Import/export HS code 848250: Cylindrical roller bearings

Bearings with cylindrical rollers, used to support heavy radial loads in machinery

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* 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 54,619,024
Germany 40,545,600
France 11,892,047
Belgium 7,500,649
Italy 3,431,505

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 24,039,161 30,579,863 +6,540,702
Germany 19,576,896 20,968,704 +1,391,808
France 6,045,957 5,846,090 -199,867
Belgium 3,870,706 3,629,943 -240,763
Italy 1,713,464 1,718,041 +4,577
Netherlands 1,660,712 1,611,303 -49,409
Japan 522,241 878,714 +356,473
China 303,194 781,597 +478,403
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 25,061 991,408 +966,347
Czechia 571,676 292,446 -279,230

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 £
Germany 45,193,938
United States 28,058,710
France 18,664,415
Italy 8,615,740
Canada 6,152,278

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 £
Germany 21,480,683 23,713,255 +2,232,572
United States 12,151,132 15,907,578 +3,756,446
France 9,093,679 9,570,736 +477,057
Italy 4,185,269 4,430,471 +245,202
Canada 2,471,949 3,680,329 +1,208,380
China 2,344,848 2,807,680 +462,832
Japan 1,667,460 2,241,443 +573,983
Romania 1,840,039 2,035,346 +195,307
India 1,125,009 1,007,697 -117,312
United Kingdom 543,301 1,390,579 +847,278

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 50
West Midlands 40
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 36
West Yorkshire 36
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 35

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 36 31 -5
West Midlands 25 29 +4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 30 21 -9
West Yorkshire 25 27 +2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 22 24 +2
Inner London - West 18 20 +2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 25 21 -4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 21 16 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20 15 -5
Greater Manchester 16 18 +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 74,335,621
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 36,069,466
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,133,702
Other 4,112,760
Road transport 356,047

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 34,094,445 40,241,176 +6,146,731
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,419,321 18,650,145 +1,230,824
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,484,784 8,648,918 +2,164,134
Other 2,139,217 1,973,543 -165,674
Road transport 155,712 200,335 +44,623
Rail transport 0 1,961 +1,961

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 20,955,456
London Stansted Airport 20,155,801
London Heathrow Airport 18,583,111
East Midlands Airport 18,462,049
Birmingham Airport 12,978,174

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 £
Eurotunnel 9,100,612 11,854,844 +2,754,232
London Stansted Airport 11,104,776 9,051,025 -2,053,751
London Heathrow Airport 5,625,772 12,957,339 +7,331,567
East Midlands Airport 8,141,579 10,320,470 +2,178,891
Birmingham Airport 7,146,044 5,832,130 -1,313,914
Dover 5,227,221 4,316,671 -910,550
Thamesport 4,459,109 3,917,064 -542,045
000 2,139,217 1,973,543 -165,674
Glasgow Airport 1,188,907 1,401,451 +212,544
Southampton 456,456 2,112,938 +1,656,482

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 137
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 90
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 64
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 37
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 31

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 115
2025-11 124
2025-10 136
2025-09 122
2025-08 117

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+ 300
1m-15m 208
15m-54m 46
Other 45
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 34,688,877
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 24,551,847
Germany 9,751,939
Singapore 7,964,190
United Arab Emirates 6,381,933

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 18,222,720 16,466,157 -1,756,563
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 8,410,303 16,141,544 +7,731,241
Germany 5,443,750 4,308,189 -1,135,561
Singapore 3,997,553 3,966,637 -30,916
United Arab Emirates 4,619,853 1,762,080 -2,857,773
China 2,922,574 3,158,437 +235,863
France 2,742,969 1,478,042 -1,264,927
South Africa 2,880,970 1,070,692 -1,810,278
Belgium 1,429,911 1,984,377 +554,466
India 1,262,164 1,787,154 +524,990

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 43,007
Germany 39,416
China 14,151
Romania 11,049
United States 8,052

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 17,106 25,901 +8,795
Germany 22,992 16,424 -6,568
China 5,839 8,312 +2,473
Romania 9,254 1,795 -7,459
United States 7,878 174 -7,704
Italy 3,389 3,654 +265
Sweden 2,718 0 -2,718
India 402 155 -247
Slovakia 0 85 +85
Nicaragua 49 0 -49

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 80,456,839
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 36,874,533
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,634,732
Road transport 171,016
Other 134,133

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 38,038,126 42,418,713 +4,380,587
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 20,913,110 15,961,423 -4,951,687
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,298,270 2,336,462 -1,961,808
Road transport 93,291 77,725 -15,566
Other 74,584 59,549 -15,035

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 48,589,224
Dover / Eurotunnel 35,011,394
London Stansted Airport 12,408,048
East Midlands Airport 8,774,649
Birmingham Airport 5,051,278

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 21,677,517 26,911,707 +5,234,190
Dover / Eurotunnel 19,902,914 15,108,480 -4,794,434
London Stansted Airport 7,224,415 5,183,633 -2,040,782
East Midlands Airport 5,137,956 3,636,693 -1,501,263
Birmingham Airport 1,145,183 3,906,095 +2,760,912
London Gateway Port 1,728,566 790,002 -938,564
ZLC 1,108,237 1,073,272 -34,965
Liverpool Docks 1,139,299 1,026,393 -112,906
Manchester Airport 1,038,758 797,015 -241,743
London 564,926 99,865 -465,061

Quick facts

HS code: 848250

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

Description: Bearings with cylindrical rollers, used to support heavy radial loads in machinery