Import/export HS code 84834051: Gearboxes

Mechanical devices that change speed or torque in machinery, commonly used in vehicles and industrial equipment

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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 £
Italy 110,494,624
France 44,114,810
Germany 32,783,431
Denmark 32,286,323
Poland 30,595,147

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 £
Italy 54,965,339 55,529,285 +563,946
France 18,052,183 26,062,627 +8,010,444
Germany 14,965,783 17,817,648 +2,851,865
Denmark 17,282,351 15,003,972 -2,278,379
Poland 18,026,128 12,569,019 -5,457,109
United States 13,063,685 14,579,363 +1,515,678
India 11,297,047 9,889,309 -1,407,738
Sweden 5,778,644 8,672,856 +2,894,212
South Korea 674,275 7,839,026 +7,164,751
Spain 4,712,037 2,889,239 -1,822,798

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 £
Italy 105,995,656
Germany 44,346,795
Poland 42,432,712
France 37,599,652
United Kingdom 33,897,274

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 £
Italy 51,436,901 54,558,755 +3,121,854
Germany 22,625,499 21,721,296 -904,203
Poland 22,023,526 20,409,186 -1,614,340
France 18,002,513 19,597,139 +1,594,626
United Kingdom 14,735,949 19,161,325 +4,425,376
United States 16,902,717 14,054,911 -2,847,806
India 11,346,622 9,974,205 -1,372,417
Denmark 4,366,808 8,492,079 +4,125,271
South Korea 627,608 7,298,856 +6,671,248
Spain 3,511,231 2,451,986 -1,059,245

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 53
West Yorkshire 50
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 46
Surrey, East and West Sussex 46
Inner London - West 42

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 43 29 -14
West Yorkshire 32 27 -5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 34 40 +6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 35 35 +0
Inner London - West 32 26 -6
Shropshire and Staffordshire 29 30 +1
West Midlands 26 28 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 28 23 -5
Greater Manchester 24 24 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 26 18 -8

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) 227,621,837
Air transport 79,926,159
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 58,540,301
Other 24,783,501
Road transport 1,110,693

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) 112,764,449 114,857,388 +2,092,939
Air transport 39,751,489 40,174,670 +423,181
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 32,711,584 25,828,717 -6,882,867
Other 3,857,877 20,925,624 +17,067,747
Road transport 34,147 1,076,546 +1,042,399

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 90,307,985
Eurotunnel 61,892,218
Immingham Docks 37,568,890
London Heathrow Airport 26,310,937
000 24,783,501

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 46,683,649 43,624,336 -3,059,313
Eurotunnel 33,890,320 28,001,898 -5,888,422
Immingham Docks 20,858,757 16,710,133 -4,148,624
London Heathrow Airport 13,572,434 12,738,503 -833,931
000 3,857,877 20,925,624 +17,067,747
London Gateway Port 8,199,708 9,743,619 +1,543,911
East Midlands Airport 6,170,354 9,044,884 +2,874,530
Birmingham Airport 5,920,614 6,444,339 +523,725
499 92,178 11,859,785 +11,767,607
London 5,903,715 5,811,151 -92,564

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 197
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 161
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 79
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 46
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 46

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 166
2025-11 176
2025-10 169
2025-09 171
2025-08 141

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 359
54m+ 345
15m-54m 103
Other 61
0-1m 40

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 144,351,727
United States 49,243,200
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 34,420,646
Germany 28,132,107
Saudi Arabia 27,435,131

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 69,748,877 74,602,850 +4,853,973
United States 23,441,794 25,801,406 +2,359,612
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 15,719,602 18,701,044 +2,981,442
Germany 12,933,224 15,198,883 +2,265,659
Saudi Arabia 3,432,300 24,002,831 +20,570,531
Japan 9,358,136 11,867,288 +2,509,152
Canada 12,473,650 8,037,012 -4,436,638
United Arab Emirates 5,902,832 10,156,999 +4,254,167
Denmark 6,054,901 9,961,744 +3,906,843
France 7,479,277 5,237,801 -2,241,476

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 993,848
Nicaragua 355,556
XI 172,898
China 90,255
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 536,623 457,225 -79,398
Nicaragua 272,689 82,867 -189,822
XI 100,807 72,091 -28,716
China 33,319 56,936 +23,617
Belgium 58,724 0 -58,724
Germany 21,820 18,270 -3,550
Ireland 15,693 11,510 -4,183
India 8,892 8,963 +71
Brazil 0 10,212 +10,212
XL 0 6,873 +6,873

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 248,339,114
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 185,711,048
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 39,153,529
Other 2,029,798
Road transport 118,338

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 121,085,698 127,253,416 +6,167,718
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 80,054,711 105,656,337 +25,601,626
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,459,583 20,693,946 +2,234,363
Other 1,293,070 736,728 -556,342
Road transport 118,338 0 -118,338
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 158,317,587
Dover / Eurotunnel 154,536,586
Warton Aerodrome 24,442,651
East Midlands Airport 23,031,006
Immingham Docks 20,814,147

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 83,247,623 75,069,964 -8,177,659
Dover / Eurotunnel 69,184,101 85,352,485 +16,168,384
Warton Aerodrome 1,830,254 22,612,397 +20,782,143
East Midlands Airport 10,814,933 12,216,073 +1,401,140
Immingham Docks 7,150,305 13,663,842 +6,513,537
Southampton 7,533,475 8,298,064 +764,589
Manchester Airport 8,825,166 5,324,260 -3,500,906
London Stansted Airport 5,843,494 4,214,529 -1,628,965
Liverpool Docks 1,604,734 6,703,245 +5,098,511
Birmingham Airport 5,115,852 2,883,252 -2,232,600

Quick facts

HS code: 84834051

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

Description: Mechanical devices that change speed or torque in machinery, commonly used in vehicles and industrial equipment