Import/export HS code 870422: Medium trucks (5 to 20 tonnes)

Trucks for carrying goods with a total weight between 5 and 20 tonnes

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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 178,299,461
France 164,124,359
Poland 102,383,772
Ireland 60,960,039
Italy 54,936,724

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 100,872,171 77,427,290 -23,444,881
France 100,672,606 63,451,753 -37,220,853
Poland 45,158,271 57,225,501 +12,067,230
Ireland 36,223,610 24,736,429 -11,487,181
Italy 33,943,172 20,993,552 -12,949,620
Spain 34,433,845 19,548,688 -14,885,157
Netherlands 25,128,058 24,901,051 -227,007
Japan 19,183,550 18,408,786 -774,764
Sweden 20,495,858 14,185,274 -6,310,584
Portugal 5,467,689 1,940,632 -3,527,057

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 170,987,207
France 136,513,887
Poland 106,100,598
Netherlands 75,055,573
Italy 58,439,783

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 101,861,992 69,125,215 -32,736,777
France 85,157,368 51,356,519 -33,800,849
Poland 45,158,271 60,942,327 +15,784,056
Netherlands 42,988,462 32,067,111 -10,921,351
Italy 35,773,197 22,666,586 -13,106,611
Spain 29,152,951 15,415,510 -13,737,441
Japan 19,283,095 19,386,659 +103,564
Sweden 5,343,394 9,887,956 +4,544,562
United Kingdom 3,941,041 3,531,641 -409,400
Portugal 5,467,689 1,940,632 -3,527,057

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 6
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 5
West Yorkshire 4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 3
Northern Ireland 3

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 3 6 +3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 5 4 -1
West Yorkshire 3 2 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 2 2 +0
Northern Ireland 3 2 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 1 2 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 2 1 -1
Devon 1 1 +0
Essex 1 2 +1
Greater Manchester 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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 472,058,819
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 207,191,435
Other 83,119,813
Air transport 29,905
Road transport 17,321

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) 260,499,051 211,559,768 -48,939,283
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 124,726,614 82,464,821 -42,261,793
Other 46,531,010 36,588,803 -9,942,207
Air transport 0 29,905 +29,905
Road transport 0 17,321 +17,321

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 246,886,281
Portsmouth 113,018,898
000 83,119,813
Avonmouth Docks 61,942,527
Dover 54,783,671

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 £
Immingham Docks 127,392,689 119,493,592 -7,899,097
Portsmouth 59,148,124 53,870,774 -5,277,350
000 46,531,010 36,588,803 -9,942,207
Avonmouth Docks 34,347,231 27,595,296 -6,751,935
Dover 38,568,643 16,215,028 -22,353,615
Dover / Eurotunnel 22,885,855 22,447,245 -438,610
London 23,474,248 10,084,495 -13,389,753
Liverpool Docks 16,108,852 7,902,085 -8,206,767
Harwich 13,301,363 10,560,975 -2,740,388
Hull 18,716,516 4,791,190 -13,925,326

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 17
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 8
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 8
Land transport and transport via pipelines 5
Other personal service activities 4

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 14
2025-10 15
2025-09 15
2025-08 12
2025-07 14

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+ 24
1m-15m 20
15m-54m 11
0-1m 3
Other 3

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 £
Netherlands 328,639,315
Ireland 80,100,525
Israel 75,731,156
NA 35,513,182
Guyana 22,628,972

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 £
Netherlands 191,590,061 137,049,254 -54,540,807
Ireland 42,235,606 37,864,919 -4,370,687
Israel 16,073,386 59,657,770 +43,584,384
NA 18,396,310 17,116,872 -1,279,438
Guyana 16,388,692 6,240,280 -10,148,412
United Republic of Tanzania 11,106,548 5,978,707 -5,127,841
Spain 6,422,560 6,100,279 -322,281
Lithuania 8,049,503 4,319,864 -3,729,639
Zimbabwe 3,941,193 7,417,703 +3,476,510
Zambia 4,586,525 4,922,101 +335,576

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 £
Netherlands 12,521,905
XU 4,311,487
Sweden 4,190,880
Ireland 3,406,641
XI 2,636,566

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 £
Netherlands 4,461,443 8,060,462 +3,599,019
XU 2,565,413 1,746,074 -819,339
Sweden 2,392,156 1,798,724 -593,432
Ireland 1,394,502 2,012,139 +617,637
XI 1,695,724 940,842 -754,882
Nicaragua 546,767 520,562 -26,205
Germany 260,907 218,418 -42,489
Italy 194,699 152,307 -42,392
Japan 182,179 148,205 -33,974
Niger 155,383 0 -155,383

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) 380,834,839
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 301,991,924
Other 29,763,508
Air transport 355,601
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 26,500

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) 186,964,453 193,870,386 +6,905,933
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 172,208,388 129,783,536 -42,424,852
Other 13,949,241 15,814,267 +1,865,026
Air transport 307,377 48,224 -259,153
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 26,500 0 -26,500

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Hull 236,315,649
Immingham Docks 139,910,692
Southampton 129,268,054
000 29,763,508
Liverpool Docks 22,027,373

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 £
Hull 180,408,752 55,906,897 -124,501,855
Immingham Docks 40,974,980 98,935,712 +57,960,732
Southampton 35,469,025 93,799,029 +58,330,004
000 13,949,241 15,814,267 +1,865,026
Liverpool Docks 17,176,338 4,851,035 -12,325,303
Felixstowe 17,127,477 4,744,107 -12,383,370
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,923,658 9,683,499 -1,240,159
Holyhead 10,681,953 8,692,264 -1,989,689
Dover 13,055,686 5,097,278 -7,958,408
Medway 5,863,701 11,591,885 +5,728,184

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 870422

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

Description: Trucks for carrying goods with a total weight between 5 and 20 tonnes