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 64,349,329
France 61,783,688
Netherlands 40,495,827
Romania 32,013,466
Belgium 20,784,091

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 35,116,544 29,232,785 -5,883,759
France 32,926,984 28,856,704 -4,070,280
Netherlands 20,391,526 20,104,301 -287,225
Romania 20,425,760 11,587,706 -8,838,054
Belgium 12,165,869 8,618,222 -3,547,647
China 7,310,676 6,859,929 -450,747
Italy 6,551,703 6,045,831 -505,872
Czechia 5,381,174 6,684,578 +1,303,404
Austria 5,213,298 5,762,346 +549,048
Portugal 3,925,679 3,672,183 -253,496

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 73,140,876
France 50,400,124
Netherlands 33,383,649
Romania 33,177,406
China 23,923,505

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 40,481,337 32,659,539 -7,821,798
France 27,846,431 22,553,693 -5,292,738
Netherlands 17,207,544 16,176,105 -1,031,439
Romania 20,899,020 12,278,386 -8,620,634
China 11,074,641 12,848,864 +1,774,223
Czechia 7,416,141 7,835,510 +419,369
Austria 5,694,691 4,252,701 -1,441,990
Italy 5,102,019 4,460,526 -641,493
Belgium 4,138,380 4,705,043 +566,663
Portugal 4,387,314 4,236,986 -150,328

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 34
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 26
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 23
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 31 25 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 18 17 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 20 19 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 14 10 -4
West Midlands 15 15 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 13 12 -1
West Yorkshire 12 9 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 12 14 +2
Cheshire 9 10 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 10 9 -1

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) 238,082,654
Other 25,605,703
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 24,712,188
Air transport 14,397,542
Road transport 8,074,209

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) 127,531,158 110,551,496 -16,979,662
Other 16,972,816 8,632,887 -8,339,929
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,554,544 11,157,644 -2,396,900
Air transport 8,009,490 6,388,052 -1,621,438
Road transport 187,496 7,886,713 +7,699,217
Rail transport 235,043 86,971 -148,072

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 68,883,079
Eurotunnel 53,989,081
Immingham Docks 44,365,371
000 25,605,703
Portsmouth 24,126,732

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 31,912,862 36,970,217 +5,057,355
Eurotunnel 33,783,307 20,205,774 -13,577,533
Immingham Docks 22,789,567 21,575,804 -1,213,763
000 16,972,816 8,632,887 -8,339,929
Portsmouth 12,038,277 12,088,455 +50,178
London 7,515,065 8,207,407 +692,342
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,000,905 3,168,889 -6,832,016
Poole 5,792,346 6,153,734 +361,388
Felixstowe 4,290,414 4,251,944 -38,470
499 38,082 6,970,452 +6,932,370

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 173
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 44
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 42
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 18
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 18

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 109
2025-10 113
2025-09 116
2025-08 114
2025-07 127

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 162
54m+ 120
0-1m 56
15m-54m 32
Other 27

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 40,181,877
Switzerland 19,799,544
France 13,022,835
Germany 11,410,124
United States 10,876,204

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 19,619,172 20,562,705 +943,533
Switzerland 9,644,162 10,155,382 +511,220
France 5,658,768 7,364,067 +1,705,299
Germany 5,717,655 5,692,469 -25,186
United States 6,157,135 4,719,069 -1,438,066
Slovakia 3,919,160 3,780,633 -138,527
Netherlands 3,179,821 3,795,684 +615,863
Ireland 2,342,462 2,219,567 -122,895
Tunisia 1,182,256 870,420 -311,836
Sweden 1,182,920 809,555 -373,365

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 1,638,182
XU 110,382
Germany 29,486
China 20,927
Latvia 15,943

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 790,100 848,082 +57,982
XU 49,232 61,150 +11,918
Germany 17,685 11,801 -5,884
China 9,571 11,356 +1,785
Latvia 5,788 10,155 +4,367
Poland 6,000 7,609 +1,609
Belgium 2,089 3,486 +1,397
United States 1,223 2,701 +1,478
France 1,993 964 -1,029
India 1,446 1,289 -157

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) 100,778,458
Air transport 24,877,189
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,919,909
Other 1,858,952
Road transport 209,994

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) 47,670,761 53,107,697 +5,436,936
Air transport 12,690,363 12,186,826 -503,537
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,995,817 3,924,092 -3,071,725
Other 891,974 966,978 +75,004
Road transport 178,349 31,645 -146,704

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 89,951,611
ZLC 8,458,732
East Midlands Airport 7,151,251
London Heathrow Airport 5,750,641
Southampton 4,279,583

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 43,722,323 46,229,288 +2,506,965
ZLC 3,895,019 4,563,713 +668,694
East Midlands Airport 3,997,811 3,153,440 -844,371
London Heathrow Airport 2,683,950 3,066,691 +382,741
Southampton 2,312,042 1,967,541 -344,501
Immingham Docks 1,880,414 1,381,940 -498,474
London Stansted Airport 1,798,930 1,021,678 -777,252
Holyhead 1,269,630 1,124,815 -144,815
London Gateway Port 1,253,723 787,993 -465,730
000 891,974 966,978 +75,004

Quick facts

HS code: 87089235

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

Description: Fully assembled silencers and exhaust systems for vehicles