Import/export HS code 848410: Metal gaskets and joints

Gaskets made from metal sheets, often combined with other materials, used to seal machinery

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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 49,529,186
United States 24,855,058
China 10,327,835
India 8,629,796
France 8,136,245

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 25,560,356 23,968,830 -1,591,526
United States 11,985,830 12,869,228 +883,398
China 5,653,183 4,674,652 -978,531
India 4,643,917 3,985,879 -658,038
France 2,958,032 5,178,213 +2,220,181
Japan 2,806,967 3,107,670 +300,703
Belgium 2,325,003 2,973,919 +648,916
Netherlands 2,448,076 2,527,550 +79,474
Italy 3,430,804 1,374,320 -2,056,484
Spain 2,019,864 2,342,306 +322,442

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 50,244,551
United States 27,868,070
China 11,165,997
India 9,564,857
Japan 6,386,969

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 24,998,796 25,245,755 +246,959
United States 13,718,775 14,149,295 +430,520
China 5,938,681 5,227,316 -711,365
India 5,055,681 4,509,176 -546,505
Japan 3,041,356 3,345,613 +304,257
Italy 3,574,249 1,678,970 -1,895,279
Spain 1,960,342 2,272,093 +311,751
Belgium 1,629,389 1,486,871 -142,518
Mexico 1,175,671 1,235,534 +59,863
Malta 1,091,467 1,066,541 -24,926

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 73
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 71
West Midlands 63
Greater Manchester 56
Surrey, East and West Sussex 56

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
Inner London - West 47 52 +5
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 50 46 -4
West Midlands 42 46 +4
Greater Manchester 36 40 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 41 33 -8
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 35 41 +6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 40 33 -7
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 40 34 -6
West Yorkshire 37 33 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 31 31 +0

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 50,808,008
Air transport 43,405,703
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 39,453,109
Other 5,088,147
Rail transport 3,102,217

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 24,957,418 25,850,590 +893,172
Air transport 22,360,029 21,045,674 -1,314,355
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,062,949 20,390,160 +1,327,211
Other 2,845,580 2,242,567 -603,013
Rail transport 2,670,447 431,770 -2,238,677
Road transport 474,296 97,086 -377,210

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 23,786,682
London 16,935,622
East Midlands Airport 15,221,890
Felixstowe 11,930,588
London Heathrow Airport 11,477,151

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 10,226,633 13,560,049 +3,333,416
London 8,803,596 8,132,026 -671,570
East Midlands Airport 7,363,386 7,858,504 +495,118
Felixstowe 7,867,454 4,063,134 -3,804,320
London Heathrow Airport 5,530,544 5,946,607 +416,063
Thamesport 4,039,884 3,635,171 -404,713
Southampton 2,954,224 4,310,449 +1,356,225
Eurotunnel 3,113,880 3,892,322 +778,442
London Stansted Airport 3,883,512 2,604,565 -1,278,947
Birmingham Airport 2,557,072 2,804,225 +247,153

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 220
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 129
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 109
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 81
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 71

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 207
2025-11 223
2025-10 229
2025-09 239
2025-08 231

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+ 513
1m-15m 393
15m-54m 112
0-1m 104
Other 89

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 32,682,852
France 31,711,899
Germany 21,150,593
China 13,865,856
Brazil 9,979,106

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 16,726,716 15,956,136 -770,580
France 27,227,914 4,483,985 -22,743,929
Germany 10,803,992 10,346,601 -457,391
China 6,381,569 7,484,287 +1,102,718
Brazil 5,233,295 4,745,811 -487,484
India 4,856,802 4,984,552 +127,750
Malaysia 3,234,238 3,617,925 +383,687
Norway 3,225,084 2,181,389 -1,043,695
Canada 2,649,639 2,454,113 -195,526
Turkey 2,624,664 2,380,980 -243,684

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 1,452,460
Italy 93,441
Germany 11,514
China 10,619
Spain 4,115

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 1,445,320 7,140 -1,438,180
Italy 74,200 19,241 -54,959
Germany 4,203 7,311 +3,108
China 5,115 5,504 +389
Spain 2,300 1,815 -485
Belgium 1,715 863 -852
Taiwan 1,602 943 -659
France 655 995 +340
Ireland 182 975 +793
Nicaragua 829 0 -829

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 109,725,459
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 68,068,748
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 63,891,215
Other 1,669,092
Road transport 206,181

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 59,447,114 50,278,345 -9,168,769
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 38,354,490 29,714,258 -8,640,232
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 39,511,993 24,379,222 -15,132,771
Other 1,584,233 84,859 -1,499,374
Road transport 206,181 0 -206,181

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 51,045,847
London Heathrow Airport 42,789,825
East Midlands Airport 33,588,985
London Gateway Port 27,883,067
Southampton 12,169,918

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 32,376,666 18,669,181 -13,707,485
London Heathrow Airport 22,354,522 20,435,303 -1,919,219
East Midlands Airport 19,582,202 14,006,783 -5,575,419
London Gateway Port 13,887,772 13,995,295 +107,523
Southampton 3,943,153 8,226,765 +4,283,612
London Stansted Airport 6,752,300 5,375,250 -1,377,050
Plymouth 11,097,633 0 -11,097,633
Manchester Airport 5,569,087 4,676,099 -892,988
ZLC 2,643,059 3,489,825 +846,766
Felixstowe 4,193,869 1,865,549 -2,328,320

Quick facts

HS code: 848410

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

Description: Gaskets made from metal sheets, often combined with other materials, used to seal machinery