1,113,495 826,540 -286,955
XI 185,850 258,528 +72,678
Nicaragua 254,014 70,047 -183,967
China 46,922 67,476 +20,554
Belgium 58,724 0 -58,724
India 39,841 7,205 -32,636
United States 34,064 12,203 -21,861
Germany 5,901 19,424 +13,523
Brazil 48 21,104 +21,056
Ireland 6,552 11,510 +4,958

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 327,572,570
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 224,656,713
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 77,586,200
Other 3,324,073
Road transport 98,742

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 194,165,965 133,406,605 -60,759,360
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 103,177,368 121,479,345 +18,301,977
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,346,540 35,239,660 -7,106,880
Other 1,993,050 1,331,023 -662,027
Road transport 98,742 0 -98,742
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 193,458,349
Dover / Eurotunnel 171,916,545
East Midlands Airport 43,047,042
Immingham Docks 30,586,197
Warton Aerodrome 25,650,638

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 108,273,490 85,184,859 -23,088,631
Dover / Eurotunnel 80,775,282 91,141,263 +10,365,981
East Midlands Airport 23,705,317 19,341,725 -4,363,592
Immingham Docks 12,607,542 17,978,655 +5,371,113
Warton Aerodrome 22,622,557 3,028,081 -19,594,476
Southampton 10,462,922 13,057,221 +2,594,299
London Gateway Port 12,931,222 6,283,432 -6,647,790
Manchester Airport 12,056,105 5,510,818 -6,545,287
Liverpool Docks 6,490,442 10,243,366 +3,752,924
ZLC 8,436,923 8,213,455 -223,468

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