Import/export HS code 87089435: Complete steering systems

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  • 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 £
Belgium 117,567,974
Germany 85,013,098
Poland 62,725,096
France 53,786,784
Romania 49,414,835

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 60,286,464 57,281,510 -3,004,954
Germany 45,852,120 39,160,978 -6,691,142
Poland 37,112,182 25,612,914 -11,499,268
France 31,985,169 21,801,615 -10,183,554
Romania 29,267,660 20,147,175 -9,120,485
Netherlands 28,207,406 12,124,117 -16,083,289
Japan 13,575,737 15,445,659 +1,869,922
Portugal 9,811,702 9,094,670 -717,032
Spain 11,708,446 5,445,145 -6,263,301
Hungary 6,721,708 3,603,488 -3,118,220

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 129,017,706
Germany 64,192,289
Poland 59,207,675
Romania 55,452,127
Hungary 55,170,871

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 71,123,650 57,894,056 -13,229,594
Germany 36,046,253 28,146,036 -7,900,217
Poland 34,507,737 24,699,938 -9,807,799
Romania 33,509,799 21,942,328 -11,567,471
Hungary 26,957,452 28,213,419 +1,255,967
Portugal 25,251,674 19,392,765 -5,858,909
Japan 28,245,642 16,005,451 -12,240,191
Czechia 8,894,517 4,497,109 -4,397,408
Turkey 4,475,759 5,786,000 +1,310,241
China 3,662,712 4,499,551 +836,839

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 40
West Midlands 31
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 21
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 27 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 16 16 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 16 15 -1
Essex 16 14 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 11 14 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 10 10 +0
Norfolk 9 8 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 5 9 +4
Greater Manchester 8 4 -4

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) 273,313,943
Other 117,080,125
Air transport 68,366,155
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 65,278,129
Road transport 12,058,559

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) 163,441,144 109,872,799 -53,568,345
Other 77,371,688 39,708,437 -37,663,251
Air transport 32,104,453 36,261,702 +4,157,249
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,357,476 50,920,653 +36,563,177
Road transport 11,340,079 718,480 -10,621,599
Rail transport 367,896 712,725 +344,829

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 117,080,125
Dover 87,846,919
Oxford Airport 57,331,554
Dover / Eurotunnel 54,785,714
499 48,417,939

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 77,371,688 39,708,437 -37,663,251
Dover 44,308,566 43,538,353 -770,213
Oxford Airport 25,929,658 31,401,896 +5,472,238
Dover / Eurotunnel 39,829,709 14,956,005 -24,873,704
499 10,945,803 37,472,136 +26,526,333
Eurotunnel 16,541,691 10,589,616 -5,952,075
Harwich 13,145,091 8,729,332 -4,415,759
London 10,368,729 10,853,233 +484,504
Hull 19,134,347 2,033,795 -17,100,552
Immingham Docks 8,052,354 9,194,040 +1,141,686

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 138
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 39
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
2026-01 93
2025-11 93
2025-10 94
2025-09 91
2025-08 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+ 112
0-1m 40
15m-54m 38
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 31,091,061
United States 11,073,957
Germany 9,680,208
France 5,585,810
Ireland 3,635,905

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 14,808,151 16,282,910 +1,474,759
United States 5,645,280 5,428,677 -216,603
Germany 5,032,323 4,647,885 -384,438
France 2,556,137 3,029,673 +473,536
Ireland 1,994,062 1,641,843 -352,219
Netherlands 1,476,123 950,452 -525,671
Italy 1,134,646 1,079,763 -54,883
Czechia 639,710 1,427,496 +787,786
Belgium 651,239 616,519 -34,720
China 496,020 352,828 -143,192

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 £
Sweden 16,662
Germany 14,457
Czechia 7,892
XI 6,352
France 6,139

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 £
Sweden 9,997 6,665 -3,332
Germany 5,455 9,002 +3,547
Czechia 3,524 4,368 +844
XI 1,161 5,191 +4,030
France 1,340 4,799 +3,459
Italy 3,604 2,399 -1,205
Hungary 4,741 0 -4,741
Turkey 2,455 2,044 -411
Ireland 2,957 1,009 -1,948
China 2,131 432 -1,699

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) 54,504,245
Air transport 14,795,467
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,688,571
Other 113,222
Road transport 43,434

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) 26,526,151 27,978,094 +1,451,943
Air transport 8,249,589 6,545,878 -1,703,711
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,217,830 6,470,741 +252,911
Other 64,299 48,923 -15,376
Road transport 43,434 0 -43,434

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 47,019,359
Liverpool Docks 6,367,041
London Heathrow Airport 5,833,596
East Midlands Airport 4,753,016
London Stansted Airport 3,154,080

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 22,658,077 24,361,282 +1,703,205
Liverpool Docks 2,805,468 3,561,573 +756,105
London Heathrow Airport 3,274,887 2,558,709 -716,178
East Midlands Airport 2,831,276 1,921,740 -909,536
London Stansted Airport 1,663,377 1,490,703 -172,674
Holyhead 1,503,591 1,388,459 -115,132
London Gateway Port 1,146,412 933,122 -213,290
London 837,283 1,093,747 +256,464
Felixstowe 929,426 989,247 +59,821
Southampton 803,001 981,114 +178,113

Quick facts

HS code: 87089435

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

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