Import/export HS code 848350: Flywheels and pulleys

Flywheels store energy, and pulleys are used to transmit power in machinery

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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 £
Germany 159,212,978
Italy 74,660,068
Poland 43,797,635
Netherlands 26,357,487
Turkey 25,581,324

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 75,337,525 83,875,453 +8,537,928
Italy 38,521,378 36,138,690 -2,382,688
Poland 20,506,981 23,290,654 +2,783,673
Netherlands 11,409,435 14,948,052 +3,538,617
Turkey 12,118,492 13,462,832 +1,344,340
France 9,519,962 13,921,847 +4,401,885
China 12,051,730 10,589,642 -1,462,088
Belgium 9,427,947 10,963,070 +1,535,123
Czechia 5,305,300 7,951,427 +2,646,127
Japan 5,509,893 5,955,405 +445,512

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 125,046,243
Italy 82,221,002
China 49,155,218
Turkey 35,925,138
Poland 26,983,453

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 60,418,202 64,628,041 +4,209,839
Italy 42,326,848 39,894,154 -2,432,694
China 22,820,849 26,334,369 +3,513,520
Turkey 17,871,258 18,053,880 +182,622
Poland 14,164,101 12,819,352 -1,344,749
France 5,145,890 15,288,891 +10,143,001
Slovakia 7,638,082 12,248,493 +4,610,411
Czechia 6,780,819 9,853,723 +3,072,904
Hungary 7,429,283 7,312,364 -116,919
United States 8,329,458 6,401,065 -1,928,393

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 94
West Midlands 74
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 66
Inner London - West 58
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 56

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 68 70 +2
West Midlands 57 54 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 48 52 +4
Inner London - West 43 43 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 36 37 +1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 40 37 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 38 37 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 38 38 +0
Greater Manchester 35 26 -9
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 31 35 +4

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) 231,309,547
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 146,655,115
Air transport 68,743,718
Other 22,158,574
Rail transport 4,469,998

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) 107,245,865 124,063,682 +16,817,817
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 65,982,738 80,672,377 +14,689,639
Air transport 35,210,347 33,533,371 -1,676,976
Other 16,671,438 5,487,136 -11,184,302
Rail transport 3,027,655 1,442,343 -1,585,312
Road transport 383,526 472,888 +89,362

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 82,048,673
London 74,745,089
Harwich 73,661,766
Birmingham Airport 48,447,293
Felixstowe 28,031,661

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 37,698,175 44,350,498 +6,652,323
London 32,972,454 41,772,635 +8,800,181
Harwich 37,543,404 36,118,362 -1,425,042
Birmingham Airport 25,071,827 23,375,466 -1,696,361
Felixstowe 15,328,669 12,702,992 -2,625,677
000 16,671,438 5,487,136 -11,184,302
Southampton 10,091,373 9,922,822 -168,551
Eurotunnel 8,246,826 8,939,410 +692,584
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,709,443 8,340,460 -368,983
Immingham Docks 6,075,530 9,194,450 +3,118,920

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 226
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 146
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 145
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 99
Other manufacturing 71

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 265
2026-03 276
2026-02 260
2026-01 221
2025-12 227

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+ 511
1m-15m 411
15m-54m 136
Other 101
0-1m 87

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 £
Germany 10,851,289
United States 9,774,925
Belgium 8,221,137
China 6,693,931
Ireland 6,170,060

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 £
Germany 4,665,613 6,185,676 +1,520,063
United States 4,977,194 4,797,731 -179,463
Belgium 4,479,777 3,741,360 -738,417
China 4,073,390 2,620,541 -1,452,849
Ireland 2,704,809 3,465,251 +760,442
France 2,821,713 3,315,026 +493,313
Netherlands 1,718,396 1,974,951 +256,555
Poland 1,058,355 2,246,189 +1,187,834
Brazil 1,573,014 1,462,887 -110,127
India 1,626,979 1,370,506 -256,473

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 279,699
China 211,744
Germany 160,527
XI 127,090
France 117,628

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 149,206 130,493 -18,713
China 87,343 124,401 +37,058
Germany 63,022 97,505 +34,483
XI 74,493 52,597 -21,896
France 60,035 57,593 -2,442
Spain 17,045 19,421 +2,376
Canada 12,366 15,074 +2,708
Nicaragua 0 26,223 +26,223
Romania 9,536 14,294 +4,758
Turkey 7,651 10,060 +2,409

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 43,927,913
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 29,502,102
Air transport 22,024,722
Other 1,169,670
Road transport 201,868

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,781,930 25,145,983 +6,364,053
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,362,410 13,139,692 -3,222,718
Air transport 9,922,610 12,102,112 +2,179,502
Other 548,201 621,469 +73,268
Road transport 200,971 897 -200,074

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 29,338,051
London Gateway Port 12,678,137
ZLC 7,113,089
Felixstowe 6,712,208
London Heathrow Airport 6,676,118

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,973,091 17,364,960 +5,391,869
London Gateway Port 7,152,845 5,525,292 -1,627,553
ZLC 3,635,904 3,477,185 -158,719
Felixstowe 4,532,912 2,179,296 -2,353,616
London Heathrow Airport 2,985,548 3,690,570 +705,022
Southampton 2,276,818 3,395,916 +1,119,098
East Midlands Airport 1,918,921 3,168,129 +1,249,208
Holyhead 1,694,499 2,531,134 +836,635
Dover 1,185,380 1,656,001 +470,621
Immingham Docks 1,293,785 1,264,426 -29,359

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 848350

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

Description: Flywheels store energy, and pulleys are used to transmit power in machinery