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.
  • 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 29,038,912
United States 19,882,983
Germany 8,996,719
Netherlands 7,390,357
Sweden 7,147,830

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 14,893,922 14,144,990 -748,932
United States 10,553,190 9,329,793 -1,223,397
Germany 4,476,756 4,519,963 +43,207
Netherlands 4,714,680 2,675,677 -2,039,003
Sweden 4,093,949 3,053,881 -1,040,068
Poland 3,325,700 3,149,577 -176,123
Taiwan 2,200,624 3,616,531 +1,415,907
Denmark 2,984,945 2,586,781 -398,164
France 2,498,201 2,493,105 -5,096
New Zealand 2,077,270 1,995,212 -82,058

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 35,475,385
United States 19,863,589
Germany 8,418,087
Sweden 7,252,091
Taiwan 6,242,973

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 18,497,661 16,977,724 -1,519,937
United States 11,004,667 8,858,922 -2,145,745
Germany 4,384,164 4,033,923 -350,241
Sweden 3,918,815 3,333,276 -585,539
Taiwan 2,266,557 3,976,416 +1,709,859
Poland 3,177,463 2,726,065 -451,398
Denmark 3,066,990 2,595,003 -471,987
New Zealand 2,070,721 1,984,717 -86,004
France 1,485,444 1,724,455 +239,011
Netherlands 1,508,825 1,214,004 -294,821

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
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 12
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 12
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 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 12 12 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 11 6 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 7 9 +2
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 8 9 +1
West Midlands 5 11 +6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 9 9 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 6 10 +4
South East Wales 10 6 -4
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 7 6 -1

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) 52,229,238
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 33,834,308
Air transport 24,173,371
Other 1,086,109
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) 25,307,164 26,922,074 +1,614,910
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,639,104 15,195,204 -3,443,900
Air transport 12,889,553 11,283,818 -1,605,735
Other 520,349 565,760 +45,411
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 19,131,556
Southampton 16,502,822
London Gateway Port 14,335,777
London Heathrow Airport 13,158,411
Dover 7,070,067

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 10,508,220 8,623,336 -1,884,884
Southampton 7,273,166 9,229,656 +1,956,490
London Gateway Port 7,050,087 7,285,690 +235,603
London Heathrow Airport 7,373,232 5,785,179 -1,588,053
Dover 4,339,686 2,730,381 -1,609,305
Eurotunnel 3,431,240 3,389,959 -41,281
Harwich 2,795,166 2,711,657 -83,509
Immingham Docks 2,775,794 2,593,114 -182,680
Birmingham Airport 1,530,442 2,588,127 +1,057,685
East Midlands Airport 1,557,369 1,449,585 -107,784

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 63
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 39
Other manufacturing 32
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 22
Manufacture of other transport equipment 19

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 74
2025-10 71
2025-09 74
2025-08 75
2025-07 79

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 132
0-1m 77
15m-54m 24
54m+ 23
Other 10

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 8,843,396
France 7,412,669
Netherlands 4,905,364
Sweden 3,893,628
Czechia 3,060,571

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 4,677,729 4,165,667 -512,062
France 3,173,011 4,239,658 +1,066,647
Netherlands 2,785,111 2,120,253 -664,858
Sweden 2,816,509 1,077,119 -1,739,390
Czechia 1,261,241 1,799,330 +538,089
Spain 1,139,095 1,187,467 +48,372
Germany 1,127,148 1,152,550 +25,402
Italy 971,931 622,422 -349,509
Turkey 663,804 706,778 +42,974
South Korea 653,127 541,496 -111,631

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 £
XU 664,577
XI 397,772
Ireland 126,400
China 36,523
United States 26,688

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 £
XU 602,988 61,589 -541,399
XI 116,178 281,594 +165,416
Ireland 41,724 84,676 +42,952
China 22,759 13,764 -8,995
United States 4,355 22,333 +17,978
Italy 12,951 2,872 -10,079
Sweden 0 13,159 +13,159
Germany 7,840 4,203 -3,637
Switzerland 4,922 4,334 -588
Norway 0 8,250 +8,250

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) 29,789,533
Air transport 13,051,408
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,223,656
Other 1,325,839
Road transport 204,330

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) 15,342,899 14,446,634 -896,265
Air transport 6,491,234 6,560,174 +68,940
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,962,219 1,261,437 -700,782
Other 825,663 500,176 -325,487
Road transport 204,330 0 -204,330

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 22,039,595
East Midlands Airport 7,243,852
London Heathrow Airport 3,095,231
Portsmouth 2,023,863
ZLC 1,957,565

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 11,560,034 10,479,561 -1,080,473
East Midlands Airport 3,705,122 3,538,730 -166,392
London Heathrow Airport 1,282,922 1,812,309 +529,387
Portsmouth 889,289 1,134,574 +245,285
ZLC 993,332 964,233 -29,099
Liverpool Docks 1,123,436 466,550 -656,886
Holyhead 524,893 860,468 +335,575
000 825,663 500,176 -325,487
Immingham Docks 680,431 524,437 -155,994
London Gateway Port 615,195 289,371 -325,824

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