Import/export HS code 8414: Air and gas pumps, compressors, and fans

Includes vacuum pumps, air compressors, fans, and ventilating hoods, with or without filters. Also includes gas-tight safety cabinets

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 £
United States 698,040,497
Germany 690,897,853
China 573,249,402
Italy 270,651,468
Netherlands 250,731,468

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 359,876,561 338,163,936 -21,712,625
Germany 352,314,612 338,583,241 -13,731,371
China 288,445,573 284,803,829 -3,641,744
Italy 137,156,347 133,495,121 -3,661,226
Netherlands 121,368,866 129,362,602 +7,993,736
France 133,650,901 111,380,643 -22,270,258
Belgium 126,517,111 88,256,993 -38,260,118
Poland 99,334,203 81,356,474 -17,977,729
Slovakia 82,365,432 85,359,718 +2,994,286
Romania 85,975,259 80,609,111 -5,366,148

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 809,159,815
China 697,917,345
Germany 550,771,134
Italy 296,233,182
Slovakia 230,450,165

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 412,676,352 396,483,463 -16,192,889
China 349,628,750 348,288,595 -1,340,155
Germany 284,186,319 266,584,815 -17,601,504
Italy 149,653,393 146,579,789 -3,073,604
Slovakia 117,991,292 112,458,873 -5,532,419
Poland 111,069,824 97,280,209 -13,789,615
Romania 88,512,831 93,150,349 +4,637,518
France 78,664,544 74,571,076 -4,093,468
Japan 67,809,824 58,029,887 -9,779,937
Hungary 59,822,252 47,800,702 -12,021,550

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 408
Inner London - West 350
West Midlands 305
Surrey, East and West Sussex 291
Greater Manchester 288

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 300 308 +8
Inner London - West 238 251 +13
West Midlands 217 225 +8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 217 212 -5
Greater Manchester 212 211 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 189 208 +19
West Yorkshire 202 170 -32
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 176 171 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 172 158 -14
Shropshire and Staffordshire 152 166 +14

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) 1,480,438,654
Air transport 1,250,448,953
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,129,486,567
Other 201,199,420
Road transport 46,503,247

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) 752,341,435 728,097,219 -24,244,216
Air transport 627,170,701 623,278,252 -3,892,449
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 574,043,085 555,443,482 -18,599,603
Other 130,700,163 70,499,257 -60,200,906
Road transport 32,848,366 13,654,881 -19,193,485
Rail transport 23,403,437 17,047,572 -6,355,865

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 666,567,546
Dover 554,993,327
Felixstowe 378,949,012
London 262,674,281
Southampton 260,870,009

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 338,709,050 327,858,496 -10,850,554
Dover 297,464,339 257,528,988 -39,935,351
Felixstowe 205,994,673 172,954,339 -33,040,334
London 148,772,870 113,901,411 -34,871,459
Southampton 145,044,829 115,825,180 -29,219,649
Eurotunnel 109,350,445 133,478,366 +24,127,921
Birmingham Airport 122,075,296 115,871,747 -6,203,549
000 130,700,163 70,499,257 -60,200,906
Harwich 90,377,292 105,256,033 +14,878,741
East Midlands Airport 70,781,199 73,866,378 +3,085,179

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 1383
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 629
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 527
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 356
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 354

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 1369
2025-10 1466
2025-09 1417
2025-08 1409
2025-07 1563

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 2509
54m+ 1821
0-1m 769
15m-54m 638
Other 455

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 642,562,123
Germany 330,254,296
Netherlands 265,592,063
France 194,608,379
United Arab Emirates 151,745,185

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 343,105,642 299,456,481 -43,649,161
Germany 164,058,086 166,196,210 +2,138,124
Netherlands 138,759,928 126,832,135 -11,927,793
France 103,490,315 91,118,064 -12,372,251
United Arab Emirates 87,310,943 64,434,242 -22,876,701
India 74,172,655 74,113,910 -58,745
Sweden 62,610,204 73,824,414 +11,214,210
Belgium 59,271,418 57,376,600 -1,894,818
Italy 51,474,880 51,678,348 +203,468
China 43,766,482 41,228,239 -2,538,243

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 111,685,798
XU 3,854,149
China 1,337,441
Germany 1,059,911
France 316,386

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 53,637,873 58,047,925 +4,410,052
XU 2,148,999 1,705,150 -443,849
China 654,761 682,680 +27,919
Germany 701,591 358,320 -343,271
France 148,596 167,790 +19,194
Turkey 139,081 170,994 +31,913
Belgium 103,429 141,040 +37,611
Austria 123,940 109,474 -14,466
Italy 103,528 104,644 +1,116
Poland 56,887 122,905 +66,018

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 1,318,666,425
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,150,424,609
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 508,030,378
Other 120,178,892
Road transport 2,736,396

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 700,061,860 618,604,565 -81,457,295
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 561,982,536 588,442,073 +26,459,537
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 289,181,007 218,849,371 -70,331,636
Other 58,169,518 62,009,374 +3,839,856
Road transport 2,666,415 69,981 -2,596,434

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 983,869,736
Dover / Eurotunnel 721,463,906
Immingham Docks 248,068,389
London Gateway Port 189,804,834
East Midlands Airport 128,822,111

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 521,786,467 462,083,269 -59,703,198
Dover / Eurotunnel 362,692,963 358,770,943 -3,922,020
Immingham Docks 118,376,132 129,692,257 +11,316,125
London Gateway Port 100,712,571 89,092,263 -11,620,308
East Midlands Airport 64,797,783 64,024,328 -773,455
000 58,169,518 62,009,374 +3,839,856
Southampton 35,696,775 45,542,798 +9,846,023
London Stansted Airport 42,570,562 28,787,811 -13,782,751
Hull 39,744,166 27,933,852 -11,810,314
ZLC 35,346,188 30,180,863 -5,165,325

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8414

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

Description: Includes vacuum pumps, air compressors, fans, and ventilating hoods, with or without filters. Also includes gas-tight safety cabinets