Import/export HS code 848490: Various gaskets and seals

Various types of gaskets and seals not covered by other codes, 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 23,690,592
United States 11,237,412
Netherlands 9,297,337
China 8,519,793
Japan 4,484,190

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 11,989,569 11,701,023 -288,546
United States 6,625,633 4,611,779 -2,013,854
Netherlands 5,086,049 4,211,288 -874,761
China 4,063,946 4,455,847 +391,901
Japan 2,382,243 2,101,947 -280,296
Italy 2,283,170 2,136,292 -146,878
France 1,774,239 2,235,473 +461,234
Belgium 1,476,436 1,532,615 +56,179
Norway 1,879,325 885,022 -994,303
Taiwan 958,382 775,813 -182,569

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 19,570,430
United States 14,996,379
China 10,663,863
Italy 5,381,042
Japan 5,365,421

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 9,826,641 9,743,789 -82,852
United States 8,200,321 6,796,058 -1,404,263
China 5,576,946 5,086,917 -490,029
Italy 2,747,059 2,633,983 -113,076
Japan 2,877,715 2,487,706 -390,009
Netherlands 3,091,079 1,777,949 -1,313,130
France 2,311,277 1,928,139 -383,138
United Kingdom 1,429,335 1,069,364 -359,971
Taiwan 1,194,365 1,037,486 -156,879
Norway 1,030,034 624,275 -405,759

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 102
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 83
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 75
West Yorkshire 73
Inner London - West 72

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 84 62 -22
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 57 59 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 60 51 -9
West Yorkshire 44 55 +11
Inner London - West 50 48 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 50 54 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 45 43 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 45 41 -4
Greater Manchester 49 44 -5
West Midlands 55 43 -12

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 36,625,213
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 26,464,584
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,499,222
Other 723,721
Road transport 620,175

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 19,749,923 16,875,290 -2,874,633
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,740,248 12,724,336 -1,015,912
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,357,541 10,141,681 -1,215,860
Other 429,934 293,787 -136,147
Road transport 523,010 97,165 -425,845
Rail transport 1,310 5,832 +4,522

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 13,384,226
Dover 10,310,859
Southampton 8,973,681
Eurotunnel 8,158,181
London Heathrow Airport 6,312,962

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 £
East Midlands Airport 7,077,822 6,306,404 -771,418
Dover 4,974,280 5,336,579 +362,299
Southampton 4,379,687 4,593,994 +214,307
Eurotunnel 4,326,133 3,832,048 -494,085
London Heathrow Airport 3,825,293 2,487,669 -1,337,624
Birmingham Airport 3,012,790 2,636,696 -376,094
London Stansted Airport 2,009,628 2,225,189 +215,561
Felixstowe 1,941,211 1,875,023 -66,188
Thamesport 1,987,061 1,534,962 -452,099
Aberdeen Airport 2,154,283 1,206,387 -947,896

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
330
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
219
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
136
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
122
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
88

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 286
2026-04 300
2026-03 314
2026-02 264
2026-01 248

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+ 670
1m-15m 595
15m-54m 147
0-1m 122
Other 116

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 13,128,826
Belgium 11,028,742
Norway 8,528,403
Germany 8,176,162
Brazil 5,794,850

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 7,286,395 5,842,431 -1,443,964
Belgium 4,726,485 6,302,257 +1,575,772
Norway 5,076,263 3,452,140 -1,624,123
Germany 3,049,326 5,126,836 +2,077,510
Brazil 2,964,068 2,830,782 -133,286
Netherlands 2,844,175 2,419,641 -424,534
Malaysia 1,105,968 2,300,600 +1,194,632
France 1,802,449 1,243,847 -558,602
Romania 1,784,347 1,176,468 -607,879
Ireland 1,349,572 1,527,142 +177,570

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 £
Belgium 111,559
XI 77,853
China 24,480
United States 20,665
Germany 10,385

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 £
Belgium 100,804 10,755 -90,049
XI 48,512 29,341 -19,171
China 7,963 16,517 +8,554
United States 9,852 10,813 +961
Germany 3,905 6,480 +2,575
Czechia 6,074 4,044 -2,030
France 3,030 4,290 +1,260
Netherlands 5,155 1,864 -3,291
Ireland 979 3,815 +2,836
India 2,410 546 -1,864

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 51,420,218
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 33,148,897
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,373,001
Other 510,511
Road transport 24,468

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 27,080,694 24,339,524 -2,741,170
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,489,275 17,659,622 +2,170,347
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,595,619 11,777,382 -1,818,237
Other 275,228 235,283 -39,945
Road transport 24,468 0 -24,468

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 20,825,406
East Midlands Airport 19,397,308
London Heathrow Airport 15,916,780
London Gateway Port 8,279,647
Aberdeen Docks 5,655,146

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 9,797,025 11,028,381 +1,231,356
East Midlands Airport 10,857,187 8,540,121 -2,317,066
London Heathrow Airport 7,777,119 8,139,661 +362,542
London Gateway Port 3,745,559 4,534,088 +788,529
Aberdeen Docks 3,753,981 1,901,165 -1,852,816
ZLC 2,374,944 2,853,861 +478,917
Immingham Docks 3,280,126 1,925,347 -1,354,779
Southampton 1,708,402 2,057,421 +349,019
Liverpool Docks 1,931,352 1,537,479 -393,873
London Stansted Airport 1,091,299 1,821,271 +729,972

Quick facts

HS code: 848490

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

Description: Various types of gaskets and seals not covered by other codes, used in machinery