Import/export HS code 848410: Metal gaskets and joints

Gaskets made from metal sheets, often combined with other materials, used to seal machinery

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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
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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 45,549,054
United States 22,569,403
China 9,652,573
India 7,618,846
France 7,601,689

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 25,895,353 19,653,701 -6,241,652
United States 12,108,540 10,460,863 -1,647,677
China 5,774,531 3,878,042 -1,896,489
India 4,355,028 3,263,818 -1,091,210
France 3,018,675 4,583,014 +1,564,339
Japan 2,842,613 2,735,538 -107,075
Belgium 2,739,522 2,245,959 -493,563
Netherlands 2,446,050 2,139,961 -306,089
Italy 3,306,302 1,079,054 -2,227,248
Spain 1,881,498 2,186,218 +304,720

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 46,295,178
United States 25,181,297
China 10,535,245
India 8,478,962
Japan 6,040,139

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 25,309,148 20,986,030 -4,323,118
United States 13,786,308 11,394,989 -2,391,319
China 6,083,516 4,451,729 -1,631,787
India 4,883,012 3,595,950 -1,287,062
Japan 3,114,295 2,925,844 -188,451
Italy 3,467,651 1,357,160 -2,110,491
Spain 1,799,626 2,136,359 +336,733
Belgium 1,741,610 1,132,218 -609,392
Mexico 1,250,592 1,018,681 -231,911
Malta 1,130,130 876,088 -254,042

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 69
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 66
West Midlands 59
Surrey, East and West Sussex 54
Greater Manchester 53

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
Inner London - West 50 44 -6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 50 43 -7
West Midlands 41 39 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 38 30 -8
Greater Manchester 38 33 -5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 36 37 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 35 31 -4
West Yorkshire 37 31 -6
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 41 30 -11
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 32 28 -4

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 46,828,937
Air transport 39,525,021
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 36,954,863
Other 4,608,438
Rail transport 2,493,315

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,039,981 21,788,956 -3,251,025
Air transport 22,406,185 17,118,836 -5,287,349
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,906,974 17,047,889 -2,859,085
Other 2,932,558 1,675,880 -1,256,678
Rail transport 2,117,179 376,136 -1,741,043
Road transport 319,530 87,699 -231,831

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 22,608,421
London 15,286,094
East Midlands Airport 14,057,184
London Heathrow Airport 10,586,272
Felixstowe 10,569,673

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 11,229,763 11,378,658 +148,895
London 8,885,702 6,400,392 -2,485,310
East Midlands Airport 7,708,783 6,348,401 -1,360,382
London Heathrow Airport 5,643,399 4,942,873 -700,526
Felixstowe 7,376,659 3,193,014 -4,183,645
Thamesport 4,260,070 2,938,389 -1,321,681
Southampton 2,708,098 3,984,425 +1,276,327
Eurotunnel 3,523,126 3,131,159 -391,967
London Stansted Airport 3,698,308 2,062,159 -1,636,149
Birmingham Airport 2,391,413 2,375,445 -15,968

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 208
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 116
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 106
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 80
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 69

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 207
2025-11 223
2025-10 229
2025-09 239
2025-08 231

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+ 491
1m-15m 373
15m-54m 111
0-1m 96
Other 83

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 £
France 30,974,191
United States 29,592,675
Germany 18,469,689
China 12,967,324
Brazil 9,433,575

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 £
France 27,290,059 3,684,132 -23,605,927
United States 16,671,316 12,921,359 -3,749,957
Germany 10,860,729 7,608,960 -3,251,769
China 7,878,003 5,089,321 -2,788,682
Brazil 5,129,765 4,303,810 -825,955
India 5,043,513 4,071,024 -972,489
Malaysia 2,905,915 3,074,653 +168,738
Norway 3,380,195 1,746,968 -1,633,227
Canada 2,782,674 1,964,187 -818,487
Turkey 2,585,331 1,988,377 -596,954

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 1,452,089
Italy 93,441
Germany 11,338
China 9,710
Spain 4,069

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 1,448,383 3,706 -1,444,677
Italy 86,545 6,896 -79,649
Germany 7,619 3,719 -3,900
China 5,307 4,403 -904
Spain 2,945 1,124 -1,821
Belgium 1,591 638 -953
Taiwan 1,403 821 -582
France 798 832 +34
Ireland 182 975 +793
Viet Nam 302 399 +97

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 100,668,680
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 63,249,630
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 59,312,417
Other 1,661,385
Road transport 26,681

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 59,436,053 41,232,627 -18,203,426
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 39,285,917 23,963,713 -15,322,204
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 40,171,453 19,140,964 -21,030,489
Other 1,603,403 57,982 -1,545,421
Road transport 26,681 0 -26,681

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 47,126,128
London Heathrow Airport 39,479,595
East Midlands Airport 29,900,457
London Gateway Port 26,218,033
London Stansted Airport 11,360,350

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 32,078,962 15,047,166 -17,031,796
London Heathrow Airport 22,965,142 16,514,453 -6,450,689
East Midlands Airport 18,433,125 11,467,332 -6,965,793
London Gateway Port 15,997,267 10,220,766 -5,776,501
London Stansted Airport 7,121,098 4,239,252 -2,881,846
Plymouth 11,097,633 0 -11,097,633
Southampton 3,669,550 7,320,693 +3,651,143
Manchester Airport 5,583,713 4,018,349 -1,565,364
ZLC 2,526,438 3,050,592 +524,154
Felixstowe 3,760,634 1,564,421 -2,196,213

Quick facts

HS code: 848410

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

Description: Gaskets made from metal sheets, often combined with other materials, used to seal machinery