Import/export HS code 848490: Various gaskets and seals

Various types of gaskets and seals not covered by other codes, used in machinery

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* 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 23,415,514
United States 11,697,261
Netherlands 9,949,709
China 7,819,494
Italy 5,231,554

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 11,076,430 12,339,084 +1,262,654
United States 6,821,600 4,875,661 -1,945,939
Netherlands 5,737,958 4,211,751 -1,526,207
China 4,285,506 3,533,988 -751,518
Italy 3,069,126 2,162,428 -906,698
Japan 2,450,236 2,110,937 -339,299
France 2,211,811 1,485,562 -726,249
Norway 1,587,411 1,490,736 -96,675
Belgium 1,461,890 1,505,203 +43,313
Taiwan 877,698 803,894 -73,804

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 19,271,064
United States 15,324,453
China 10,258,545
Netherlands 5,978,356
Italy 5,872,363

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 9,102,851 10,168,213 +1,065,362
United States 8,365,436 6,959,017 -1,406,419
China 6,177,142 4,081,403 -2,095,739
Netherlands 3,831,032 2,147,324 -1,683,708
Italy 3,394,636 2,477,727 -916,909
Japan 2,906,826 2,520,422 -386,404
France 2,475,060 1,509,834 -965,226
United Kingdom 1,356,604 1,266,771 -89,833
Taiwan 1,118,253 1,053,087 -65,166
Norway 881,604 918,689 +37,085

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 100
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 81
West Yorkshire 81
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 80
Inner London - West 79

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 77 71 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 62 53 -9
West Yorkshire 52 53 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 55 56 +1
Inner London - West 54 51 -3
West Midlands 60 50 -10
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 56 51 -5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 41 41 +0
Greater Manchester 47 42 -5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 45 38 -7

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 37,680,982
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 26,325,635
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,554,914
Other 805,523
Road transport 667,689

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 20,656,187 17,024,795 -3,631,392
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,345,333 12,980,302 -365,031
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,194,474 9,360,440 -2,834,034
Other 493,196 312,327 -180,869
Road transport 570,685 97,004 -473,681
Rail transport 1,310 0 -1,310

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 14,196,278
Dover 9,780,860
Southampton 8,705,951
Eurotunnel 8,333,032
London Heathrow Airport 7,039,616

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 £
East Midlands Airport 7,852,986 6,343,292 -1,509,694
Dover 3,488,943 6,291,917 +2,802,974
Southampton 4,444,643 4,261,308 -183,335
Eurotunnel 4,797,403 3,535,629 -1,261,774
London Heathrow Airport 4,007,378 3,032,238 -975,140
Birmingham Airport 3,093,646 2,688,777 -404,869
London Stansted Airport 2,194,691 1,990,698 -203,993
Thamesport 2,570,423 1,418,183 -1,152,240
Felixstowe 2,404,596 1,462,050 -942,546
Aberdeen Airport 1,822,916 1,391,756 -431,160

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 328
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 210
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 134
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 126
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 96

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 248
2025-11 291
2025-10 279
2025-09 282
2025-08 283

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+ 694
1m-15m 589
15m-54m 145
0-1m 143
Other 113

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 13,131,330
Belgium 9,691,444
Norway 8,658,841
Germany 5,928,765
Brazil 5,884,341

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 7,054,358 6,076,972 -977,386
Belgium 4,681,894 5,009,550 +327,656
Norway 5,229,044 3,429,797 -1,799,247
Germany 2,602,033 3,326,732 +724,699
Brazil 2,759,748 3,124,593 +364,845
Netherlands 2,988,050 2,816,564 -171,486
Malaysia 1,193,816 2,619,160 +1,425,344
France 1,539,493 1,692,432 +152,939
Angola 2,445,979 595,585 -1,850,394
Romania 1,396,571 1,563,730 +167,159

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 £
Belgium 99,421
XI 90,636
China 17,276
United States 17,189
France 6,360

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 £
Belgium 1,698 97,723 +96,025
XI 61,386 29,250 -32,136
China 7,681 9,595 +1,914
United States 8,645 8,544 -101
France 3,781 2,579 -1,202
Czechia 1,987 4,187 +2,200
Netherlands 5,108 981 -4,127
Germany 2,628 3,040 +412
Italy 3,076 396 -2,680
India 1,515 1,952 +437

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 51,442,309
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 29,368,050
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,280,897
Other 396,343
Road transport 201,931

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 25,916,325 25,525,984 -390,341
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,807,264 15,560,786 +1,753,522
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,216,684 12,064,213 -3,152,471
Other 167,212 229,131 +61,919
Road transport 201,931 0 -201,931

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 20,117,124
Dover / Eurotunnel 19,610,649
London Heathrow Airport 15,465,840
London Gateway Port 8,681,630
Immingham Docks 6,373,999

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 £
East Midlands Airport 10,550,379 9,566,745 -983,634
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,077,157 10,533,492 +1,456,335
London Heathrow Airport 7,080,368 8,385,472 +1,305,104
London Gateway Port 3,612,532 5,069,098 +1,456,566
Immingham Docks 4,094,495 2,279,504 -1,814,991
Aberdeen Docks 3,871,955 1,745,305 -2,126,650
ZLC 2,256,725 2,726,195 +469,470
Liverpool Docks 1,655,364 1,795,400 +140,036
Southampton 1,256,892 1,716,569 +459,677
Aberdeen Airport 1,380,313 1,492,642 +112,329

Quick facts

HS code: 848490

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

Description: Various types of gaskets and seals not covered by other codes, used in machinery