Import/export HS code 848390: Toothed wheels and transmission parts

Includes toothed wheels, chain sprockets, and other transmission parts used in machinery

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* 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 100,289,701
United States 95,761,855
China 62,578,887
France 62,514,084
Italy 37,770,108

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 53,485,812 46,803,889 -6,681,923
United States 49,639,246 46,122,609 -3,516,637
China 30,352,707 32,226,180 +1,873,473
France 37,937,500 24,576,584 -13,360,916
Italy 20,264,129 17,505,979 -2,758,150
Belgium 12,792,423 12,231,099 -561,324
Poland 14,301,029 10,702,959 -3,598,070
India 12,870,865 10,587,477 -2,283,388
Austria 11,942,751 8,916,308 -3,026,443
Romania 10,002,270 9,656,766 -345,504

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 92,394,486
United States 83,727,354
China 81,126,718
France 48,677,528
Italy 43,497,068

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 49,941,361 42,453,125 -7,488,236
United States 45,277,427 38,449,927 -6,827,500
China 41,003,906 40,122,812 -881,094
France 26,433,111 22,244,417 -4,188,694
Italy 23,275,533 20,221,535 -3,053,998
Poland 24,730,440 13,972,520 -10,757,920
India 15,462,850 12,737,240 -2,725,610
Austria 10,481,903 8,047,466 -2,434,437
Hungary 10,681,875 6,518,437 -4,163,438
Romania 8,877,308 8,089,817 -787,491

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 198
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 159
West Midlands 147
West Yorkshire 133
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 130

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 156 137 -19
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 115 111 -4
West Midlands 120 97 -23
West Yorkshire 98 93 -5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 102 93 -9
Inner London - West 89 88 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 84 83 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 97 88 -9
Greater Manchester 91 75 -16
Surrey, East and West Sussex 88 77 -11

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 227,670,228
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 185,490,546
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 137,888,588
Other 19,918,970
Rail transport 9,898,762

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 118,632,408 109,037,820 -9,594,588
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 105,741,675 79,748,871 -25,992,804
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 70,794,458 67,094,130 -3,700,328
Other 10,527,397 9,391,573 -1,135,824
Rail transport 6,080,708 3,818,054 -2,262,654
Road transport 2,455,128 1,445,617 -1,009,511

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 87,987,108
Birmingham Airport 71,082,470
London Heathrow Airport 55,337,323
Eurotunnel 45,988,791
East Midlands Airport 40,469,856

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 54,004,650 33,982,458 -20,022,192
Birmingham Airport 36,529,806 34,552,664 -1,977,142
London Heathrow Airport 25,474,804 29,862,519 +4,387,715
Eurotunnel 23,281,902 22,706,889 -575,013
East Midlands Airport 22,197,750 18,272,106 -3,925,644
London Stansted Airport 21,416,508 18,994,552 -2,421,956
Felixstowe 21,370,651 15,290,823 -6,079,828
London 17,774,986 18,881,592 +1,106,606
Southampton 19,567,601 13,983,643 -5,583,958
000 10,527,397 9,391,573 -1,135,824

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 553
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 410
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 229
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 199
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 163

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 541
2025-11 538
2025-10 590
2025-09 562
2025-08 536

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 1168
54m+ 1095
15m-54m 297
0-1m 221
Other 167

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 56,935,349
Germany 31,225,335
Singapore 28,682,712
France 20,495,260
Italy 19,914,297

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 30,519,215 26,416,134 -4,103,081
Germany 14,127,218 17,098,117 +2,970,899
Singapore 11,371,411 17,311,301 +5,939,890
France 8,914,148 11,581,112 +2,666,964
Italy 9,365,307 10,548,990 +1,183,683
China 7,588,372 6,999,337 -589,035
Sweden 3,036,478 8,280,953 +5,244,475
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,495,953 5,942,805 +1,446,852
Netherlands 4,534,253 5,493,317 +959,064
Japan 3,928,811 4,683,905 +755,094

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 £
China 836,745
XI 579,099
Italy 359,257
United States 293,940
Germany 115,986

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 £
China 356,948 479,797 +122,849
XI 191,943 387,156 +195,213
Italy 229,471 129,786 -99,685
United States 172,088 121,852 -50,236
Germany 102,149 13,837 -88,312
India 3,585 4,231 +646
Ireland 5,818 1,888 -3,930
Czechia 5,193 1,085 -4,108
Malaysia 4,399 1,027 -3,372
France 3,520 1,024 -2,496

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 179,421,527
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 89,963,491
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 56,059,905
Other 2,370,462
Road transport 208,163

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 88,269,764 91,151,763 +2,881,999
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 41,135,068 48,828,423 +7,693,355
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 28,117,538 27,942,367 -175,171
Other 1,187,403 1,183,059 -4,344
Road transport 206,168 1,995 -204,173

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 83,432,041
Dover / Eurotunnel 71,523,639
East Midlands Airport 38,368,367
Southampton 21,609,516
Birmingham Airport 21,100,808

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 45,116,635 38,315,406 -6,801,229
Dover / Eurotunnel 34,127,712 37,395,927 +3,268,215
East Midlands Airport 19,050,170 19,318,197 +268,027
Southampton 8,448,589 13,160,927 +4,712,338
Birmingham Airport 4,515,088 16,585,720 +12,070,632
London Gateway Port 7,608,939 5,853,299 -1,755,640
Immingham Docks 3,803,836 8,508,277 +4,704,441
London Stansted Airport 6,599,488 4,276,720 -2,322,768
ZLC 5,013,995 5,421,755 +407,760
Felixstowe 5,614,845 3,382,253 -2,232,592

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 848390

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

Description: Includes toothed wheels, chain sprockets, and other transmission parts used in machinery