Import/export HS code 871420: Wheelchair parts and accessories

Spare parts and add-ons for wheelchairs, such as brakes, frames, and wheels

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.
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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 £
China 29,338,939
United States 19,839,385
Germany 8,972,650
Sweden 7,247,950
Netherlands 7,204,169

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 15,456,465 13,882,474 -1,573,991
United States 11,029,847 8,809,538 -2,220,309
Germany 4,529,917 4,442,733 -87,184
Sweden 4,161,408 3,086,542 -1,074,866
Netherlands 4,384,571 2,819,598 -1,564,973
Poland 3,454,508 3,192,699 -261,809
Taiwan 2,120,511 3,633,620 +1,513,109
Denmark 3,191,008 2,445,755 -745,253
France 2,548,383 2,524,954 -23,429
New Zealand 2,088,378 1,917,079 -171,299

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 36,032,274
United States 19,718,325
Germany 8,380,429
Sweden 7,371,511
Taiwan 6,188,944

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 19,224,608 16,807,666 -2,416,942
United States 11,366,132 8,352,193 -3,013,939
Germany 4,424,414 3,956,015 -468,399
Sweden 4,004,567 3,366,944 -637,623
Taiwan 2,235,144 3,953,800 +1,718,656
Poland 3,221,990 2,758,389 -463,601
Denmark 3,267,399 2,453,977 -813,422
New Zealand 2,081,829 1,906,584 -175,245
France 1,521,505 1,746,432 +224,927
Netherlands 1,240,510 1,266,185 +25,675

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 15
Surrey, East and West Sussex 15
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 13
West Midlands 13
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 12

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 13 13 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 11 12 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 8 9 +1
West Midlands 6 11 +5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 11 6 -5
West Yorkshire 8 10 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 10 8 -2
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 8 8 +0
Essex 9 6 -3
South East Wales 10 6 -4

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) 52,174,584
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,136,507
Air transport 24,231,665
Other 1,071,805
Road transport 153,617

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) 25,977,775 26,196,809 +219,034
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,037,144 15,099,363 -3,937,781
Air transport 13,187,473 11,044,192 -2,143,281
Other 564,919 506,886 -58,033
Road transport 116,182 37,435 -78,747

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 18,882,314
Southampton 16,735,702
London Gateway Port 14,143,888
London Heathrow Airport 13,158,278
Eurotunnel 6,862,911

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 10,721,203 8,161,111 -2,560,092
Southampton 7,553,230 9,182,472 +1,629,242
London Gateway Port 7,147,994 6,995,894 -152,100
London Heathrow Airport 7,639,178 5,519,100 -2,120,078
Eurotunnel 3,418,090 3,444,821 +26,731
Dover 4,206,160 2,554,818 -1,651,342
Harwich 3,033,231 2,766,506 -266,725
Immingham Docks 2,906,580 2,710,558 -196,022
Birmingham Airport 1,547,362 2,640,388 +1,093,026
East Midlands Airport 1,573,769 1,472,196 -101,573

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 64
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 40
Other manufacturing 33
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 23
Manufacture of other transport equipment 18

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 60
2025-11 75
2025-10 71
2025-09 74
2025-08 75

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 138
0-1m 75
15m-54m 23
54m+ 22
Other 13

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 £
Ireland 8,850,261
France 7,331,643
Netherlands 5,006,906
Sweden 3,832,562
Czechia 3,161,094

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 £
Ireland 4,661,766 4,188,495 -473,271
France 3,261,591 4,070,052 +808,461
Netherlands 2,912,609 2,094,297 -818,312
Sweden 2,675,186 1,157,376 -1,517,810
Czechia 1,332,262 1,828,832 +496,570
Germany 1,120,885 1,171,171 +50,286
Spain 1,135,807 1,148,490 +12,683
Italy 915,609 627,808 -287,801
Turkey 677,795 779,270 +101,475
South Korea 632,244 663,031 +30,787

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 396,075
Ireland 126,400
China 27,349
United States 26,107
Italy 14,195

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 114,966 281,109 +166,143
Ireland 41,724 84,676 +42,952
China 13,705 13,644 -61
United States 4,150 21,957 +17,807
Italy 11,323 2,872 -8,451
Sweden 407 12,752 +12,345
Germany 8,282 3,693 -4,589
Switzerland 5,415 3,841 -1,574
Norway 0 8,250 +8,250
Denmark 3,516 1,023 -2,493

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) 29,769,509
Air transport 13,465,915
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,149,452
Other 1,310,989
Road transport 166,115

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) 15,404,966 14,364,543 -1,040,423
Air transport 6,681,302 6,784,613 +103,311
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,056,883 1,092,569 -964,314
Other 826,084 484,905 -341,179
Road transport 166,115 0 -166,115

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 21,839,962
East Midlands Airport 7,280,955
London Heathrow Airport 3,342,156
Portsmouth 2,141,316
ZLC 2,064,951

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 11,573,644 10,266,318 -1,307,326
East Midlands Airport 3,751,926 3,529,029 -222,897
London Heathrow Airport 1,387,295 1,954,861 +567,566
Portsmouth 963,072 1,178,244 +215,172
ZLC 994,676 1,070,275 +75,599
Liverpool Docks 1,114,209 414,808 -699,401
Holyhead 552,556 899,173 +346,617
000 826,084 484,905 -341,179
Immingham Docks 662,775 579,383 -83,392
London Gateway Port 781,532 106,640 -674,892

Quick facts

HS code: 871420

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

Description: Spare parts and add-ons for wheelchairs, such as brakes, frames, and wheels