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 202,605,399
Italy 136,848,433
France 61,866,278
United States 60,645,053
Denmark 59,654,788

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 109,313,970 93,291,429 -16,022,541
Italy 70,772,299 66,076,134 -4,696,165
France 28,074,449 33,791,829 +5,717,380
United States 32,193,259 28,451,794 -3,741,465
Denmark 37,847,573 21,807,215 -16,040,358
Hungary 22,675,906 17,659,715 -5,016,191
India 16,187,066 20,025,641 +3,838,575
Poland 18,523,278 13,017,651 -5,505,627
Japan 11,663,484 14,938,565 +3,275,081
China 12,469,661 10,619,422 -1,850,239

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 214,671,371
Italy 134,556,187
United States 70,770,224
Poland 46,793,893
France 45,542,746

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 113,702,161 100,969,210 -12,732,951
Italy 67,682,554 66,873,633 -808,921
United States 39,048,113 31,722,111 -7,326,002
Poland 25,120,032 21,673,861 -3,446,171
France 23,272,963 22,269,783 -1,003,180
United Kingdom 21,322,566 23,573,154 +2,250,588
Hungary 23,869,355 18,706,546 -5,162,809
India 16,804,868 20,275,335 +3,470,467
Denmark 24,764,631 11,239,177 -13,525,454
China 16,393,289 13,774,966 -2,618,323

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 171
West Yorkshire 141
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 137
West Midlands 133
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 132

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 133 124 -9
West Yorkshire 98 96 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 105 107 +2
West Midlands 98 99 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 101 89 -12
Surrey, East and West Sussex 91 88 -3
Greater Manchester 85 84 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 92 86 -6
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 74 76 +2
Inner London - West 83 72 -11

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) 457,499,909
Air transport 185,805,185
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 168,234,962
Other 39,397,704
Road transport 3,278,417

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) 238,409,743 219,090,166 -19,319,577
Air transport 95,079,591 90,725,594 -4,353,997
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 100,697,266 67,537,696 -33,159,570
Other 11,765,803 27,631,901 +15,866,098
Road transport 1,386,572 1,891,845 +505,273
Rail transport 579,780 425,289 -154,491

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 175,840,826
Eurotunnel 117,160,342
Immingham Docks 65,342,089
East Midlands Airport 55,238,970
London Heathrow Airport 46,190,702

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 98,271,270 77,569,556 -20,701,714
Eurotunnel 60,576,011 56,584,331 -3,991,680
Immingham Docks 30,458,616 34,883,473 +4,424,857
East Midlands Airport 27,868,410 27,370,560 -497,850
London Heathrow Airport 24,993,461 21,197,241 -3,796,220
000 11,765,803 27,631,901 +15,866,098
Felixstowe 19,473,268 12,879,784 -6,593,484
London Gateway Port 11,962,691 20,077,403 +8,114,712
Birmingham Airport 14,719,052 16,006,328 +1,287,276
London Stansted Airport 10,565,913 14,026,150 +3,460,237

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 564
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 443
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 216
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 183
Other manufacturing 137

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 589
2025-10 584
2025-09 552
2025-08 560
2025-07 592

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 1113
54m+ 1035
15m-54m 320
0-1m 219
Other 179

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 154,734,797
United States 81,886,478
Germany 51,450,832
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 32,770,759
Saudi Arabia 30,173,540

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 71,119,545 83,615,252 +12,495,707
United States 42,047,200 39,839,278 -2,207,922
Germany 24,037,454 27,413,378 +3,375,924
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 15,953,532 16,817,227 +863,695
Saudi Arabia 4,286,680 25,886,860 +21,600,180
Canada 14,414,804 9,141,993 -5,272,811
France 12,730,658 10,373,288 -2,357,370
Denmark 6,535,112 13,880,116 +7,345,004
United Arab Emirates 7,211,000 9,873,503 +2,662,503
Ireland 8,013,094 8,187,205 +174,111

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 2,103,484
XI 463,677
Nicaragua 357,573
XU 281,231
China 119,083

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 1,062,456 1,041,028 -21,428
XI 216,620 247,057 +30,437
Nicaragua 274,706 82,867 -191,839
XU 251,709 29,522 -222,187
China 43,045 76,038 +32,993
Belgium 59,770 0 -59,770
United States 39,975 12,203 -27,772
India 25,850 25,725 -125
Germany 23,421 19,504 -3,917
Ireland 28,994 11,510 -17,484

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 329,814,656
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 225,119,895
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 79,586,363
Other 3,631,298
Road transport 784,759

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 165,776,148 164,038,508 -1,737,640
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 94,999,503 130,120,392 +35,120,889
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 43,736,969 35,849,394 -7,887,575
Other 2,045,632 1,585,666 -459,966
Road transport 784,759 0 -784,759
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 191,675,566
Dover / Eurotunnel 172,656,947
East Midlands Airport 45,500,244
Immingham Docks 31,469,012
Warton Aerodrome 26,011,611

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 103,864,519 87,811,047 -16,053,472
Dover / Eurotunnel 76,082,623 96,574,324 +20,491,701
East Midlands Airport 23,270,786 22,229,458 -1,041,328
Immingham Docks 11,367,136 20,101,876 +8,734,740
Warton Aerodrome 2,331,509 23,680,102 +21,348,593
London Gateway Port 12,968,402 7,011,468 -5,956,934
Southampton 10,367,145 9,082,407 -1,284,738
London Stansted Airport 10,119,557 7,819,689 -2,299,868
Liverpool Docks 6,476,171 10,989,620 +4,513,449
ZLC 8,616,154 8,746,348 +130,194

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