Import/export HS code 84122180: Various linear acting devices

Other types of devices that move in a straight line, not specified above

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  • 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 £
United States 81,678,664
Germany 54,676,192
India 36,085,014
Netherlands 15,594,285
China 13,282,306

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 42,593,620 39,085,044 -3,508,576
Germany 28,108,919 26,567,273 -1,541,646
India 19,995,938 16,089,076 -3,906,862
Netherlands 8,068,936 7,525,349 -543,587
China 4,598,076 8,684,230 +4,086,154
Romania 6,090,068 3,968,039 -2,122,029
France 5,067,669 4,965,369 -102,300
Italy 4,670,862 3,667,729 -1,003,133
Malaysia 3,252,815 2,553,426 -699,389
Belgium 2,492,877 2,135,512 -357,365

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 96,035,696
Germany 41,148,525
India 36,937,383
China 14,433,280
United Kingdom 12,391,173

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 49,614,120 46,421,576 -3,192,544
Germany 22,117,946 19,030,579 -3,087,367
India 20,394,983 16,542,400 -3,852,583
China 7,923,415 6,509,865 -1,413,550
United Kingdom 5,864,135 6,527,038 +662,903
Romania 5,007,458 3,610,028 -1,397,430
Czechia 3,879,079 3,904,664 +25,585
South Korea 897,497 6,806,684 +5,909,187
France 3,756,235 3,401,193 -355,042
Italy 3,969,776 3,105,794 -863,982

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 52
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 52
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 50
West Midlands 45
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 44

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 36 43 +7
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 40 35 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 41 26 -15
West Midlands 31 36 +5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 32 28 -4
Inner London - West 32 32 +0
Greater Manchester 36 25 -11
Shropshire and Staffordshire 28 28 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 29 28 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 29 24 -5

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 154,345,593
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 74,811,161
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 43,359,049
Other 10,546,181
Road transport 3,817,537

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 78,248,572 76,097,021 -2,151,551
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 40,120,532 34,690,629 -5,429,903
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,876,024 22,483,025 +1,607,001
Other 6,764,576 3,781,605 -2,982,971
Road transport 2,574,392 1,243,145 -1,331,247

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 55,625,989
East Midlands Airport 43,726,190
Dover 32,552,380
London Stansted Airport 22,514,844
London Gateway Port 17,255,565

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 21,706,097 33,919,892 +12,213,795
East Midlands Airport 23,800,914 19,925,276 -3,875,638
Dover 18,645,848 13,906,532 -4,739,316
London Stansted Airport 14,435,821 8,079,023 -6,356,798
London Gateway Port 8,526,031 8,729,534 +203,503
Eurotunnel 8,730,231 7,852,561 -877,670
000 6,764,576 3,781,605 -2,982,971
Manchester Airport 7,481,814 3,000,899 -4,480,915
Immingham Docks 5,168,904 5,035,728 -133,176
Birmingham Airport 4,109,537 5,360,122 +1,250,585

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 189
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 151
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 94
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 53
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 47

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 191
2025-11 208
2025-10 213
2025-09 192
2025-08 196

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+ 447
1m-15m 311
15m-54m 97
Other 78
0-1m 41

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 59,599,830
Germany 24,168,493
France 15,055,748
Netherlands 12,826,117
United Arab Emirates 5,416,547

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 33,112,244 26,487,586 -6,624,658
Germany 11,833,235 12,335,258 +502,023
France 7,363,274 7,692,474 +329,200
Netherlands 6,784,560 6,041,557 -743,003
United Arab Emirates 2,538,639 2,877,908 +339,269
Singapore 2,356,272 2,483,270 +126,998
Brazil 2,163,050 2,340,444 +177,394
Norway 2,289,531 1,811,375 -478,156
Japan 1,486,049 1,961,125 +475,076
Italy 1,295,507 1,705,918 +410,411

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 242,269
Ireland 47,930
India 14,259
Germany 13,903
China 10,231

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 118,364 123,905 +5,541
Ireland 24,193 23,737 -456
India 7,453 6,806 -647
Germany 11,457 2,446 -9,011
China 5,973 4,258 -1,715
Czechia 996 7,342 +6,346
Italy 4,697 1,284 -3,413
United States 0 5,670 +5,670
Turkey 1,209 995 -214
Netherlands 547 1,038 +491

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 125,899,175
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 29,062,976
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,022,523
Other 374,282
Road transport 120,690

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 65,153,206 60,745,969 -4,407,237
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,771,527 15,291,449 +1,519,922
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,643,509 6,379,014 -1,264,495
Other 188,830 185,452 -3,378
Road transport 119,648 1,042 -118,606

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 71,305,036
Dover / Eurotunnel 24,390,217
East Midlands Airport 18,174,733
London Stansted Airport 17,371,641
ZLC 10,828,550

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 36,975,429 34,329,607 -2,645,822
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,168,077 13,222,140 +2,054,063
East Midlands Airport 8,464,394 9,710,339 +1,245,945
London Stansted Airport 10,786,071 6,585,570 -4,200,501
ZLC 5,176,447 5,652,103 +475,656
London Gateway Port 3,670,830 2,420,386 -1,250,444
Immingham Docks 1,374,409 1,594,907 +220,498
Aberdeen Airport 1,289,366 1,615,842 +326,476
Southampton 613,224 1,320,615 +707,391
Glasgow Airport 1,228,697 546,017 -682,680

Quick facts

HS code: 84122180

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

Description: Other types of devices that move in a straight line, not specified above