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 1,989,657,969
China 436,976,187
France 299,488,718
United States 247,780,314
Netherlands 243,190,603

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 1,025,377,420 964,280,549 -61,096,871
China 228,388,719 208,587,468 -19,801,251
France 153,542,141 145,946,577 -7,595,564
United States 123,769,803 124,010,511 +240,708
Netherlands 124,154,860 119,035,743 -5,119,117
India 107,495,302 122,354,420 +14,859,118
Japan 87,403,222 135,620,503 +48,217,281
Belgium 92,802,430 113,533,890 +20,731,460
Turkey 111,990,025 84,625,986 -27,364,039
Austria 87,493,109 96,097,312 +8,604,203

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 1,720,497,485
Turkey 492,719,311
China 452,183,015
United States 402,387,935
Japan 248,526,403

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 898,636,475 821,861,010 -76,775,465
Turkey 253,309,277 239,410,034 -13,899,243
China 225,707,041 226,475,974 +768,933
United States 169,012,791 233,375,144 +64,362,353
Japan 96,792,182 151,734,221 +54,942,039
India 113,544,162 132,407,924 +18,863,762
Czechia 124,985,935 107,267,749 -17,718,186
France 114,568,541 112,420,552 -2,147,989
Austria 92,340,206 99,061,072 +6,720,866
Romania 104,445,700 76,066,121 -28,379,579

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 158
West Midlands 112
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 111
Surrey, East and West Sussex 109
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 121 107 -14
West Midlands 92 74 -18
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 76 75 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 78 80 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 77 83 +6
Inner London - West 69 59 -10
Shropshire and Staffordshire 62 61 -1
Essex 57 55 -2
Greater Manchester 50 53 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 53 51 -2

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) 2,042,864,578
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,843,528,437
Air transport 1,207,106,967
Other 343,926,345
Rail transport 128,730,042

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) 958,323,693 1,084,540,885 +126,217,192
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 966,781,355 876,747,082 -90,034,273
Air transport 559,646,582 647,460,385 +87,813,803
Other 216,346,851 127,579,494 -88,767,357
Rail transport 87,608,791 41,121,251 -46,487,540
Road transport 3,821,495 6,058,772 +2,237,277

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 944,792,186
London 774,762,546
Birmingham Airport 724,925,999
Felixstowe 507,136,689
Southampton 416,905,296

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 474,441,714 470,350,472 -4,091,242
London 375,295,991 399,466,555 +24,170,564
Birmingham Airport 347,945,800 376,980,199 +29,034,399
Felixstowe 286,293,994 220,842,695 -65,451,299
Southampton 195,567,050 221,338,246 +25,771,196
000 216,346,851 127,579,494 -88,767,357
London Gateway Port 104,110,968 138,133,724 +34,022,756
Eurotunnel 135,787,314 103,080,162 -32,707,152
London Heathrow Airport 100,917,605 112,618,924 +11,701,319
Harwich 94,358,391 53,292,971 -41,065,420

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 405
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 343
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 161
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 154
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 119

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 463
2025-11 492
2025-10 527
2025-09 467
2025-08 470

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 845
54m+ 637
0-1m 272
15m-54m 209
Other 137

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 257,740,781
Sweden 205,395,517
Germany 162,256,234
France 157,088,544
China 156,517,194

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 140,229,268 117,511,513 -22,717,755
Sweden 100,981,447 104,414,070 +3,432,623
Germany 81,387,357 80,868,877 -518,480
France 81,720,250 75,368,294 -6,351,956
China 83,878,036 72,639,158 -11,238,878
Belgium 57,433,671 50,590,052 -6,843,619
Poland 54,811,216 45,989,366 -8,821,850
Romania 60,821,433 32,902,633 -27,918,800
Spain 52,590,583 40,817,241 -11,773,342
Austria 49,717,132 43,131,288 -6,585,844

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 13,783,647
Japan 1,011,405
Germany 394,282
Sweden 270,867
China 164,178

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 7,280,234 6,503,413 -776,821
Japan 442,474 568,931 +126,457
Germany 211,360 182,922 -28,438
Sweden 11,701 259,166 +247,465
China 78,760 85,418 +6,658
United States 60,590 29,374 -31,216
Poland 50,587 17,344 -33,243
France 39,414 23,724 -15,690
Belgium 40,134 19,243 -20,891
Netherlands 24,703 14,621 -10,082

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) 1,014,317,345
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 698,677,938
Air transport 551,066,990
Other 16,543,957
Road transport 2,925,414

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) 526,987,839 487,329,506 -39,658,333
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 397,676,237 301,001,701 -96,674,536
Air transport 273,542,458 277,524,532 +3,982,074
Other 8,623,921 7,920,036 -703,885
Road transport 2,859,597 65,817 -2,793,780
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 737,973,540
London Heathrow Airport 293,536,599
Immingham Docks 258,927,493
London Gateway Port 163,340,597
Southampton 156,553,570

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 390,896,284 347,077,256 -43,819,028
London Heathrow Airport 142,041,163 151,495,436 +9,454,273
Immingham Docks 138,143,174 120,784,319 -17,358,855
London Gateway Port 88,758,645 74,581,952 -14,176,693
Southampton 68,885,763 87,667,807 +18,782,044
East Midlands Airport 66,182,978 56,956,205 -9,226,773
London 55,404,590 55,563,508 +158,918
Felixstowe 70,268,193 28,972,002 -41,296,191
ZLC 33,990,629 26,846,064 -7,144,565
Dover 31,293,921 10,149,835 -21,144,086

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