Import/export HS code 830120: Vehicle locks

Locks specifically designed for cars, trucks, and other motor vehicles. Made of metal

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  • 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 £
Czechia 80,442,704
Germany 29,703,601
China 23,197,955
Portugal 13,145,008
Morocco 10,337,289

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 £
Czechia 46,472,072 33,970,632 -12,501,440
Germany 16,691,931 13,011,670 -3,680,261
China 13,543,596 9,654,359 -3,889,237
Portugal 7,635,947 5,509,061 -2,126,886
Morocco 5,298,770 5,038,519 -260,251
Taiwan 4,619,065 4,814,532 +195,467
Thailand 2,816,467 2,711,854 -104,613
India 2,237,848 2,490,780 +252,932
Japan 2,617,336 1,549,990 -1,067,346
Netherlands 2,214,097 1,607,230 -606,867

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 £
Czechia 89,621,035
China 24,934,770
Germany 14,951,345
Portugal 13,759,060
Morocco 10,232,568

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 £
Czechia 51,712,893 37,908,142 -13,804,751
China 14,706,743 10,228,027 -4,478,716
Germany 8,463,150 6,488,195 -1,974,955
Portugal 8,057,832 5,701,228 -2,356,604
Morocco 5,195,582 5,036,986 -158,596
Taiwan 4,603,888 4,829,117 +225,229
India 4,123,685 3,717,948 -405,737
France 4,166,309 1,571,188 -2,595,121
Thailand 2,810,544 2,626,658 -183,886
Japan 2,721,887 1,618,729 -1,103,158

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 31
West Midlands 30
Essex 15
Outer London - West and North West 14
Greater Manchester 12

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 26 24 -2
West Midlands 22 20 -2
Essex 10 12 +2
Outer London - West and North West 11 9 -2
Greater Manchester 9 8 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 8 12 +4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 12 9 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 11 7 -4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 6 9 +3
Inner London - West 5 7 +2

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 111,737,096
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 57,573,100
Road transport 15,080,952
Air transport 12,864,295
Other 7,338,164

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 58,728,933 53,008,163 -5,720,770
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,593,530 25,979,570 -5,613,960
Road transport 14,791,984 288,968 -14,503,016
Air transport 5,863,127 7,001,168 +1,138,041
Other 4,325,038 3,013,126 -1,311,912
Rail transport 3,825,508 1,028,212 -2,797,296

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 48,654,126
Southampton 35,927,910
Harwich 30,936,907
499 15,809,577
Felixstowe 10,407,372

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 26,621,027 22,033,099 -4,587,928
Southampton 19,762,545 16,165,365 -3,597,180
Harwich 13,522,777 17,414,130 +3,891,353
499 14,437,641 1,371,936 -13,065,705
Felixstowe 6,140,827 4,266,545 -1,874,282
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,127,530 1,800,854 -4,326,676
Oxford Airport 3,542,022 4,067,215 +525,193
000 4,325,038 3,013,126 -1,311,912
Newhaven 2,806,946 4,025,872 +1,218,926
Immingham Docks 3,385,553 2,573,961 -811,592

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 98
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 56
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 31
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 27
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 11

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 73
2025-10 70
2025-09 78
2025-08 74
2025-07 70

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+ 98
1m-15m 93
15m-54m 42
0-1m 24
Other 20

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 £
France 15,095,913
Germany 3,775,567
Czechia 2,827,825
United States 1,995,678
Belgium 1,578,272

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 £
France 8,209,074 6,886,839 -1,322,235
Germany 1,966,005 1,809,562 -156,443
Czechia 1,614,089 1,213,736 -400,353
United States 1,106,172 889,506 -216,666
Belgium 807,014 771,258 -35,756
Italy 866,726 536,666 -330,060
China 601,414 418,532 -182,882
Ireland 612,590 391,814 -220,776
Netherlands 478,447 378,874 -99,573
Turkey 384,917 332,627 -52,290

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 £
China 48,445
Germany 18,946
Taiwan 14,715
France 7,276
XU 5,013

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 £
China 18,998 29,447 +10,449
Germany 8,873 10,073 +1,200
Taiwan 4,638 10,077 +5,439
France 5,383 1,893 -3,490
XU 3,342 1,671 -1,671
Turkey 3,494 833 -2,661
Czechia 872 2,503 +1,631
Portugal 725 612 -113
XI 305 183 -122
Poland 356 120 -236

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 26,081,259
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,712,808
Air transport 4,070,805
Other 106,359
Road transport 45,793

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,935,667 12,145,592 -1,790,075
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,798,929 1,913,879 -1,885,050
Air transport 2,088,249 1,982,556 -105,693
Other 48,134 58,225 +10,091
Road transport 45,793 0 -45,793

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 20,936,469
Immingham Docks 2,071,838
Hull 1,720,760
Felixstowe 1,547,975
London Heathrow Airport 1,423,243

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 11,394,863 9,541,606 -1,853,257
Immingham Docks 1,101,342 970,496 -130,846
Hull 951,952 768,808 -183,144
Felixstowe 971,214 576,761 -394,453
London Heathrow Airport 716,669 706,574 -10,095
East Midlands Airport 730,663 593,567 -137,096
London Gateway Port 727,319 462,382 -264,937
ZLC 437,765 438,126 +361
Southampton 372,967 317,971 -54,996
Holyhead 438,888 229,043 -209,845

Quick facts

HS code: 830120

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

Description: Locks specifically designed for cars, trucks, and other motor vehicles. Made of metal