Import/export HS code 848340: Gears, gearboxes, and speed changers

Includes gears, gearboxes, ball screws, and torque converters used to change speed or direction in machinery

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • 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 £
Germany 203,202,989
Italy 137,090,484
France 61,225,952
United States 61,107,334
Denmark 60,160,017

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 £
Germany 108,917,766 94,285,223 -14,632,543
Italy 69,582,685 67,507,799 -2,074,886
France 26,205,102 35,020,850 +8,815,748
United States 31,008,695 30,098,639 -910,056
Denmark 40,849,369 19,310,648 -21,538,721
Hungary 22,478,012 17,455,308 -5,022,704
India 16,244,424 21,102,522 +4,858,098
Poland 18,384,847 13,109,766 -5,275,081
Japan 11,934,462 15,024,426 +3,089,964
China 12,720,749 10,297,135 -2,423,614

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 215,798,430
Italy 134,547,619
United States 71,373,574
Poland 47,920,054
United Kingdom 45,802,331

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 114,768,623 101,029,807 -13,738,816
Italy 66,001,921 68,545,698 +2,543,777
United States 38,216,543 33,157,031 -5,059,512
Poland 24,792,911 23,127,143 -1,665,768
United Kingdom 20,434,442 25,367,889 +4,933,447
France 22,031,784 23,006,318 +974,534
Hungary 23,581,295 18,569,195 -5,012,100
India 16,630,815 21,356,397 +4,725,582
Denmark 26,226,344 10,261,163 -15,965,181
China 16,526,692 13,521,841 -3,004,851

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 176
West Yorkshire 140
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 136
West Midlands 135
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 131

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 136 127 -9
West Yorkshire 101 92 -9
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 105 106 +1
West Midlands 98 96 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 99 92 -7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 91 87 -4
Shropshire and Staffordshire 91 89 -2
Greater Manchester 83 84 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 74 75 +1
Inner London - West 81 68 -13

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 459,357,884
Air transport 187,502,975
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 169,451,841
Other 38,772,464
Road transport 4,003,522

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 240,837,015 218,520,869 -22,316,146
Air transport 93,626,372 93,876,603 +250,231
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 100,487,909 68,963,932 -31,523,977
Other 11,692,034 27,080,430 +15,388,396
Road transport 1,131,769 2,871,753 +1,739,984
Rail transport 523,528 433,410 -90,118

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 173,942,116
Eurotunnel 118,415,270
Immingham Docks 65,949,460
East Midlands Airport 55,218,720
London Heathrow Airport 45,928,354

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 £
Dover 96,265,180 77,676,936 -18,588,244
Eurotunnel 62,159,042 56,256,228 -5,902,814
Immingham Docks 31,994,756 33,954,704 +1,959,948
East Midlands Airport 26,980,281 28,238,439 +1,258,158
London Heathrow Airport 24,392,435 21,535,919 -2,856,516
000 11,692,034 27,080,430 +15,388,396
London Gateway Port 11,831,329 21,644,588 +9,813,259
Felixstowe 19,825,991 12,313,032 -7,512,959
Birmingham Airport 14,258,992 16,614,448 +2,355,456
London Stansted Airport 10,960,218 14,384,680 +3,424,462

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 570
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 449
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 220
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 181
Other manufacturing 137

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 561
2025-11 589
2025-10 584
2025-09 553
2025-08 561

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
1m-15m 1121
54m+ 1037
15m-54m 322
0-1m 216
Other 181

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 £
Italy 159,025,267
United States 82,206,855
Germany 51,439,575
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 34,888,205
Saudi Arabia 29,969,931

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 £
Italy 77,698,271 81,326,996 +3,628,725
United States 42,296,694 39,910,161 -2,386,533
Germany 24,956,551 26,483,024 +1,526,473
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 16,020,290 18,867,915 +2,847,625
Saudi Arabia 4,760,086 25,209,845 +20,449,759
Canada 14,065,694 9,114,751 -4,950,943
France 12,706,019 10,102,113 -2,603,906
Japan 9,535,428 12,379,264 +2,843,836
Denmark 8,187,479 12,385,404 +4,197,925
United Arab Emirates 6,735,130 11,171,406 +4,436,276

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 £
Italy 2,006,737
XI 460,287
Nicaragua 357,217
China 115,837
Belgium 58,724

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 £
Italy 1,076,849 929,888 -146,961
XI 199,664 260,623 +60,959
Nicaragua 274,350 82,867 -191,483
China 43,664 72,173 +28,509
Belgium 58,724 0 -58,724
India 34,520 17,055 -17,465
United States 36,683 12,203 -24,480
Germany 23,626 19,424 -4,202
Ireland 16,891 11,510 -5,381
Brazil 0 21,152 +21,152

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 333,632,085
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 233,456,604
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 81,399,452
Other 3,507,947
Road transport 477,272

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 164,428,243 169,203,842 +4,775,599
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 104,475,697 128,980,907 +24,505,210
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,398,339 39,001,113 -3,397,226
Other 2,041,208 1,466,739 -574,469
Road transport 477,272 0 -477,272
Rail transport 0 3,681 +3,681

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 195,154,206
Dover / Eurotunnel 179,445,677
East Midlands Airport 44,797,906
Immingham Docks 31,332,878
Warton Aerodrome 26,033,611

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 101,116,952 94,037,254 -7,079,698
Dover / Eurotunnel 82,914,458 96,531,219 +13,616,761
East Midlands Airport 22,642,566 22,155,340 -487,226
Immingham Docks 11,503,916 19,828,962 +8,325,046
Warton Aerodrome 2,606,254 23,427,357 +20,821,103
Southampton 10,594,200 13,309,166 +2,714,966
London Gateway Port 13,151,471 6,997,550 -6,153,921
Manchester Airport 10,624,299 7,287,080 -3,337,219
ZLC 8,629,757 9,043,459 +413,702
Liverpool Docks 6,412,529 10,858,204 +4,445,675

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 848340

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

Description: Includes gears, gearboxes, ball screws, and torque converters used to change speed or direction in machinery