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 344,717,891
Belgium 232,656,592
Germany 119,840,224
Netherlands 93,984,466
Spain 41,821,138

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 159,702,433 185,015,458 +25,313,025
Belgium 131,605,373 101,051,219 -30,554,154
Germany 52,181,286 67,658,938 +15,477,652
Netherlands 46,967,483 47,016,983 +49,500
Spain 19,365,415 22,455,723 +3,090,308
Austria 14,436,401 9,756,091 -4,680,310
India 11,885,395 8,278,005 -3,607,390
Japan 9,929,132 222,081 -9,707,051
France 3,654,991 1,654,944 -2,000,047
China 3,047,836 1,201,976 -1,845,860

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 330,192,629
Belgium 191,940,868
Germany 101,866,896
Netherlands 85,864,218
Spain 43,643,150

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 154,316,389 175,876,240 +21,559,851
Belgium 107,782,226 84,158,642 -23,623,584
Germany 44,363,358 57,503,538 +13,140,180
Netherlands 41,367,627 44,496,591 +3,128,964
Spain 20,997,055 22,646,095 +1,649,040
France 22,145,173 17,991,321 -4,153,852
Slovakia 14,469,321 11,404,997 -3,064,324
Hungary 11,054,600 12,665,872 +1,611,272
India 11,840,680 8,318,870 -3,521,810
Japan 10,528,120 607,906 -9,920,214

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 25
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 19
West Midlands 18
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 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 18 17 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 17 16 -1
West Midlands 14 15 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 8 12 +4
Inner London - West 7 7 +0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 6 8 +2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 7 7 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 8 6 -2
Essex 7 6 -1
Lancashire 6 4 -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) 522,806,015
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 214,645,879
Other 137,179,859
Road transport 32,369,662
Air transport 4,274,747

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) 251,591,662 271,214,353 +19,622,691
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 113,383,369 101,262,510 -12,120,859
Other 89,708,898 47,470,961 -42,237,937
Road transport 1,096,519 31,273,143 +30,176,624
Air transport 2,481,692 1,793,055 -688,637

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London 291,316,190
Dover 148,922,165
000 137,179,859
Immingham Docks 92,680,879
Eurotunnel 79,665,028

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 158,756,649 132,559,541 -26,197,108
Dover 69,939,773 78,982,392 +9,042,619
000 89,708,898 47,470,961 -42,237,937
Immingham Docks 47,274,185 45,406,694 -1,867,491
Eurotunnel 30,962,647 48,702,381 +17,739,734
Portsmouth 25,223,593 26,850,862 +1,627,269
499 0 39,252,304 +39,252,304
Southampton 11,010,243 7,898,823 -3,111,420
Felixstowe 8,187,714 8,439,353 +251,639
Hull 196,060 4,916,542 +4,720,482

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
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 29
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 28
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
2026-01 50
2025-11 56
2025-10 60
2025-09 62
2025-08 49

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+ 90
1m-15m 78
15m-54m 25
0-1m 15
Other 14

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 67,199,687
Poland 59,448,667
Germany 27,627,634
Hungary 23,943,492
United States 20,337,998

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 35,764,910 31,434,777 -4,330,133
Poland 25,460,070 33,988,597 +8,528,527
Germany 14,962,451 12,665,183 -2,297,268
Hungary 14,581,645 9,361,847 -5,219,798
United States 12,402,431 7,935,567 -4,466,864
Malaysia 7,723,612 10,349,972 +2,626,360
France 3,014,954 5,997,220 +2,982,266
Italy 1,588,185 2,239,712 +651,527
Belgium 1,877,757 365,579 -1,512,178
India 892,551 1,335,253 +442,702

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 £
Nicaragua 33,442
Ireland 29,489
Italy 25,192
Sweden 7,746
China 5,613

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 £
Nicaragua 21,423 12,019 -9,404
Ireland 25,001 4,488 -20,513
Italy 10,053 15,139 +5,086
Sweden 3,000 4,746 +1,746
China 3,045 2,568 -477
XI 853 3,344 +2,491
Netherlands 2,517 0 -2,517
Germany 2,339 82 -2,257
France 0 720 +720
Switzerland 284 356 +72

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) 185,329,621
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 57,666,683
Air transport 9,088,882
Other 259,803
Road transport 67,199

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) 87,624,429 97,705,192 +10,080,763
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 35,948,219 21,718,464 -14,229,755
Air transport 4,767,349 4,321,533 -445,816
Other 150,554 109,249 -41,305
Road transport 67,199 0 -67,199

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 106,444,173
Harwich 67,643,284
London Gateway Port 17,350,779
Southampton 16,136,081
London 13,137,485

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 59,380,873 47,063,300 -12,317,573
Harwich 31,852,796 35,790,488 +3,937,692
London Gateway Port 12,479,611 4,871,168 -7,608,443
Southampton 7,528,055 8,608,026 +1,079,971
London 4,085,265 9,052,220 +4,966,955
Felixstowe 2,979,865 5,420,568 +2,440,703
Immingham Docks 1,628,815 4,373,458 +2,744,643
East Midlands Airport 2,281,593 2,639,098 +357,505
Liverpool Docks 1,660,674 2,757,500 +1,096,826
London Heathrow Airport 1,290,339 821,172 -469,167

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