Import/export HS code 87084091: Forged steel gearbox parts

Gearbox components made from closed-die forged steel

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  • 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 £
United States 5,612,032
Italy 2,580,510
France 2,165,195
Mexico 892,225
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 661,280

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 £
United States 3,123,041 2,488,991 -634,050
Italy 1,026,026 1,554,484 +528,458
France 1,124,057 1,041,138 -82,919
Mexico 266,281 625,944 +359,663
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 305,683 355,597 +49,914
China 216,084 328,970 +112,886
Germany 288,910 162,944 -125,966
Belgium 305,742 31,275 -274,467
India 42,846 30,565 -12,281
Australia 18,072 18,685 +613

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 £
United States 5,705,447
France 2,207,734
China 1,228,443
Mexico 797,472
Italy 443,007

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 £
United States 3,107,634 2,597,813 -509,821
France 1,170,125 1,037,609 -132,516
China 559,355 669,088 +109,733
Mexico 262,327 535,145 +272,818
Italy 313,373 129,634 -183,739
Germany 217,076 151,624 -65,452
India 43,773 34,319 -9,454
Australia 18,072 18,685 +613
Japan 10,783 7,659 -3,124
United Kingdom 2,385 10,263 +7,878

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 7
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 5
West Midlands 5
Essex 4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 3

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 6 5 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 4 2 -2
West Midlands 4 3 -1
Essex 3 2 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 3 0 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 2 1 -1
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 3 1 -2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 2 3 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 3 3 +0
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 1 1 +0

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) 6,325,970
Air transport 3,003,160
Other 2,448,404
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,613,937

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) 3,526,359 2,799,611 -726,748
Air transport 1,541,450 1,461,710 -79,740
Other 1,015,337 1,433,067 +417,730
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 648,149 965,788 +317,639

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Belfast Port 3,953,298
000 2,448,404
Belfast Airport 1,893,516
Thamesport 893,570
Dover 827,695

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 £
Belfast Port 1,578,423 2,374,875 +796,452
000 1,015,337 1,433,067 +417,730
Belfast Airport 880,067 1,013,449 +133,382
Thamesport 726,907 166,663 -560,244
Dover 148,159 679,536 +531,377
Liverpool Docks 739,847 0 -739,847
East Midlands Airport 371,139 292,193 -78,946
Dover / Eurotunnel 242,867 118,073 -124,794
London 208,940 138,087 -70,853
Southampton 250,524 1,021 -249,503

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 29
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 7
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 6
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 4
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 3

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 12
2025-11 12
2025-10 10
2025-09 11
2025-08 13

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 27
54m+ 20
15m-54m 4
Other 3
0-1m 2

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 £
China 58,714,488
Portugal 8,968,028
Czechia 1,255,612
United States 777,201
Poland 711,032

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 £
China 47,342,716 11,371,772 -35,970,944
Portugal 8,953,108 14,920 -8,938,188
Czechia 651,103 604,509 -46,594
United States 545,220 231,981 -313,239
Poland 309,851 401,181 +91,330
Germany 374,945 287,380 -87,565
France 251,936 169,044 -82,892
Belgium 187,548 211,452 +23,904
Finland 125,838 230,316 +104,478
Italy 139,471 136,082 -3,389

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 55,870
United States 3,480
Italy 2,366
China 67
India 67

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 679 55,191 +54,512
United States 1,323 2,157 +834
Italy 1,484 882 -602
China 67 0 -67
India 0 67 +67

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 59,163,609
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,519,489
Air transport 4,394,209
Other 62,560

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 47,700,934 11,462,675 -36,238,259
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,720,448 799,041 -8,921,407
Air transport 2,445,676 1,948,533 -497,143
Other 3,553 59,007 +55,454

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Grangemouth Docks 58,680,801
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,460,927
London Heathrow Airport 2,027,126
East Midlands Airport 1,689,801
ZLC 329,995

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 £
Grangemouth Docks 47,312,721 11,368,080 -35,944,641
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,668,940 791,987 -8,876,953
London Heathrow Airport 1,090,648 936,478 -154,170
East Midlands Airport 961,482 728,319 -233,163
ZLC 185,553 144,442 -41,111
London Stansted Airport 92,640 137,606 +44,966
London Gateway Port 63,933 79,800 +15,867
Felixstowe 133,651 0 -133,651
Glasgow Airport 113,296 0 -113,296
Southampton 112,252 0 -112,252

Quick facts

HS code: 87084091

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

Description: Gearbox components made from closed-die forged steel