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 109,434,722
Germany 62,509,727
China 60,567,192
France 36,435,806
Japan 18,889,320

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 51,595,583 57,839,139 +6,243,556
Germany 31,333,374 31,176,353 -157,021
China 31,540,698 29,026,494 -2,514,204
France 19,738,432 16,697,374 -3,041,058
Japan 8,250,162 10,639,158 +2,388,996
India 7,571,659 5,093,245 -2,478,414
Slovakia 5,549,725 6,636,749 +1,087,024
Belgium 5,174,495 5,289,695 +115,200
Thailand 5,872,417 4,376,573 -1,495,844
Netherlands 4,604,756 5,459,473 +854,717

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 89,251,742
China 69,415,643
Germany 59,825,174
France 37,573,639
Japan 21,262,361

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 45,016,666 44,235,076 -781,590
China 35,781,649 33,633,994 -2,147,655
Germany 30,730,568 29,094,606 -1,635,962
France 18,165,031 19,408,608 +1,243,577
Japan 9,207,683 12,054,678 +2,846,995
India 9,768,328 7,221,430 -2,546,898
Austria 6,939,453 7,922,510 +983,057
Slovakia 6,760,226 8,048,187 +1,287,961
Thailand 5,505,518 6,315,521 +810,003
United Kingdom 4,986,812 5,795,380 +808,568

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 135
West Midlands 105
Inner London - West 102
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 99
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 98 98 +0
West Midlands 82 73 -9
Inner London - West 71 77 +6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 69 78 +9
Surrey, East and West Sussex 70 69 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 61 66 +5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 69 57 -12
Greater Manchester 61 57 -4
West Yorkshire 56 46 -10
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 52 61 +9

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 212,529,854
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 107,636,015
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 72,329,762
Other 16,828,330
Road transport 3,027,350

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 107,791,837 104,738,017 -3,053,820
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 53,033,436 54,602,579 +1,569,143
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 33,554,403 38,775,359 +5,220,956
Other 10,169,480 6,658,850 -3,510,630
Road transport 1,332,058 1,695,292 +363,234
Rail transport 2,014,224 953,597 -1,060,627

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 64,676,477
London Heathrow Airport 56,823,463
London Stansted Airport 37,847,299
Dover 35,313,746
Felixstowe 33,617,864

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 32,639,344 32,037,133 -602,211
London Heathrow Airport 28,307,732 28,515,731 +207,999
London Stansted Airport 19,537,446 18,309,853 -1,227,593
Dover 14,070,818 21,242,928 +7,172,110
Felixstowe 17,918,944 15,698,920 -2,220,024
Birmingham Airport 16,932,737 16,602,490 -330,247
Thamesport 15,584,319 15,089,493 -494,826
Eurotunnel 10,648,637 10,219,887 -428,750
Southampton 9,180,230 8,611,402 -568,828
000 10,169,480 6,658,850 -3,510,630

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 329
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 259
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 171
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 148
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 123

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 376
2025-11 407
2025-10 405
2025-09 416
2025-08 402

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+ 839
1m-15m 706
15m-54m 183
0-1m 140
Other 137

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 54,959,624
France 48,795,986
Germany 48,256,984
Italy 24,958,290
Singapore 24,255,016

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 26,004,073 28,955,551 +2,951,478
France 23,884,847 24,911,139 +1,026,292
Germany 26,068,832 22,188,152 -3,880,680
Italy 13,192,780 11,765,510 -1,427,270
Singapore 10,690,593 13,564,423 +2,873,830
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 8,367,245 13,079,702 +4,712,457
Netherlands 12,610,817 6,983,895 -5,626,922
Poland 8,165,083 8,851,858 +686,775
India 8,013,537 8,439,955 +426,418
Japan 6,971,428 8,049,294 +1,077,866

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 276,185
China 235,815
Germany 103,018
Spain 49,219
India 30,687

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 150,755 125,430 -25,325
China 107,655 128,160 +20,505
Germany 40,654 62,364 +21,710
Spain 28,911 20,308 -8,603
India 14,837 15,850 +1,013
Ireland 883 29,011 +28,128
United States 6,715 13,840 +7,125
Nicaragua 16,100 0 -16,100
Belgium 512 14,605 +14,093
Sweden 5,476 6,343 +867

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 269,170,201
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 132,994,839
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 44,326,913
Other 856,080
Road transport 748,504

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 129,942,328 139,227,873 +9,285,545
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 66,358,664 66,636,175 +277,511
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,582,660 17,744,253 -8,838,407
Other 411,533 444,547 +33,014
Road transport 687,495 61,009 -626,486

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 112,145,668
London Heathrow Airport 105,401,179
East Midlands Airport 94,541,546
ZLC 21,653,103
London Gateway Port 17,971,449

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 55,725,078 56,420,590 +695,512
London Heathrow Airport 52,177,295 53,223,884 +1,046,589
East Midlands Airport 49,029,777 45,511,769 -3,518,008
ZLC 10,419,220 11,233,883 +814,663
London Gateway Port 10,871,709 7,099,740 -3,771,969
London Stansted Airport 7,454,231 9,221,530 +1,767,299
Birmingham Airport 3,128,151 9,142,150 +6,013,999
Southampton 6,603,910 5,018,648 -1,585,262
Glasgow Airport 3,610,934 6,214,062 +2,603,128
Immingham Docks 4,373,983 3,090,744 -1,283,239

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