Import/export HS code 87120030: Bicycles with ball bearings

Bicycles equipped with ball bearings for smoother rides and better durability

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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 £
Taiwan 72,701,697
Netherlands 70,125,330
Germany 63,470,332
Viet Nam 46,452,556
China 39,225,303

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 £
Taiwan 39,197,743 33,503,954 -5,693,789
Netherlands 30,057,314 40,068,016 +10,010,702
Germany 43,765,171 19,705,161 -24,060,010
Viet Nam 25,500,585 20,951,971 -4,548,614
China 19,689,485 19,535,818 -153,667
Indonesia 14,675,103 17,249,714 +2,574,611
Tunisia 15,574,244 13,753,754 -1,820,490
Bangladesh 12,076,906 16,890,308 +4,813,402
Belgium 12,826,980 9,981,517 -2,845,463
India 11,635,183 10,064,272 -1,570,911

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 £
Taiwan 94,851,682
Germany 85,924,937
China 56,841,781
Cambodia 55,418,963
Indonesia 32,337,168

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 £
Taiwan 50,497,468 44,354,214 -6,143,254
Germany 48,687,806 37,237,131 -11,450,675
China 25,312,252 31,529,529 +6,217,277
Cambodia 30,027,432 25,391,531 -4,635,901
Indonesia 14,888,786 17,448,382 +2,559,596
Bangladesh 14,288,900 17,870,920 +3,582,020
Tunisia 17,279,583 14,160,837 -3,118,746
India 11,344,103 10,038,136 -1,305,967
Viet Nam 8,213,206 5,234,991 -2,978,215
Netherlands 5,122,713 7,061,548 +1,938,835

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 20
Inner London - East 18
Surrey, East and West Sussex 18
West of England 12
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 11

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 - West 12 15 +3
Inner London - East 11 13 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 14 16 +2
West of England 9 6 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 10 7 -3
North Yorkshire 7 10 +3
Outer London - West and North West 8 7 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 7 6 -1
Devon 5 6 +1
Greater Manchester 6 6 +0

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) 187,141,950
Other 150,624,956
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 125,138,135
Air transport 32,570,543
Rail transport 2,558,132

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) 76,201,922 110,940,028 +34,738,106
Other 102,350,416 48,274,540 -54,075,876
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 67,673,827 57,464,308 -10,209,519
Air transport 9,820,289 22,750,254 +12,929,965
Rail transport 0 2,558,132 +2,558,132
Road transport 68,393 41,547 -26,846

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 150,624,956
London Gateway Port 68,143,154
499 49,145,025
Felixstowe 45,812,574
Eurotunnel 40,480,796

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 £
000 102,350,416 48,274,540 -54,075,876
London Gateway Port 35,669,108 32,474,046 -3,195,062
499 0 49,145,025 +49,145,025
Felixstowe 25,781,411 20,031,163 -5,750,248
Eurotunnel 22,028,823 18,451,973 -3,576,850
Birmingham Airport 3,778,237 16,947,830 +13,169,593
London 10,092,010 9,933,353 -158,657
Dover 8,101,091 10,386,268 +2,285,177
Thamesport 7,914,668 8,171,197 +256,529
Immingham Docks 8,489,589 6,070,072 -2,419,517

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 120
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 52
Manufacture of other transport equipment 16
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 8
Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities 8

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 37
2025-11 43
2025-10 55
2025-09 46
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
0-1m 86
1m-15m 75
54m+ 29
Other 27
15m-54m 19

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 £
China 48,069,410
Netherlands 28,231,505
Japan 11,165,684
South Korea 11,137,735
United States 11,137,491

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 £
China 25,679,421 22,389,989 -3,289,432
Netherlands 18,204,153 10,027,352 -8,176,801
Japan 7,130,966 4,034,718 -3,096,248
South Korea 5,452,433 5,685,302 +232,869
United States 7,087,690 4,049,801 -3,037,889
Ireland 3,422,178 2,580,051 -842,127
Germany 2,747,171 2,175,270 -571,901
Nigeria 1,167,811 1,445,285 +277,474
Singapore 946,690 1,387,492 +440,802
Switzerland 1,130,196 1,193,543 +63,347

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 £
Sierra Leone 1,287,749
Tunisia 1,161,403
Bangladesh 309,287
Cambodia 263,306
China 173,462

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 £
Sierra Leone 789,271 498,478 -290,793
Tunisia 604,091 557,312 -46,779
Bangladesh 165,784 143,503 -22,281
Cambodia 129,996 133,310 +3,314
China 96,761 76,701 -20,060
Indonesia 97,072 34,497 -62,575
Bahrain 17,822 9,668 -8,154
India 18,712 8,659 -10,053
Philippines 16,723 8,132 -8,591
Viet Nam 17,262 435 -16,827

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 81,834,756
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 33,925,355
Air transport 28,848,254
Other 3,601,688
Road transport 269,810

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 43,974,441 37,860,315 -6,114,126
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,876,243 15,049,112 -3,827,131
Air transport 18,162,072 10,686,182 -7,475,890
Other 2,051,626 1,550,062 -501,564
Road transport 269,810 0 -269,810
Rail transport 0 2,125 +2,125

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 36,137,477
London Gateway Port 27,545,970
Dover / Eurotunnel 24,637,893
London Heathrow Airport 19,338,360
Felixstowe 10,463,499

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 £
Southampton 24,226,507 11,910,970 -12,315,537
London Gateway Port 8,247,746 19,298,224 +11,050,478
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,405,409 10,232,484 -4,172,925
London Heathrow Airport 12,660,801 6,677,559 -5,983,242
Felixstowe 4,913,419 5,550,080 +636,661
East Midlands Airport 4,073,670 2,929,413 -1,144,257
Dover 2,571,760 3,596,486 +1,024,726
000 2,051,626 1,550,062 -501,564
Immingham Docks 3,120,071 252,995 -2,867,076
ZLC 1,280,951 869,980 -410,971

Quick facts

HS code: 87120030

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

Description: Bicycles equipped with ball bearings for smoother rides and better durability