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 487,508,646
China 340,601,674
Italy 169,161,843
Poland 160,892,430
France 157,707,621

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 266,890,801 220,617,845 -46,272,956
China 201,012,234 139,589,440 -61,422,794
Italy 95,727,241 73,434,602 -22,292,639
Poland 86,967,152 73,925,278 -13,041,874
France 102,538,894 55,168,727 -47,370,167
Netherlands 47,294,240 63,533,977 +16,239,737
Belgium 48,623,105 49,157,332 +534,227
Spain 43,053,793 30,778,054 -12,275,739
Czechia 37,870,983 30,955,589 -6,915,394
Slovakia 17,624,573 17,092,739 -531,834

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 411,346,148
Germany 384,504,700
Poland 222,653,455
Italy 206,765,096
Spain 130,278,926

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 234,010,367 177,335,781 -56,674,586
Germany 216,659,091 167,845,609 -48,813,482
Poland 114,354,190 108,299,265 -6,054,925
Italy 119,481,622 87,283,474 -32,198,148
Spain 74,337,587 55,941,339 -18,396,248
Czechia 53,180,337 43,265,898 -9,914,439
France 51,274,179 36,687,950 -14,586,229
Slovakia 27,915,584 25,912,665 -2,002,919
India 27,422,380 20,178,470 -7,243,910
Turkey 20,921,172 17,470,074 -3,451,098

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 75
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 74
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 73
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 65
Surrey, East and West Sussex 51

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
West Midlands 60 59 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 58 51 -7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 55 55 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 42 55 +13
Surrey, East and West Sussex 37 35 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 33 28 -5
Greater Manchester 29 27 -2
West Yorkshire 25 23 -2
Essex 23 25 +2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 26 19 -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) 1,079,879,831
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 535,367,822
Air transport 161,901,065
Other 127,081,723
Road transport 8,925,638

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) 605,159,701 474,720,130 -130,439,571
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 287,231,228 248,136,594 -39,094,634
Air transport 78,870,029 83,031,036 +4,161,007
Other 80,120,335 46,961,388 -33,158,947
Road transport 6,761,179 2,164,459 -4,596,720
Rail transport 2,092,560 1,569,500 -523,060

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 445,316,152
Felixstowe 255,433,293
Harwich 201,429,771
Eurotunnel 129,342,201
000 127,081,723

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 250,997,647 194,318,505 -56,679,142
Felixstowe 159,930,208 95,503,085 -64,427,123
Harwich 109,661,685 91,768,086 -17,893,599
Eurotunnel 74,211,470 55,130,731 -19,080,739
000 80,120,335 46,961,388 -33,158,947
Dover / Eurotunnel 74,240,918 49,983,983 -24,256,935
Southampton 58,195,152 41,782,529 -16,412,623
London 42,358,344 37,450,016 -4,908,328
Birmingham Airport 34,891,182 35,234,437 +343,255
London Gateway Port 27,561,971 42,315,641 +14,753,670

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 412
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 113
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 97
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 43
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 43

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 284
2025-11 299
2025-10 319
2025-09 290
2025-08 289

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 414
54m+ 275
0-1m 163
15m-54m 95
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 207,907,300
Sweden 148,643,244
France 135,378,183
United States 128,869,861
Ireland 54,110,505

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 113,866,560 94,040,740 -19,825,820
Sweden 73,315,392 75,327,852 +2,012,460
France 71,357,510 64,020,673 -7,336,837
United States 69,315,470 59,554,391 -9,761,079
Ireland 29,315,745 24,794,760 -4,520,985
Slovakia 23,928,080 18,857,251 -5,070,829
Italy 18,445,564 16,399,633 -2,045,931
Poland 19,687,554 14,526,701 -5,160,853
Czechia 16,393,789 14,913,568 -1,480,221
Belgium 15,411,706 13,370,530 -2,041,176

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 £
China 1,588,199
Germany 979,999
XI 462,677
France 186,230
Czechia 136,604

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 £
China 847,572 740,627 -106,945
Germany 468,937 511,062 +42,125
XI 274,064 188,613 -85,451
France 144,888 41,342 -103,546
Czechia 71,744 64,860 -6,884
Italy 79,771 48,461 -31,310
India 69,165 58,309 -10,856
Slovakia 76,709 36,965 -39,744
Nicaragua 75,711 33,285 -42,426
Spain 72,080 14,372 -57,708

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) 724,872,753
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 244,664,317
Air transport 120,488,336
Other 5,777,520
Road transport 454,589

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) 374,245,159 350,627,594 -23,617,565
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 152,276,401 92,387,916 -59,888,485
Air transport 60,688,138 59,800,198 -887,940
Other 3,198,648 2,578,872 -619,776
Road transport 454,589 0 -454,589
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 451,779,135
Immingham Docks 229,006,013
Southampton 65,035,864
London Heathrow Airport 62,732,990
London Gateway Port 56,734,168

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 241,193,470 210,585,665 -30,607,805
Immingham Docks 121,054,921 107,951,092 -13,103,829
Southampton 31,582,816 33,453,048 +1,870,232
London Heathrow Airport 30,915,903 31,817,087 +901,184
London Gateway Port 36,836,126 19,898,042 -16,938,084
Holyhead 20,761,123 19,673,075 -1,088,048
East Midlands Airport 16,627,496 13,754,946 -2,872,550
Felixstowe 21,896,735 7,061,469 -14,835,266
Dover 15,831,810 3,683,251 -12,148,559
Liverpool Docks 9,739,023 9,496,268 -242,755

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