Import/export HS code 87089235: Complete silencers and exhaust pipes

Fully assembled silencers and exhaust systems for vehicles

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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 64,915,964
France 60,620,703
Netherlands 40,581,947
Romania 32,144,168
Belgium 20,384,745

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 34,668,057 30,247,907 -4,420,150
France 32,366,487 28,254,216 -4,112,271
Netherlands 20,671,060 19,910,887 -760,173
Romania 22,704,596 9,439,572 -13,265,024
Belgium 11,999,615 8,385,130 -3,614,485
China 7,297,843 6,902,222 -395,621
Czechia 6,167,652 6,570,354 +402,702
Italy 6,319,870 6,212,778 -107,092
Austria 5,114,811 5,940,787 +825,976
Portugal 3,909,816 3,742,942 -166,874

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 73,972,222
France 48,946,824
Netherlands 33,532,333
Romania 33,347,193
China 24,164,448

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 40,024,136 33,948,086 -6,076,050
France 27,493,255 21,453,569 -6,039,686
Netherlands 16,991,677 16,540,656 -451,021
Romania 23,166,371 10,180,822 -12,985,549
China 11,390,590 12,773,858 +1,383,268
Czechia 8,178,418 7,645,254 -533,164
Austria 5,485,251 4,284,084 -1,201,167
Italy 4,954,413 4,566,268 -388,145
Portugal 4,347,061 4,354,581 +7,520
Belgium 4,070,138 4,627,456 +557,318

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 36
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 26
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 24
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 17
West Midlands 17

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 30 30 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 18 16 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 21 20 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 14 10 -4
West Midlands 15 13 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 13 12 -1
West Yorkshire 13 10 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 11 14 +3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 11 10 -1
Greater Manchester 10 10 +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) 237,262,288
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,381,197
Other 24,556,096
Air transport 14,190,837
Road transport 10,202,127

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) 129,661,031 107,601,257 -22,059,774
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,053,085 13,328,112 +275,027
Other 16,977,504 7,578,592 -9,398,912
Air transport 7,766,757 6,424,080 -1,342,677
Road transport 206,593 9,995,534 +9,788,941
Rail transport 233,893 88,319 -145,574

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 69,129,662
Eurotunnel 53,585,175
Immingham Docks 44,398,104
000 24,556,096
Portsmouth 24,384,144

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 34,119,470 35,010,192 +890,722
Eurotunnel 33,283,333 20,301,842 -12,981,491
Immingham Docks 22,559,837 21,838,267 -721,570
000 16,977,504 7,578,592 -9,398,912
Portsmouth 12,667,408 11,716,736 -950,672
London 7,841,190 7,819,761 -21,429
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,650,805 3,058,697 -6,592,108
Poole 5,792,346 6,153,734 +361,388
Felixstowe 4,121,519 5,790,687 +1,669,168
499 30,775 8,842,354 +8,811,579

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 172
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 43
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 42
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 18
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 17

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 102
2025-11 109
2025-10 114
2025-09 117
2025-08 115

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 159
54m+ 121
0-1m 59
15m-54m 30
Other 28

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 40,328,671
Switzerland 19,622,063
France 13,018,284
Germany 11,224,878
United States 10,593,735

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 19,687,504 20,641,167 +953,663
Switzerland 9,272,452 10,349,611 +1,077,159
France 5,596,060 7,422,224 +1,826,164
Germany 5,477,189 5,747,689 +270,500
United States 6,087,709 4,506,026 -1,581,683
Slovakia 3,725,493 3,755,813 +30,320
Netherlands 3,013,090 4,167,631 +1,154,541
Ireland 2,500,604 2,051,072 -449,532
Tunisia 1,164,169 936,757 -227,412
Italy 837,474 1,133,403 +295,929

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 1,600,709
Germany 28,602
China 20,421
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 912,526 688,183 -224,343
Germany 21,143 7,459 -13,684
China 9,561 10,860 +1,299
Latvia 6,234 9,709 +3,475
Poland 4,560 7,609 +3,049
Belgium 2,140 3,206 +1,066
United States 1,223 2,701 +1,478
France 1,993 964 -1,029
India 1,381 1,224 -157
Turkey 393 1,898 +1,505

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) 101,169,221
Air transport 24,797,118
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,310,179
Other 1,814,109
Road transport 162,015

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) 47,168,881 54,000,340 +6,831,459
Air transport 12,611,030 12,186,088 -424,942
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,597,251 3,712,928 -2,884,323
Other 1,018,474 795,635 -222,839
Road transport 130,370 31,645 -98,725

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 89,728,530
ZLC 8,578,267
East Midlands Airport 7,113,803
London Heathrow Airport 5,783,606
Southampton 4,273,636

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 43,016,507 46,712,023 +3,695,516
ZLC 4,019,560 4,558,707 +539,147
East Midlands Airport 3,899,439 3,214,364 -685,075
London Heathrow Airport 2,687,491 3,096,115 +408,624
Southampton 2,345,564 1,928,072 -417,492
Immingham Docks 1,626,969 1,441,856 -185,113
London Stansted Airport 1,638,477 951,964 -686,513
Holyhead 1,249,583 1,213,992 -35,591
London Gateway Port 1,446,433 624,672 -821,761
000 1,018,474 795,635 -222,839

Quick facts

HS code: 87089235

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

Description: Fully assembled silencers and exhaust systems for vehicles