Import/export HS code 870790: Various vehicle bodies and cabs

Covers vehicle bodies and cabs for cars, buses, and other motor vehicles not listed above

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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 £
France 257,310,616
Italy 43,330,163
China 23,953,459
Spain 23,005,306
Poland 5,141,600

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 £
France 126,109,503 131,201,113 +5,091,610
Italy 19,552,476 23,777,687 +4,225,211
China 10,574,093 13,379,366 +2,805,273
Spain 12,889,062 10,116,244 -2,772,818
Poland 1,570,665 3,570,935 +2,000,270
Denmark 2,953,008 2,150,103 -802,905
Slovakia 2,023,886 1,002,693 -1,021,193
Netherlands 1,246,273 1,445,894 +199,621
Austria 1,294,716 851,291 -443,425
Finland 1,007,330 973,150 -34,180

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 £
France 255,979,225
Italy 44,731,095
China 24,017,389
Spain 23,118,275
Denmark 5,111,753

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 £
France 125,446,231 130,532,994 +5,086,763
Italy 20,547,739 24,183,356 +3,635,617
China 10,579,069 13,438,320 +2,859,251
Spain 12,977,261 10,141,014 -2,836,247
Denmark 2,955,700 2,156,053 -799,647
Poland 1,430,365 3,641,012 +2,210,647
Slovakia 2,115,658 1,003,843 -1,111,815
Austria 1,308,911 882,904 -426,007
Finland 1,007,330 973,150 -34,180
Germany 785,427 1,063,307 +277,880

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 18
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 13
Surrey, East and West Sussex 13
Shropshire and Staffordshire 11
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 11 12 +1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 12 7 -5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 10 7 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 9 5 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 6 6 +0
West Yorkshire 6 6 +0
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 6 5 -1
Essex 5 6 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 6 5 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 5 5 +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) 342,573,473
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,008,076
Air transport 1,645,425
Other 599,187
Road transport 507,826

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) 168,221,600 174,351,873 +6,130,273
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,332,625 16,675,451 +2,342,826
Air transport 835,123 810,302 -24,821
Other 35,400 563,787 +528,387
Road transport 294,877 212,949 -81,928

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Portsmouth 198,523,303
Dover 89,856,438
Felixstowe 20,844,699
Killingholme 13,724,646
London 12,586,533

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 £
Portsmouth 97,060,717 101,462,586 +4,401,869
Dover 45,210,297 44,646,141 -564,156
Felixstowe 9,835,971 11,008,728 +1,172,757
Killingholme 9,494,270 4,230,376 -5,263,894
London 4,459,864 8,126,669 +3,666,805
Eurotunnel 4,408,199 5,865,671 +1,457,472
Immingham Docks 3,448,257 4,644,919 +1,196,662
Tyne 3,297,146 3,702,196 +405,050
Southampton 1,205,239 1,354,389 +149,150
London Gateway Port 435,218 1,971,171 +1,535,953

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 44
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 28
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 28
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 27
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 10

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 24
2025-11 31
2025-10 32
2025-09 38
2025-08 28

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+ 83
1m-15m 63
15m-54m 22
0-1m 21
Other 15

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 £
Algeria 55,967,937
United States 21,772,525
Saudi Arabia 10,542,995
Australia 10,298,164
Germany 7,874,939

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 £
Algeria 2,841,734 53,126,203 +50,284,469
United States 12,597,968 9,174,557 -3,423,411
Saudi Arabia 8,648,480 1,894,515 -6,753,965
Australia 5,384,134 4,914,030 -470,104
Germany 3,492,640 4,382,299 +889,659
Italy 2,747,122 3,606,175 +859,053
Ireland 2,987,152 2,582,596 -404,556
France 2,247,502 3,080,845 +833,343
Malaysia 2,701,472 2,599,630 -101,842
Spain 3,444,747 1,643,032 -1,801,715

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 543,619
Nicaragua 476,836
Italy 26,009
Ireland 11,666
France 9,351

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 415,244 128,375 -286,869
Nicaragua 38,279 438,557 +400,278
Italy 8,646 17,363 +8,717
Ireland 4,340 7,326 +2,986
France 127 9,224 +9,097
Portugal 0 8,569 +8,569
Netherlands 3,723 4,496 +773
Spain 3,920 2,663 -1,257
Germany 3,837 739 -3,098
United States 0 476 +476

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) 127,959,134
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 35,951,867
Other 1,163,417
Air transport 1,055,363
Road transport 23,996

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) 47,108,090 80,851,044 +33,742,954
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,799,721 19,152,146 +2,352,425
Other 520,732 642,685 +121,953
Air transport 857,014 198,349 -658,665
Road transport 23,996 0 -23,996

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 78,338,948
Dover / Eurotunnel 27,011,405
London Gateway Port 20,497,402
Felixstowe 14,037,420
Southampton 11,881,923

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 £
Liverpool Docks 16,270,980 62,067,968 +45,796,988
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,730,262 14,281,143 +1,550,881
London Gateway Port 12,312,871 8,184,531 -4,128,340
Felixstowe 9,864,211 4,173,209 -5,691,002
Southampton 7,376,617 4,505,306 -2,871,311
Immingham Docks 1,436,651 1,618,423 +181,772
Harwich 1,562,651 631,029 -931,622
Milford 1,029,933 675,635 -354,298
Portsmouth 236,038 1,148,798 +912,760
Holyhead 272,218 947,080 +674,862

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 870790

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

Description: Covers vehicle bodies and cabs for cars, buses, and other motor vehicles not listed above