Import/export HS code 841480: Various air or gas equipment

Other machines for moving or compressing air or gas

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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 421,220,372
Germany 193,967,026
Slovakia 161,245,904
Romania 145,499,113
Poland 118,692,384

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 207,938,837 213,281,535 +5,342,698
Germany 100,636,716 93,330,310 -7,306,406
Slovakia 79,750,983 81,494,921 +1,743,938
Romania 79,113,357 66,385,756 -12,727,601
Poland 68,960,694 49,731,690 -19,229,004
China 58,037,375 60,069,393 +2,032,018
Belgium 54,220,689 42,560,591 -11,660,098
Netherlands 43,031,235 51,036,747 +8,005,512
France 50,281,942 39,910,213 -10,371,729
Italy 37,537,631 37,623,459 +85,828

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 438,019,371
Slovakia 214,784,845
Germany 164,446,081
Romania 153,552,361
China 146,683,727

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 217,227,467 220,791,904 +3,564,437
Slovakia 108,460,594 106,324,251 -2,136,343
Germany 85,331,227 79,114,854 -6,216,373
Romania 79,135,124 74,417,237 -4,717,887
China 71,134,198 75,549,529 +4,415,331
Poland 69,276,182 61,403,137 -7,873,045
Italy 38,650,931 39,221,593 +570,662
Belgium 35,303,236 20,767,437 -14,535,799
Hungary 33,215,119 20,835,756 -12,379,363
United Kingdom 23,085,721 18,263,272 -4,822,449

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 149
West Midlands 101
Surrey, East and West Sussex 90
Inner London - West 86
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 78

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 100 115 +15
West Midlands 69 67 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 67 68 +1
Inner London - West 56 58 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 55 60 +5
Greater Manchester 64 52 -12
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 56 52 -4
West Yorkshire 58 53 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 51 48 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 51 51 +0

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 617,230,739
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 594,768,630
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 358,920,434
Other 67,652,813
Road transport 11,555,001

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 299,811,330 317,419,409 +17,608,079
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 310,919,546 283,849,084 -27,070,462
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 185,590,381 173,330,053 -12,260,328
Other 42,927,511 24,725,302 -18,202,209
Road transport 10,124,198 1,430,803 -8,693,395
Rail transport 4,114,603 2,160,139 -1,954,464

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 368,020,164
Dover 212,301,845
Birmingham Airport 179,845,551
London 159,422,861
Harwich 138,611,921

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 179,035,707 188,984,457 +9,948,750
Dover 123,758,362 88,543,483 -35,214,879
Birmingham Airport 90,573,794 89,271,757 -1,302,037
London 95,543,679 63,879,182 -31,664,497
Harwich 62,724,153 75,887,768 +13,163,615
Felixstowe 49,439,879 35,590,677 -13,849,202
Eurotunnel 36,199,175 42,201,466 +6,002,291
000 42,927,511 24,725,302 -18,202,209
Southampton 31,920,478 29,930,051 -1,990,427
Liverpool Docks 22,658,881 20,795,698 -1,863,183

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 409
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 201
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 181
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 173
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 132

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 364
2025-11 394
2025-10 401
2025-09 371
2025-08 391

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 718
54m+ 615
0-1m 211
15m-54m 196
Other 169

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 287,295,670
Germany 132,697,111
Netherlands 125,998,711
Sweden 112,418,966
France 88,169,271

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 150,129,022 137,166,648 -12,962,374
Germany 68,538,099 64,159,012 -4,379,087
Netherlands 64,788,461 61,210,250 -3,578,211
Sweden 52,596,679 59,822,287 +7,225,608
France 43,568,269 44,601,002 +1,032,733
Belgium 43,833,129 43,191,755 -641,374
United Arab Emirates 44,455,494 36,100,148 -8,355,346
India 38,020,940 38,399,170 +378,230
Italy 26,543,064 27,016,365 +473,301
China 25,037,903 21,626,784 -3,411,119

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 £
China 346,349
XI 163,128
Germany 50,795
France 35,910
Ireland 26,276

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 £
China 195,879 150,470 -45,409
XI 84,652 78,476 -6,176
Germany 38,049 12,746 -25,303
France 14,943 20,967 +6,024
Ireland 1,788 24,488 +22,700
United States 14,757 6,660 -8,097
Taiwan 5,601 10,569 +4,968
XL 0 11,164 +11,164
Sweden 2,869 7,520 +4,651
Romania 4,740 4,082 -658

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 685,890,524
Air transport 482,646,390
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 261,755,821
Other 1,199,227
Road transport 241,503

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 340,562,200 345,328,324 +4,766,124
Air transport 246,503,035 236,143,355 -10,359,680
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 154,619,568 107,136,253 -47,483,315
Other 558,082 641,145 +83,063
Road transport 240,243 1,260 -238,983

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 403,882,346
Dover / Eurotunnel 401,760,877
Immingham Docks 188,165,374
London Gateway Port 84,643,871
Hull 48,888,194

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 204,358,866 199,523,480 -4,835,386
Dover / Eurotunnel 203,274,872 198,486,005 -4,788,867
Immingham Docks 92,689,411 95,475,963 +2,786,552
London Gateway Port 45,148,590 39,495,281 -5,653,309
Hull 26,922,338 21,965,856 -4,956,482
London 21,211,701 16,477,622 -4,734,079
Southampton 14,293,240 21,374,852 +7,081,612
Liverpool Docks 14,689,631 16,403,348 +1,713,717
East Midlands Airport 15,215,301 13,834,807 -1,380,494
Felixstowe 11,361,114 14,729,108 +3,367,994

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 841480

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

Description: Other machines for moving or compressing air or gas