Import/export HS code 848360: Clutches and shaft couplings

Devices used to connect or disconnect rotating shafts, including universal joints

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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 £
Germany 32,496,241
United States 29,996,861
Italy 23,153,261
France 8,051,529
China 6,794,458

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 16,165,592 16,330,649 +165,057
United States 14,967,651 15,029,210 +61,559
Italy 11,529,875 11,623,386 +93,511
France 4,928,354 3,123,175 -1,805,179
China 3,948,502 2,845,956 -1,102,546
Netherlands 3,920,623 1,925,555 -1,995,068
India 2,730,933 2,908,754 +177,821
Japan 2,441,602 2,079,130 -362,472
Canada 1,885,372 2,156,846 +271,474
Belgium 2,092,886 1,826,307 -266,579

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 35,687,688
United States 32,592,085
Italy 23,707,263
China 8,702,822
India 6,341,214

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 18,590,054 17,097,634 -1,492,420
United States 16,451,779 16,140,306 -311,473
Italy 12,249,779 11,457,484 -792,295
China 4,737,595 3,965,227 -772,368
India 2,924,501 3,416,713 +492,212
France 3,476,940 2,307,860 -1,169,080
United Kingdom 2,233,783 3,089,856 +856,073
Japan 2,705,813 2,143,772 -562,041
Slovakia 748,732 3,224,942 +2,476,210
Canada 1,683,032 1,360,235 -322,797

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 109
West Midlands 84
Inner London - West 75
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 72
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 72

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 73 76 +3
West Midlands 69 57 -12
Inner London - West 47 59 +12
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 51 55 +4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 46 57 +11
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 52 51 -1
Greater Manchester 54 39 -15
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 42 45 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 50 42 -8
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 39 39 +0

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 57,629,439
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 55,107,092
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 33,604,655
Other 9,351,614
Road transport 651,102

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 30,421,059 27,208,380 -3,212,679
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 28,892,462 26,214,630 -2,677,832
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,188,907 16,415,748 -773,159
Other 4,691,395 4,660,219 -31,176
Road transport 546,602 104,500 -442,102
Rail transport 0 11,458 +11,458

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 22,050,934
London Heathrow Airport 17,720,444
Eurotunnel 15,200,453
East Midlands Airport 13,311,178
Thamesport 9,444,137

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 11,652,209 10,398,725 -1,253,484
London Heathrow Airport 10,495,652 7,224,792 -3,270,860
Eurotunnel 6,586,886 8,613,567 +2,026,681
East Midlands Airport 6,688,422 6,622,756 -65,666
Thamesport 5,451,254 3,992,883 -1,458,371
000 4,691,395 4,660,219 -31,176
Birmingham Airport 4,808,731 4,538,088 -270,643
Felixstowe 4,972,927 3,998,527 -974,400
Immingham Docks 3,446,150 2,744,223 -701,927
Southampton 3,051,356 2,778,244 -273,112

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 278
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 248
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 122
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 101
Other manufacturing 83

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 300
2025-10 305
2025-09 286
2025-08 286
2025-07 326

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+ 640
1m-15m 532
15m-54m 156
Other 120
0-1m 97

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 45,677,247
Germany 18,974,153
Japan 12,998,795
France 12,605,713
Canada 10,832,573

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 21,987,385 23,689,862 +1,702,477
Germany 10,846,117 8,128,036 -2,718,081
Japan 8,044,334 4,954,461 -3,089,873
France 6,066,705 6,539,008 +472,303
Canada 1,331,126 9,501,447 +8,170,321
Italy 4,972,141 5,305,436 +333,295
China 4,283,087 4,225,772 -57,315
Singapore 1,986,356 6,051,082 +4,064,726
South Korea 1,201,127 4,560,021 +3,358,894
India 2,863,279 2,459,899 -403,380

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 647,071
United States 643,266
China 107,395
Germany 81,140
Italy 52,832

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 102,931 544,140 +441,209
United States 263,800 379,466 +115,666
China 53,398 53,997 +599
Germany 59,465 21,675 -37,790
Italy 31,982 20,850 -11,132
XU 1,905 8,320 +6,415
Ireland 4,393 4,188 -205
Turkey 1,281 3,182 +1,901
Taiwan 2,085 1,070 -1,015
Spain 1,155 1,318 +163

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 111,712,853
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 53,348,670
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 39,085,711
Other 1,566,139
Road transport 543,779

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 51,151,990 60,560,863 +9,408,873
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 27,021,094 26,327,576 -693,518
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,070,651 19,015,060 -1,055,591
Other 526,019 1,040,120 +514,101
Road transport 543,779 0 -543,779

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 72,117,524
Dover / Eurotunnel 39,810,713
East Midlands Airport 19,124,909
London Gateway Port 13,020,757
Southampton 11,573,451

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 29,006,576 43,110,948 +14,104,372
Dover / Eurotunnel 20,871,401 18,939,312 -1,932,089
East Midlands Airport 10,755,165 8,369,744 -2,385,421
London Gateway Port 7,363,284 5,657,473 -1,705,811
Southampton 5,362,142 6,211,309 +849,167
Liverpool Docks 3,568,505 4,065,128 +496,623
ZLC 3,804,670 3,465,640 -339,030
London Stansted Airport 4,556,954 2,082,208 -2,474,746
Dover 2,581,416 3,570,735 +989,319
Felixstowe 1,577,237 2,990,399 +1,413,162

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 848360

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

Description: Devices used to connect or disconnect rotating shafts, including universal joints