Import/export HS code 84818040: Valves for tires and inner tubes

Valves used in pneumatic tires and inner tubes for vehicles and bicycles

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 86,289,910
France 9,988,851
Ireland 5,315,192
Germany 2,580,637
United States 1,601,979

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 45,643,032 40,646,878 -4,996,154
France 5,237,591 4,751,260 -486,331
Ireland 2,363,978 2,951,214 +587,236
Germany 1,727,316 853,321 -873,995
United States 621,675 980,304 +358,629
Italy 385,095 924,632 +539,537
Japan 604,476 335,782 -268,694
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 312,224 492,161 +179,937
South Korea 336,028 349,472 +13,444
Netherlands 372,794 207,637 -165,157

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 91,558,677
United States 2,373,236
Italy 1,490,863
Japan 1,110,065
France 914,798

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 47,867,541 43,691,136 -4,176,405
United States 1,015,657 1,357,579 +341,922
Italy 433,422 1,057,441 +624,019
Japan 688,943 421,122 -267,821
France 700,747 214,051 -486,696
Germany 608,929 270,874 -338,055
South Korea 321,428 326,361 +4,933
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 199,929 298,298 +98,369
Netherlands 270,255 94,172 -176,083
Poland 208,267 84,045 -124,222

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 42
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 32
West Yorkshire 31
Shropshire and Staffordshire 29
Greater Manchester 27

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
West Midlands 33 28 -5
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 24 24 +0
West Yorkshire 20 21 +1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 22 18 -4
Greater Manchester 15 22 +7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 15 21 +6
Inner London - West 15 12 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 12 18 +6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 7 15 +8
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 10 12 +2

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 82,684,658
Air transport 10,876,763
Other 10,851,584
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,965,669
Road transport 164,973

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 44,359,004 38,325,654 -6,033,350
Air transport 5,439,566 5,437,197 -2,369
Other 5,653,262 5,198,322 -454,940
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,450,296 4,515,373 +1,065,077
Road transport 125,291 39,682 -85,609
Rail transport 15,812 0 -15,812

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 46,010,951
Southampton 13,000,075
Liverpool Docks 11,211,870
000 10,851,584
London Gateway Port 6,804,072

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 £
Felixstowe 25,029,852 20,981,099 -4,048,753
Southampton 8,172,615 4,827,460 -3,345,155
Liverpool Docks 7,164,639 4,047,231 -3,117,408
000 5,653,262 5,198,322 -454,940
London Gateway Port 559,835 6,244,237 +5,684,402
London Heathrow Airport 2,297,399 2,072,798 -224,601
Holyhead 1,068,881 1,591,136 +522,255
London 1,546,888 475,875 -1,071,013
Belfast Port 1,155,346 808,598 -346,748
Eurotunnel 671,660 1,100,877 +429,217

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 188
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 52
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 50
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 48
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 31

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 104
2025-10 83
2025-09 77
2025-08 83
2025-07 91

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 243
54m+ 158
15m-54m 56
0-1m 51
Other 32

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 £
China 2,342,823
United States 2,273,230
Germany 2,070,672
Ireland 1,844,957
India 1,610,961

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 £
China 1,317,127 1,025,696 -291,431
United States 1,346,302 926,928 -419,374
Germany 1,050,127 1,020,545 -29,582
Ireland 885,985 958,972 +72,987
India 218,236 1,392,725 +1,174,489
Italy 672,739 476,232 -196,507
France 426,116 528,376 +102,260
Egypt 6,514 749,558 +743,044
Libya 131,237 539,454 +408,217
Brazil 584,130 7,307 -576,823

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 1,185,010
China 670,014
XU 51,612
France 35,326
Italy 12,303

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 654,340 530,670 -123,670
China 255,818 414,196 +158,378
XU 23,066 28,546 +5,480
France 15,594 19,732 +4,138
Italy 6,862 5,441 -1,421
Switzerland 4,945 4,754 -191
Turkey 4,496 0 -4,496
Germany 1,629 2,082 +453
Spain 1,787 0 -1,787
Czechia 141 188 +47

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 9,711,257
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,810,073
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,660,231
Other 1,974,708
Road transport 18,529

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 4,912,490 4,798,767 -113,723
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,150,383 2,659,690 +509,307
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,179,411 2,480,820 +1,301,409
Other 969,007 1,005,701 +36,694
Road transport 17,565 964 -16,601

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 4,766,321
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,808,015
000 1,974,708
London Gateway Port 1,478,690
London Stansted Airport 1,266,409

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 2,296,204 2,470,117 +173,913
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,352,893 1,455,122 +102,229
000 969,007 1,005,701 +36,694
London Gateway Port 556,893 921,797 +364,904
London Stansted Airport 661,545 604,864 -56,681
East Midlands Airport 476,727 659,919 +183,192
Manchester Airport 575,507 385,100 -190,407
Dover 342,350 551,960 +209,610
Felixstowe 29,557 729,661 +700,104
Belfast Airport 307,983 293,570 -14,413

Quick facts

HS code: 84818040

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

Description: Valves used in pneumatic tires and inner tubes for vehicles and bicycles