Import/export HS code 848360: Clutches and shaft couplings

Devices used to connect or disconnect rotating shafts, including universal joints

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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 30,029,436
United States 28,715,528
Italy 20,726,012
France 7,602,513
China 6,225,121

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 15,357,876 14,671,560 -686,316
United States 16,839,160 11,876,368 -4,962,792
Italy 10,759,844 9,966,168 -793,676
France 4,974,730 2,627,783 -2,346,947
China 3,958,378 2,266,743 -1,691,635
India 2,717,304 2,650,938 -66,366
Netherlands 3,478,952 1,777,146 -1,701,806
Japan 2,157,522 2,135,650 -21,872
Slovakia 829,940 2,904,956 +2,075,016
Canada 1,649,475 1,949,552 +300,077

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 33,117,748
United States 30,931,933
Italy 21,143,132
China 7,961,555
India 6,031,392

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 18,076,103 15,041,645 -3,034,458
United States 18,153,902 12,778,031 -5,375,871
Italy 11,399,743 9,743,389 -1,656,354
China 4,909,556 3,051,999 -1,857,557
India 3,194,925 2,836,467 -358,458
France 3,199,185 1,950,773 -1,248,412
United Kingdom 1,998,515 2,937,519 +939,004
Japan 2,348,652 1,906,546 -442,106
Slovakia 1,003,802 2,958,865 +1,955,063
Canada 1,566,713 1,441,248 -125,465

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 104
West Midlands 78
Inner London - West 74
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 70
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 69

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 71 67 -4
West Midlands 62 54 -8
Inner London - West 55 53 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 48 54 +6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 53 47 -6
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 55 47 -8
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 41 45 +4
Greater Manchester 49 40 -9
Surrey, East and West Sussex 50 41 -9
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 40 34 -6

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 53,089,599
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 49,113,067
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,769,971
Other 8,737,310
Road transport 483,577

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 £
Air transport 29,900,299 23,189,300 -6,710,999
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 26,800,326 22,312,741 -4,487,585
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,660,739 15,109,232 -1,551,507
Other 6,454,507 2,282,803 -4,171,704
Road transport 296,434 187,143 -109,291
Rail transport 11,458 0 -11,458

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 19,916,585
London Heathrow Airport 16,823,325
Eurotunnel 14,322,711
East Midlands Airport 12,137,599
Birmingham Airport 8,842,377

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 10,796,889 9,119,696 -1,677,193
London Heathrow Airport 9,920,205 6,903,120 -3,017,085
Eurotunnel 6,829,661 7,493,050 +663,389
East Midlands Airport 6,235,985 5,901,614 -334,371
Birmingham Airport 5,319,116 3,523,261 -1,795,855
000 6,454,507 2,282,803 -4,171,704
Thamesport 5,253,352 3,111,514 -2,141,838
Felixstowe 5,397,597 2,817,830 -2,579,767
Immingham Docks 3,083,953 2,659,905 -424,048
Southampton 2,941,504 2,449,591 -491,913

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 273
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 242
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 117
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 98
Other manufacturing 78

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 281
2025-11 300
2025-10 306
2025-09 287
2025-08 287

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+ 622
1m-15m 517
15m-54m 149
Other 120
0-1m 85

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 £
United States 41,453,006
Germany 16,543,381
Japan 12,201,306
France 11,650,200
Canada 10,709,125

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 £
United States 22,121,227 19,331,779 -2,789,448
Germany 9,726,025 6,817,356 -2,908,669
Japan 7,902,832 4,298,474 -3,604,358
France 7,002,196 4,648,004 -2,354,192
Canada 1,817,303 8,891,822 +7,074,519
Italy 4,798,078 4,692,900 -105,178
Singapore 3,205,081 5,224,019 +2,018,938
China 3,743,143 3,030,182 -712,961
South Korea 1,496,608 4,177,334 +2,680,726
Spain 2,765,266 2,193,252 -572,014

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 £
XI 642,916
United States 583,006
China 94,271
Germany 76,199
Italy 35,923

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 £
XI 105,547 537,369 +431,822
United States 270,428 312,578 +42,150
China 51,852 42,419 -9,433
Germany 59,348 16,851 -42,497
Italy 18,889 17,034 -1,855
Ireland 3,592 4,048 +456
Turkey 1,956 2,728 +772
Taiwan 1,607 1,050 -557
Spain 1,670 803 -867
India 888 368 -520

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 104,292,186
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 48,910,198
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 33,817,418
Other 1,463,622
Road transport 30,877

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 54,579,317 49,712,869 -4,866,448
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 27,952,132 20,958,066 -6,994,066
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,648,727 16,168,691 -1,480,036
Other 519,313 944,309 +424,996
Road transport 29,526 1,351 -28,175

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 68,824,643
Dover / Eurotunnel 35,573,661
East Midlands Airport 17,249,309
London Gateway Port 11,133,747
Southampton 9,828,555

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 33,019,361 35,805,282 +2,785,921
Dover / Eurotunnel 18,864,085 16,709,576 -2,154,509
East Midlands Airport 10,695,363 6,553,946 -4,141,417
London Gateway Port 6,618,594 4,515,153 -2,103,441
Southampton 4,757,355 5,071,200 +313,845
Liverpool Docks 3,248,124 3,728,369 +480,245
ZLC 3,940,080 2,547,165 -1,392,915
Dover 3,978,150 1,802,054 -2,176,096
London Stansted Airport 3,464,874 1,488,167 -1,976,707
Felixstowe 2,203,321 2,679,152 +475,831

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 848360

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

Description: Devices used to connect or disconnect rotating shafts, including universal joints