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 54,725,442
China 23,113,470
Netherlands 14,220,900
Italy 9,423,982
France 7,964,978

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 26,248,890 28,476,552 +2,227,662
China 13,156,250 9,957,220 -3,199,030
Netherlands 7,673,899 6,547,001 -1,126,898
Italy 4,732,142 4,691,840 -40,302
France 4,591,486 3,373,492 -1,217,994
United States 4,184,167 3,424,463 -759,704
Germany 4,084,045 2,994,800 -1,089,245
Japan 2,307,623 1,861,453 -446,170
Portugal 1,657,041 1,640,168 -16,873
Spain 932,341 1,120,742 +188,401

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 68,371,192
China 32,859,761
Japan 6,317,416
United States 5,971,234
Italy 5,778,228

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 33,690,373 34,680,819 +990,446
China 17,740,154 15,119,607 -2,620,547
Japan 3,494,569 2,822,847 -671,722
United States 3,146,473 2,824,761 -321,712
Italy 2,974,475 2,803,753 -170,722
Romania 2,842,527 2,270,047 -572,480
Germany 2,535,293 1,927,187 -608,106
Poland 1,098,808 1,169,923 +71,115
Spain 999,733 1,030,955 +31,222
Viet Nam 979,815 884,758 -95,057

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Surrey, East and West Sussex 63
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 62
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 57
Inner London - West 51
Inner London - East 42

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
Surrey, East and West Sussex 44 43 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 48 34 -14
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 44 33 -11
Inner London - West 37 30 -7
Inner London - East 28 29 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 31 25 -6
West Midlands 27 24 -3
West Yorkshire 28 24 -4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 30 20 -10
Greater Manchester 27 24 -3

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) 58,578,871
Air transport 39,417,568
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 31,314,924
Other 15,543,895
Road transport 107,440

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) 27,985,214 30,593,657 +2,608,443
Air transport 19,594,924 19,822,644 +227,720
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,667,179 13,647,745 -4,019,434
Other 9,631,262 5,912,633 -3,718,629
Road transport 27,534 79,906 +52,372

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 34,451,621
London Heathrow Airport 16,533,177
000 15,543,895
Southampton 11,597,242
Dover 11,360,936

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 18,372,891 16,078,730 -2,294,161
London Heathrow Airport 8,468,768 8,064,409 -404,359
000 9,631,262 5,912,633 -3,718,629
Southampton 5,724,742 5,872,500 +147,758
Dover 5,921,147 5,439,789 -481,358
East Midlands Airport 5,161,646 4,327,646 -834,000
London Gateway Port 2,135,031 4,072,817 +1,937,786
London Stansted Airport 3,138,109 2,729,707 -408,402
Birmingham Airport 1,356,668 3,371,281 +2,014,613
London 3,173,827 1,271,978 -1,901,849

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 284
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 176
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 156
Manufacture of other transport equipment 74
Other manufacturing 60

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 150
2025-10 177
2025-09 174
2025-08 166
2025-07 203

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 405
0-1m 347
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 40,037,084
Netherlands 7,602,542
United States 5,746,866
Slovakia 4,799,796
Germany 2,997,459

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 35,732,642 4,304,442 -31,428,200
Netherlands 3,886,206 3,716,336 -169,870
United States 2,920,966 2,825,900 -95,066
Slovakia 2,704,624 2,095,172 -609,452
Germany 1,974,211 1,023,248 -950,963
France 1,055,877 738,056 -317,821
New Zealand 1,098,171 374,115 -724,056
China 694,201 709,444 +15,243
Ireland 556,177 700,419 +144,242
Spain 538,352 291,103 -247,249

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 102,100
Taiwan 34,125
XU 20,041
Italy 17,979
Portugal 15,999

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 51,902 50,198 -1,704
Taiwan 15,069 19,056 +3,987
XU 7,592 12,449 +4,857
Italy 5,094 12,885 +7,791
Portugal 7,627 8,372 +745
Viet Nam 7,456 7,058 -398
Indonesia 5,389 7,860 +2,471
Germany 4,314 4,636 +322
XI 3,143 1,377 -1,766
Japan 828 1,887 +1,059

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 58,133,382
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,195,622
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,813,768
Other 240,365
Road transport 211,281

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 44,590,399 13,542,983 -31,047,416
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,672,263 6,523,359 -1,148,904
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,523,141 2,290,627 -2,232,514
Other 110,960 129,405 +18,445
Road transport 211,281 0 -211,281

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 42,993,654
East Midlands Airport 10,784,341
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,324,195
Immingham Docks 4,483,106
ZLC 2,809,601

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 37,369,333 5,624,321 -31,745,012
East Midlands Airport 4,664,802 6,119,539 +1,454,737
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,923,786 2,400,409 -1,523,377
Immingham Docks 2,386,847 2,096,259 -290,588
ZLC 1,725,194 1,084,407 -640,787
Dover 1,319,626 1,297,107 -22,519
Southampton 1,020,216 581,831 -438,385
London Gateway Port 516,243 1,007,447 +491,204
London Stansted Airport 886,333 502,431 -383,902
Hull 999,268 173,178 -826,090

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