Import/export HS code 87089435: Complete steering 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 £
Belgium 117,763,029
Germany 83,271,296
Poland 63,026,962
France 56,495,730
Romania 51,612,170

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 £
Belgium 62,591,282 55,171,747 -7,419,535
Germany 46,585,698 36,685,598 -9,900,100
Poland 38,379,327 24,647,635 -13,731,692
France 34,704,548 21,791,182 -12,913,366
Romania 30,568,637 21,043,533 -9,525,104
Netherlands 30,605,071 12,421,688 -18,183,383
Japan 13,583,649 13,566,997 -16,652
Spain 13,772,109 5,606,435 -8,165,674
Portugal 9,417,901 8,506,988 -910,913
XS 6,498,927 7,972,074 +1,473,147

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 £
France 132,092,194
Germany 65,022,011
Poland 59,328,933
Romania 58,004,033
Hungary 53,349,982

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 £
France 75,506,766 56,585,428 -18,921,338
Germany 36,677,453 28,344,558 -8,332,895
Poland 35,996,658 23,332,275 -12,664,383
Romania 35,028,975 22,975,058 -12,053,917
Hungary 27,968,299 25,381,683 -2,586,616
Portugal 26,743,862 18,583,031 -8,160,831
Japan 27,578,276 14,965,158 -12,613,118
Czechia 12,158,638 4,330,859 -7,827,779
XS 6,027,611 7,767,694 +1,740,083
Turkey 4,822,511 5,548,958 +726,447

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 39
West Midlands 32
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 23
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 18
Essex 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 29 31 +2
West Midlands 27 28 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 18 16 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 15 16 +1
Essex 16 15 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 11 13 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 10 10 +0
Norfolk 7 9 +2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 5 10 +5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 7 6 -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) 278,246,974
Other 123,875,840
Air transport 68,334,901
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 57,510,896
Road transport 14,124,415

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) 168,715,946 109,531,028 -59,184,918
Other 80,625,925 43,249,915 -37,376,010
Air transport 34,761,600 33,573,301 -1,188,299
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,822,013 42,688,883 +27,866,870
Road transport 13,475,902 648,513 -12,827,389
Rail transport 367,896 685,462 +317,566

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 123,875,840
Dover 87,233,633
Dover / Eurotunnel 58,135,732
Oxford Airport 57,098,554
499 42,257,788

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 £
000 80,625,925 43,249,915 -37,376,010
Dover 42,641,937 44,591,696 +1,949,759
Dover / Eurotunnel 42,367,260 15,768,472 -26,598,788
Oxford Airport 28,608,463 28,490,091 -118,372
499 13,095,294 29,162,494 +16,067,200
Eurotunnel 17,054,515 10,648,916 -6,405,599
Hull 20,898,807 2,798,237 -18,100,570
Harwich 13,377,699 8,846,191 -4,531,508
London 11,245,821 8,247,691 -2,998,130
Felixstowe 11,982,579 5,779,310 -6,203,269

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 139
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 40
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 24
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis 22
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 21

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 92
2025-10 93
2025-09 90
2025-08 93
2025-07 94

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 114
54m+ 109
0-1m 42
15m-54m 39
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 £
Poland 30,579,286
United States 11,044,668
Germany 9,622,237
France 5,452,511
Ireland 3,646,004

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 £
Poland 14,996,728 15,582,558 +585,830
United States 5,607,894 5,436,774 -171,120
Germany 5,082,818 4,539,419 -543,399
France 2,315,411 3,137,100 +821,689
Ireland 1,994,475 1,651,529 -342,946
Netherlands 1,483,802 957,793 -526,009
Italy 1,157,041 1,128,750 -28,291
Czechia 655,776 1,255,853 +600,077
Belgium 711,591 528,660 -182,931
China 518,300 340,483 -177,817

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 38,164
Sweden 16,662
Germany 14,457
XI 8,250
Czechia 7,892

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 24,466 13,698 -10,768
Sweden 7,244 9,418 +2,174
Germany 4,982 9,475 +4,493
XI 3,059 5,191 +2,132
Czechia 3,524 4,368 +844
Italy 4,353 2,399 -1,954
France 1,340 4,799 +3,459
Turkey 2,534 2,400 -134
Hungary 3,237 1,504 -1,733
Ireland 3,044 1,009 -2,035

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) 53,631,751
Air transport 14,765,570
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,703,708
Other 116,865
Road transport 56,936

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) 26,514,760 27,116,991 +602,231
Air transport 8,060,991 6,704,579 -1,356,412
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,456,959 6,246,749 -210,210
Other 61,971 54,894 -7,077
Road transport 56,936 0 -56,936

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 46,197,391
Liverpool Docks 6,411,747
London Heathrow Airport 5,735,808
East Midlands Airport 4,855,911
London Stansted Airport 3,157,099

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 22,767,437 23,429,954 +662,517
Liverpool Docks 2,835,313 3,576,434 +741,121
London Heathrow Airport 3,173,719 2,562,089 -611,630
East Midlands Airport 2,886,645 1,969,266 -917,379
London Stansted Airport 1,582,602 1,574,497 -8,105
Holyhead 1,548,236 1,311,456 -236,780
London Gateway Port 1,132,954 937,551 -195,403
Felixstowe 1,005,703 952,362 -53,341
London 782,642 1,010,029 +227,387
Southampton 827,981 889,865 +61,884

Quick facts

HS code: 87089435

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

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