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 414,211,225
China 247,237,555
Poland 149,860,036
Italy 104,197,857
France 89,399,000

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 228,701,228 185,509,997 -43,191,231
China 140,209,877 107,027,678 -33,182,199
Poland 79,548,085 70,311,951 -9,236,134
Italy 60,632,214 43,565,643 -17,066,571
France 50,104,897 39,294,103 -10,810,794
Czechia 33,713,065 28,612,315 -5,100,750
Netherlands 23,235,281 37,480,509 +14,245,228
Belgium 18,382,300 21,727,891 +3,345,591
Slovakia 16,514,656 16,454,445 -60,211
Spain 11,961,126 14,929,472 +2,968,346

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 313,156,509
China 299,998,317
Poland 169,527,646
Italy 155,048,085
Czechia 78,954,977

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 170,549,147 142,607,362 -27,941,785
China 166,110,758 133,887,559 -32,223,199
Poland 89,181,612 80,346,034 -8,835,578
Italy 89,131,145 65,916,940 -23,214,205
Czechia 42,833,185 36,121,792 -6,711,393
Spain 40,259,740 36,450,461 -3,809,279
Slovakia 20,056,888 21,049,735 +992,847
France 21,880,331 18,941,514 -2,938,817
India 21,188,301 14,723,178 -6,465,123
Romania 13,258,977 11,857,669 -1,401,308

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 50
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 48
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 43
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 41
Surrey, East and West Sussex 31

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 42 40 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 35 39 +4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 33 31 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 26 36 +10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 22 22 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 18 -3
Essex 18 19 +1
Greater Manchester 20 20 +0
West Yorkshire 20 16 -4
Shropshire and Staffordshire 14 18 +4

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) 830,464,122
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 378,615,401
Air transport 101,125,976
Other 49,279,695
Road transport 7,902,929

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) 450,373,910 380,090,212 -70,283,698
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 199,070,450 179,544,951 -19,525,499
Air transport 47,915,394 53,210,582 +5,295,188
Other 27,969,996 21,309,699 -6,660,297
Road transport 6,042,834 1,860,095 -4,182,739
Rail transport 2,078,013 1,546,413 -531,600

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 333,913,116
Harwich 190,871,028
Felixstowe 187,104,500
Dover / Eurotunnel 103,951,990
Eurotunnel 87,537,200

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 183,333,655 150,579,461 -32,754,194
Harwich 102,527,637 88,343,391 -14,184,246
Felixstowe 112,725,600 74,378,900 -38,346,700
Dover / Eurotunnel 61,071,194 42,880,796 -18,190,398
Eurotunnel 49,571,483 37,965,717 -11,605,766
Southampton 41,451,868 29,855,331 -11,596,537
London 30,516,872 28,412,951 -2,103,921
London Gateway Port 18,625,792 32,271,022 +13,645,230
000 27,969,996 21,309,699 -6,660,297
Immingham Docks 22,486,073 26,462,458 +3,976,385

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 293
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 67
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 47
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 29
Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities 26

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 180
2025-11 184
2025-10 212
2025-09 190
2025-08 179

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 242
54m+ 176
0-1m 90
15m-54m 60
Other 42

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 115,089,520
United States 85,980,568
France 60,731,184
Ireland 39,728,775
Slovakia 36,004,506

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 59,888,272 55,201,248 -4,687,024
United States 44,787,327 41,193,241 -3,594,086
France 27,623,569 33,107,615 +5,484,046
Ireland 21,146,390 18,582,385 -2,564,005
Slovakia 19,491,727 16,512,779 -2,978,948
Poland 16,059,159 11,152,288 -4,906,871
Sweden 4,693,540 21,402,078 +16,708,538
Spain 12,200,258 7,882,750 -4,317,508
Czechia 9,137,342 10,378,921 +1,241,579
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 8,308,525 8,519,048 +210,523

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 1,374,312
Germany 140,915
Czechia 114,510
Slovakia 110,287
India 107,027

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 723,268 651,044 -72,224
Germany 90,046 50,869 -39,177
Czechia 59,897 54,613 -5,284
Slovakia 75,179 35,108 -40,071
India 58,733 48,294 -10,439
XI 28,046 63,490 +35,444
France 64,171 14,775 -49,396
Spain 54,715 7,324 -47,391
Italy 10,411 27,444 +17,033
Ireland 2,542 23,158 +20,616

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) 372,899,454
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 145,681,374
Air transport 81,190,866
Other 2,595,752
Road transport 290,955

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) 180,177,179 192,722,275 +12,545,096
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 89,032,725 56,648,649 -32,384,076
Air transport 39,643,840 41,547,026 +1,903,186
Other 1,449,038 1,146,714 -302,324
Road transport 290,955 0 -290,955

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 219,761,964
Immingham Docks 94,844,644
Southampton 47,470,090
London Heathrow Airport 45,952,866
London Gateway Port 33,518,664

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 108,726,901 111,035,063 +2,308,162
Immingham Docks 45,928,425 48,916,219 +2,987,794
Southampton 23,919,292 23,550,798 -368,494
London Heathrow Airport 21,533,191 24,419,675 +2,886,484
London Gateway Port 19,860,318 13,658,346 -6,201,972
Holyhead 15,395,221 15,316,193 -79,028
Felixstowe 16,912,773 4,760,817 -12,151,956
East Midlands Airport 9,825,935 8,601,986 -1,223,949
Liverpool Docks 6,746,096 7,303,596 +557,500
Dover 10,544,958 2,397,139 -8,147,819

Quick facts

HS code: 87083091

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

Description: Parts specifically for disc brake systems in vehicles