Import/export HS code 870895: Safety airbags and parts

Airbags and inflator systems for vehicle safety

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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 73,754,933
Hungary 58,738,988
Belgium 39,897,628
France 30,514,455
Poland 20,846,225

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 20,606,698 53,148,235 +32,541,537
Hungary 33,848,432 24,890,556 -8,957,876
Belgium 17,875,358 22,022,270 +4,146,912
France 17,760,299 12,754,156 -5,006,143
Poland 9,425,885 11,420,340 +1,994,455
Czechia 10,746,296 8,355,543 -2,390,753
Netherlands 10,044,159 9,046,415 -997,744
Spain 9,216,148 4,073,913 -5,142,235
Portugal 3,142,333 3,702,443 +560,110
Turkey 2,346,752 2,353,751 +6,999

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 £
Hungary 92,037,841
Czechia 37,746,081
Portugal 35,153,830
Germany 34,419,811
Poland 30,904,326

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 £
Hungary 35,695,801 56,342,040 +20,646,239
Czechia 20,372,443 17,373,638 -2,998,805
Portugal 17,058,613 18,095,217 +1,036,604
Germany 18,562,138 15,857,673 -2,704,465
Poland 15,482,504 15,421,822 -60,682
France 14,241,197 12,789,213 -1,451,984
Spain 10,314,338 8,772,737 -1,541,601
China 2,388,446 2,575,861 +187,415
Turkey 2,384,599 2,366,598 -18,001
South Korea 117,635 2,897,213 +2,779,578

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 15
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 14
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 12
Inner London - West 10
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 9

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
West Midlands 12 10 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 10 12 +2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 8 10 +2
Inner London - West 5 10 +5
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 6 6 +0
Essex 8 6 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 3 4 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 3 3 +0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 4 3 -1
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 2 3 +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) 182,482,432
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 59,437,867
Other 33,762,300
Air transport 18,440,533
Road transport 2,666,865

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) 100,022,235 82,460,197 -17,562,038
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,016,812 51,421,055 +43,404,243
Other 21,519,396 12,242,904 -9,276,492
Air transport 9,420,811 9,019,722 -401,089
Road transport 2,033,306 633,559 -1,399,747
Rail transport 618,300 1,100,217 +481,917

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 65,611,392
Harwich 40,942,513
000 33,762,300
Immingham Docks 29,669,525
Dover / Eurotunnel 22,999,373

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 32,936,896 32,674,496 -262,400
Harwich 21,608,324 19,334,189 -2,274,135
000 21,519,396 12,242,904 -9,276,492
Immingham Docks 559,888 29,109,637 +28,549,749
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,391,731 8,607,642 -5,784,089
Eurotunnel 12,722,320 7,867,420 -4,854,900
Hull 9,951,139 9,048,886 -902,253
Oxford Airport 8,727,390 8,446,885 -280,505
499 1,560,825 10,570,109 +9,009,284
Felixstowe 6,410,339 4,564,944 -1,845,395

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 54
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 31
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 9
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 7
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 5

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 29
2025-11 39
2025-10 35
2025-09 33
2025-08 38

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
54m+ 77
1m-15m 23
Other 14
15m-54m 12
0-1m 8

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 £
Romania 64,595,132
Italy 4,433,660
France 4,084,252
Spain 2,906,823
United States 2,810,441

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 £
Romania 52,524,268 12,070,864 -40,453,404
Italy 2,203,262 2,230,398 +27,136
France 1,231,237 2,853,015 +1,621,778
Spain 997,907 1,908,916 +911,009
United States 1,392,431 1,418,010 +25,579
Saint Helena 801,927 725,375 -76,552
Germany 696,897 612,929 -83,968
Switzerland 795,501 424,378 -371,123
Japan 226,538 594,753 +368,215
Brazil 447,374 338,594 -108,780

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 54,098
China 2,485
Germany 2,404
Nicaragua 1,475
Bulgaria 1,230

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 13,591 40,507 +26,916
China 249 2,236 +1,987
Germany 2,239 165 -2,074
Nicaragua 1,475 0 -1,475
Bulgaria 0 1,230 +1,230
Hungary 45 205 +160
Ireland 184 0 -184
Czechia 41 0 -41
Finland 0 6 +6

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) 80,303,142
Air transport 6,569,173
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,941,082
Other 207,971
Road transport 3,547

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) 59,698,856 20,604,286 -39,094,570
Air transport 3,419,024 3,150,149 -268,875
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,897,564 3,043,518 +145,954
Other 91,746 116,225 +24,479
Road transport 3,547 0 -3,547

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 67,453,190
Eurotunnel 10,439,888
London Heathrow Airport 2,798,020
Birmingham Airport 2,246,571
Southampton 1,714,503

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 48,005,120 19,448,070 -28,557,050
Eurotunnel 9,850,536 589,352 -9,261,184
London Heathrow Airport 1,430,817 1,367,203 -63,614
Birmingham Airport 1,073,824 1,172,747 +98,923
Southampton 501,178 1,213,325 +712,147
Dover 1,177,508 411,930 -765,578
London Gateway Port 1,010,827 561,724 -449,103
Immingham Docks 577,763 558,996 -18,767
Felixstowe 777,305 209,841 -567,464
London Stansted Airport 481,693 185,346 -296,347

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 870895

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

Description: Airbags and inflator systems for vehicle safety