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 740,039,314
United States 631,242,776
Italy 343,779,523
France 310,090,591
Netherlands 282,352,625

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 391,037,329 349,001,985 -42,035,344
United States 337,844,051 293,398,725 -44,445,326
Italy 183,575,255 160,204,268 -23,370,987
France 156,553,261 153,537,330 -3,015,931
Netherlands 139,227,270 143,125,355 +3,898,085
China 132,594,320 121,964,867 -10,629,453
Czechia 82,111,993 75,748,946 -6,363,047
Belgium 59,863,011 61,119,339 +1,256,328
Denmark 49,395,655 42,115,704 -7,279,951
Romania 35,385,698 49,506,743 +14,121,045

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 724,239,367
Germany 643,602,529
Italy 335,257,570
China 314,133,700
France 250,916,956

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 386,381,706 337,857,661 -48,524,045
Germany 343,612,602 299,989,927 -43,622,675
Italy 179,755,116 155,502,454 -24,252,662
China 162,561,682 151,572,018 -10,989,664
France 121,542,303 129,374,653 +7,832,350
Czechia 106,092,516 108,879,147 +2,786,631
United Kingdom 101,429,731 108,681,226 +7,251,495
Romania 47,590,095 55,584,037 +7,993,942
Hungary 47,940,664 47,877,993 -62,671
XS 42,817,410 48,658,398 +5,840,988

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 383
Inner London - West 307
Surrey, East and West Sussex 285
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 280
Greater Manchester 278

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 308 289 -19
Inner London - West 211 214 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 228 219 -9
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 222 212 -10
Greater Manchester 215 211 -4
West Midlands 203 200 -3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 190 188 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 192 183 -9
Shropshire and Staffordshire 185 181 -4
West Yorkshire 173 177 +4

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) 1,573,861,575
Air transport 1,327,600,079
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 756,561,522
Other 185,429,511
Rail transport 42,624,221

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) 796,519,464 777,342,111 -19,177,353
Air transport 678,747,850 648,852,229 -29,895,621
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 386,347,562 370,213,960 -16,133,602
Other 111,805,990 73,623,521 -38,182,469
Rail transport 24,851,293 17,772,928 -7,078,365
Road transport 15,424,443 18,021,727 +2,597,284

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 703,705,948
London Heathrow Airport 453,317,071
Birmingham Airport 243,950,101
London Stansted Airport 241,222,836
Felixstowe 221,857,970

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 356,660,668 347,045,280 -9,615,388
London Heathrow Airport 237,691,826 215,625,245 -22,066,581
Birmingham Airport 121,544,637 122,405,464 +860,827
London Stansted Airport 120,416,463 120,806,373 +389,910
Felixstowe 123,866,635 97,991,335 -25,875,300
East Midlands Airport 105,260,913 112,964,880 +7,703,967
London 105,628,734 112,367,783 +6,739,049
Eurotunnel 103,992,288 109,143,831 +5,151,543
000 111,805,990 73,623,521 -38,182,469
Immingham Docks 88,469,915 89,568,677 +1,098,762

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 1293
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 662
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 400
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 393
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 370

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 1578
2025-10 1693
2025-09 1566
2025-08 1573
2025-07 1786

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 2641
54m+ 1861
0-1m 727
15m-54m 652
Other 408

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 604,272,309
Germany 278,175,706
Netherlands 192,575,049
China 177,760,346
France 172,675,847

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 316,809,702 287,462,607 -29,347,095
Germany 134,226,358 143,949,348 +9,722,990
Netherlands 124,055,450 68,519,599 -55,535,851
China 87,817,064 89,943,282 +2,126,218
France 84,763,668 87,912,179 +3,148,511
United Arab Emirates 71,593,183 66,139,561 -5,453,622
India 52,778,801 60,250,064 +7,471,263
Belgium 46,067,252 56,317,486 +10,250,234
Ireland 49,548,993 45,841,695 -3,707,298
Italy 50,029,166 40,842,849 -9,186,317

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 16,829,470
XU 1,980,051
Germany 1,489,706
Malta 1,220,855
Italy 665,686

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 8,343,789 8,485,681 +141,892
XU 1,147,051 833,000 -314,051
Germany 979,615 510,091 -469,524
Malta 546,285 674,570 +128,285
Italy 351,118 314,568 -36,550
United States 330,179 137,493 -192,686
China 184,015 259,241 +75,226
Ireland 357,289 55,132 -302,157
Denmark 304,398 103,831 -200,567
Turkey 188,427 182,849 -5,578

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 1,445,973,563
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,098,180,650
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 887,127,031
Other 25,367,363
Road transport 5,958,533

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 741,308,472 704,665,091 -36,643,381
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 525,306,302 572,874,348 +47,568,046
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 495,544,305 391,582,726 -103,961,579
Other 13,262,658 12,104,705 -1,157,953
Road transport 5,885,501 73,032 -5,812,469
Rail transport 1,194,401 84,161 -1,110,240

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 858,611,859
Dover / Eurotunnel 681,641,384
London Gateway Port 275,269,498
Immingham Docks 259,173,101
East Midlands Airport 224,125,543

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 429,054,244 429,557,615 +503,371
Dover / Eurotunnel 338,684,676 342,956,708 +4,272,032
London Gateway Port 146,914,131 128,355,367 -18,558,764
Immingham Docks 147,769,851 111,403,250 -36,366,601
East Midlands Airport 125,713,429 98,412,114 -27,301,315
Southampton 101,360,515 113,879,196 +12,518,681
London Stansted Airport 76,791,907 75,738,748 -1,053,159
Felixstowe 78,312,982 52,683,508 -25,629,474
ZLC 48,042,423 44,884,871 -3,157,552
Liverpool Docks 38,183,450 38,792,699 +609,249

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