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 21,781,076
United States 10,733,909
Netherlands 9,020,135
China 7,073,602
Italy 4,386,187

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 11,226,393 10,554,683 -671,710
United States 6,863,403 3,870,506 -2,992,897
Netherlands 5,594,366 3,425,769 -2,168,597
China 4,271,854 2,801,748 -1,470,106
Italy 2,584,769 1,801,418 -783,351
Japan 2,370,492 1,836,003 -534,489
France 2,164,553 1,202,875 -961,678
Norway 1,875,432 984,920 -890,512
Belgium 1,504,792 1,203,686 -301,106
Taiwan 831,947 732,241 -99,706

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 17,759,419
United States 14,186,844
China 9,464,388
Netherlands 5,337,585
Italy 5,237,732

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 9,087,110 8,672,309 -414,801
United States 8,397,239 5,789,605 -2,607,634
China 6,222,673 3,241,715 -2,980,958
Netherlands 3,611,188 1,726,397 -1,884,791
Italy 3,244,337 1,993,395 -1,250,942
Japan 2,830,339 2,176,539 -653,800
France 2,433,747 1,220,271 -1,213,476
United Kingdom 1,233,027 960,270 -272,757
Taiwan 1,111,908 914,071 -197,837
Norway 1,096,434 578,744 -517,690

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 96
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 78
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 75
West Yorkshire 75
West Midlands 73

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 80 64 -16
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 64 47 -17
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 55 51 -4
West Yorkshire 51 48 -3
West Midlands 61 46 -15
Inner London - West 52 44 -8
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 58 49 -9
Surrey, East and West Sussex 48 37 -11
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 44 39 -5
Greater Manchester 49 37 -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 34,250,913
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,466,310
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,667,014
Other 723,404
Road transport 596,905

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 20,321,729 13,929,184 -6,392,545
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,313,088 11,153,222 -2,159,866
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,320,798 7,346,216 -4,974,582
Other 461,108 262,296 -198,812
Road transport 537,906 58,999 -478,907
Rail transport 1,310 0 -1,310

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 12,743,692
Dover 9,120,409
Southampton 7,905,330
Eurotunnel 7,577,847
London Heathrow Airport 6,289,157

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 7,355,341 5,388,351 -1,966,990
Dover 3,506,389 5,614,020 +2,107,631
Southampton 4,482,872 3,422,458 -1,060,414
Eurotunnel 4,674,199 2,903,648 -1,770,551
London Heathrow Airport 3,822,483 2,466,674 -1,355,809
Birmingham Airport 3,263,540 2,096,596 -1,166,944
London Stansted Airport 2,007,430 1,725,833 -281,597
Felixstowe 2,297,832 1,260,269 -1,037,563
Thamesport 2,388,529 1,103,474 -1,285,055
Aberdeen Airport 2,177,720 883,078 -1,294,642

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 318
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 205
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 127
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 119
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 88

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 248
2025-11 291
2025-10 279
2025-09 282
2025-08 283

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+ 660
1m-15m 563
15m-54m 135
0-1m 130
Other 108

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 12,100,153
Belgium 8,929,430
Norway 8,031,835
Germany 5,517,476
Netherlands 5,355,965

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 7,262,225 4,837,928 -2,424,297
Belgium 4,863,342 4,066,088 -797,254
Norway 5,358,476 2,673,359 -2,685,117
Germany 2,913,998 2,603,478 -310,520
Netherlands 3,090,158 2,265,807 -824,351
Brazil 2,757,722 2,500,380 -257,342
Malaysia 1,290,821 2,478,165 +1,187,344
France 1,871,119 1,068,449 -802,670
Romania 1,582,312 1,192,907 -389,405
Ireland 1,377,619 1,366,143 -11,476

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 99,421
XI 78,714
United States 16,696
China 16,681
Czechia 6,174

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 1,698 97,723 +96,025
XI 53,481 25,233 -28,248
United States 9,057 7,639 -1,418
China 8,263 8,418 +155
Czechia 5,657 517 -5,140
France 4,228 1,869 -2,359
Netherlands 5,108 981 -4,127
Germany 2,919 2,724 -195
India 2,182 1,285 -897
Ireland 302 2,833 +2,531

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 47,176,684
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 27,469,066
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,912,331
Other 371,318
Road transport 25,447

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 27,158,777 20,017,907 -7,140,870
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,354,369 12,114,697 -3,239,672
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,774,054 10,138,277 -3,635,777
Other 175,472 195,846 +20,374
Road transport 25,447 0 -25,447

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 18,258,029
Dover / Eurotunnel 18,110,248
London Heathrow Airport 14,515,463
London Gateway Port 7,813,021
Immingham Docks 5,840,671

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 £
East Midlands Airport 10,515,572 7,742,457 -2,773,115
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,870,090 8,240,158 -1,629,932
London Heathrow Airport 8,184,706 6,330,757 -1,853,949
London Gateway Port 3,664,112 4,148,909 +484,797
Immingham Docks 4,095,138 1,745,533 -2,349,605
Aberdeen Docks 3,580,286 1,558,426 -2,021,860
ZLC 2,195,190 2,295,550 +100,360
Liverpool Docks 2,006,924 1,339,599 -667,325
Southampton 1,406,089 1,476,858 +70,769
Manchester Airport 1,627,870 890,409 -737,461

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