Import/export HS code 87042191: New small trucks (under 5 tonnes)

Brand-new small trucks for carrying goods, weighing up to 5 tonnes

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 £
Turkey 3,754,451,218
Germany 1,998,651,718
Belgium 1,441,345,314
Spain 1,385,001,181
France 516,186,746

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 £
Turkey 2,115,082,420 1,639,368,798 -475,713,622
Germany 1,278,351,795 720,299,923 -558,051,872
Belgium 760,743,455 680,601,859 -80,141,596
Spain 658,513,414 726,487,767 +67,974,353
France 219,727,854 296,458,892 +76,731,038
Italy 278,940,400 215,166,480 -63,773,920
Poland 145,768,256 173,028,028 +27,259,772
Thailand 130,317,673 92,671,722 -37,645,951
Romania 87,365,236 64,824,217 -22,541,019
China 46,976,853 79,429,765 +32,452,912

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 £
Turkey 4,037,881,824
France 1,583,521,270
Poland 1,394,989,905
Germany 1,191,844,017
Spain 1,160,344,470

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 £
Turkey 2,118,855,951 1,919,025,873 -199,830,078
France 787,844,897 795,676,373 +7,831,476
Poland 743,833,606 651,156,299 -92,677,307
Germany 777,437,926 414,406,091 -363,031,835
Spain 704,064,647 456,279,823 -247,784,824
Italy 278,471,846 199,824,550 -78,647,296
Thailand 130,360,620 92,710,192 -37,650,428
Romania 89,570,672 65,423,620 -24,147,052
China 46,978,890 79,429,765 +32,450,875
South Africa 61,729,257 56,117,946 -5,611,311

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 9
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 6
Essex 6
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 6
East Central Scotland 4

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 7 7 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 6 6 +0
Essex 6 6 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 5 6 +1
East Central Scotland 4 3 -1
Inner London - West 3 2 -1
Kent 3 3 +0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 3 4 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 4 2 -2
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 2 1 -1

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) 9,488,243,076
Other 560,802,039
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 553,046,422
Air transport 2,013,613

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) 5,151,292,221 4,336,950,855 -814,341,366
Other 345,896,387 214,905,652 -130,990,735
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 328,843,787 224,202,635 -104,641,152
Air transport 624,213 1,389,400 +765,187

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London 2,611,488,053
Avonmouth Docks 2,001,628,389
Southampton 1,580,189,722
Immingham Docks 1,400,226,830
Grimsby 800,025,056

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 £
London 1,513,769,544 1,097,718,509 -416,051,035
Avonmouth Docks 1,081,753,444 919,874,945 -161,878,499
Southampton 905,279,530 674,910,192 -230,369,338
Immingham Docks 707,275,281 692,951,549 -14,323,732
Grimsby 413,829,488 386,195,568 -27,633,920
Medway 323,120,283 247,025,578 -76,094,705
000 345,896,387 214,905,652 -130,990,735
Liverpool Docks 277,208,684 233,045,098 -44,163,586
499 0 133,792,714 +133,792,714
Tyne 63,016,219 61,110,665 -1,905,554

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 62
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 10
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 9
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 6
Manufacture of other transport equipment 3

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 57
2025-11 57
2025-10 63
2025-09 59
2025-08 63

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+ 54
Other 18
1m-15m 14
15m-54m 13
0-1m 1

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 246,362,147
Germany 172,779,690
Italy 94,197,100
Netherlands 71,585,156
Spain 65,398,765

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 223,425,340 22,936,807 -200,488,533
Germany 157,446,211 15,333,479 -142,112,732
Italy 86,325,849 7,871,251 -78,454,598
Netherlands 70,660,758 924,398 -69,736,360
Spain 59,147,865 6,250,900 -52,896,965
Ireland 35,920,745 23,490,617 -12,430,128
Belgium 39,406,333 6,019,210 -33,387,123
Turkey 25,493,356 9,961,322 -15,532,034
Poland 15,733,182 2,784,273 -12,948,909
Austria 16,088,587 1,626,795 -14,461,792

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 2,077,002
Belgium 704,961
Ireland 203,825
Japan 199,135
Germany 183,344

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 507,626 1,569,376 +1,061,750
Belgium 241,531 463,430 +221,899
Ireland 163,780 40,045 -123,735
Japan 169,249 29,886 -139,363
Germany 87,385 95,959 +8,574
Turkey 0 175,288 +175,288
Switzerland 60,000 67,190 +7,190
Nicaragua 89,999 0 -89,999
Spain 0 69,484 +69,484
France 25,023 28,975 +3,952

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) 869,909,276
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 41,136,423
Other 5,256,669
Air transport 62,000

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) 786,151,588 83,757,688 -702,393,900
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 20,440,259 20,696,164 +255,905
Other 1,937,795 3,318,874 +1,381,079
Air transport 27,752 34,248 +6,496

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
ZLC 830,367,288
Holyhead 20,223,633
London 14,829,555
Milford 13,494,304
Liverpool Docks 10,812,040

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 757,140,795 73,226,493 -683,914,302
Holyhead 4,466,859 15,756,774 +11,289,915
London 9,357,856 5,471,699 -3,886,157
Milford 10,778,121 2,716,183 -8,061,938
Liverpool Docks 9,848,402 963,638 -8,884,764
000 1,937,795 3,318,874 +1,381,079
Avonmouth Docks 4,560,985 339,999 -4,220,986
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,039,674 2,173,156 +133,482
Portsmouth 2,201,098 1,201,491 -999,607
Southampton 2,196,510 612,098 -1,584,412

Quick facts

HS code: 87042191

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

Description: Brand-new small trucks for carrying goods, weighing up to 5 tonnes