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 703,630,804
Germany 688,352,614
China 578,974,574
Italy 270,402,943
Netherlands 251,507,985

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 359,706,618 343,924,186 -15,782,432
Germany 350,024,278 338,328,336 -11,695,942
China 292,625,165 286,349,409 -6,275,756
Italy 137,235,999 133,166,944 -4,069,055
Netherlands 119,637,421 131,870,564 +12,233,143
France 134,510,509 112,716,345 -21,794,164
Belgium 123,352,624 88,539,056 -34,813,568
Poland 96,234,212 83,228,971 -13,005,241
Slovakia 83,834,525 84,477,855 +643,330
Romania 84,116,220 82,885,251 -1,230,969

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 815,045,718
China 703,193,211
Germany 550,492,313
Italy 294,511,135
Slovakia 230,790,189

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 414,505,297 400,540,421 -13,964,876
China 354,114,874 349,078,337 -5,036,537
Germany 280,680,677 269,811,636 -10,869,041
Italy 148,512,500 145,998,635 -2,513,865
Slovakia 117,944,034 112,846,155 -5,097,879
Poland 105,941,415 101,039,654 -4,901,761
Romania 87,578,546 95,486,487 +7,907,941
France 80,661,444 74,574,329 -6,087,115
Japan 67,143,417 56,867,966 -10,275,451
Hungary 60,403,393 47,124,701 -13,278,692

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 404
Inner London - West 359
West Midlands 304
Greater Manchester 289
Surrey, East and West Sussex 289

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 292 311 +19
Inner London - West 242 258 +16
West Midlands 222 222 +0
Greater Manchester 213 211 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 217 210 -7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 188 208 +20
West Yorkshire 201 168 -33
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 178 169 -9
Shropshire and Staffordshire 154 171 +17
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 166 158 -8

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) 1,482,512,685
Air transport 1,257,724,927
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,136,051,269
Other 193,229,552
Road transport 43,526,577

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) 756,247,208 726,265,477 -29,981,731
Air transport 625,979,276 631,745,651 +5,766,375
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 571,784,684 564,266,585 -7,518,099
Other 127,338,910 65,890,642 -61,448,268
Road transport 29,665,661 13,860,916 -15,804,745
Rail transport 23,061,515 16,362,261 -6,699,254

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 673,448,880
Dover 552,963,233
Felixstowe 376,809,268
London 258,793,173
Southampton 257,561,919

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 340,886,504 332,562,376 -8,324,128
Dover 295,096,409 257,866,824 -37,229,585
Felixstowe 210,373,871 166,435,397 -43,938,474
London 146,284,239 112,508,934 -33,775,305
Southampton 143,047,319 114,514,600 -28,532,719
Eurotunnel 110,493,022 132,996,806 +22,503,784
Birmingham Airport 119,789,628 118,456,859 -1,332,769
Harwich 91,559,093 106,936,013 +15,376,920
000 127,338,910 65,890,642 -61,448,268
East Midlands Airport 70,118,561 75,747,095 +5,628,534

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 1382
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 636
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 525
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 358
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
2026-01 1292
2025-11 1371
2025-10 1469
2025-09 1419
2025-08 1409

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+ 1824
0-1m 766
15m-54m 646
Other 454

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 635,315,207
Germany 327,379,534
Netherlands 265,900,037
France 198,983,245
India 156,102,949

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 344,164,394 291,150,813 -53,013,581
Germany 165,723,827 161,655,707 -4,068,120
Netherlands 139,203,932 126,696,105 -12,507,827
France 105,379,271 93,603,974 -11,775,297
India 75,649,958 80,452,991 +4,803,033
United Arab Emirates 87,724,828 65,646,388 -22,078,440
Sweden 62,845,057 74,298,562 +11,453,505
Belgium 59,229,757 57,024,019 -2,205,738
Italy 51,835,002 52,397,647 +562,645
China 43,299,217 42,359,650 -939,567

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 111,683,942
China 1,288,435
Germany 1,021,905
Turkey 322,865
France 315,846

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 52,505,766 59,178,176 +6,672,410
China 662,001 626,434 -35,567
Germany 677,998 343,907 -334,091
Turkey 154,283 168,582 +14,299
France 148,865 166,981 +18,116
Belgium 91,189 150,252 +59,063
Austria 121,015 101,525 -19,490
Italy 105,420 110,487 +5,067
Poland 63,047 115,017 +51,970
Ireland 68,826 52,419 -16,407

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 1,326,764,518
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,163,326,744
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 498,018,516
Other 120,005,551
Road transport 1,820,697

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 708,032,586 618,731,932 -89,300,654
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 578,130,711 585,196,033 +7,065,322
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 282,866,724 215,151,792 -67,714,932
Other 56,900,417 63,105,134 +6,204,717
Road transport 1,754,933 65,764 -1,689,169

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 989,402,867
Dover / Eurotunnel 723,051,899
Immingham Docks 251,798,024
London Gateway Port 192,511,442
East Midlands Airport 129,104,990

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 526,157,019 463,245,848 -62,911,171
Dover / Eurotunnel 363,961,133 359,090,766 -4,870,367
Immingham Docks 122,401,247 129,396,777 +6,995,530
London Gateway Port 105,941,446 86,569,996 -19,371,450
East Midlands Airport 66,963,285 62,141,705 -4,821,580
000 56,900,417 63,105,134 +6,204,717
Southampton 34,715,416 47,906,376 +13,190,960
London Stansted Airport 44,101,407 28,320,840 -15,780,567
Hull 39,541,278 28,339,840 -11,201,438
ZLC 34,206,407 31,567,627 -2,638,780

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