Import/export HS code 87085035: Drive-axles with differentials

Axles with differentials and transmission components for driving wheels

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  • 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 £
Italy 340,079,534
Belgium 242,350,984
Germany 116,804,649
Netherlands 91,781,482
Spain 41,777,075

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 £
Italy 167,139,915 172,939,619 +5,799,704
Belgium 144,752,755 97,598,229 -47,154,526
Germany 48,414,860 68,389,789 +19,974,929
Netherlands 47,664,283 44,117,199 -3,547,084
Spain 18,532,691 23,244,384 +4,711,693
Austria 14,299,323 9,596,090 -4,703,233
India 12,117,402 8,607,956 -3,509,446
Japan 11,655,702 245,556 -11,410,146
France 6,154,431 1,799,393 -4,355,038
China 2,615,046 1,809,922 -805,124

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 £
Italy 327,982,274
Belgium 199,734,920
Germany 98,945,265
Netherlands 82,799,282
Spain 44,572,511

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 £
Italy 163,976,316 164,005,958 +29,642
Belgium 118,131,072 81,603,848 -36,527,224
Germany 41,487,961 57,457,304 +15,969,343
Netherlands 41,253,558 41,545,724 +292,166
Spain 21,052,894 23,519,617 +2,466,723
France 24,440,144 17,105,698 -7,334,446
Slovakia 14,295,009 11,225,746 -3,069,263
Hungary 11,029,863 12,406,065 +1,376,202
India 12,072,891 8,632,557 -3,440,334
Japan 12,304,994 617,765 -11,687,229

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 23
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 19
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 16
West Midlands 16
Inner London - West 11

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 17 16 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 17 16 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 9 12 +3
West Midlands 14 13 -1
Inner London - West 7 7 +0
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 6 7 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 7 7 +0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 6 7 +1
Essex 7 6 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 7 4 -3

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) 526,712,905
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 209,486,522
Other 146,953,765
Road transport 27,622,081
Air transport 4,248,697

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) 263,505,640 263,207,265 -298,375
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 118,359,211 91,127,311 -27,231,900
Other 93,564,359 53,389,406 -40,174,953
Road transport 984,097 26,637,984 +25,653,887
Air transport 2,282,668 1,966,029 -316,639

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London 295,000,339
Dover 148,749,993
000 146,953,765
Immingham Docks 93,591,991
Eurotunnel 82,358,939

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 £
London 173,566,415 121,433,924 -52,132,491
Dover 69,591,423 79,158,570 +9,567,147
000 93,564,359 53,389,406 -40,174,953
Immingham Docks 47,558,649 46,033,342 -1,525,307
Eurotunnel 34,935,085 47,423,854 +12,488,769
Portsmouth 22,955,860 26,576,107 +3,620,247
499 0 32,763,504 +32,763,504
Southampton 10,495,007 8,809,306 -1,685,701
Felixstowe 8,078,667 8,075,075 -3,592
London Gateway Port 3,564,482 1,524,793 -2,039,689

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 93
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 27
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 27
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 16
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 9

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 56
2025-10 59
2025-09 61
2025-08 48
2025-07 62

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
54m+ 88
1m-15m 79
15m-54m 24
0-1m 14
Other 13

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 £
Slovakia 66,493,914
Poland 59,969,867
Germany 28,746,412
Hungary 24,442,993
United States 20,570,857

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 £
Slovakia 35,616,457 30,877,457 -4,739,000
Poland 25,960,320 34,009,547 +8,049,227
Germany 15,317,975 13,428,437 -1,889,538
Hungary 14,902,149 9,540,844 -5,361,305
United States 12,528,288 8,042,569 -4,485,719
Malaysia 7,350,912 10,317,273 +2,966,361
France 3,092,208 5,053,115 +1,960,907
Italy 1,505,571 2,413,912 +908,341
Belgium 1,929,044 439,559 -1,489,485
India 835,969 1,399,688 +563,719

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 151,458
Ireland 34,826
Nicaragua 33,442
Italy 25,101
Sweden 7,392

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 82,075 69,383 -12,692
Ireland 29,923 4,903 -25,020
Nicaragua 21,423 12,019 -9,404
Italy 6,473 18,628 +12,155
Sweden 0 7,392 +7,392
China 3,335 2,757 -578
XI 774 3,423 +2,649
Netherlands 1,806 711 -1,095
Germany 2,255 166 -2,089
France 0 720 +720

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) 179,733,388
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 64,299,159
Air transport 8,848,530
Other 268,821
Road transport 126,860

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) 82,300,942 97,432,446 +15,131,504
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,270,486 22,028,673 -20,241,813
Air transport 4,590,794 4,257,736 -333,058
Other 148,506 120,315 -28,191
Road transport 126,860 0 -126,860

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 106,611,503
Harwich 70,168,299
London Gateway Port 17,676,721
Southampton 16,259,388
London 11,629,789

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 56,794,173 49,817,330 -6,976,843
Harwich 34,434,804 35,733,495 +1,298,691
London Gateway Port 12,205,958 5,470,763 -6,735,195
Southampton 7,588,179 8,671,209 +1,083,030
London 4,040,823 7,588,966 +3,548,143
Felixstowe 3,014,011 5,498,528 +2,484,517
East Midlands Airport 2,273,955 2,555,471 +281,516
Immingham Docks 1,588,987 2,794,233 +1,205,246
Liverpool Docks 1,577,172 2,393,837 +816,665
London Heathrow Airport 1,240,927 749,952 -490,975

Quick facts

HS code: 87085035

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

Description: Axles with differentials and transmission components for driving wheels