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 34,963,800
United States 33,732,936
Italy 23,340,239
France 9,775,980
China 6,672,023

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 16,117,037 18,846,763 +2,729,726
United States 16,471,510 17,261,426 +789,916
Italy 11,609,086 11,731,153 +122,067
France 4,524,797 5,251,183 +726,386
China 3,558,790 3,113,233 -445,557
India 2,528,850 3,262,506 +733,656
Netherlands 3,231,537 2,347,526 -884,011
Canada 2,020,293 2,941,796 +921,503
Slovakia 1,993,109 2,232,123 +239,014
Japan 1,517,815 2,529,575 +1,011,760

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 37,684,428
United States 36,135,991
Italy 23,943,503
China 8,783,217
United Kingdom 7,007,395

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 18,119,232 19,565,196 +1,445,964
United States 17,733,163 18,402,828 +669,665
Italy 11,870,534 12,072,969 +202,435
China 4,555,523 4,227,694 -327,829
United Kingdom 2,065,759 4,941,636 +2,875,877
India 3,011,809 3,641,204 +629,395
France 2,935,386 2,588,612 -346,774
Slovakia 2,042,347 2,392,273 +349,926
Japan 1,902,312 2,119,858 +217,546
Canada 1,730,014 2,059,001 +328,987

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 108
West Midlands 86
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 80
Inner London - West 73
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 71

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 73 76 +3
West Midlands 62 62 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 52 60 +8
Inner London - West 57 52 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 52 51 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 37 53 +16
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 54 55 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 52 44 -8
Greater Manchester 46 43 -3
West Yorkshire 44 42 -2

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 60,780,543
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 55,342,804
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 36,496,022
Other 7,942,040
Road transport 1,290,570

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 29,049,686 31,730,857 +2,681,171
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 27,196,625 28,146,179 +949,554
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,974,463 20,521,559 +4,547,096
Other 6,402,772 1,539,268 -4,863,504
Road transport 204,220 1,086,350 +882,130
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 24,076,244
London Heathrow Airport 18,599,623
Eurotunnel 16,500,718
East Midlands Airport 14,082,869
Birmingham Airport 10,316,601

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 11,045,591 13,030,653 +1,985,062
London Heathrow Airport 8,573,658 10,025,965 +1,452,307
Eurotunnel 7,898,710 8,602,008 +703,298
East Midlands Airport 6,815,316 7,267,553 +452,237
Birmingham Airport 5,070,388 5,246,213 +175,825
Thamesport 4,834,842 4,068,947 -765,895
000 6,402,772 1,539,268 -4,863,504
Felixstowe 4,549,696 3,250,543 -1,299,153
Immingham Docks 3,600,805 2,371,461 -1,229,344
London Stansted Airport 2,917,724 2,569,155 -348,569

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
287
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
250
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
125
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
102
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
79

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 276
2026-04 320
2026-03 319
2026-02 303
2026-01 281

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+ 658
1m-15m 551
15m-54m 156
Other 124
0-1m 79

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 46,761,549
Germany 17,045,354
France 12,606,118
Italy 11,978,762
Canada 11,008,706

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 22,309,346 24,452,203 +2,142,857
Germany 10,263,417 6,781,937 -3,481,480
France 7,449,682 5,156,436 -2,293,246
Italy 4,961,777 7,016,985 +2,055,208
Canada 9,452,697 1,556,009 -7,896,688
Japan 5,912,575 4,844,038 -1,068,537
China 3,809,730 5,295,888 +1,486,158
Singapore 4,259,910 4,835,167 +575,257
Australia 1,777,244 4,248,511 +2,471,267
Spain 2,868,753 2,670,604 -198,149

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 690,149
United States 668,395
China 108,124
Germany 59,495
Italy 35,135

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 137,773 552,376 +414,603
United States 303,141 365,254 +62,113
China 53,391 54,733 +1,342
Germany 29,444 30,051 +607
Italy 21,256 13,879 -7,377
Ireland 2,822 4,480 +1,658
Turkey 2,988 2,071 -917
Spain 2,026 1,100 -926
Taiwan 1,957 682 -1,275
India 865 1,082 +217

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 111,477,560
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 54,453,305
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 40,077,968
Other 1,599,544
Road transport 21,721

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 61,630,558 49,847,002 -11,783,556
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 28,681,794 25,771,511 -2,910,283
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,591,953 22,486,015 +4,894,062
Other 560,495 1,039,049 +478,554
Road transport 20,370 1,351 -19,019

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 75,076,309
Dover / Eurotunnel 39,667,298
East Midlands Airport 17,190,881
London Gateway Port 13,954,672
Southampton 11,909,343

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 41,540,674 33,535,635 -8,005,039
Dover / Eurotunnel 19,329,314 20,337,984 +1,008,670
East Midlands Airport 9,847,931 7,342,950 -2,504,981
London Gateway Port 6,584,552 7,370,120 +785,568
Southampton 5,651,451 6,257,892 +606,441
Liverpool Docks 3,006,097 4,369,494 +1,363,397
ZLC 3,884,935 2,998,158 -886,777
Dover 4,181,307 1,879,162 -2,302,145
Felixstowe 1,996,229 3,859,342 +1,863,113
London Stansted Airport 2,706,100 2,074,923 -631,177

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