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 124,456,299
France 50,353,002
Denmark 36,610,160
Germany 33,938,821
Poland 30,883,455

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 52,361,067 72,095,232 +19,734,165
France 24,747,237 25,605,765 +858,528
Denmark 21,662,970 14,947,190 -6,715,780
Germany 15,984,868 17,953,953 +1,969,085
Poland 15,415,692 15,467,763 +52,071
United States 11,371,803 17,183,450 +5,811,647
India 10,873,564 10,534,519 -339,045
Sweden 6,897,265 7,257,481 +360,216
South Korea 4,881,973 7,077,642 +2,195,669
Finland 3,259,579 4,928,030 +1,668,451

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 122,461,112
Germany 45,376,632
Poland 45,074,138
United Kingdom 40,959,780
France 40,259,511

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 51,078,299 71,382,813 +20,304,514
Germany 23,947,589 21,429,043 -2,518,546
Poland 20,183,833 24,890,305 +4,706,472
United Kingdom 17,658,499 23,301,281 +5,642,782
France 22,765,798 17,493,713 -5,272,085
United States 15,389,037 16,828,145 +1,439,108
India 10,911,751 10,651,339 -260,412
Denmark 5,261,944 8,906,994 +3,645,050
South Korea 4,838,120 4,181,846 -656,274
Spain 2,802,870 3,897,827 +1,094,957

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 53
West Yorkshire 50
Surrey, East and West Sussex 47
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 45
Inner London - West 42

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 40 32 -8
West Yorkshire 32 32 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 33 35 +2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 32 39 +7
Inner London - West 29 28 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 28 35 +7
West Midlands 21 31 +10
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 25 24 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 27 25 -2
Greater Manchester 23 26 +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) 248,530,672
Air transport 88,203,217
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 58,960,834
Other 25,090,316
Road transport 11,105,783

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) 116,040,498 132,490,174 +16,449,676
Air transport 36,205,112 51,998,105 +15,792,993
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,610,380 27,350,454 -4,259,926
Other 15,367,287 9,723,029 -5,644,258
Road transport 51,470 11,054,313 +11,002,843

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 95,229,244
Eurotunnel 75,610,232
Immingham Docks 38,028,448
London Heathrow Airport 30,237,487
000 25,090,316

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 51,837,389 43,391,855 -8,445,534
Eurotunnel 31,210,683 44,399,549 +13,188,866
Immingham Docks 24,143,356 13,885,092 -10,258,264
London Heathrow Airport 12,696,062 17,541,425 +4,845,363
000 15,367,287 9,723,029 -5,644,258
499 174,006 21,888,440 +21,714,434
London Gateway Port 8,276,772 10,819,134 +2,542,362
East Midlands Airport 6,315,809 11,777,182 +5,461,373
Birmingham Airport 6,029,378 7,263,777 +1,234,399
London 5,150,634 6,562,377 +1,411,743

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 204
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 170
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 81
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 52
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 44

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 160
2026-03 193
2026-02 175
2026-01 166
2025-12 154

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+ 364
1m-15m 362
15m-54m 104
Other 66
0-1m 46

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 157,834,786
United States 50,816,152
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 38,332,010
Germany 31,389,649
Saudi Arabia 27,098,274

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 74,624,536 83,210,250 +8,585,714
United States 24,142,413 26,673,739 +2,531,326
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 17,608,300 20,723,710 +3,115,410
Germany 12,596,882 18,792,767 +6,195,885
Saudi Arabia 23,397,642 3,700,632 -19,697,010
Japan 9,449,846 16,322,630 +6,872,784
Canada 12,725,703 9,546,984 -3,178,719
United Arab Emirates 9,094,379 11,840,427 +2,746,048
Denmark 9,710,711 6,411,193 -3,299,518
South Korea 3,106,716 9,207,422 +6,100,706

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 1,106,676
Nicaragua 270,299
XI 178,182
China 103,700
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 535,259 571,417 +36,158
Nicaragua 240,333 29,966 -210,367
XI 94,285 83,897 -10,388
China 39,778 63,922 +24,144
Ireland 4,066 19,399 +15,333
India 13,926 4,667 -9,259
Germany 0 18,270 +18,270
Brazil 0 14,452 +14,452
XL 0 9,901 +9,901
Czechia 2,874 468 -2,406

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 267,855,110
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 205,011,560
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,279,859
Other 1,927,064
Rail transport 3,681

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 145,974,619 121,880,491 -24,094,128
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 93,004,549 112,007,011 +19,002,462
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,726,793 24,553,066 +6,826,273
Other 1,092,572 834,492 -258,080
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 174,540,456
Dover / Eurotunnel 168,943,336
East Midlands Airport 26,574,410
Warton Aerodrome 24,583,784
Immingham Docks 21,026,716

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 90,257,164 84,283,292 -5,973,872
Dover / Eurotunnel 77,102,492 91,840,844 +14,738,352
East Midlands Airport 12,923,980 13,650,430 +726,450
Warton Aerodrome 21,829,667 2,754,117 -19,075,550
Immingham Docks 9,843,527 11,183,189 +1,339,662
Southampton 7,552,065 8,929,231 +1,377,166
Manchester Airport 8,596,766 7,603,105 -993,661
Liverpool Docks 1,859,423 8,354,641 +6,495,218
London Stansted Airport 4,649,293 4,388,196 -261,097
Birmingham Airport 4,610,078 3,481,196 -1,128,882

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