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 49,653,040
United States 24,748,703
China 10,335,191
India 8,713,494
France 8,153,076

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 25,521,877 24,131,163 -1,390,714
United States 11,793,199 12,955,504 +1,162,305
China 5,522,079 4,813,112 -708,967
India 4,632,091 4,081,403 -550,688
France 3,031,848 5,121,228 +2,089,380
Japan 2,821,867 3,141,813 +319,946
Belgium 2,249,965 3,003,953 +753,988
Netherlands 2,432,509 2,498,972 +66,463
Italy 3,336,572 1,496,672 -1,839,900
Spain 2,170,014 2,135,416 -34,598

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 50,331,281
United States 27,739,879
China 11,119,781
India 9,668,368
Japan 6,429,670

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 24,976,704 25,354,577 +377,873
United States 13,295,675 14,444,204 +1,148,529
China 5,798,185 5,321,596 -476,589
India 5,042,835 4,625,533 -417,302
Japan 3,050,074 3,379,596 +329,522
Italy 3,476,169 1,802,325 -1,673,844
Spain 2,104,373 2,079,946 -24,427
Belgium 1,676,086 1,463,946 -212,140
Mexico 1,118,293 1,267,523 +149,230
France 1,064,726 1,088,857 +24,131

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 72
Inner London - West 72
West Midlands 62
Greater Manchester 57
Surrey, East and West Sussex 55

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 49 48 -1
Inner London - West 44 54 +10
West Midlands 39 47 +8
Greater Manchester 38 38 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 41 31 -10
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 42 33 -9
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 33 38 +5
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 38 35 -3
West Yorkshire 37 31 -6
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) 50,427,812
Air transport 43,707,893
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 39,298,230
Other 5,345,352
Rail transport 3,289,462

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) 24,694,243 25,733,569 +1,039,326
Air transport 22,127,196 21,580,697 -546,499
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,800,766 20,497,464 +1,696,698
Other 2,865,188 2,480,164 -385,024
Rail transport 2,937,078 352,384 -2,584,694
Road transport 339,092 300,891 -38,201

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 23,475,348
London 16,979,944
East Midlands Airport 15,284,126
Felixstowe 12,159,344
London Heathrow Airport 11,443,922

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 10,039,708 13,435,640 +3,395,932
London 8,692,915 8,287,029 -405,886
East Midlands Airport 7,489,636 7,794,490 +304,854
Felixstowe 7,587,071 4,572,273 -3,014,798
London Heathrow Airport 5,314,370 6,129,552 +815,182
Thamesport 3,967,187 3,677,222 -289,965
Southampton 3,284,281 4,210,357 +926,076
Eurotunnel 3,044,527 4,041,234 +996,707
London Stansted Airport 3,795,694 2,750,564 -1,045,130
Birmingham Airport 2,580,576 2,909,498 +328,922

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 223
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 126
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 108
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 79
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
2025-11 223
2025-10 229
2025-09 238
2025-08 231
2025-07 240

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+ 515
1m-15m 392
15m-54m 106
0-1m 105
Other 90

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 33,098,113
France 31,629,901
Germany 20,798,255
China 13,814,192
India 9,885,359

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 17,028,500 16,069,613 -958,887
France 27,209,200 4,420,701 -22,788,499
Germany 10,519,313 10,278,942 -240,371
China 6,488,364 7,325,828 +837,464
India 4,469,015 5,416,344 +947,329
Brazil 5,175,855 4,703,316 -472,539
Malaysia 3,394,375 3,270,064 -124,311
Norway 2,998,983 2,416,758 -582,225
Canada 2,658,133 2,541,927 -116,206
Poland 2,911,341 2,165,877 -745,464

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 1,453,768
Italy 93,441
XU 86,218
Germany 11,648
China 10,995

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 1,445,427 8,341 -1,437,086
Italy 50,972 42,469 -8,503
XU 43,715 42,503 -1,212
Germany 4,295 7,353 +3,058
China 5,151 5,844 +693
Spain 2,044 2,113 +69
Taiwan 1,606 1,028 -578
Belgium 1,715 688 -1,027
Nicaragua 1,509 0 -1,509
France 427 941 +514

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 109,408,380
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 68,246,008
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 63,717,455
Other 1,674,810
Road transport 319,918

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 58,905,261 50,503,119 -8,402,142
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 37,709,030 30,536,978 -7,172,052
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 39,477,530 24,239,925 -15,237,605
Other 1,560,834 113,976 -1,446,858
Road transport 319,918 0 -319,918

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 50,986,218
London Heathrow Airport 42,864,304
East Midlands Airport 33,977,659
London Gateway Port 28,018,610
Southampton 12,005,428

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 32,628,089 18,358,129 -14,269,960
London Heathrow Airport 21,970,937 20,893,367 -1,077,570
East Midlands Airport 19,629,946 14,347,713 -5,282,233
London Gateway Port 13,206,871 14,811,739 +1,604,868
Southampton 4,135,690 7,869,738 +3,734,048
London Stansted Airport 6,651,159 5,279,726 -1,371,433
Plymouth 11,097,633 0 -11,097,633
Manchester Airport 5,340,793 4,643,224 -697,569
Felixstowe 4,274,063 1,936,315 -2,337,748
ZLC 2,806,405 3,265,008 +458,603

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