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 33,091,899
United States 30,493,264
Italy 22,907,730
France 8,072,984
China 6,742,504

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 15,808,025 17,283,874 +1,475,849
United States 14,881,374 15,611,890 +730,516
Italy 10,865,329 12,042,401 +1,177,072
France 5,030,697 3,042,287 -1,988,410
China 3,962,485 2,780,019 -1,182,466
India 2,677,663 3,049,772 +372,109
Netherlands 3,693,661 2,032,227 -1,661,434
Japan 2,495,875 2,362,698 -133,177
Canada 1,780,016 2,350,417 +570,401
Belgium 2,064,997 1,815,986 -249,011

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 36,026,004
United States 33,159,769
Italy 23,479,691
China 8,592,751
India 6,407,610

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 17,941,396 18,084,608 +143,212
United States 16,608,412 16,551,357 -57,055
Italy 11,709,047 11,770,644 +61,597
China 4,854,541 3,738,210 -1,116,331
India 2,990,723 3,416,887 +426,164
France 3,573,834 2,323,485 -1,250,349
United Kingdom 2,183,640 3,349,179 +1,165,539
Japan 2,726,590 2,195,666 -530,924
Slovakia 717,537 3,326,917 +2,609,380
Canada 1,544,873 1,642,607 +97,734

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 111
West Midlands 84
Inner London - West 78
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 73
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 70

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 74 75 +1
West Midlands 67 57 -10
Inner London - West 49 62 +13
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 49 59 +10
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 51 50 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 58 49 -9
Greater Manchester 54 42 -12
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 38 47 +9
Surrey, East and West Sussex 51 43 -8
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 38 38 +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 58,432,967
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 54,853,756
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 34,246,976
Other 9,131,061
Road transport 737,545

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 30,308,851 28,124,116 -2,184,735
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 27,749,868 27,103,888 -645,980
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,855,714 17,391,262 +535,548
Other 4,951,024 4,180,037 -770,987
Road transport 550,402 187,143 -363,259
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 22,317,045
London Heathrow Airport 18,395,710
Eurotunnel 15,308,045
East Midlands Airport 13,428,810
Birmingham Airport 9,531,067

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 11,075,586 11,241,459 +165,873
London Heathrow Airport 10,309,190 8,086,520 -2,222,670
Eurotunnel 6,393,567 8,914,478 +2,520,911
East Midlands Airport 6,613,512 6,815,298 +201,786
Birmingham Airport 5,083,667 4,447,400 -636,267
Thamesport 5,404,311 3,929,869 -1,474,442
000 4,951,024 4,180,037 -770,987
Felixstowe 5,029,263 3,727,936 -1,301,327
Immingham Docks 3,222,227 2,936,294 -285,933
Southampton 3,087,009 2,771,664 -315,345

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 282
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 251
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 123
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 100
Other manufacturing 83

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 281
2025-11 300
2025-10 306
2025-09 287
2025-08 287

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+ 647
1m-15m 538
15m-54m 156
Other 123
0-1m 95

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 45,383,776
Germany 18,299,867
Japan 12,988,211
France 12,365,771
Canada 10,873,709

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 21,034,517 24,349,259 +3,314,742
Germany 10,083,614 8,216,253 -1,867,361
Japan 7,774,923 5,213,288 -2,561,635
France 5,946,882 6,418,889 +472,007
Canada 1,436,657 9,437,052 +8,000,395
Italy 4,817,415 5,558,845 +741,430
Singapore 2,223,639 6,442,040 +4,218,401
China 3,601,738 4,132,909 +531,171
South Korea 1,184,911 4,567,562 +3,382,651
India 3,063,479 2,292,487 -770,992

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 656,110
United States 634,062
China 101,569
Germany 79,813
Italy 51,442

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 104,144 551,966 +447,822
United States 273,399 360,663 +87,264
China 50,128 51,441 +1,313
Germany 59,960 19,853 -40,107
Italy 31,112 20,330 -10,782
Ireland 4,257 4,165 -92
Turkey 1,386 3,298 +1,912
Taiwan 2,085 1,146 -939
Spain 1,155 1,318 +163
India 785 551 -234

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 111,812,246
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 52,710,029
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 37,943,331
Other 1,557,208
Road transport 316,808

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 50,807,787 61,004,459 +10,196,672
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 26,664,792 26,045,237 -619,555
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,823,668 19,119,663 +295,995
Other 533,114 1,024,094 +490,980
Road transport 315,457 1,351 -314,106

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 72,390,323
Dover / Eurotunnel 39,004,666
East Midlands Airport 18,841,615
London Gateway Port 12,430,006
Southampton 11,214,509

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 29,014,033 43,376,290 +14,362,257
Dover / Eurotunnel 19,807,167 19,197,499 -609,668
East Midlands Airport 10,591,512 8,250,103 -2,341,409
London Gateway Port 7,137,855 5,292,151 -1,845,704
Southampton 4,969,481 6,245,028 +1,275,547
Liverpool Docks 3,463,495 4,438,605 +975,110
ZLC 3,866,049 3,377,469 -488,580
London Stansted Airport 3,990,160 2,146,768 -1,843,392
Dover 2,719,193 3,278,732 +559,539
Felixstowe 1,547,120 3,401,208 +1,854,088

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