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 303,391,784
Germany 287,103,615
China 126,794,962
Spain 79,365,183
France 72,567,649

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 143,523,599 159,868,185 +16,344,586
Germany 147,679,139 139,424,476 -8,254,663
China 66,301,565 60,493,397 -5,808,168
Spain 41,783,515 37,581,668 -4,201,847
France 39,035,846 33,531,803 -5,504,043
Japan 19,185,105 31,629,574 +12,444,469
India 22,188,180 27,308,212 +5,120,032
Netherlands 18,767,220 17,429,994 -1,337,226
Italy 19,079,321 14,117,978 -4,961,343
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,078,199 26,987,241 +22,909,042

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 270,927,045
China 172,592,549
United States 164,538,853
France 101,652,662
Spain 95,576,166

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 140,539,018 130,388,027 -10,150,991
China 86,059,138 86,533,411 +474,273
United States 88,430,922 76,107,931 -12,322,991
France 45,286,406 56,366,256 +11,079,850
Spain 48,278,778 47,297,388 -981,390
Japan 28,955,908 50,912,220 +21,956,312
United Kingdom 28,223,913 42,899,649 +14,675,736
India 22,500,363 27,909,806 +5,409,443
Turkey 19,826,378 23,726,967 +3,900,589
Italy 18,153,459 14,876,277 -3,277,182

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 158
West Midlands 115
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 105
West Yorkshire 97
Inner London - West 91

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 108 122 +14
West Midlands 83 80 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 75 81 +6
West Yorkshire 67 68 +1
Inner London - West 66 66 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 62 69 +7
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 69 66 -3
Greater Manchester 60 55 -5
Shropshire and Staffordshire 57 62 +5
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 49 54 +5

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 531,727,910
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 299,162,592
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 290,745,337
Other 64,888,761
Rail transport 8,466,928

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 258,829,399 272,898,511 +14,069,112
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 156,215,902 142,946,690 -13,269,212
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 126,258,297 164,487,040 +38,228,743
Other 34,134,440 30,754,321 -3,380,119
Rail transport 7,734,721 732,207 -7,002,514
Road transport 205,080 809,333 +604,253

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 237,608,202
Birmingham Airport 165,326,680
Dover 127,466,468
Felixstowe 112,017,869
London Stansted Airport 76,697,973

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 106,634,889 130,973,313 +24,338,424
Birmingham Airport 91,120,329 74,206,351 -16,913,978
Dover 60,713,624 66,752,844 +6,039,220
Felixstowe 62,434,235 49,583,634 -12,850,601
London Stansted Airport 39,068,557 37,629,416 -1,439,141
Southampton 25,855,826 47,238,281 +21,382,455
000 34,134,440 30,754,321 -3,380,119
London 28,176,551 32,440,442 +4,263,891
Eurotunnel 16,522,756 21,963,742 +5,440,986
East Midlands Airport 12,778,154 18,863,220 +6,085,066

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 344
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 279
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 204
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 164
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 117

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 415
2025-10 421
2025-09 420
2025-08 423
2025-07 437

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+ 836
1m-15m 703
15m-54m 205
0-1m 158
Other 153

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 574,868,551
Singapore 480,925,940
Germany 210,675,388
United States 182,987,402
Japan 70,200,179

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 207,869,835 366,998,716 +159,128,881
Singapore 197,296,719 283,629,221 +86,332,502
Germany 78,064,583 132,610,805 +54,546,222
United States 86,045,931 96,941,471 +10,895,540
Japan 30,975,961 39,224,218 +8,248,257
United Arab Emirates 27,993,880 25,450,461 -2,543,419
Spain 24,969,257 21,554,346 -3,414,911
Austria 14,262,685 10,716,894 -3,545,791
France 13,258,984 11,712,747 -1,546,237
Netherlands 11,125,814 13,570,710 +2,444,896

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 497,832
Germany 65,059
United States 50,458
XU 44,126
China 36,046

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 258,193 239,639 -18,554
Germany 29,911 35,148 +5,237
United States 24,876 25,582 +706
XU 24,901 19,225 -5,676
China 16,288 19,758 +3,470
Spain 22,018 13,701 -8,317
Hungary 10,113 963 -9,150
Italy 4,086 4,648 +562
Malaysia 6,314 0 -6,314
France 1,678 4,409 +2,731

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 1,424,638,489
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 344,404,179
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 92,607,411
Other 782,549
Road transport 418,647

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 583,279,771 841,358,718 +258,078,947
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 146,022,277 198,381,902 +52,359,625
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 54,478,495 38,128,916 -16,349,579
Other 409,857 372,692 -37,165
Road transport 392,585 26,062 -366,523

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 999,752,805
Dover / Eurotunnel 327,522,641
Birmingham Airport 314,498,999
East Midlands Airport 51,189,093
Southampton 28,033,347

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 487,563,649 512,189,156 +24,625,507
Dover / Eurotunnel 139,886,678 187,635,963 +47,749,285
Birmingham Airport 40,994,197 273,504,802 +232,510,605
East Midlands Airport 23,451,428 27,737,665 +4,286,237
Southampton 15,256,572 12,776,775 -2,479,797
London Stansted Airport 12,450,488 9,202,115 -3,248,373
London Gateway Port 9,285,561 9,825,730 +540,169
Manchester Airport 10,446,562 8,259,152 -2,187,410
London 6,212,090 6,327,001 +114,911
Liverpool Docks 6,445,175 6,067,191 -377,984

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