Import/export HS code 8413: Pumps for liquids

Pumps used to move liquids, including those with measuring devices or liquid elevators

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 739,255,315
United States 635,335,506
Italy 340,903,135
France 310,453,305
Netherlands 285,558,742

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 388,890,745 350,364,570 -38,526,175
United States 342,930,653 292,404,853 -50,525,800
Italy 180,604,451 160,298,684 -20,305,767
France 154,700,096 155,753,209 +1,053,113
Netherlands 137,007,697 148,551,045 +11,543,348
China 133,957,566 118,697,008 -15,260,558
Czechia 80,386,231 77,571,112 -2,815,119
Belgium 60,539,375 61,175,953 +636,578
Denmark 48,943,449 41,673,421 -7,270,028
Romania 34,926,056 51,623,034 +16,696,978

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 729,857,465
Germany 642,567,080
Italy 333,443,431
China 312,614,868
France 252,041,550

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 388,709,881 341,147,584 -47,562,297
Germany 338,639,304 303,927,776 -34,711,528
Italy 176,868,100 156,575,331 -20,292,769
China 165,110,969 147,503,899 -17,607,070
France 120,901,612 131,139,938 +10,238,326
Czechia 105,086,424 109,782,436 +4,696,012
United Kingdom 103,906,182 105,670,756 +1,764,574
Romania 47,220,979 57,256,859 +10,035,880
Hungary 48,011,134 49,080,863 +1,069,729
Japan 43,575,885 46,172,651 +2,596,766

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 385
Inner London - West 304
Greater Manchester 282
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 282
Surrey, East and West Sussex 280

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 304 299 -5
Inner London - West 214 212 -2
Greater Manchester 219 215 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 220 218 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 230 213 -17
West Midlands 202 201 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 180 190 +10
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 194 181 -13
Shropshire and Staffordshire 187 182 -5
West Yorkshire 171 178 +7

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,579,066,263
Air transport 1,333,310,531
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 760,715,826
Other 176,345,994
Rail transport 41,429,917

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 795,399,056 783,667,207 -11,731,849
Air transport 684,069,510 649,241,021 -34,828,489
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 385,083,545 375,632,281 -9,451,264
Other 110,869,204 65,476,790 -45,392,414
Rail transport 22,785,638 18,644,279 -4,141,359
Road transport 14,219,932 19,570,029 +5,350,097
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 31,096 +31,096

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 706,865,524
London Heathrow Airport 457,281,925
Birmingham Airport 245,468,467
London Stansted Airport 241,801,348
Felixstowe 220,105,400

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 355,207,129 351,658,395 -3,548,734
London Heathrow Airport 240,388,314 216,893,611 -23,494,703
Birmingham Airport 121,020,444 124,448,023 +3,427,579
London Stansted Airport 122,332,129 119,469,219 -2,862,910
Felixstowe 125,677,033 94,428,367 -31,248,666
East Midlands Airport 107,882,214 111,505,385 +3,623,171
London 106,368,315 111,336,511 +4,968,196
Eurotunnel 106,242,995 107,453,540 +1,210,545
Immingham Docks 87,845,962 94,396,879 +6,550,917
000 110,869,204 65,476,790 -45,392,414

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 1297
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 658
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 399
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 392
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 365

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 1454
2025-11 1578
2025-10 1693
2025-09 1567
2025-08 1573

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 2630
54m+ 1856
0-1m 723
15m-54m 653
Other 407

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 605,411,772
Germany 282,267,683
Netherlands 187,058,729
China 179,339,152
France 173,519,149

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 319,316,639 286,095,133 -33,221,506
Germany 135,642,755 146,624,928 +10,982,173
Netherlands 119,322,736 67,735,993 -51,586,743
China 91,701,226 87,637,926 -4,063,300
France 84,595,913 88,923,236 +4,327,323
United Arab Emirates 71,461,639 76,022,029 +4,560,390
India 55,274,304 58,141,886 +2,867,582
Belgium 46,564,198 56,378,790 +9,814,592
Ireland 47,814,351 45,978,219 -1,836,132
Italy 48,149,278 42,091,645 -6,057,633

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 16,449,507
Germany 1,444,705
Malta 1,245,210
Italy 649,149
China 431,703

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 8,117,172 8,332,335 +215,163
Germany 969,539 475,166 -494,373
Malta 550,096 695,114 +145,018
Italy 352,251 296,898 -55,353
China 182,313 249,390 +67,077
Denmark 325,656 83,205 -242,451
Ireland 350,054 50,027 -300,027
United States 284,234 108,570 -175,664
Turkey 185,799 168,960 -16,839
France 38,379 109,269 +70,890

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 1,457,153,447
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,107,603,062
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 879,430,791
Other 24,679,251
Road transport 4,569,046

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 750,422,746 706,730,701 -43,692,045
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 530,015,290 577,587,772 +47,572,482
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 482,600,368 396,830,423 -85,769,945
Other 12,915,695 11,763,556 -1,152,139
Road transport 4,461,664 107,382 -4,354,282
Rail transport 1,056,530 84,161 -972,369

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 867,211,578
Dover / Eurotunnel 683,240,548
London Gateway Port 282,876,378
Immingham Docks 260,591,944
East Midlands Airport 220,970,653

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 435,703,357 431,508,221 -4,195,136
Dover / Eurotunnel 334,242,497 348,998,051 +14,755,554
London Gateway Port 149,506,717 133,369,661 -16,137,056
Immingham Docks 146,230,742 114,361,202 -31,869,540
East Midlands Airport 124,769,843 96,200,810 -28,569,033
Southampton 105,341,938 111,367,205 +6,025,267
London Stansted Airport 76,830,981 78,461,929 +1,630,948
Felixstowe 72,999,508 51,690,111 -21,309,397
ZLC 49,034,490 44,418,243 -4,616,247
Liverpool Docks 38,442,247 38,929,197 +486,950

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8413

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

Description: Pumps used to move liquids, including those with measuring devices or liquid elevators