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 743,844,024
Germany 658,280,162
United States 541,251,379
Italy 409,465,441
France 239,384,434

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 399,138,737 344,705,287 -54,433,450
Germany 328,815,598 329,464,564 +648,966
United States 274,542,921 266,708,458 -7,834,463
Italy 215,162,426 194,303,015 -20,859,411
France 129,489,719 109,894,715 -19,595,004
Netherlands 86,906,684 70,631,470 -16,275,214
Spain 65,901,649 52,527,821 -13,373,828
Denmark 34,366,568 32,887,139 -1,479,429
Belgium 33,727,252 17,076,740 -16,650,512
Ireland 25,214,416 22,583,178 -2,631,238

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 817,639,958
China 815,302,168
Germany 439,959,272
Italy 401,506,964
France 190,100,636

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 418,426,063 399,213,895 -19,212,168
China 435,117,786 380,184,382 -54,933,404
Germany 227,653,846 212,305,426 -15,348,420
Italy 213,146,654 188,360,310 -24,786,344
France 100,412,841 89,687,795 -10,725,046
United Kingdom 67,035,244 61,128,401 -5,906,843
Spain 49,492,518 34,332,048 -15,160,470
Netherlands 42,196,762 33,099,820 -9,096,942
Hungary 25,609,655 29,856,192 +4,246,537
Portugal 25,720,220 28,314,501 +2,594,281

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 407
Inner London - West 320
West Midlands 290
Surrey, East and West Sussex 284
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 322 302 -20
Inner London - West 229 230 +1
West Midlands 234 201 -33
Surrey, East and West Sussex 223 215 -8
Greater Manchester 202 217 +15
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 185 182 -3
West Yorkshire 177 181 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 168 181 +13
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 176 162 -14
Shropshire and Staffordshire 162 160 -2

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 1,345,541,220
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,173,101,961
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,051,657,434
Other 87,468,214
Road transport 17,749,684

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 689,106,190 656,435,030 -32,671,160
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 614,774,547 558,327,414 -56,447,133
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 575,572,219 476,085,215 -99,487,004
Other 53,466,140 34,002,074 -19,464,066
Road transport 9,278,577 8,471,107 -807,470
Rail transport 10,257,141 2,624,354 -7,632,787

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 556,624,662
London Heathrow Airport 459,491,047
Felixstowe 439,717,980
East Midlands Airport 328,733,862
London Stansted Airport 262,409,782

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 280,333,816 276,290,846 -4,042,970
London Heathrow Airport 246,487,585 213,003,462 -33,484,123
Felixstowe 257,894,969 181,823,011 -76,071,958
East Midlands Airport 160,940,788 167,793,074 +6,852,286
London Stansted Airport 132,558,278 129,851,504 -2,706,774
Eurotunnel 124,705,623 124,820,722 +115,099
Southampton 110,299,341 88,582,821 -21,716,520
London 92,134,149 74,271,718 -17,862,431
Birmingham Airport 70,836,732 77,588,437 +6,751,705
London Gateway Port 37,692,001 68,653,598 +30,961,597

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 1430
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 643
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 477
Other manufacturing 358
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 348

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 1495
2025-11 1577
2025-10 1672
2025-09 1583
2025-08 1555

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 2664
54m+ 1780
0-1m 789
15m-54m 577
Other 410

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 447,278,469
Germany 213,346,108
Norway 175,962,143
Ireland 156,438,965
France 134,253,151

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 254,267,660 193,010,809 -61,256,851
Germany 102,013,717 111,332,391 +9,318,674
Norway 80,426,954 95,535,189 +15,108,235
Ireland 79,592,436 76,846,529 -2,745,907
France 71,294,434 62,958,717 -8,335,717
China 60,778,728 53,870,284 -6,908,444
United Arab Emirates 55,795,433 57,483,275 +1,687,842
Italy 50,621,189 53,116,555 +2,495,366
Saudi Arabia 59,871,292 43,546,646 -16,324,646
Netherlands 49,967,578 52,609,446 +2,641,868

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 12,563,398
China 7,838,412
Germany 658,950
Lithuania 404,433
Ireland 257,853

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 11,201,521 1,361,877 -9,839,644
China 3,660,684 4,177,728 +517,044
Germany 444,031 214,919 -229,112
Lithuania 141,201 263,232 +122,031
Ireland 98,918 158,935 +60,017
France 117,841 135,396 +17,555
Italy 123,877 108,297 -15,580
India 138,195 34,547 -103,648
Sweden 59,783 39,902 -19,881
Netherlands 37,328 31,819 -5,509

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 1,463,586,651
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 766,061,835
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 651,541,207
Other 26,472,751
Road transport 2,802,889

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 775,960,155 687,626,496 -88,333,659
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 410,663,579 355,398,256 -55,265,323
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 316,770,203 334,771,004 +18,000,801
Other 17,636,639 8,836,112 -8,800,527
Road transport 2,712,375 90,514 -2,621,861
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 710,280,353
Dover / Eurotunnel 441,043,069
Aberdeen Docks 235,307,003
London Gateway Port 226,293,974
London Stansted Airport 224,992,599

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 387,212,741 323,067,612 -64,145,129
Dover / Eurotunnel 216,951,843 224,091,226 +7,139,383
Aberdeen Docks 128,597,694 106,709,309 -21,888,385
London Gateway Port 126,104,714 100,189,260 -25,915,454
London Stansted Airport 109,634,679 115,357,920 +5,723,241
East Midlands Airport 117,499,880 98,491,329 -19,008,551
Southampton 50,059,210 58,525,876 +8,466,666
ZLC 53,778,258 52,495,695 -1,282,563
Manchester Airport 43,445,117 38,286,910 -5,158,207
Holyhead 32,867,478 33,973,699 +1,106,221

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