Import/export HS code 848310: Transmission shafts and cranks

Parts like camshafts, crankshafts, and other transmission shafts used in engines and 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 308,225,622
Germany 290,559,076
China 126,792,504
Spain 78,622,962
France 70,086,685

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 147,231,851 160,993,771 +13,761,920
Germany 147,228,564 143,330,512 -3,898,052
China 66,186,496 60,606,008 -5,580,488
Spain 41,306,127 37,316,835 -3,989,292
France 37,036,313 33,050,372 -3,985,941
Japan 18,910,313 32,933,955 +14,023,642
India 23,263,407 27,842,682 +4,579,275
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,975,261 32,476,731 +28,501,470
Netherlands 18,862,801 16,973,490 -1,889,311
Italy 18,906,272 13,634,310 -5,271,962

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 274,994,958
China 171,530,394
United States 168,924,773
France 101,139,806
Spain 95,846,888

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 139,165,040 135,829,918 -3,335,122
China 84,984,004 86,546,390 +1,562,386
United States 91,221,227 77,703,546 -13,517,681
France 45,808,602 55,331,204 +9,522,602
Spain 48,474,702 47,372,186 -1,102,516
Japan 28,868,492 51,803,045 +22,934,553
United Kingdom 29,042,446 48,007,940 +18,965,494
India 23,727,305 28,325,214 +4,597,909
Turkey 19,654,887 23,231,479 +3,576,592
Italy 18,410,049 14,166,584 -4,243,465

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 156
West Midlands 112
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 107
West Yorkshire 96
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 93

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 108 119 +11
West Midlands 80 76 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 75 80 +5
West Yorkshire 66 69 +3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 74 68 -6
Inner London - West 69 66 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 62 68 +6
Shropshire and Staffordshire 57 59 +2
Greater Manchester 60 55 -5
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 50 57 +7

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 533,813,072
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 302,782,841
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 299,328,230
Other 63,175,070
Rail transport 8,402,309

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 261,548,163 272,264,909 +10,716,746
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 127,429,462 175,353,379 +47,923,917
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 155,492,552 143,835,678 -11,656,874
Other 34,586,136 28,588,934 -5,997,202
Rail transport 7,213,936 1,188,373 -6,025,563
Road transport 206,275 1,154,987 +948,712

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 239,705,287
Birmingham Airport 165,879,299
Dover 128,072,183
Felixstowe 111,434,603
Southampton 78,719,412

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 107,635,618 132,069,669 +24,434,051
Birmingham Airport 91,625,155 74,254,144 -17,371,011
Dover 60,611,335 67,460,848 +6,849,513
Felixstowe 63,076,608 48,357,995 -14,718,613
Southampton 25,752,037 52,967,375 +27,215,338
London Stansted Airport 39,827,120 36,429,417 -3,397,703
000 34,586,136 28,588,934 -5,997,202
London 28,152,177 32,638,913 +4,486,736
Eurotunnel 17,184,481 22,715,421 +5,530,940
London Gateway Port 12,048,482 20,954,131 +8,905,649

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 354
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 281
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 200
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 169
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 116

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 354
2025-11 415
2025-10 421
2025-09 421
2025-08 424

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+ 835
1m-15m 711
15m-54m 199
0-1m 155
Other 155

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, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 596,644,340
Singapore 500,522,768
Germany 217,729,269
United States 181,076,285
Japan 73,931,092

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, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 223,281,085 373,363,255 +150,082,170
Singapore 203,120,821 297,401,947 +94,281,126
Germany 81,315,254 136,414,015 +55,098,761
United States 89,268,990 91,807,295 +2,538,305
Japan 32,783,027 41,148,065 +8,365,038
United Arab Emirates 28,700,906 26,075,507 -2,625,399
Spain 24,595,731 22,518,385 -2,077,346
France 13,007,419 12,415,822 -591,597
Netherlands 11,440,841 13,690,371 +2,249,530
Austria 13,690,798 11,000,712 -2,690,086

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 484,076
Germany 65,613
United States 47,782
Spain 35,719
China 33,585

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 229,565 254,511 +24,946
Germany 30,063 35,550 +5,487
United States 22,771 25,011 +2,240
Spain 27,561 8,158 -19,403
China 14,354 19,231 +4,877
Hungary 10,113 963 -9,150
Italy 4,242 4,492 +250
Malaysia 6,314 0 -6,314
France 1,708 4,379 +2,671
India 3,973 1,135 -2,838

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 1,470,050,457
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 351,501,509
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 91,825,688
Other 762,393
Road transport 191,821

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 609,771,026 860,279,431 +250,508,405
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 148,093,101 203,408,408 +55,315,307
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 54,104,651 37,721,037 -16,383,614
Other 383,009 379,384 -3,625
Road transport 163,184 28,637 -134,547

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 1,006,840,684
Birmingham Airport 349,806,357
Dover / Eurotunnel 334,401,083
East Midlands Airport 51,437,923
Southampton 28,386,356

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 492,156,985 514,683,699 +22,526,714
Birmingham Airport 58,502,984 291,303,373 +232,800,389
Dover / Eurotunnel 141,767,790 192,633,293 +50,865,503
East Midlands Airport 26,677,359 24,760,564 -1,916,795
Southampton 15,387,276 12,999,080 -2,388,196
London Stansted Airport 13,436,644 8,469,942 -4,966,702
Manchester Airport 10,449,480 9,797,199 -652,281
London Gateway Port 9,336,761 9,962,624 +625,863
London 6,681,173 6,113,592 -567,581
Liverpool Docks 6,704,503 5,331,172 -1,373,331

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 848310

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

Description: Parts like camshafts, crankshafts, and other transmission shafts used in engines and machinery