Import/export HS code 870892: Silencers and exhaust pipes

Silencers (mufflers), exhaust pipes, and related components for 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 86,771,461
France 74,042,992
Netherlands 43,840,874
China 41,683,540
Romania 32,824,749

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 48,519,176 38,252,285 -10,266,891
France 42,048,310 31,994,682 -10,053,628
Netherlands 22,558,799 21,282,075 -1,276,724
China 23,522,725 18,160,815 -5,361,910
Romania 23,215,850 9,608,899 -13,606,951
Italy 16,157,912 10,343,021 -5,814,891
Belgium 12,157,480 8,499,723 -3,657,757
Poland 10,513,030 5,104,852 -5,408,178
Czechia 7,258,715 7,198,029 -60,686
Austria 6,936,530 6,432,670 -503,860

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 £
Germany 96,156,257
China 58,918,799
France 55,144,283
Romania 34,103,441
Netherlands 33,719,798

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 54,092,040 42,064,217 -12,027,823
China 33,316,913 25,601,886 -7,715,027
France 31,354,804 23,789,479 -7,565,325
Romania 23,716,485 10,386,956 -13,329,529
Netherlands 17,058,104 16,661,694 -396,410
Italy 15,332,352 8,782,065 -6,550,287
Czechia 9,369,450 8,316,840 -1,052,610
Poland 10,896,701 5,846,722 -5,049,979
Turkey 7,224,337 8,296,431 +1,072,094
Spain 7,804,357 6,332,749 -1,471,608

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 58
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 36
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 36
West Midlands 31
Surrey, East and West Sussex 27

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 44 -7
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 30 26 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 26 21 -5
West Midlands 21 22 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21 22 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 19 17 -2
West Yorkshire 20 11 -9
Greater Manchester 16 13 -3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 15 17 +2
Essex 15 15 +0

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) 310,158,318
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 74,267,485
Other 25,168,745
Air transport 23,852,950
Road transport 12,642,069

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) 177,771,602 132,386,716 -45,384,886
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 40,221,710 34,045,775 -6,175,935
Other 17,339,734 7,829,011 -9,510,723
Air transport 13,413,461 10,439,489 -2,973,972
Road transport 1,379,237 11,262,832 +9,883,595
Rail transport 269,260 88,319 -180,941

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 114,142,206
Eurotunnel 61,160,959
Immingham Docks 45,034,223
Felixstowe 39,268,847
Portsmouth 26,735,146

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 64,864,783 49,277,423 -15,587,360
Eurotunnel 37,590,228 23,570,731 -14,019,497
Immingham Docks 22,869,019 22,165,204 -703,815
Felixstowe 23,022,989 16,245,858 -6,777,131
Portsmouth 14,172,970 12,562,176 -1,610,794
000 17,339,734 7,829,011 -9,510,723
Dover / Eurotunnel 15,758,079 4,502,507 -11,255,572
London 8,150,500 8,557,010 +406,510
Southampton 7,747,705 5,460,753 -2,286,952
Poole 6,258,145 6,496,608 +238,463

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 251
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 67
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 66
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 31
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis 29

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 145
2025-11 161
2025-10 166
2025-09 164
2025-08 166

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 258
54m+ 175
0-1m 101
15m-54m 52
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 £
Belgium 45,147,101
France 36,140,173
Germany 29,347,192
Switzerland 27,049,520
United States 20,495,614

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 £
Belgium 22,472,287 22,674,814 +202,527
France 18,051,680 18,088,493 +36,813
Germany 15,719,522 13,627,670 -2,091,852
Switzerland 12,777,582 14,271,938 +1,494,356
United States 11,353,533 9,142,081 -2,211,452
Sweden 10,007,031 10,375,781 +368,750
Italy 12,008,490 6,969,734 -5,038,756
Netherlands 3,998,908 5,386,018 +1,387,110
Slovakia 3,974,184 3,796,247 -177,937
Ireland 3,196,694 2,355,738 -840,956

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 £
XI 2,350,486
Germany 28,694
China 27,999
Latvia 15,943
Poland 12,169

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 £
XI 1,474,778 875,708 -599,070
Germany 21,235 7,459 -13,776
China 13,546 14,453 +907
Latvia 6,234 9,709 +3,475
Poland 4,560 7,609 +3,049
United States 1,223 7,595 +6,372
Belgium 2,140 3,206 +1,066
Ireland 3,639 1,699 -1,940
Turkey 1,448 1,907 +459
India 1,744 1,459 -285

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) 187,316,208
Air transport 49,844,414
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,400,838
Other 2,688,850
Road transport 503,157

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) 93,448,676 93,867,532 +418,856
Air transport 27,032,922 22,811,492 -4,221,430
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,822,655 6,578,183 -5,244,472
Other 1,641,848 1,047,002 -594,846
Road transport 471,512 31,645 -439,867

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 150,636,357
Immingham Docks 22,758,436
East Midlands Airport 16,958,243
ZLC 13,682,884
London Heathrow Airport 12,082,100

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 77,397,822 73,238,535 -4,159,287
Immingham Docks 11,461,116 11,297,320 -163,796
East Midlands Airport 10,151,186 6,807,057 -3,344,129
ZLC 6,713,799 6,969,085 +255,286
London Heathrow Airport 5,945,112 6,136,988 +191,876
London Stansted Airport 3,628,186 2,292,286 -1,335,900
Southampton 2,905,948 2,761,030 -144,918
London Gateway Port 4,215,049 1,388,460 -2,826,589
Dover 2,507,103 1,944,350 -562,753
Portsmouth 228,625 2,609,822 +2,381,197

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 870892

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

Description: Silencers (mufflers), exhaust pipes, and related components for vehicles