Import/export HS code 87083091: Disc brake parts

Parts specifically for disc brake systems in 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 416,561,633
China 247,701,282
Poland 150,092,054
Italy 104,375,648
France 92,794,300

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 233,663,300 182,898,333 -50,764,967
China 134,281,918 113,419,364 -20,862,554
Poland 81,624,297 68,467,757 -13,156,540
Italy 61,100,006 43,275,642 -17,824,364
France 52,361,013 40,433,287 -11,927,726
Czechia 33,511,553 28,968,703 -4,542,850
Netherlands 22,398,316 37,312,920 +14,914,604
Belgium 17,848,009 20,135,340 +2,287,331
Slovakia 17,089,747 15,816,592 -1,273,155
Spain 12,147,642 14,589,562 +2,441,920

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 316,205,663
China 300,219,460
Poland 169,147,442
Italy 156,065,651
Czechia 79,220,263

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 174,281,585 141,924,078 -32,357,507
China 160,740,261 139,479,199 -21,261,062
Poland 91,429,037 77,718,405 -13,710,632
Italy 90,794,146 65,271,505 -25,522,641
Czechia 43,007,370 36,212,893 -6,794,477
Spain 41,041,881 35,147,804 -5,894,077
France 21,562,672 19,866,550 -1,696,122
Slovakia 20,536,845 19,707,004 -829,841
India 21,357,800 14,640,514 -6,717,286
Romania 14,290,419 12,033,436 -2,256,983

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 52
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 51
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 43
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 40
Surrey, East and West Sussex 30

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 44 40 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 37 38 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 32 31 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 27 34 +7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 22 22 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 19 19 +0
Essex 19 18 -1
Greater Manchester 20 19 -1
West Yorkshire 19 16 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 15 17 +2

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) 834,818,199
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 373,631,557
Air transport 99,570,951
Other 50,259,121
Road transport 9,973,325

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) 457,994,425 376,823,774 -81,170,651
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 193,613,735 180,017,822 -13,595,913
Air transport 48,100,822 51,470,129 +3,369,307
Other 26,893,004 23,366,117 -3,526,887
Road transport 8,287,285 1,686,040 -6,601,245
Rail transport 2,127,613 1,548,382 -579,231

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 338,491,307
Harwich 190,933,878
Felixstowe 188,240,895
Dover / Eurotunnel 104,424,253
Eurotunnel 88,391,937

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 189,316,844 149,174,463 -40,142,381
Harwich 103,978,827 86,955,051 -17,023,776
Felixstowe 107,774,861 80,466,034 -27,308,827
Dover / Eurotunnel 61,694,985 42,729,268 -18,965,717
Eurotunnel 49,660,369 38,731,568 -10,928,801
Southampton 42,586,403 28,836,335 -13,750,068
London 30,957,553 28,058,567 -2,898,986
000 26,893,004 23,366,117 -3,526,887
London Gateway Port 17,560,552 30,146,546 +12,585,994
Immingham Docks 22,411,196 25,250,886 +2,839,690

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 296
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 68
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 47
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 31
Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities 25

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 183
2025-10 211
2025-09 189
2025-08 178
2025-07 205

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 246
54m+ 177
0-1m 92
15m-54m 60
Other 43

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 114,338,734
United States 85,876,644
France 57,470,416
Ireland 39,648,779
Slovakia 35,655,201

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 58,956,349 55,382,385 -3,573,964
United States 45,075,063 40,801,581 -4,273,482
France 27,746,862 29,723,554 +1,976,692
Ireland 20,942,739 18,706,040 -2,236,699
Slovakia 18,800,141 16,855,060 -1,945,081
Poland 16,001,425 11,369,904 -4,631,521
Sweden 5,022,417 16,543,476 +11,521,059
Spain 12,459,528 7,870,094 -4,589,434
Czechia 9,658,060 9,768,865 +110,805
Italy 8,509,895 7,730,171 -779,724

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 1,428,702
XU 368,936
Germany 138,707
Czechia 118,563
Slovakia 117,385

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 728,982 699,720 -29,262
XU 232,963 135,973 -96,990
Germany 69,264 69,443 +179
Czechia 60,371 58,192 -2,179
Slovakia 75,694 41,691 -34,003
India 59,542 52,627 -6,915
XI 28,866 64,089 +35,223
France 52,039 26,678 -25,361
Spain 53,341 8,647 -44,694
Italy 11,448 27,824 +16,376

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) 361,180,913
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 148,779,674
Air transport 81,273,416
Other 2,686,925
Road transport 444,323

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) 177,228,242 183,952,671 +6,724,429
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 91,934,372 56,845,302 -35,089,070
Air transport 40,886,809 40,386,607 -500,202
Other 1,444,454 1,242,471 -201,983
Road transport 444,323 0 -444,323

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 216,534,118
Immingham Docks 87,773,141
Southampton 46,790,318
London Heathrow Airport 46,711,458
London Gateway Port 32,739,107

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 109,495,588 107,038,530 -2,457,058
Immingham Docks 43,817,544 43,955,597 +138,053
Southampton 23,854,901 22,935,417 -919,484
London Heathrow Airport 23,293,782 23,417,676 +123,894
London Gateway Port 18,734,785 14,004,322 -4,730,463
Holyhead 15,728,341 14,694,301 -1,034,040
Felixstowe 17,225,742 5,235,911 -11,989,831
East Midlands Airport 9,563,017 8,504,805 -1,058,212
Liverpool Docks 6,359,533 7,671,560 +1,312,027
Dover 11,263,432 2,408,227 -8,855,205

Quick facts

HS code: 87083091

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

Description: Parts specifically for disc brake systems in vehicles