Import/export HS code 871160: Electric motorcycles and bikes

Includes all types of electric motorcycles and bikes, powered solely by electric motors

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • 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 £
China 128,459,698
Netherlands 107,338,029
Taiwan 63,510,726
Germany 59,158,214
Spain 34,552,971

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 £
China 41,171,382 87,288,316 +46,116,934
Netherlands 46,569,170 60,768,859 +14,199,689
Taiwan 33,848,999 29,661,727 -4,187,272
Germany 37,464,837 21,693,377 -15,771,460
Spain 18,663,587 15,889,384 -2,774,203
France 9,974,015 20,011,975 +10,037,960
Hungary 10,211,761 13,202,989 +2,991,228
Viet Nam 8,033,975 10,558,961 +2,524,986
Portugal 13,611,401 2,057,604 -11,553,797
Belgium 7,019,955 8,097,870 +1,077,915

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 £
China 151,715,924
Germany 134,181,474
Taiwan 78,870,430
Spain 33,497,902
Hungary 29,361,424

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 £
China 48,329,893 103,386,031 +55,056,138
Germany 65,207,234 68,974,240 +3,767,006
Taiwan 38,782,985 40,087,445 +1,304,460
Spain 18,430,158 15,067,744 -3,362,414
Hungary 13,458,046 15,903,378 +2,445,332
Netherlands 9,924,860 9,539,098 -385,762
Portugal 14,515,523 3,388,866 -11,126,657
Viet Nam 6,870,879 8,422,656 +1,551,777
Thailand 8,315,424 5,435,464 -2,879,960
France 5,114,315 5,299,758 +185,443

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - East 29
Surrey, East and West Sussex 26
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 24
Outer London - West and North West 24
Greater Manchester 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
Inner London - East 15 20 +5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 18 20 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 18 18 +0
Outer London - West and North West 16 13 -3
Greater Manchester 9 14 +5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 11 11 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 9 10 +1
Devon 9 9 +0
Inner London - West 8 10 +2
Kent 9 11 +2

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 235,045,170
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 197,800,606
Air transport 65,527,784
Other 65,162,319
Rail transport 899,829

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 110,171,806 124,873,364 +14,701,558
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 98,347,044 99,453,562 +1,106,518
Air transport 13,271,773 52,256,011 +38,984,238
Other 37,368,925 27,793,394 -9,575,531
Rail transport 0 899,829 +899,829
Road transport 22,796 381,560 +358,764

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 114,268,638
Eurotunnel 65,833,615
000 65,162,319
Dover 64,285,413
Thamesport 40,721,071

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 £
Felixstowe 43,590,727 70,677,911 +27,087,184
Eurotunnel 35,693,148 30,140,467 -5,552,681
000 37,368,925 27,793,394 -9,575,531
Dover 30,441,525 33,843,888 +3,402,363
Thamesport 33,745,255 6,975,816 -26,769,439
Southampton 19,447,028 18,985,484 -461,544
Birmingham Airport 3,750,204 29,671,294 +25,921,090
London 13,879,542 11,331,255 -2,548,287
London Gateway Port 8,553,086 9,985,517 +1,432,431
Immingham Docks 5,071,595 10,635,319 +5,563,724

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 151
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 66
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 52
Manufacture of other transport equipment 18
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 12

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 65
2025-10 70
2025-09 64
2025-08 72
2025-07 57

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 133
0-1m 112
54m+ 48
Other 44
15m-54m 25

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 £
Netherlands 18,542,700
United States 6,362,532
Germany 5,741,747
Ireland 4,923,614
France 1,595,965

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 £
Netherlands 9,535,370 9,007,330 -528,040
United States 3,428,511 2,934,021 -494,490
Germany 3,661,209 2,080,538 -1,580,671
Ireland 2,861,038 2,062,576 -798,462
France 881,594 714,371 -167,223
Switzerland 418,179 632,110 +213,931
Belgium 915,571 86,328 -829,243
Denmark 489,137 388,335 -100,802
Canada 563,497 196,667 -366,830
South Korea 572,371 120,444 -451,927

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 £
China 309,337
Thailand 225,477
Turkey 141,405
Germany 127,923
Sierra Leone 98,680

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 £
China 147,685 161,652 +13,967
Thailand 103,207 122,270 +19,063
Turkey 41,273 100,132 +58,859
Germany 22,400 105,523 +83,123
Sierra Leone 81,465 17,215 -64,250
XI 28,725 46,680 +17,955
Taiwan 13,577 55,773 +42,196
XU 53,921 0 -53,921
France 30,074 17,438 -12,636
Netherlands 33,885 0 -33,885

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) 32,936,083
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,049,665
Air transport 5,050,592
Other 1,265,843
Road transport 110,078

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) 18,710,629 14,225,454 -4,485,175
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,207,635 3,842,030 -365,605
Air transport 2,728,912 2,321,680 -407,232
Other 592,264 673,579 +81,315
Road transport 108,678 1,400 -107,278

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 21,735,639
Holyhead 3,127,515
Southampton 3,099,360
Felixstowe 2,947,238
Dover 2,630,315

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 12,227,977 9,507,662 -2,720,315
Holyhead 1,923,172 1,204,343 -718,829
Southampton 1,374,635 1,724,725 +350,090
Felixstowe 2,017,971 929,267 -1,088,704
Dover 535,907 2,094,408 +1,558,501
East Midlands Airport 1,548,302 1,077,476 -470,826
London Gateway Port 1,044,695 545,711 -498,984
Immingham Docks 937,596 596,861 -340,735
Harwich 998,474 523,389 -475,085
Liverpool Docks 974,146 523,588 -450,558

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 871160

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

Description: Includes all types of electric motorcycles and bikes, powered solely by electric motors