Import/export HS code 871499: Various motorcycle parts and accessories

Miscellaneous parts and accessories for motorcycles not listed elsewhere

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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 55,194,382
China 22,525,948
Netherlands 14,339,180
Italy 9,265,660
France 8,009,873

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 27,220,792 27,973,590 +752,798
China 12,921,326 9,604,622 -3,316,704
Netherlands 7,755,229 6,583,951 -1,171,278
Italy 4,543,187 4,722,473 +179,286
France 4,637,357 3,372,516 -1,264,841
United States 4,226,832 3,314,991 -911,841
Germany 4,044,460 3,070,809 -973,651
Japan 2,020,346 1,810,567 -209,779
Portugal 1,585,762 1,601,968 +16,206
Spain 890,860 1,138,395 +247,535

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 68,752,946
China 32,582,495
Japan 5,918,034
United States 5,803,149
Italy 5,686,239

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 34,646,875 34,106,071 -540,804
China 17,702,665 14,879,830 -2,822,835
Japan 3,154,099 2,763,935 -390,164
United States 3,157,962 2,645,187 -512,775
Italy 2,862,630 2,823,609 -39,021
Romania 2,847,277 2,247,961 -599,316
Germany 2,488,401 2,078,714 -409,687
Poland 1,054,401 1,200,492 +146,091
Spain 973,547 1,017,713 +44,166
Viet Nam 1,021,643 962,420 -59,223

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 62
Surrey, East and West Sussex 62
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 57
Inner London - West 52
Inner London - East 43

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 49 33 -16
Surrey, East and West Sussex 42 41 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 48 29 -19
Inner London - West 41 29 -12
Inner London - East 27 31 +4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 31 25 -6
West Midlands 27 23 -4
West Yorkshire 28 24 -4
Greater Manchester 27 24 -3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 29 20 -9

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) 58,887,120
Air transport 39,910,285
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 31,019,702
Other 14,605,906
Road transport 118,327

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) 28,157,882 30,729,238 +2,571,356
Air transport 20,309,117 19,601,168 -707,949
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,299,321 13,720,381 -3,578,940
Other 9,404,367 5,201,539 -4,202,828
Road transport 28,868 89,459 +60,591

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 34,479,507
London Heathrow Airport 16,687,260
000 14,605,906
Southampton 11,801,871
Dover 11,200,663

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 19,205,418 15,274,089 -3,931,329
London Heathrow Airport 8,812,766 7,874,494 -938,272
000 9,404,367 5,201,539 -4,202,828
Southampton 5,932,515 5,869,356 -63,159
Dover 5,891,981 5,308,682 -583,299
East Midlands Airport 5,203,236 4,379,730 -823,506
London Gateway Port 2,061,250 4,462,494 +2,401,244
London Stansted Airport 3,118,578 2,757,087 -361,491
Birmingham Airport 1,643,712 3,320,633 +1,676,921
Immingham Docks 2,154,986 1,683,930 -471,056

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 288
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 173
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 159
Manufacture of other transport equipment 73
Other manufacturing 58

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 143
2025-11 152
2025-10 178
2025-09 174
2025-08 166

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 407
0-1m 346
54m+ 144
15m-54m 69
Other 56

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 £
Australia 35,288,181
Netherlands 7,233,696
United States 5,599,819
Slovakia 4,790,622
Germany 2,767,505

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 £
Australia 31,936,043 3,352,138 -28,583,905
Netherlands 3,583,461 3,650,235 +66,774
United States 2,849,069 2,750,750 -98,319
Slovakia 2,710,525 2,080,097 -630,428
Germany 1,690,666 1,076,839 -613,827
France 1,044,457 840,626 -203,831
New Zealand 1,108,513 271,870 -836,643
China 672,577 687,346 +14,769
Ireland 544,453 707,270 +162,817
Spain 541,264 289,768 -251,496

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 101,781
Taiwan 34,221
Italy 17,958
Portugal 15,999
Viet Nam 14,153

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 52,753 49,028 -3,725
Taiwan 15,740 18,481 +2,741
Italy 5,656 12,302 +6,646
Portugal 7,814 8,185 +371
Viet Nam 7,473 6,680 -793
Indonesia 5,474 7,572 +2,098
Germany 4,447 4,073 -374
XI 2,000 1,347 -653
Japan 871 1,798 +927
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 889 1,344 +455

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 53,252,299
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,138,820
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,122,518
Other 237,619
Road transport 190,990

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 £
Air transport 40,873,110 12,379,189 -28,493,921
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,537,134 6,601,686 -935,448
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,869,443 2,253,075 -1,616,368
Other 113,744 123,875 +10,131
Road transport 190,990 0 -190,990

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 37,997,148
East Midlands Airport 10,935,038
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,969,858
Immingham Docks 4,625,468
ZLC 2,788,610

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 33,509,425 4,487,723 -29,021,702
East Midlands Airport 4,806,166 6,128,872 +1,322,706
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,415,268 2,554,590 -860,678
Immingham Docks 2,582,487 2,042,981 -539,506
ZLC 1,681,137 1,107,473 -573,664
Dover 1,406,610 1,261,557 -145,053
London Gateway Port 644,710 920,517 +275,807
Southampton 945,680 533,831 -411,849
London Stansted Airport 883,886 475,701 -408,185
Hull 909,006 174,083 -734,923

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 871499

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

Description: Miscellaneous parts and accessories for motorcycles not listed elsewhere