Import/export HS code 84834051: Gearboxes

Mechanical devices that change speed or torque in machinery, commonly used in vehicles and industrial equipment

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  • 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 £
Italy 123,560,918
France 50,207,569
Denmark 35,802,706
Germany 33,771,343
Poland 30,303,124

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 £
Italy 51,732,804 71,828,114 +20,095,310
France 26,049,313 24,158,256 -1,891,057
Denmark 21,210,613 14,592,093 -6,618,520
Germany 16,447,054 17,324,289 +877,235
Poland 15,137,399 15,165,725 +28,326
United States 11,752,048 16,393,825 +4,641,777
India 10,646,790 10,690,141 +43,351
Sweden 7,112,947 6,287,415 -825,532
South Korea 7,073,747 4,836,765 -2,236,982
Finland 3,374,356 4,916,142 +1,541,786

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 £
Italy 124,969,106
Germany 44,976,369
Poland 44,346,087
United Kingdom 40,769,565
France 37,873,991

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 £
Italy 53,299,479 71,669,627 +18,370,148
Germany 24,369,492 20,606,877 -3,762,615
Poland 19,341,577 25,004,510 +5,662,933
United Kingdom 18,567,456 22,202,109 +3,634,653
France 21,901,887 15,972,104 -5,929,783
United States 15,447,616 15,927,843 +480,227
India 10,680,532 10,807,008 +126,476
Denmark 5,365,114 8,308,982 +2,943,868
South Korea 6,839,045 2,129,946 -4,709,099
Portugal 204,370 7,251,506 +7,047,136

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 49
West Yorkshire 49
Surrey, East and West Sussex 48
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 44
Inner London - West 43

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 36 31 -5
West Yorkshire 32 33 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 35 35 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 35 37 +2
Inner London - West 31 29 -2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 27 37 +10
West Midlands 22 31 +9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 27 26 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 24 24 +0
Greater Manchester 24 27 +3

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) 247,801,066
Air transport 89,325,415
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 56,530,947
Other 24,939,689
Road transport 12,437,441

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) 115,867,164 131,933,902 +16,066,738
Air transport 36,934,539 52,390,876 +15,456,337
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 29,418,533 27,112,414 -2,306,119
Other 19,966,097 4,973,592 -14,992,505
Road transport 39,910 12,397,531 +12,357,621

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 93,061,799
Eurotunnel 75,465,373
Immingham Docks 36,715,353
London Heathrow Airport 30,492,286
000 24,939,689

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 51,405,468 41,656,331 -9,749,137
Eurotunnel 28,398,255 47,067,118 +18,668,863
Immingham Docks 24,088,165 12,627,188 -11,460,977
London Heathrow Airport 12,855,092 17,637,194 +4,782,102
000 19,966,097 4,973,592 -14,992,505
499 174,006 23,526,232 +23,352,226
London Gateway Port 9,007,200 11,056,578 +2,049,378
East Midlands Airport 7,057,818 11,414,440 +4,356,622
Birmingham Airport 6,337,650 7,177,682 +840,032
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,953,168 6,892,002 +1,938,834

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
201
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
171
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
84
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
53
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
42

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 166
2026-04 161
2026-03 194
2026-02 175
2026-01 166

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+ 369
1m-15m 364
15m-54m 102
Other 61
0-1m 44

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 157,055,064
United States 50,849,191
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 41,388,171
Germany 34,130,640
Saudi Arabia 27,250,795

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 74,525,627 82,529,437 +8,003,810
United States 24,169,359 26,679,832 +2,510,473
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 16,722,692 24,665,479 +7,942,787
Germany 13,429,063 20,701,577 +7,272,514
Saudi Arabia 23,858,803 3,391,992 -20,466,811
Japan 8,790,009 16,333,996 +7,543,987
Canada 16,376,178 6,583,003 -9,793,175
United Arab Emirates 10,276,466 11,140,079 +863,613
Denmark 9,808,417 6,247,329 -3,561,088
Norway 5,786,361 6,759,318 +972,957

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 1,087,158
Nicaragua 246,885
XI 172,994
China 106,218
Ireland 23,465

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 570,491 516,667 -53,824
Nicaragua 229,463 17,422 -212,041
XI 88,983 84,011 -4,972
China 52,281 53,937 +1,656
Ireland 4,066 19,399 +15,333
India 13,926 4,667 -9,259
Germany 0 18,270 +18,270
Brazil 10,212 4,240 -5,972
XL 0 9,901 +9,901
Czechia 2,433 468 -1,965

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 273,415,638
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 208,028,161
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,233,704
Other 1,801,939
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 146,464,303 126,951,335 -19,512,968
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 93,633,329 114,394,832 +20,761,503
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,670,987 21,562,717 +891,730
Other 1,054,635 747,304 -307,331
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 175,797,078
Dover / Eurotunnel 168,863,984
East Midlands Airport 27,277,832
Warton Aerodrome 24,971,400
Immingham Docks 23,804,970

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 89,732,411 86,064,667 -3,667,744
Dover / Eurotunnel 77,809,238 91,054,746 +13,245,508
East Midlands Airport 13,207,682 14,070,150 +862,468
Warton Aerodrome 22,532,910 2,438,490 -20,094,420
Immingham Docks 9,514,136 14,290,834 +4,776,698
Manchester Airport 8,211,916 9,511,761 +1,299,845
Southampton 8,122,828 8,348,555 +225,727
London Stansted Airport 4,530,409 6,045,998 +1,515,589
Liverpool Docks 4,684,773 5,711,850 +1,027,077
Birmingham Airport 4,712,874 3,359,944 -1,352,930

Quick facts

HS code: 84834051

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

Description: Mechanical devices that change speed or torque in machinery, commonly used in vehicles and industrial equipment