Import/export HS code 842123: Oil or petrol filters

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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 £
Germany 133,747,526
United States 70,310,347
Belgium 41,453,876
France 38,225,581
China 32,005,556

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 68,927,507 64,820,019 -4,107,488
United States 37,800,391 32,509,956 -5,290,435
Belgium 21,513,893 19,939,983 -1,573,910
France 19,581,943 18,643,638 -938,305
China 16,742,905 15,262,651 -1,480,254
Poland 16,213,725 14,528,261 -1,685,464
Netherlands 15,219,225 11,932,782 -3,286,443
Czechia 11,280,656 11,166,379 -114,277
Turkey 11,540,743 9,888,915 -1,651,828
Thailand 7,180,583 4,923,914 -2,256,669

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 84,850,578
Germany 63,378,143
China 54,718,645
Czechia 48,630,212
France 43,328,878

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 46,590,631 38,259,947 -8,330,684
Germany 33,096,227 30,281,916 -2,814,311
China 28,775,214 25,943,431 -2,831,783
Czechia 24,987,083 23,643,129 -1,343,954
France 22,608,741 20,720,137 -1,888,604
Poland 14,873,210 12,566,195 -2,307,015
Turkey 12,235,513 10,978,146 -1,257,367
Austria 9,270,122 8,783,601 -486,521
Tunisia 8,648,117 7,424,271 -1,223,846
Thailand 8,236,569 6,160,622 -2,075,947

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 73
West Midlands 59
Inner London - West 55
Surrey, East and West Sussex 52
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 50

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 62 57 -5
West Midlands 49 37 -12
Inner London - West 39 42 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 36 38 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 40 38 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 38 32 -6
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 29 25 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 29 30 +1
Essex 24 25 +1
Greater Manchester 27 21 -6

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) 255,810,802
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 162,404,698
Air transport 58,137,598
Other 10,307,302
Road transport 1,512,481

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) 133,123,205 122,687,597 -10,435,608
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 87,530,790 74,873,908 -12,656,882
Air transport 30,180,122 27,957,476 -2,222,646
Other 6,063,610 4,243,692 -1,819,918
Road transport 703,650 808,831 +105,181
Rail transport 691,712 116,165 -575,547

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 99,625,580
Dover / Eurotunnel 49,977,252
Eurotunnel 49,058,452
Southampton 43,407,350
Felixstowe 41,497,202

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 53,362,422 46,263,158 -7,099,264
Dover / Eurotunnel 30,249,903 19,727,349 -10,522,554
Eurotunnel 25,424,208 23,634,244 -1,789,964
Southampton 20,478,875 22,928,475 +2,449,600
Felixstowe 25,707,939 15,789,263 -9,918,676
London 19,148,957 18,096,807 -1,052,150
Immingham Docks 10,251,873 13,359,308 +3,107,435
Birmingham Airport 9,853,788 10,386,557 +532,769
Liverpool Docks 7,945,269 8,372,812 +427,543
Harwich 6,921,630 9,183,704 +2,262,074

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 188
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 176
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 79
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 77
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 60

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 255
2025-10 268
2025-09 257
2025-08 262
2025-07 252

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 352
54m+ 351
15m-54m 103
Other 82
0-1m 73

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 40,555,359
Germany 31,449,887
France 24,845,730
Belgium 22,867,022
Ireland 18,721,137

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 21,217,289 19,338,070 -1,879,219
Germany 16,450,489 14,999,398 -1,451,091
France 12,839,949 12,005,781 -834,168
Belgium 10,336,101 12,530,921 +2,194,820
Ireland 9,095,127 9,626,010 +530,883
China 6,059,512 7,967,934 +1,908,422
Brazil 4,283,716 7,254,447 +2,970,731
Italy 5,214,366 5,058,864 -155,502
Sweden 4,705,475 4,738,191 +32,716
India 4,334,480 4,890,242 +555,762

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 £
France 334,542
China 244,333
Germany 183,683
XI 168,101
XU 123,172

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 £
France 193,104 141,438 -51,666
China 139,135 105,198 -33,937
Germany 120,142 63,541 -56,601
XI 83,579 84,522 +943
XU 32,451 90,721 +58,270
Czechia 42,011 53,707 +11,696
Austria 23,282 42,225 +18,943
India 33,676 28,263 -5,413
United States 27,201 29,496 +2,295
Belgium 32,968 16,867 -16,101

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) 140,322,967
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 89,761,387
Air transport 71,583,580
Other 1,648,796
Road transport 390,680

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) 66,850,689 73,472,278 +6,621,589
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 49,848,479 39,912,908 -9,935,571
Air transport 35,159,742 36,423,838 +1,264,096
Other 875,387 773,409 -101,978
Road transport 390,680 0 -390,680

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 76,023,679
Immingham Docks 37,013,400
London Heathrow Airport 36,387,246
London Gateway Port 34,974,116
Southampton 25,914,608

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 35,885,552 40,138,127 +4,252,575
Immingham Docks 19,527,457 17,485,943 -2,041,514
London Heathrow Airport 15,164,863 21,222,383 +6,057,520
London Gateway Port 17,327,773 17,646,343 +318,570
Southampton 12,873,870 13,040,738 +166,868
East Midlands Airport 9,576,223 5,845,290 -3,730,933
Dover 9,273,574 4,387,113 -4,886,461
Felixstowe 7,730,820 5,021,153 -2,709,667
Holyhead 6,162,916 6,419,805 +256,889
ZLC 5,763,237 3,529,958 -2,233,279

Quick facts

HS code: 842123

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

Description: Filters used in car engines to clean oil or petrol