Import/export HS code 848180: Various types of valves

Includes mixing valves, thermostatic valves, and other specialized valves for specific uses

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 £
China 739,687,053
Germany 652,151,448
United States 552,953,758
Italy 410,062,125
France 238,079,093

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 390,224,770 349,462,283 -40,762,487
Germany 323,777,459 328,373,989 +4,596,530
United States 290,175,417 262,778,341 -27,397,076
Italy 217,491,997 192,570,128 -24,921,869
France 126,816,903 111,262,190 -15,554,713
Netherlands 86,992,764 70,722,099 -16,270,665
Spain 65,652,004 53,007,732 -12,644,272
Denmark 33,568,312 32,875,602 -692,710
Belgium 34,817,000 17,085,111 -17,731,889
Ireland 25,597,243 21,199,292 -4,397,951

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 825,152,700
China 811,703,166
Germany 437,216,189
Italy 413,946,824
France 187,471,623

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 429,025,705 396,126,995 -32,898,710
China 427,861,731 383,841,435 -44,020,296
Germany 227,019,335 210,196,854 -16,822,481
Italy 226,854,931 187,091,893 -39,763,038
France 98,307,250 89,164,373 -9,142,877
United Kingdom 63,979,849 61,389,708 -2,590,141
Spain 49,689,220 35,653,720 -14,035,500
Netherlands 42,128,168 33,313,604 -8,814,564
Hungary 25,976,991 29,381,214 +3,404,223
Portugal 26,191,782 26,846,503 +654,721

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 403
Inner London - West 312
Surrey, East and West Sussex 288
West Midlands 287
Greater Manchester 268

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 322 295 -27
Inner London - West 229 224 -5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 225 222 -3
West Midlands 235 194 -41
Greater Manchester 205 216 +11
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 181 189 +8
West Yorkshire 182 182 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 167 180 +13
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 175 166 -9
Shropshire and Staffordshire 163 159 -4

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 1,334,393,621
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,170,633,787
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,070,938,564
Other 90,243,264
Road transport 16,991,041

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 687,272,810 647,120,811 -40,151,999
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 610,948,803 559,684,984 -51,263,819
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 591,353,693 479,584,871 -111,768,822
Other 53,985,114 36,258,150 -17,726,964
Road transport 9,929,594 7,061,447 -2,868,147
Rail transport 10,811,153 2,457,326 -8,353,827

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 554,511,980
London Heathrow Airport 455,573,645
Felixstowe 438,446,799
East Midlands Airport 325,757,422
London Stansted Airport 259,713,022

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 279,150,231 275,361,749 -3,788,482
London Heathrow Airport 243,938,906 211,634,739 -32,304,167
Felixstowe 244,688,323 193,758,476 -50,929,847
East Midlands Airport 160,853,425 164,903,997 +4,050,572
London Stansted Airport 134,189,517 125,523,505 -8,666,012
Eurotunnel 123,928,305 124,348,736 +420,431
Southampton 112,646,006 88,638,514 -24,007,492
London 92,506,474 73,122,892 -19,383,582
Birmingham Airport 70,451,031 76,169,387 +5,718,356
London Gateway Port 48,005,527 64,575,563 +16,570,036

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 1424
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 639
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 478
Other manufacturing 361
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 343

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 1577
2025-10 1673
2025-09 1584
2025-08 1555
2025-07 1700

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 2672
54m+ 1787
0-1m 769
15m-54m 563
Other 405

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 445,678,012
Germany 208,779,906
Norway 175,231,741
Ireland 157,325,414
France 136,135,469

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 240,239,069 205,438,943 -34,800,126
Germany 101,908,943 106,870,963 +4,962,020
Norway 71,951,717 103,280,024 +31,328,307
Ireland 80,581,923 76,743,491 -3,838,432
France 72,545,627 63,589,842 -8,955,785
China 63,194,135 53,882,412 -9,311,723
United Arab Emirates 54,956,639 56,918,648 +1,962,009
Italy 49,649,692 52,995,496 +3,345,804
Saudi Arabia 58,431,333 43,142,553 -15,288,780
Netherlands 48,067,948 53,031,404 +4,963,456

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 12,624,426
China 8,110,682
XU 3,441,441
Germany 664,766
Lithuania 375,737

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 11,223,024 1,401,402 -9,821,622
China 3,791,242 4,319,440 +528,198
XU 1,476,030 1,965,411 +489,381
Germany 423,005 241,761 -181,244
Lithuania 144,880 230,857 +85,977
France 100,589 150,814 +50,225
Italy 126,013 113,856 -12,157
India 160,137 42,935 -117,202
Ireland 95,815 35,621 -60,194
Sweden 56,669 49,115 -7,554

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 1,452,428,431
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 776,129,822
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 644,297,981
Other 26,570,707
Road transport 3,779,291

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 774,390,319 678,038,112 -96,352,207
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 396,059,835 380,069,987 -15,989,848
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 312,723,048 331,574,933 +18,851,885
Other 17,860,867 8,709,840 -9,151,027
Road transport 3,729,283 50,008 -3,679,275
Rail transport 0 5,625 +5,625

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 704,687,095
Dover / Eurotunnel 435,818,822
Aberdeen Docks 241,308,292
London Gateway Port 228,316,610
East Midlands Airport 220,506,059

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 385,902,882 318,784,213 -67,118,669
Dover / Eurotunnel 216,061,852 219,756,970 +3,695,118
Aberdeen Docks 121,228,151 120,080,141 -1,148,010
London Gateway Port 114,767,678 113,548,932 -1,218,746
East Midlands Airport 121,039,297 99,466,762 -21,572,535
London Stansted Airport 109,674,551 108,060,352 -1,614,199
Southampton 49,422,911 56,393,772 +6,970,861
ZLC 53,493,432 52,051,759 -1,441,673
Manchester Airport 44,060,411 37,900,724 -6,159,687
Holyhead 34,675,984 33,266,258 -1,409,726

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 848180

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

Description: Includes mixing valves, thermostatic valves, and other specialized valves for specific uses