Import/export HS code 870829: Various vehicle parts

Miscellaneous parts and accessories for motor vehicles not listed elsewhere

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 £
Germany 742,496,747
France 341,147,863
Netherlands 332,956,982
China 245,067,117
Italy 215,057,262

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 408,527,610 333,969,137 -74,558,473
France 227,630,843 113,517,020 -114,113,823
Netherlands 169,818,031 163,138,951 -6,679,080
China 136,665,896 108,401,221 -28,264,675
Italy 110,033,373 105,023,889 -5,009,484
Belgium 96,696,484 89,189,469 -7,507,015
Turkey 78,924,981 69,955,287 -8,969,694
Poland 66,409,973 76,503,901 +10,093,928
Czechia 64,876,532 59,045,526 -5,831,006
Spain 50,978,103 58,108,768 +7,130,665

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 558,599,794
Poland 327,820,918
France 297,853,410
China 263,223,012
Italy 247,551,432

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 301,866,643 256,733,151 -45,133,492
Poland 168,878,943 158,941,975 -9,936,968
France 203,098,013 94,755,397 -108,342,616
China 146,798,198 116,424,814 -30,373,384
Italy 127,176,193 120,375,239 -6,800,954
Netherlands 96,222,121 94,084,984 -2,137,137
Czechia 91,607,498 81,324,419 -10,283,079
Turkey 83,456,700 74,865,478 -8,591,222
Spain 73,704,829 78,607,269 +4,902,440
Slovakia 51,259,309 42,222,163 -9,037,146

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 107
West Midlands 104
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 94
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 94
Shropshire and Staffordshire 64

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 79 87 +8
West Midlands 79 74 -5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 73 69 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 71 65 -6
Shropshire and Staffordshire 51 51 +0
Greater Manchester 42 34 -8
Inner London - West 41 39 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 40 42 +2
West Yorkshire 42 33 -9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 45 38 -7

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) 1,897,780,316
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 515,605,974
Air transport 276,779,476
Other 271,620,976
Rail transport 73,073,410

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) 1,060,850,490 836,929,826 -223,920,664
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 247,834,239 267,771,735 +19,937,496
Air transport 128,012,611 148,766,865 +20,754,254
Other 173,825,224 97,795,752 -76,029,472
Rail transport 46,257,351 26,816,059 -19,441,292
Road transport 17,960,751 18,546,772 +586,021

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 659,983,546
Dover / Eurotunnel 315,415,083
Felixstowe 298,578,421
Eurotunnel 288,501,473
000 271,620,976

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 £
Dover 364,788,449 295,195,097 -69,593,352
Dover / Eurotunnel 211,930,218 103,484,865 -108,445,353
Felixstowe 168,705,372 129,873,049 -38,832,323
Eurotunnel 171,651,610 116,849,863 -54,801,747
000 173,825,224 97,795,752 -76,029,472
Oxford Airport 77,381,718 102,826,266 +25,444,548
Hull 79,076,955 72,444,328 -6,632,627
Harwich 78,883,945 60,504,673 -18,379,272
London 39,875,197 73,334,528 +33,459,331
Portsmouth 31,939,730 45,024,997 +13,085,267

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 555
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 188
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 173
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 115
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 66

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 405
2025-10 449
2025-09 418
2025-08 402
2025-07 451

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
1m-15m 661
54m+ 396
0-1m 259
15m-54m 177
Other 103

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 £
United States 185,520,419
Slovakia 128,308,666
France 107,551,430
Germany 106,117,860
Netherlands 69,474,910

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 £
United States 110,028,516 75,491,903 -34,536,613
Slovakia 69,698,192 58,610,474 -11,087,718
France 57,996,017 49,555,413 -8,440,604
Germany 54,922,036 51,195,824 -3,726,212
Netherlands 39,501,182 29,973,728 -9,527,454
India 30,815,250 27,243,123 -3,572,127
China 25,689,730 20,341,468 -5,348,262
Ireland 14,222,708 15,592,380 +1,369,672
Belgium 16,493,461 12,890,914 -3,602,547
Italy 16,424,516 11,312,185 -5,112,331

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 £
Spain 1,215,110
XI 946,322
XU 369,323
Ireland 286,249
China 87,442

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 £
Spain 1,213,642 1,468 -1,212,174
XI 151,864 794,458 +642,594
XU 175,864 193,459 +17,595
Ireland 152,235 134,014 -18,221
China 56,422 31,020 -25,402
Italy 29,613 45,615 +16,002
Turkey 13,186 38,556 +25,370
Japan 45,994 0 -45,994
France 16,678 22,620 +5,942
Sweden 27,222 7,419 -19,803

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) 505,740,171
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 357,675,883
Air transport 197,410,023
Other 3,247,878
Road transport 1,138,953

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) 260,173,755 245,566,416 -14,607,339
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 208,904,601 148,771,282 -60,133,319
Air transport 116,709,294 80,700,729 -36,008,565
Other 1,929,428 1,318,450 -610,978
Road transport 1,132,122 6,831 -1,125,291

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 313,969,564
London Gateway Port 109,803,769
London Heathrow Airport 108,434,136
Southampton 102,533,154
Immingham Docks 64,717,956

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 165,236,891 148,732,673 -16,504,218
London Gateway Port 59,056,552 50,747,217 -8,309,335
London Heathrow Airport 66,813,458 41,620,678 -25,192,780
Southampton 49,229,098 53,304,056 +4,074,958
Immingham Docks 37,638,589 27,079,367 -10,559,222
London 27,368,658 32,953,035 +5,584,377
Felixstowe 43,478,347 14,866,632 -28,611,715
East Midlands Airport 25,667,494 18,964,976 -6,702,518
Harwich 13,899,451 17,641,048 +3,741,597
Dover 25,582,893 4,758,014 -20,824,879

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 870829

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

Description: Miscellaneous parts and accessories for motor vehicles not listed elsewhere