Import/export HS code 848330: Bearing housings without bearings; plain shaft bearings

Bearing housings without built-in bearings and plain bearings used to reduce friction 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 109,251,050
Germany 63,158,283
China 60,763,179
France 35,837,938
Japan 18,593,380

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 52,245,820 57,005,230 +4,759,410
Germany 31,642,257 31,516,026 -126,231
China 31,510,571 29,252,608 -2,257,963
France 19,523,127 16,314,811 -3,208,316
Japan 8,534,816 10,058,564 +1,523,748
India 7,466,871 5,310,597 -2,156,274
Slovakia 5,408,620 6,364,065 +955,445
Belgium 5,434,169 5,263,319 -170,850
Thailand 5,606,700 4,572,760 -1,033,940
Netherlands 4,710,830 5,290,295 +579,465

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 88,793,470
China 70,187,749
Germany 60,269,499
France 37,117,087
Japan 21,229,251

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 45,618,824 43,174,646 -2,444,178
China 36,293,942 33,893,807 -2,400,135
Germany 31,347,744 28,921,755 -2,425,989
France 17,717,389 19,399,698 +1,682,309
Japan 9,568,419 11,660,832 +2,092,413
India 9,763,143 7,472,022 -2,291,121
Austria 6,633,074 7,886,236 +1,253,162
Slovakia 6,635,701 7,719,906 +1,084,205
Thailand 5,257,930 6,600,136 +1,342,206
United Kingdom 4,804,124 5,723,368 +919,244

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 136
Inner London - West 104
West Midlands 103
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 102
Surrey, East and West Sussex 97

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 97 97 +0
Inner London - West 71 80 +9
West Midlands 80 73 -7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 69 80 +11
Surrey, East and West Sussex 69 69 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 73 55 -18
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 58 69 +11
Greater Manchester 61 59 -2
West Yorkshire 58 48 -10
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 53 59 +6

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 212,510,033
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 106,477,576
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 71,531,856
Other 18,756,592
Road transport 3,133,515

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 108,521,502 103,988,531 -4,532,971
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 52,412,127 54,065,449 +1,653,322
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 33,851,626 37,680,230 +3,828,604
Other 11,328,547 7,428,045 -3,900,502
Road transport 1,616,334 1,517,181 -99,153
Rail transport 1,987,228 1,016,406 -970,822

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 63,321,754
London Heathrow Airport 57,308,395
London Stansted Airport 37,539,791
Dover 34,440,285
Birmingham Airport 34,271,637

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 £
East Midlands Airport 32,206,527 31,115,227 -1,091,300
London Heathrow Airport 28,220,447 29,087,948 +867,501
London Stansted Airport 20,092,946 17,446,845 -2,646,101
Dover 14,149,054 20,291,231 +6,142,177
Birmingham Airport 17,052,434 17,219,203 +166,769
Felixstowe 17,642,932 15,966,481 -1,676,451
Thamesport 15,232,560 15,077,579 -154,981
Eurotunnel 10,704,656 10,224,030 -480,626
000 11,328,547 7,428,045 -3,900,502
Southampton 9,000,639 8,884,070 -116,569

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 328
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 261
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 175
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 147
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 127

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 407
2025-10 405
2025-09 416
2025-08 402
2025-07 411

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+ 841
1m-15m 703
15m-54m 185
0-1m 145
Other 138

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 54,840,115
Germany 48,884,256
France 47,908,956
Italy 24,564,511
Singapore 24,000,336

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 25,324,592 29,515,523 +4,190,931
Germany 25,636,333 23,247,923 -2,388,410
France 23,707,129 24,201,827 +494,698
Italy 12,583,163 11,981,348 -601,815
Singapore 10,414,589 13,585,747 +3,171,158
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 7,930,907 11,706,282 +3,775,375
Netherlands 12,703,951 6,824,791 -5,879,160
Poland 7,910,570 8,728,032 +817,462
India 7,907,686 8,253,913 +346,227
Japan 6,757,431 8,145,626 +1,388,195

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 261,593
China 230,363
Germany 108,244
Spain 41,688
India 32,299

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 140,940 120,653 -20,287
China 106,485 123,878 +17,393
Germany 45,816 62,428 +16,612
Spain 24,593 17,095 -7,498
India 16,453 15,846 -607
Ireland 477 28,886 +28,409
Nicaragua 26,751 0 -26,751
XU 8,960 16,560 +7,600
United States 6,715 13,840 +7,125
Belgium 524 14,605 +14,081

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 265,813,050
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 131,957,857
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 44,123,190
Road transport 1,004,342
Other 845,902

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 129,101,019 136,712,031 +7,611,012
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 64,235,234 67,722,623 +3,487,389
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,494,768 17,628,422 -8,866,346
Road transport 943,333 61,009 -882,324
Other 405,395 440,507 +35,112

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 111,445,152
London Heathrow Airport 104,278,123
East Midlands Airport 93,813,508
ZLC 21,484,264
London Gateway Port 17,894,381

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 55,404,401 56,040,751 +636,350
London Heathrow Airport 52,339,523 51,938,600 -400,923
East Midlands Airport 49,598,572 44,214,936 -5,383,636
ZLC 10,077,929 11,406,335 +1,328,406
London Gateway Port 10,487,058 7,407,323 -3,079,735
London Stansted Airport 7,338,431 9,006,237 +1,667,806
Birmingham Airport 2,410,074 9,394,404 +6,984,330
Southampton 6,618,245 5,041,022 -1,577,223
Glasgow Airport 3,567,695 6,099,527 +2,531,832
Dover 4,062,990 3,075,112 -987,878

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 848330

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

Description: Bearing housings without built-in bearings and plain bearings used to reduce friction in machinery