Import/export HS code 870332: Cars with engines between 1,500 cc and 2,500 cc (diesel)

Cars with diesel engines larger than 1,500 cc but not exceeding 2,500 cc

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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 2,353,219,122
South Africa 686,092,485
Turkey 677,354,329
Belgium 308,066,561
Spain 224,013,768

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 1,289,705,061 1,063,514,061 -226,191,000
South Africa 437,312,799 248,779,686 -188,533,113
Turkey 226,113,293 451,241,036 +225,127,743
Belgium 172,337,518 135,729,043 -36,608,475
Spain 119,298,138 104,715,630 -14,582,508
Italy 109,132,834 79,299,850 -29,832,984
France 96,350,146 91,427,781 -4,922,365
Slovenia 83,733,881 62,933,309 -20,800,572
South Korea 73,770,053 69,858,623 -3,911,430
Poland 75,324,310 51,164,594 -24,159,716

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 1,510,962,156
South Africa 711,741,369
Turkey 685,636,774
France 380,368,604
Czechia 313,163,518

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 837,985,474 672,976,682 -165,008,792
South Africa 453,470,065 258,271,304 -195,198,761
Turkey 225,117,937 460,518,837 +235,400,900
France 182,680,334 197,688,270 +15,007,936
Czechia 167,487,667 145,675,851 -21,811,816
Mexico 197,465,428 95,992,145 -101,473,283
Poland 112,593,360 124,384,949 +11,791,589
Spain 112,585,061 100,510,312 -12,074,749
Italy 114,829,336 85,397,703 -29,431,633
South Korea 77,990,954 70,405,027 -7,585,927

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 18
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 13
West Yorkshire 13
Surrey, East and West Sussex 11
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 9

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
West Midlands 8 15 +7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 10 10 +0
West Yorkshire 9 9 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 7 8 +1
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 4 8 +4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 7 8 +1
East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 5 7 +2
Greater Manchester 4 5 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 4 5 +1
Essex 7 7 +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) 4,511,624,320
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 723,327,017
Other 20,960,023
Air transport 1,828,793
Road transport 125,279

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) 2,417,621,240 2,094,003,080 -323,618,160
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 384,321,212 339,005,805 -45,315,407
Other 9,392,717 11,567,306 +2,174,589
Air transport 839,924 988,869 +148,945
Road transport 0 125,279 +125,279

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 967,664,008
London 924,172,169
Medway 636,769,865
Grimsby 559,473,896
Immingham Docks 485,521,254

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 £
Southampton 564,555,074 403,108,934 -161,446,140
London 451,241,466 472,930,703 +21,689,237
Medway 337,551,634 299,218,231 -38,333,403
Grimsby 328,686,233 230,787,663 -97,898,570
Immingham Docks 268,885,773 216,635,481 -52,250,292
Avonmouth Docks 219,439,480 220,664,527 +1,225,047
Dover 193,332,457 207,808,985 +14,476,528
Tyne 158,558,953 141,569,842 -16,989,111
Harwich 95,376,497 76,036,686 -19,339,811
Newhaven 49,814,140 27,846,698 -21,967,442

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 161
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 14
Rental and leasing activities 10
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 9
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 7

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 89
2025-10 84
2025-09 73
2025-08 60
2025-07 81

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+ 68
0-1m 48
1m-15m 48
15m-54m 31
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 £
Ireland 105,198,752
France 48,658,373
United States 27,925,798
Germany 22,793,040
Cyprus 15,390,298

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 £
Ireland 67,854,465 37,344,287 -30,510,178
France 28,601,304 20,057,069 -8,544,235
United States 16,902,474 11,023,324 -5,879,150
Germany 12,876,151 9,916,889 -2,959,262
Cyprus 4,285,397 11,104,901 +6,819,504
Turkey 7,999,634 4,353,829 -3,645,805
Netherlands 9,309,461 2,010,793 -7,298,668
Poland 8,133,574 2,832,254 -5,301,320
Belgium 7,615,178 2,113,624 -5,501,554
Ukraine 5,859,328 3,708,878 -2,150,450

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 £
Germany 22,595,310
XI 12,736,780
XU 12,262,170
Sweden 912,986
France 766,995

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 £
Germany 16,394,940 6,200,370 -10,194,570
XI 7,131,270 5,605,510 -1,525,760
XU 7,546,587 4,715,583 -2,831,004
Sweden 755,486 157,500 -597,986
France 580,639 186,356 -394,283
Japan 393,091 354,511 -38,580
Czechia 572,466 66,721 -505,745
Nicaragua 449,057 54,229 -394,828
Greece 449,242 0 -449,242
United States 257,367 67,079 -190,288

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 175,216,748
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 127,746,746
Other 53,999,943
Air transport 4,018,522
Road transport 3,572

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 113,096,587 62,120,161 -50,976,426
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 66,613,834 61,132,912 -5,480,922
Other 35,643,422 18,356,521 -17,286,901
Air transport 688,356 3,330,166 +2,641,810
Road transport 3,572 0 -3,572

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
ZLC 60,633,002
000 53,999,943
Dover / Eurotunnel 44,707,036
Holyhead 40,738,129
Southampton 32,879,754

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 £
ZLC 54,059,233 6,573,769 -47,485,464
000 35,643,422 18,356,521 -17,286,901
Dover / Eurotunnel 21,131,738 23,575,298 +2,443,560
Holyhead 26,314,032 14,424,097 -11,889,935
Southampton 14,701,968 18,177,786 +3,475,818
Liverpool Docks 17,704,434 8,884,219 -8,820,215
London Gateway Port 9,516,146 15,144,957 +5,628,811
London 6,303,554 9,270,128 +2,966,574
Avonmouth Docks 9,274,424 4,111,918 -5,162,506
Immingham Docks 4,500,012 5,210,776 +710,764

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 870332

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

Description: Cars with diesel engines larger than 1,500 cc but not exceeding 2,500 cc