Import/export HS code 870891: Radiators and their parts

Radiators and components used in vehicle cooling systems

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* 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 90,838,268
Poland 74,402,469
China 31,093,225
Australia 26,236,859
Belgium 24,286,796

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 57,409,369 33,428,899 -23,980,470
Poland 35,679,176 38,723,293 +3,044,117
China 15,532,054 15,561,171 +29,117
Australia 14,258,709 11,978,150 -2,280,559
Belgium 12,096,697 12,190,099 +93,402
France 13,969,531 8,496,436 -5,473,095
Czechia 8,011,380 5,425,216 -2,586,164
Slovakia 7,766,833 4,764,495 -3,002,338
United States 4,406,062 5,218,687 +812,625
Italy 5,745,939 3,605,539 -2,140,400

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 69,825,792
Spain 54,769,593
China 44,053,771
France 29,383,157
Germany 27,901,309

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 33,140,124 36,685,668 +3,545,544
Spain 35,263,588 19,506,005 -15,757,583
China 22,809,145 21,244,626 -1,564,519
France 18,960,317 10,422,840 -8,537,477
Germany 15,827,470 12,073,839 -3,753,631
Australia 14,969,422 12,190,272 -2,779,150
Czechia 12,078,296 7,545,288 -4,533,008
Slovakia 9,839,222 6,210,790 -3,628,432
Hungary 5,526,830 8,540,818 +3,013,988
Romania 6,730,418 6,361,126 -369,292

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 65
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 46
West Midlands 45
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 34
Shropshire and Staffordshire 28

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 51 45 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 36 33 -3
West Midlands 36 36 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 23 25 +2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 23 19 -4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 20 18 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 18 16 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 20 19 -1
West Yorkshire 20 16 -4
Greater Manchester 14 23 +9

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) 167,090,701
Air transport 112,152,172
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 53,302,343
Other 23,471,350
Rail transport 13,887,073

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) 96,876,538 70,214,163 -26,662,375
Air transport 56,487,654 55,664,518 -823,136
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 24,659,272 28,643,071 +3,983,799
Other 13,758,329 9,713,021 -4,045,308
Rail transport 9,785,480 4,101,593 -5,683,887
Road transport 2,685,023 883,757 -1,801,266

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 64,922,579
Birmingham Airport 52,158,243
Dover 46,612,767
Oxford Airport 41,679,456
000 23,471,350

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 43,025,949 21,896,630 -21,129,319
Birmingham Airport 27,959,691 24,198,552 -3,761,139
Dover 27,687,026 18,925,741 -8,761,285
Oxford Airport 18,708,583 22,970,873 +4,262,290
000 13,758,329 9,713,021 -4,045,308
Immingham Docks 9,390,564 11,591,931 +2,201,367
Felixstowe 10,941,023 9,369,164 -1,571,859
NGO 9,785,480 4,101,593 -5,683,887
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,706,076 4,201,010 -3,505,066
London 6,200,835 5,036,527 -1,164,308

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 233
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 86
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 61
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 40
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 34

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 139
2025-11 172
2025-10 185
2025-09 168
2025-08 150

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 268
54m+ 189
0-1m 87
15m-54m 63
Other 40

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 54,009,779
United States 37,257,692
Turkey 13,154,014
Czechia 12,636,900
Slovakia 11,989,615

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 28,836,148 25,173,631 -3,662,517
United States 21,728,914 15,528,778 -6,200,136
Turkey 7,071,283 6,082,731 -988,552
Czechia 6,600,468 6,036,432 -564,036
Slovakia 5,071,282 6,918,333 +1,847,051
Germany 5,862,684 5,993,636 +130,952
Italy 4,944,418 4,150,503 -793,915
Austria 5,158,760 3,531,913 -1,626,847
China 4,918,566 1,880,172 -3,038,394
Romania 3,944,513 2,481,261 -1,463,252

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 £
Germany 85,790
XI 67,655
China 55,440
Slovakia 31,835
Poland 28,633

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 £
Germany 73,238 12,552 -60,686
XI 31,222 36,433 +5,211
China 32,330 23,110 -9,220
Slovakia 13,736 18,099 +4,363
Poland 18,848 9,785 -9,063
Czechia 8,309 7,906 -403
Ireland 11,711 1,205 -10,506
Hungary 3,133 5,443 +2,310
France 3,930 3,381 -549
Sweden 2,611 2,322 -289

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) 140,192,137
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 51,441,902
Air transport 26,377,832
Other 434,665
Road transport 235,562

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) 73,997,840 66,194,297 -7,803,543
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 30,086,049 21,355,853 -8,730,196
Air transport 14,844,292 11,533,540 -3,310,752
Other 263,379 171,286 -92,093
Road transport 235,562 0 -235,562

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 113,118,797
Liverpool Docks 28,265,464
East Midlands Airport 8,526,971
London Gateway Port 8,412,751
Immingham Docks 7,596,469

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 59,484,678 53,634,119 -5,850,559
Liverpool Docks 15,414,598 12,850,866 -2,563,732
East Midlands Airport 4,835,522 3,691,449 -1,144,073
London Gateway Port 4,326,212 4,086,539 -239,673
Immingham Docks 4,195,503 3,400,966 -794,537
Hull 4,084,653 2,570,775 -1,513,878
Felixstowe 5,472,049 1,173,275 -4,298,774
London Heathrow Airport 3,684,449 2,663,830 -1,020,619
ZLC 3,377,032 2,895,252 -481,780
Holyhead 2,881,238 2,762,506 -118,732

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