Import/export HS code 84148022: Small air or gas equipment

Machines with a flow rate of 60 m³ per minute or less

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  • 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 £
China 19,703,822
Italy 10,831,246
Germany 10,281,597
France 6,148,709
Netherlands 4,242,871

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 £
China 9,764,644 9,939,178 +174,534
Italy 4,989,027 5,842,219 +853,192
Germany 6,080,938 4,200,659 -1,880,279
France 3,838,551 2,310,158 -1,528,393
Netherlands 2,083,080 2,159,791 +76,711
Belgium 2,441,651 1,465,340 -976,311
Poland 1,009,576 1,136,563 +126,987
Austria 916,840 851,103 -65,737
Slovakia 608,030 1,071,606 +463,576
Thailand 811,236 790,669 -20,567

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 £
China 24,871,259
Italy 12,212,058
Germany 7,476,843
United States 4,242,019
Poland 3,471,009

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 £
China 12,887,404 11,983,855 -903,549
Italy 5,786,735 6,425,323 +638,588
Germany 4,589,490 2,887,353 -1,702,137
United States 2,394,977 1,847,042 -547,935
Poland 1,446,767 2,024,242 +577,475
France 1,365,927 1,193,224 -172,703
Sweden 1,531,707 519,458 -1,012,249
Thailand 892,566 807,740 -84,826
Slovakia 589,165 1,075,230 +486,065
Austria 875,875 786,554 -89,321

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 38
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 18
Greater Manchester 17
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 17
Surrey, East and West Sussex 17

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 29 31 +2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 12 13 +1
Greater Manchester 15 13 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 15 12 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 12 13 +1
West Midlands 9 12 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 9 8 -1
West Yorkshire 11 8 -3
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 6 7 +1
Cheshire 10 7 -3

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) 30,444,723
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,253,166
Air transport 8,290,338
Other 2,844,236
Rail transport 10,670

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) 15,717,840 14,726,883 -990,957
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,162,591 13,090,575 -1,072,016
Air transport 4,210,759 4,079,579 -131,180
Other 1,750,507 1,093,729 -656,778
Rail transport 10,670 0 -10,670
Road transport 3,035 5,077 +2,042

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 12,062,867
Felixstowe 11,288,510
Southampton 8,175,522
Eurotunnel 7,884,125
London Gateway Port 3,351,729

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 7,428,863 4,634,004 -2,794,859
Felixstowe 7,343,817 3,944,693 -3,399,124
Southampton 4,343,577 3,831,945 -511,632
Eurotunnel 3,697,715 4,186,410 +488,695
London Gateway Port 166,531 3,185,198 +3,018,667
Birmingham Airport 1,829,557 1,349,927 -479,630
000 1,750,507 1,093,729 -656,778
Thamesport 1,387,272 1,182,319 -204,953
London 1,199,606 1,327,771 +128,165
Purfleet 639,192 1,515,450 +876,258

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 90
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 42
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 29
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 25
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 23

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 78
2025-10 71
2025-09 84
2025-08 77
2025-07 83

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
54m+ 142
1m-15m 118
15m-54m 33
Other 25
0-1m 24

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 £
Ireland 4,610,697
United States 1,518,677
Germany 1,426,390
France 949,532
Poland 817,716

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 £
Ireland 2,343,476 2,267,221 -76,255
United States 966,524 552,153 -414,371
Germany 851,303 575,087 -276,216
France 423,916 525,616 +101,700
Poland 514,004 303,712 -210,292
Netherlands 115,915 653,448 +537,533
Italy 248,572 313,496 +64,924
Belgium 170,348 105,972 -64,376
Spain 110,605 89,765 -20,840
Brazil 174,780 5,002 -169,778

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 148,475
XI 34,060
Taiwan 13,002
France 12,903
Ireland 11,870

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 92,659 55,816 -36,843
XI 13,852 20,208 +6,356
Taiwan 3,269 9,733 +6,464
France 2,801 10,102 +7,301
Ireland 2,595 9,275 +6,680
United States 6,907 4,316 -2,591
Sweden 2,869 7,520 +4,651
XU 5,834 3,923 -1,911
Mexico 381 2,708 +2,327
Viet Nam 0 2,500 +2,500

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) 9,397,019
Air transport 3,322,889
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,284,368
Other 258,420
Road transport 3,951

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) 4,718,591 4,678,428 -40,163
Air transport 2,065,007 1,257,882 -807,125
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 772,621 511,747 -260,874
Other 132,319 126,101 -6,218
Road transport 3,951 0 -3,951

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,836,665
Holyhead 3,749,182
London Heathrow Airport 1,648,137
East Midlands Airport 757,808
Immingham Docks 662,207

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,245,304 1,591,361 -653,943
Holyhead 1,871,451 1,877,731 +6,280
London Heathrow Airport 923,034 725,103 -197,931
East Midlands Airport 508,903 248,905 -259,998
Immingham Docks 141,601 520,606 +379,005
London Stansted Airport 472,622 62,728 -409,894
Liverpool Docks 303,046 176,343 -126,703
London Gateway Port 364,133 80,747 -283,386
Dover 119,899 307,885 +187,986
ZLC 143,965 204,197 +60,232

Quick facts

HS code: 84148022

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

Description: Machines with a flow rate of 60 m³ per minute or less