Import/export HS code 84821010: Small ball bearings (under 30mm)

Compact ball bearings with an external diameter of 30mm or less, used in small machinery

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  • 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 £
United States 18,055,523
Germany 9,530,408
China 4,076,934
France 2,947,219
Belgium 2,930,645

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 £
United States 7,927,331 10,128,192 +2,200,861
Germany 4,623,622 4,906,786 +283,164
China 2,233,027 1,843,907 -389,120
France 1,350,692 1,596,527 +245,835
Belgium 1,628,746 1,301,899 -326,847
Japan 1,380,525 991,959 -388,566
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 449,519 1,230,686 +781,167
Thailand 643,914 842,851 +198,937
Switzerland 816,849 592,385 -224,464
Netherlands 570,517 703,318 +132,801

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 18,590,544
Germany 8,691,290
China 6,416,309
Japan 4,657,488
France 2,584,763

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 8,088,058 10,502,486 +2,414,428
Germany 4,435,018 4,256,272 -178,746
China 3,617,839 2,798,470 -819,369
Japan 2,732,991 1,924,497 -808,494
France 1,155,545 1,429,218 +273,673
Italy 644,614 1,168,351 +523,737
Thailand 781,003 889,284 +108,281
United Kingdom 494,169 1,023,197 +529,028
Switzerland 439,571 383,681 -55,890
India 409,279 293,458 -115,821

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 67
Surrey, East and West Sussex 43
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 33
West Midlands 33
Greater Manchester 30

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 40 47 +7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 30 26 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 19 24 +5
West Midlands 24 24 +0
Greater Manchester 19 19 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 15 22 +7
Inner London - West 16 21 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 17 20 +3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 17 18 +1
West Yorkshire 16 20 +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 32,624,950
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,294,727
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,794,662
Other 1,750,591
Road transport 140,043

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 15,110,599 17,514,351 +2,403,752
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,206,482 6,088,245 +881,763
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,450,941 2,343,721 -1,107,220
Other 971,210 779,381 -191,829
Road transport 83,859 56,184 -27,675
Rail transport 905 0 -905

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 15,763,239
East Midlands Airport 6,132,844
London Stansted Airport 5,861,970
Thamesport 3,594,080
Southampton 3,128,417

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 7,918,407 7,844,832 -73,575
East Midlands Airport 2,869,863 3,262,981 +393,118
London Stansted Airport 2,301,779 3,560,191 +1,258,412
Thamesport 2,048,876 1,545,204 -503,672
Southampton 1,254,220 1,874,197 +619,977
Dover 1,914,903 908,581 -1,006,322
Birmingham Airport 1,233,595 1,513,113 +279,518
Felixstowe 1,286,804 701,400 -585,404
Eurotunnel 950,181 980,271 +30,090
000 971,210 779,381 -191,829

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 130
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 99
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 49
Other manufacturing 45
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 43

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 92
2025-11 89
2025-10 112
2025-09 112
2025-08 109

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+ 290
1m-15m 212
15m-54m 66
Other 49
0-1m 38

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 14,500,235
Belgium 12,463,182
Germany 7,493,838
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 7,388,834
France 6,076,857

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 7,202,215 7,298,020 +95,805
Belgium 12,276,661 186,521 -12,090,140
Germany 4,240,767 3,253,071 -987,696
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,994,372 4,394,462 +1,400,090
France 3,419,337 2,657,520 -761,817
India 3,001,245 2,465,259 -535,986
Italy 1,847,872 1,841,922 -5,950
China 1,179,961 1,261,459 +81,498
Netherlands 826,966 730,168 -96,798
Denmark 945,680 611,350 -334,330

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 25,761
Germany 21,765
France 15,977
Italy 3,487
China 2,091

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 13,216 12,545 -671
Germany 11,172 10,593 -579
France 7,812 8,165 +353
Italy 1,876 1,611 -265
China 434 1,657 +1,223
Slovakia 316 269 -47
XI 253 42 -211
Japan 195 97 -98
Singapore 142 138 -4
Turkey 53 205 +152

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 57,931,253
Road transport 12,279,133
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,498,142
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,624,848
Other 71,673

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 29,546,518 28,384,735 -1,161,783
Road transport 12,277,073 2,060 -12,275,013
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,632,532 2,865,610 -766,922
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,474,705 1,150,143 -324,562
Other 35,679 35,994 +315

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
ZLC 23,546,714
London Heathrow Airport 21,520,287
East Midlands Airport 17,129,938
London Stansted Airport 6,042,202
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,123,141

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 £
ZLC 19,126,831 4,419,883 -14,706,948
London Heathrow Airport 9,350,661 12,169,626 +2,818,965
East Midlands Airport 9,049,502 8,080,436 -969,066
London Stansted Airport 3,065,988 2,976,214 -89,774
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,154,786 1,968,355 -1,186,431
London Gateway Port 1,011,174 339,227 -671,947
Manchester Airport 839,495 304,276 -535,219
Southampton 81,909 656,312 +574,403
Dover 258,301 219,838 -38,463
Immingham Docks 255,276 204,164 -51,112

Quick facts

HS code: 84821010

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

Description: Compact ball bearings with an external diameter of 30mm or less, used in small machinery