Import/export HS code 870891: Radiators and their parts

Radiators and components used in vehicle cooling systems

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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 £
Germany 93,579,051
Poland 72,349,198
China 30,684,473
Australia 25,700,953
Belgium 24,117,667

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 57,613,119 35,965,932 -21,647,187
Poland 35,117,752 37,231,446 +2,113,694
China 15,657,795 15,026,678 -631,117
Australia 14,398,519 11,302,434 -3,096,085
Belgium 11,998,758 12,118,909 +120,151
France 15,183,579 8,488,199 -6,695,380
Czechia 8,340,033 5,593,452 -2,746,581
Slovakia 7,553,379 4,895,732 -2,657,647
United States 4,517,041 5,104,037 +586,996
Italy 5,635,559 3,700,189 -1,935,370

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 £
Poland 67,832,916
Spain 57,027,401
China 43,830,187
France 30,881,108
Germany 28,233,400

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 £
Poland 32,623,481 35,209,435 +2,585,954
Spain 35,096,194 21,931,207 -13,164,987
China 23,071,750 20,758,437 -2,313,313
France 20,476,260 10,404,848 -10,071,412
Germany 16,391,294 11,842,106 -4,549,188
Australia 15,016,404 11,601,946 -3,414,458
Czechia 12,525,060 7,766,034 -4,759,026
Slovakia 9,698,884 6,371,718 -3,327,166
Hungary 5,054,899 8,474,695 +3,419,796
Romania 7,005,074 6,348,396 -656,678

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 62
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 47
West Midlands 46
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 35
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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 48 44 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 37 34 -3
West Midlands 37 36 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 24 25 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 23 20 -3
West Yorkshire 22 16 -6
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 17 18 +1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 23 17 -6
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 18 17 -1
Greater Manchester 15 21 +6

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) 169,531,435
Air transport 110,276,762
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 52,387,310
Other 24,034,708
Rail transport 15,148,659

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) 97,402,161 72,129,274 -25,272,887
Air transport 56,400,469 53,876,293 -2,524,176
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,371,170 27,016,140 +1,644,970
Other 13,552,458 10,482,250 -3,070,208
Rail transport 10,776,540 4,372,119 -6,404,421
Road transport 3,112,876 932,248 -2,180,628

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 67,376,819
Birmingham Airport 51,737,887
Dover 47,415,121
Oxford Airport 40,852,781
000 24,034,708

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 £
Eurotunnel 43,157,978 24,218,841 -18,939,137
Birmingham Airport 28,432,598 23,305,289 -5,127,309
Dover 27,765,838 19,649,283 -8,116,555
Oxford Airport 18,584,588 22,268,193 +3,683,605
000 13,552,458 10,482,250 -3,070,208
Immingham Docks 9,293,349 11,632,208 +2,338,859
Felixstowe 11,219,291 9,167,739 -2,051,552
NGO 10,776,540 4,372,119 -6,404,421
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,709,896 4,191,740 -3,518,156
London 6,446,028 4,501,085 -1,944,943

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 237
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 84
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 62
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 41
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 33

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 171
2025-10 184
2025-09 167
2025-08 149
2025-07 179

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 269
54m+ 188
0-1m 87
15m-54m 65
Other 39

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 £
France 54,968,001
United States 39,389,344
Turkey 13,215,663
Czechia 12,246,914
Germany 11,651,934

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 £
France 30,012,292 24,955,709 -5,056,583
United States 22,848,510 16,540,834 -6,307,676
Turkey 7,103,495 6,112,168 -991,327
Czechia 6,760,535 5,486,379 -1,274,156
Germany 5,842,668 5,809,266 -33,402
Slovakia 4,308,429 6,579,364 +2,270,935
Italy 5,201,194 4,206,049 -995,145
Austria 5,478,169 3,388,968 -2,089,201
China 5,017,986 2,059,027 -2,958,959
Romania 3,951,682 2,609,450 -1,342,232

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 100,186
Germany 86,303
XI 65,105
China 57,043
Slovakia 32,283

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 59,511 40,675 -18,836
Germany 71,919 14,384 -57,535
XI 30,657 34,448 +3,791
China 30,331 26,712 -3,619
Slovakia 12,872 19,411 +6,539
Poland 18,243 9,897 -8,346
Czechia 6,547 9,900 +3,353
Ireland 11,909 1,217 -10,692
France 3,162 4,232 +1,070
Hungary 2,347 4,910 +2,563

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) 139,228,873
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 54,601,534
Air transport 26,504,254
Other 439,474
Road transport 318,601

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) 74,206,299 65,022,574 -9,183,725
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 32,035,332 22,566,202 -9,469,130
Air transport 14,934,753 11,569,501 -3,365,252
Other 262,415 177,059 -85,356
Road transport 318,601 0 -318,601

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 112,963,869
Liverpool Docks 30,157,310
East Midlands Airport 8,641,717
London Gateway Port 8,347,998
Immingham Docks 7,538,031

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 60,031,751 52,932,118 -7,099,633
Liverpool Docks 16,160,818 13,996,492 -2,164,326
East Midlands Airport 5,140,657 3,501,060 -1,639,597
London Gateway Port 4,206,947 4,141,051 -65,896
Immingham Docks 4,258,218 3,279,813 -978,405
Felixstowe 5,638,720 1,372,894 -4,265,826
Hull 4,286,968 2,308,582 -1,978,386
London Heathrow Airport 3,702,633 2,705,746 -996,887
ZLC 3,072,396 3,028,218 -44,178
Holyhead 2,961,319 2,772,925 -188,394

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 870891

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

Description: Radiators and components used in vehicle cooling systems