Import/export HS code 87042291: New medium trucks (5 to 20 tonnes)

Brand-new medium trucks for carrying goods, weighing between 5 and 20 tonnes

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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 £
Germany 174,696,652
France 163,953,227
Poland 102,332,360
Ireland 59,203,221
Italy 54,797,796

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 100,704,683 73,991,969 -26,712,714
France 100,609,998 63,343,229 -37,266,769
Poland 45,136,799 57,195,561 +12,058,762
Ireland 35,447,764 23,755,457 -11,692,307
Italy 33,829,503 20,968,293 -12,861,210
Spain 34,426,611 19,548,688 -14,877,923
Netherlands 18,107,395 19,809,892 +1,702,497
Japan 19,183,550 18,400,937 -782,613
Sweden 20,295,108 14,185,274 -6,109,834
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 163,717,036
France 136,464,307
Poland 106,074,787
Netherlands 68,002,280
Italy 57,499,914

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 98,341,094 65,375,942 -32,965,152
France 85,124,154 51,340,153 -33,784,001
Poland 45,136,799 60,937,988 +15,801,189
Netherlands 40,019,094 27,983,186 -12,035,908
Italy 35,649,889 21,850,025 -13,799,864
Spain 29,152,951 15,181,233 -13,971,718
Japan 19,283,095 19,378,810 +95,715
Sweden 4,542,897 8,700,139 +4,157,242
Portugal 5,467,689 1,940,632 -3,527,057
United Kingdom 3,737,041 3,494,477 -242,564

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 5
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 3
West Yorkshire 3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 2
Devon 2

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
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 5 4 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 3 3 +0
West Yorkshire 3 1 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 2 1 -1
Devon 1 1 +0
Essex 1 2 +1
Greater Manchester 2 1 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 1 1 +0
Northern Ireland 2 2 +0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 1 1 +0

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) 456,349,382
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 203,099,381
Other 81,911,390
Air transport 29,905

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) 254,071,974 202,277,408 -51,794,566
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 122,355,850 80,743,531 -41,612,319
Other 45,952,580 35,958,810 -9,993,770
Air transport 0 29,905 +29,905

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 237,605,772
Portsmouth 112,922,844
000 81,911,390
Avonmouth Docks 61,734,979
Dover 52,417,007

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 123,219,712 114,386,060 -8,833,652
Portsmouth 59,118,613 53,804,231 -5,314,382
000 45,952,580 35,958,810 -9,993,770
Avonmouth Docks 34,347,231 27,387,748 -6,959,483
Dover 37,249,937 15,167,070 -22,082,867
Dover / Eurotunnel 22,723,055 22,083,850 -639,205
London 23,473,353 9,968,041 -13,505,312
Liverpool Docks 16,028,147 7,733,563 -8,294,584
Harwich 13,284,508 10,134,227 -3,150,281
Hull 18,716,516 4,126,128 -14,590,388

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 14
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 6
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 5
Land transport and transport via pipelines 3
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 2

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 11
2025-10 12
2025-09 13
2025-08 11
2025-07 11

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+ 18
1m-15m 12
15m-54m 9
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 323,948,914
Israel 75,551,081
Ireland 54,122,125
Spain 12,433,058
Lithuania 12,339,021

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 187,375,550 136,573,364 -50,802,186
Israel 15,893,311 59,657,770 +43,764,459
Ireland 28,224,317 25,897,808 -2,326,509
Spain 6,384,804 6,048,254 -336,550
Lithuania 8,023,256 4,315,765 -3,707,491
Mexico 125,500 8,037,737 +7,912,237
Greece 2,106,447 4,368,922 +2,262,475
Colombia 54,825 5,670,916 +5,616,091
Poland 3,185,872 2,168,000 -1,017,872
France 2,941,411 1,270,081 -1,671,330

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 12,193,905
Ireland 114,802
XU 56,253
Germany 5,369

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 4,329,339 7,864,566 +3,535,227
Ireland 412 114,390 +113,978
XU 49,647 6,606 -43,041
Germany 0 5,369 +5,369

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) 326,942,737
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 184,581,394
Other 12,370,329
Air transport 249,377

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) 154,227,776 172,714,961 +18,487,185
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 104,849,138 79,732,256 -25,116,882
Other 4,379,398 7,990,931 +3,611,533
Air transport 249,377 0 -249,377

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Hull 218,696,155
Immingham Docks 115,179,414
Southampton 98,489,175
Liverpool Docks 17,899,872
Holyhead 15,335,030

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 167,266,312 51,429,843 -115,836,469
Immingham Docks 25,448,390 89,731,024 +64,282,634
Southampton 19,750,455 78,738,720 +58,988,265
Liverpool Docks 14,494,627 3,405,245 -11,089,382
Holyhead 9,156,603 6,178,427 -2,978,176
London 8,312,222 4,414,897 -3,897,325
000 4,379,398 7,990,931 +3,611,533
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,927,178 4,926,948 +999,770
Heysham 193,689 7,686,758 +7,493,069
Portsmouth 4,261,417 3,476,241 -785,176

Quick facts

HS code: 87042291

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

Description: Brand-new medium trucks for carrying goods, weighing between 5 and 20 tonnes