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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* 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 80,596,434
Germany 55,348,529
India 35,773,482
Netherlands 15,838,227
China 12,780,636

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 41,275,168 39,321,266 -1,953,902
Germany 28,797,155 26,551,374 -2,245,781
India 19,584,733 16,188,749 -3,395,984
Netherlands 8,185,097 7,653,130 -531,967
China 4,413,760 8,366,876 +3,953,116
Romania 6,285,446 3,736,133 -2,549,313
France 4,873,756 5,081,907 +208,151
Italy 4,858,040 3,668,665 -1,189,375
Malaysia 3,203,180 2,681,369 -521,811
Czechia 2,454,713 2,189,851 -264,862

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 94,379,616
Germany 42,235,572
India 37,087,188
China 14,259,577
United Kingdom 12,189,731

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 48,518,120 45,861,496 -2,656,624
Germany 22,767,681 19,467,891 -3,299,790
India 19,979,991 17,107,197 -2,872,794
China 7,851,633 6,407,944 -1,443,689
United Kingdom 5,639,165 6,550,566 +911,401
Romania 5,267,240 3,315,119 -1,952,121
Czechia 3,923,201 3,991,323 +68,122
France 3,852,505 3,382,553 -469,952
Italy 3,856,094 3,330,551 -525,543
South Korea 873,577 6,251,904 +5,378,327

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 51
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 49
West Midlands 45
Greater Manchester 43

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 37 43 +6
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 40 34 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 38 28 -10
West Midlands 32 34 +2
Greater Manchester 36 26 -10
Inner London - West 34 28 -6
Shropshire and Staffordshire 30 30 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 31 28 -3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 31 25 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 29 23 -6

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 152,475,777
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 76,257,462
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,174,850
Other 10,905,538
Road transport 3,780,255

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 77,094,476 75,381,301 -1,713,175
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 41,013,205 35,244,257 -5,768,948
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,613,157 21,561,693 +948,536
Other 6,358,473 4,547,065 -1,811,408
Road transport 2,411,112 1,369,143 -1,041,969

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 53,784,100
East Midlands Airport 43,408,545
Dover 33,213,833
London Stansted Airport 22,719,086
London Gateway Port 17,089,192

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 22,304,930 31,479,170 +9,174,240
East Midlands Airport 23,003,156 20,405,389 -2,597,767
Dover 19,567,622 13,646,211 -5,921,411
London Stansted Airport 14,217,512 8,501,574 -5,715,938
London Gateway Port 8,377,312 8,711,880 +334,568
Eurotunnel 8,293,487 8,086,744 -206,743
000 6,358,473 4,547,065 -1,811,408
Manchester Airport 7,068,090 3,626,820 -3,441,270
Immingham Docks 5,399,764 5,096,744 -303,020
Birmingham Airport 3,936,886 5,365,710 +1,428,824

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. 148
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 94
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 53
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 48

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 208
2025-10 213
2025-09 192
2025-08 195
2025-07 218

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+ 442
1m-15m 302
15m-54m 97
Other 77
0-1m 42

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 59,927,765
Germany 23,849,059
France 15,299,706
Netherlands 13,205,857
United Arab Emirates 6,199,438

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 32,703,671 27,224,094 -5,479,577
Germany 11,717,201 12,131,858 +414,657
France 7,789,587 7,510,119 -279,468
Netherlands 6,630,369 6,575,488 -54,881
United Arab Emirates 3,489,621 2,709,817 -779,804
Singapore 2,644,744 2,364,249 -280,495
Brazil 2,176,558 2,322,733 +146,175
Norway 2,184,812 1,873,579 -311,233
Japan 1,440,877 1,947,840 +506,963
Italy 1,251,009 1,641,291 +390,282

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 245,614
Ireland 50,975
India 15,490
Germany 13,903
XU 13,165

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 125,518 120,096 -5,422
Ireland 26,301 24,674 -1,627
India 8,441 7,049 -1,392
Germany 11,335 2,568 -8,767
XU 7,372 5,793 -1,579
China 7,521 4,099 -3,422
Czechia 1,330 7,512 +6,182
Italy 4,697 1,284 -3,413
United States 0 5,670 +5,670
Turkey 1,209 995 -214

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 126,770,060
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 27,965,282
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,630,909
Other 384,051
Road transport 173,204

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 65,761,985 61,008,075 -4,753,910
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,857,207 15,108,075 +2,250,868
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,915,679 6,715,230 -2,200,449
Other 200,601 183,450 -17,151
Road transport 172,162 1,042 -171,120

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 72,465,962
Dover / Eurotunnel 23,433,329
East Midlands Airport 17,971,959
London Stansted Airport 17,290,893
ZLC 11,158,350

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 37,179,084 35,286,878 -1,892,206
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,357,183 13,076,146 +2,718,963
East Midlands Airport 8,644,997 9,326,962 +681,965
London Stansted Airport 10,755,927 6,534,966 -4,220,961
ZLC 5,418,522 5,739,828 +321,306
London Gateway Port 4,488,811 2,430,909 -2,057,902
Immingham Docks 1,155,539 1,782,626 +627,087
Aberdeen Airport 1,301,141 1,232,230 -68,911
Southampton 738,211 1,302,186 +563,975
Aberdeen Docks 1,405,881 614,413 -791,468

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