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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* 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 105,649,439
France 43,108,869
Germany 32,134,102
Denmark 31,803,041
Poland 29,819,619

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 53,098,264 52,551,175 -547,089
France 21,454,578 21,654,291 +199,713
Germany 14,943,724 17,190,378 +2,246,654
Denmark 18,498,504 13,304,537 -5,193,967
Poland 18,251,473 11,568,146 -6,683,327
United States 11,389,338 14,171,783 +2,782,445
India 11,144,204 8,954,863 -2,189,341
Sweden 6,304,409 8,131,907 +1,827,498
South Korea 680,546 7,813,931 +7,133,385
Finland 3,490,013 3,983,465 +493,452

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 100,959,095
Germany 43,705,728
Poland 41,477,543
France 36,985,111
United Kingdom 33,411,468

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 49,278,620 51,680,475 +2,401,855
Germany 23,820,745 19,884,983 -3,935,762
Poland 22,583,089 18,894,454 -3,688,635
France 21,494,765 15,490,346 -6,004,419
United Kingdom 15,424,122 17,987,346 +2,563,224
United States 15,401,156 13,519,296 -1,881,860
India 11,192,006 9,032,142 -2,159,864
Denmark 4,501,251 8,196,378 +3,695,127
South Korea 633,879 7,273,761 +6,639,882
Finland 3,508,381 2,191,174 -1,317,207

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 51
West Yorkshire 50
Surrey, East and West Sussex 45
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 44
Inner London - West 41

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 43 28 -15
West Yorkshire 35 25 -10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 35 32 -3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 33 38 +5
Inner London - West 30 26 -4
Shropshire and Staffordshire 28 30 +2
West Midlands 26 28 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 26 23 -3
Greater Manchester 24 24 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 26 17 -9

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) 220,250,487
Air transport 77,069,701
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 55,803,349
Other 24,560,247
Road transport 1,107,713

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) 115,328,037 104,922,450 -10,405,587
Air transport 38,765,949 38,303,752 -462,197
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 32,802,743 23,000,606 -9,802,137
Other 3,785,820 20,774,427 +16,988,607
Road transport 37,705 1,070,008 +1,032,303

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 86,773,561
Eurotunnel 60,150,128
Immingham Docks 36,970,957
London Heathrow Airport 25,509,084
000 24,560,247

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 50,232,742 36,540,819 -13,691,923
Eurotunnel 33,048,101 27,102,027 -5,946,074
Immingham Docks 22,019,841 14,951,116 -7,068,725
London Heathrow Airport 13,441,151 12,067,933 -1,373,218
000 3,785,820 20,774,427 +16,988,607
London Gateway Port 8,069,270 8,806,078 +736,808
East Midlands Airport 6,015,184 8,695,080 +2,679,896
499 175,849 11,776,114 +11,600,265
Birmingham Airport 5,640,491 6,131,925 +491,434
London 5,782,894 5,523,545 -259,349

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 192
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 159
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 75
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 46
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 45

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 166
2025-11 176
2025-10 169
2025-09 171
2025-08 141

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 347
54m+ 340
15m-54m 102
Other 61
0-1m 38

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 140,221,182
United States 47,844,798
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 34,420,646
Germany 27,410,788
Saudi Arabia 26,882,774

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 69,263,630 70,957,552 +1,693,922
United States 24,268,145 23,576,653 -691,492
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 18,197,062 16,223,584 -1,973,478
Germany 13,328,375 14,082,413 +754,038
Saudi Arabia 23,611,203 3,271,571 -20,339,632
Japan 9,363,757 11,860,525 +2,496,768
Canada 13,102,355 7,253,025 -5,849,330
United Arab Emirates 6,836,382 9,214,019 +2,377,637
Denmark 6,383,818 9,308,180 +2,924,362
France 5,980,426 4,581,029 -1,399,397

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 963,978
Nicaragua 323,728
XI 172,344
China 88,816
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 549,194 414,784 -134,410
Nicaragua 253,681 70,047 -183,634
XI 101,825 70,519 -31,306
China 34,825 53,991 +19,166
Belgium 58,724 0 -58,724
Germany 4,095 18,270 +14,175
Ireland 5,354 11,510 +6,156
India 13,926 0 -13,926
Brazil 0 10,212 +10,212
XL 0 6,873 +6,873

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 245,104,741
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 178,041,063
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 37,907,279
Other 1,902,658
Road transport 19,056

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 149,099,429 96,005,312 -53,094,117
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 77,792,573 100,248,490 +22,455,917
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,588,317 19,318,962 +730,645
Other 1,237,529 665,129 -572,400
Road transport 19,056 0 -19,056
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 157,373,664
Dover / Eurotunnel 147,814,981
Warton Aerodrome 24,071,678
East Midlands Airport 22,294,770
Immingham Docks 20,277,501

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 89,014,573 68,359,091 -20,655,482
Dover / Eurotunnel 66,960,987 80,853,994 +13,893,007
Warton Aerodrome 21,858,557 2,213,121 -19,645,436
East Midlands Airport 12,057,779 10,236,991 -1,820,788
Immingham Docks 7,775,792 12,501,709 +4,725,917
Southampton 7,485,024 8,173,280 +688,256
Manchester Airport 9,863,567 4,100,382 -5,763,185
London Stansted Airport 5,497,840 4,073,066 -1,424,774
Liverpool Docks 1,630,992 6,522,548 +4,891,556
Birmingham Airport 5,125,223 2,614,301 -2,510,922

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