Import/export HS code 8409: Engine parts

Parts designed specifically for engines, such as those in headings 8407 or 8408

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 1,978,623,765
China 431,852,413
France 299,789,515
United States 251,003,653
Netherlands 242,834,575

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 1,038,651,621 939,972,144 -98,679,477
China 218,930,745 212,921,668 -6,009,077
France 163,698,901 136,090,614 -27,608,287
United States 125,202,886 125,800,767 +597,881
Netherlands 128,402,865 114,431,710 -13,971,155
Japan 102,627,178 135,731,759 +33,104,581
India 106,597,519 119,323,709 +12,726,190
Belgium 90,728,573 115,256,349 +24,527,776
Turkey 117,463,617 82,116,208 -35,347,409
Austria 88,904,307 94,280,380 +5,376,073

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 1,724,511,895
Turkey 488,499,958
China 446,389,419
United States 381,858,645
Japan 266,749,995

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 920,212,600 804,299,295 -115,913,305
Turkey 252,720,997 235,778,961 -16,942,036
China 216,027,225 230,362,194 +14,334,969
United States 166,007,667 215,850,978 +49,843,311
Japan 115,771,000 150,978,995 +35,207,995
India 112,470,318 129,088,515 +16,618,197
Czechia 129,196,180 105,176,072 -24,020,108
France 121,768,680 111,549,302 -10,219,378
Austria 94,396,842 97,015,503 +2,618,661
Romania 106,964,866 76,302,533 -30,662,333

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 156
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 113
West Midlands 112
Surrey, East and West Sussex 107
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 105

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 118 110 -8
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 75 78 +3
West Midlands 93 75 -18
Surrey, East and West Sussex 79 79 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 79 81 +2
Inner London - West 68 56 -12
Essex 59 57 -2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 62 56 -6
Greater Manchester 50 51 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 50 51 +1

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) 2,035,226,965
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,843,913,264
Air transport 1,189,950,811
Other 360,044,239
Rail transport 125,648,748

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) 972,833,247 1,062,393,718 +89,560,471
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 979,946,745 863,966,519 -115,980,226
Air transport 573,787,170 616,163,641 +42,376,471
Other 218,997,299 141,046,940 -77,950,359
Rail transport 87,772,454 37,876,294 -49,896,160
Road transport 3,454,170 4,783,450 +1,329,280

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 931,462,324
London 777,550,219
Birmingham Airport 713,529,184
Felixstowe 520,258,622
Southampton 418,296,423

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 477,958,056 453,504,268 -24,453,788
London 381,224,478 396,325,741 +15,101,263
Birmingham Airport 358,461,155 355,068,029 -3,393,126
Felixstowe 286,958,246 233,300,376 -53,657,870
Southampton 197,168,418 221,128,005 +23,959,587
000 218,997,299 141,046,940 -77,950,359
Eurotunnel 137,127,981 104,867,872 -32,260,109
London Gateway Port 103,046,267 135,147,177 +32,100,910
London Heathrow Airport 104,659,503 112,595,733 +7,936,230
Harwich 100,687,485 53,379,879 -47,307,606

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 406
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 343
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 160
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 152
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 113

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 491
2025-10 526
2025-09 466
2025-08 469
2025-07 505

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 843
54m+ 638
0-1m 275
15m-54m 211
Other 135

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 259,547,609
Sweden 204,475,519
Germany 161,389,898
China 158,865,395
France 157,696,373

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 141,423,210 118,124,399 -23,298,811
Sweden 101,559,194 102,916,325 +1,357,131
Germany 80,759,508 80,630,390 -129,118
China 85,275,925 73,589,470 -11,686,455
France 80,851,230 76,845,143 -4,006,087
Belgium 57,622,634 50,790,795 -6,831,839
Poland 55,585,648 45,201,395 -10,384,253
Spain 53,494,515 43,752,106 -9,742,409
Romania 60,132,935 36,535,500 -23,597,435
Austria 49,785,122 43,462,671 -6,322,451

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 13,943,684
Japan 995,719
Germany 416,565
XU 405,963
Sweden 270,964

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 7,304,536 6,639,148 -665,388
Japan 432,061 563,658 +131,597
Germany 221,586 194,979 -26,607
XU 243,379 162,584 -80,795
Sweden 11,348 259,616 +248,268
China 80,824 90,497 +9,673
United States 41,557 52,579 +11,022
Poland 46,801 21,696 -25,105
France 40,883 24,709 -16,174
Belgium 40,023 21,201 -18,822

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,008,576,371
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 714,687,721
Air transport 549,428,840
Other 16,761,277
Road transport 4,423,719

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 517,959,559 490,616,812 -27,342,747
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 406,576,594 308,111,127 -98,465,467
Air transport 273,038,342 276,390,498 +3,352,156
Other 8,631,686 8,129,591 -502,095
Road transport 4,368,051 55,668 -4,312,383
Rail transport 0 2,443 +2,443

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 738,538,947
London Heathrow Airport 293,347,803
Immingham Docks 258,805,664
London Gateway Port 160,306,183
Southampton 156,430,941

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 386,878,208 351,660,739 -35,217,469
London Heathrow Airport 141,723,543 151,624,260 +9,900,717
Immingham Docks 136,406,270 122,399,394 -14,006,876
London Gateway Port 85,821,672 74,484,511 -11,337,161
Southampton 67,341,919 89,089,022 +21,747,103
East Midlands Airport 67,676,731 56,592,866 -11,083,865
London 52,856,402 54,426,915 +1,570,513
Felixstowe 74,178,997 30,606,690 -43,572,307
ZLC 36,343,493 25,761,148 -10,582,345
Dover 34,798,623 10,633,490 -24,165,133

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8409

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

Description: Parts designed specifically for engines, such as those in headings 8407 or 8408