Import/export HS code 870830: Brakes and brake parts

Brakes, servo-brakes, and their components for cars, trucks, and other vehicles

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 489,980,230
China 340,169,219
Italy 169,624,012
France 166,280,630
Poland 161,463,728

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 272,674,929 217,305,301 -55,369,628
China 193,086,264 147,082,955 -46,003,309
Italy 96,851,898 72,772,114 -24,079,784
France 108,690,299 57,590,331 -51,099,968
Poland 88,855,313 72,608,415 -16,246,898
Netherlands 47,200,726 62,665,438 +15,464,712
Belgium 50,783,350 47,828,058 -2,955,292
Spain 45,258,671 31,348,513 -13,910,158
Czechia 38,245,584 31,332,854 -6,912,730
Slovakia 18,242,454 16,461,928 -1,780,526

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 £
China 410,485,207
Germany 390,912,224
Poland 221,286,287
Italy 208,801,149
Spain 132,640,945

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 £
China 226,563,456 183,921,751 -42,641,705
Germany 223,484,197 167,428,027 -56,056,170
Poland 116,519,895 104,766,392 -11,753,503
Italy 121,857,366 86,943,783 -34,913,583
Spain 77,435,710 55,205,235 -22,230,475
Czechia 54,138,292 43,195,371 -10,942,921
France 53,158,391 38,853,406 -14,304,985
Slovakia 29,321,436 24,423,387 -4,898,049
India 27,464,566 20,258,678 -7,205,888
Turkey 20,212,574 18,214,487 -1,998,087

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 76
West Midlands 76
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 75
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 63
Surrey, East and West Sussex 50

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
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 59 51 -8
West Midlands 61 60 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 57 54 -3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 43 52 +9
Surrey, East and West Sussex 38 33 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 32 28 -4
Essex 23 25 +2
Greater Manchester 28 24 -4
West Yorkshire 25 24 -1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 25 18 -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) 1,092,618,514
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 528,783,721
Air transport 160,057,908
Other 134,370,787
Road transport 10,925,615

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) 618,269,826 474,348,688 -143,921,138
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 281,710,452 247,073,269 -34,637,183
Air transport 78,781,028 81,276,880 +2,495,852
Other 83,383,338 50,987,449 -32,395,889
Road transport 8,975,474 1,950,141 -7,025,333
Rail transport 2,142,160 1,571,469 -570,691

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 454,644,873
Felixstowe 257,919,600
Harwich 202,090,271
000 134,370,787
Eurotunnel 131,377,293

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 261,018,216 193,626,657 -67,391,559
Felixstowe 154,020,505 103,899,095 -50,121,410
Harwich 110,995,776 91,094,495 -19,901,281
000 83,383,338 50,987,449 -32,395,889
Eurotunnel 74,868,493 56,508,800 -18,359,693
Dover / Eurotunnel 74,988,245 49,833,207 -25,155,038
Southampton 59,589,336 40,165,348 -19,423,988
London 43,299,864 37,144,893 -6,154,971
Birmingham Airport 35,088,218 34,651,090 -437,128
London Gateway Port 26,071,683 39,551,587 +13,479,904

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 414
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 109
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 101
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 46
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 45

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 298
2025-10 318
2025-09 289
2025-08 288
2025-07 318

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 419
54m+ 273
0-1m 162
15m-54m 97
Other 62

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 £
Germany 209,953,586
Sweden 149,268,660
France 135,359,556
United States 129,612,673
Ireland 54,248,033

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 £
Germany 114,208,126 95,745,460 -18,462,666
Sweden 75,753,681 73,514,979 -2,238,702
France 72,050,859 63,308,697 -8,742,162
United States 70,064,442 59,548,231 -10,516,211
Ireland 29,123,226 25,124,807 -3,998,419
Slovakia 23,491,578 19,156,015 -4,335,563
Italy 18,598,146 16,299,950 -2,298,196
Poland 19,663,084 14,779,925 -4,883,159
Czechia 16,957,464 14,587,310 -2,370,154
Belgium 15,626,589 12,866,616 -2,759,973

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 £
XU 1,731,868
China 1,653,336
Germany 985,906
XI 465,180
France 187,432

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 £
XU 986,967 744,901 -242,066
China 855,794 797,542 -58,252
Germany 458,170 527,736 +69,566
XI 257,992 207,188 -50,804
France 121,770 65,662 -56,108
Czechia 70,313 70,388 +75
India 69,630 63,883 -5,747
Italy 79,989 52,129 -27,860
Nicaragua 86,677 36,553 -50,124
Slovakia 77,062 43,815 -33,247

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) 718,882,258
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 256,939,921
Air transport 121,074,418
Other 5,968,853
Road transport 674,509

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) 370,220,663 348,661,595 -21,559,068
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 162,615,206 94,324,715 -68,290,491
Air transport 61,807,862 59,266,556 -2,541,306
Other 3,226,688 2,742,165 -484,523
Road transport 671,795 2,714 -669,081
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 3,022 0 -3,022

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 455,633,428
Immingham Docks 227,062,559
Southampton 64,874,131
London Heathrow Airport 63,956,764
London Gateway Port 56,786,646

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 244,763,228 210,870,200 -33,893,028
Immingham Docks 120,784,702 106,277,857 -14,506,845
Southampton 31,319,286 33,554,845 +2,235,559
London Heathrow Airport 32,916,180 31,040,584 -1,875,596
London Gateway Port 36,340,043 20,446,603 -15,893,440
Holyhead 21,330,540 18,963,867 -2,366,673
East Midlands Airport 16,203,318 13,909,353 -2,293,965
Felixstowe 22,276,352 7,642,460 -14,633,892
Dover 16,663,985 3,712,283 -12,951,702
Liverpool Docks 9,396,843 9,904,840 +507,997

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 870830

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

Description: Brakes, servo-brakes, and their components for cars, trucks, and other vehicles