Import/export HS code 84818085: Butterfly valves

Valves with a rotating disc to regulate flow, commonly used in large pipelines

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 £
Germany 32,129,932
China 28,525,747
France 15,811,599
Netherlands 13,360,613
United States 11,568,911

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 15,690,958 16,438,974 +748,016
China 15,560,434 12,965,313 -2,595,121
France 9,564,092 6,247,507 -3,316,585
Netherlands 7,575,528 5,785,085 -1,790,443
United States 6,195,602 5,373,309 -822,293
Italy 3,680,064 5,923,577 +2,243,513
Poland 3,085,574 3,197,762 +112,188
Czechia 1,827,905 2,287,653 +459,748
Spain 1,832,794 1,777,267 -55,527
Japan 1,914,130 1,142,084 -772,046

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 34,338,947
Germany 29,933,390
United States 21,104,221
France 13,786,734
Italy 8,679,752

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 18,720,348 15,618,599 -3,101,749
Germany 14,929,573 15,003,817 +74,244
United States 11,970,652 9,133,569 -2,837,083
France 8,392,745 5,393,989 -2,998,756
Italy 3,447,406 5,232,346 +1,784,940
Poland 4,382,584 4,014,395 -368,189
Czechia 2,535,203 2,854,590 +319,387
Spain 2,563,943 2,741,413 +177,470
Netherlands 2,999,696 1,909,618 -1,090,078
United Kingdom 1,828,348 1,914,775 +86,427

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 41
West Midlands 40
Inner London - West 39
Greater Manchester 35
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 32

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 31 29 -2
West Midlands 31 24 -7
Inner London - West 26 27 +1
Greater Manchester 27 22 -5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 23 24 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 20 23 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 20 21 +1
West Yorkshire 22 19 -3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 21 22 +1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 22 18 -4

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) 58,017,051
Air transport 44,899,940
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 35,512,723
Other 6,832,491
Road transport 552,772

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) 31,370,354 26,646,697 -4,723,657
Air transport 24,299,208 20,600,732 -3,698,476
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,267,582 18,245,141 +977,559
Other 4,068,827 2,763,664 -1,305,163
Road transport 415,639 137,133 -278,506
Rail transport 122,735 54,012 -68,723

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 28,049,635
Felixstowe 15,845,904
London Heathrow Airport 11,542,664
London Stansted Airport 11,538,388
East Midlands Airport 10,422,018

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 15,611,489 12,438,146 -3,173,343
Felixstowe 9,544,617 6,301,287 -3,243,330
London Heathrow Airport 6,692,409 4,850,255 -1,842,154
London Stansted Airport 6,703,430 4,834,958 -1,868,472
East Midlands Airport 5,002,585 5,419,433 +416,848
Eurotunnel 3,931,690 4,009,085 +77,395
Southampton 2,813,327 4,194,922 +1,381,595
000 4,068,827 2,763,664 -1,305,163
Immingham Docks 1,681,787 4,560,827 +2,879,040
Birmingham Airport 2,844,845 3,193,545 +348,700

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 160
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 86
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 54
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 40
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 37

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 155
2025-10 144
2025-09 164
2025-08 155
2025-07 171

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+ 293
1m-15m 268
15m-54m 76
Other 45
0-1m 43

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 18,984,147
Germany 15,535,563
Netherlands 10,419,962
Italy 7,717,602
Algeria 7,534,795

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 12,378,431 6,605,716 -5,772,715
Germany 9,386,612 6,148,951 -3,237,661
Netherlands 4,217,596 6,202,366 +1,984,770
Italy 4,084,304 3,633,298 -451,006
Algeria 5,708,355 1,826,440 -3,881,915
Ireland 4,365,165 2,835,320 -1,529,845
Japan 4,263,492 2,775,258 -1,488,234
Canada 3,664,006 2,828,369 -835,637
China 3,282,865 2,115,129 -1,167,736
France 2,339,336 2,316,572 -22,764

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 £
India 192,905
Denmark 14,227
Germany 2,823
XI 1,286
XU 185

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 £
India 149,970 42,935 -107,035
Denmark 0 14,227 +14,227
Germany 0 2,823 +2,823
XI 1,286 0 -1,286
XU 185 0 -185

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 72,756,605
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 45,954,182
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,371,677
Other 211,426
Road transport 126,932

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 43,266,793 29,489,812 -13,776,981
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 23,552,211 22,401,971 -1,150,240
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,353,398 7,018,279 -9,335,119
Other 151,441 59,985 -91,456
Road transport 122,120 4,812 -117,308

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 37,779,242
Dover / Eurotunnel 29,257,121
East Midlands Airport 12,253,154
Immingham Docks 10,931,694
London Gateway Port 9,598,223

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 24,390,220 13,389,022 -11,001,198
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,184,287 13,072,834 -3,111,453
East Midlands Airport 6,460,600 5,792,554 -668,046
Immingham Docks 4,855,237 6,076,457 +1,221,220
London Gateway Port 7,347,053 2,251,170 -5,095,883
London Stansted Airport 5,474,700 4,121,835 -1,352,865
Manchester Airport 3,356,345 3,625,627 +269,282
Felixstowe 3,717,013 1,084,922 -2,632,091
ZLC 2,122,960 1,850,371 -272,589
Liverpool Docks 1,365,533 1,573,135 +207,602

Quick facts

HS code: 84818085

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

Description: Valves with a rotating disc to regulate flow, commonly used in large pipelines