Import/export HS code 87169090: Various trailer parts

Miscellaneous components for trailers and non-motorized vehicles

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  • 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 £
Germany 139,021,574
China 96,314,283
South Korea 50,532,666
India 43,482,285
Netherlands 33,432,566

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 £
Germany 70,388,492 68,633,082 -1,755,410
China 52,848,575 43,465,708 -9,382,867
South Korea 31,250,866 19,281,800 -11,969,066
India 23,926,935 19,555,350 -4,371,585
Netherlands 17,626,025 15,806,541 -1,819,484
France 8,703,672 6,626,821 -2,076,851
Italy 8,154,101 7,050,897 -1,103,204
Ireland 7,348,052 6,390,732 -957,320
United States 4,812,668 5,145,375 +332,707
Hungary 2,132,377 5,569,846 +3,437,469

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 £
Germany 113,069,378
China 108,086,850
South Korea 50,762,110
India 44,253,712
Italy 19,340,458

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 £
Germany 56,388,109 56,681,269 +293,160
China 58,306,929 49,779,921 -8,527,008
South Korea 31,358,377 19,403,733 -11,954,644
India 24,393,788 19,859,924 -4,533,864
Italy 10,387,352 8,953,106 -1,434,246
Netherlands 9,829,981 8,016,249 -1,813,732
Hungary 9,133,012 7,128,771 -2,004,241
Turkey 6,558,490 4,784,558 -1,773,932
Poland 4,713,705 6,428,026 +1,714,321
United States 4,138,917 4,655,983 +517,066

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 69
West Midlands 67
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 62
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 54
Greater Manchester 48

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
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 49 51 +2
West Midlands 50 47 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 46 40 -6
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 41 40 -1
Greater Manchester 40 32 -8
Shropshire and Staffordshire 38 34 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 32 30 -2
West Yorkshire 31 36 +5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 29 22 -7
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 26 28 +2

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 226,243,173
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 221,632,727
Other 19,795,947
Air transport 16,649,825
Road transport 1,346,271

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 111,184,578 115,058,595 +3,874,017
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 127,334,570 94,298,157 -33,036,413
Other 10,055,111 9,740,836 -314,275
Air transport 8,387,407 8,262,418 -124,989
Road transport 489,078 857,193 +368,115

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 124,046,812
Dover 98,194,383
Southampton 94,928,218
Immingham Docks 30,390,421
London Gateway Port 23,411,909

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 72,108,961 51,937,851 -20,171,110
Dover 50,604,604 47,589,779 -3,014,825
Southampton 55,616,065 39,312,153 -16,303,912
Immingham Docks 15,445,471 14,944,950 -500,521
London Gateway Port 7,671,115 15,740,794 +8,069,679
000 10,055,111 9,740,836 -314,275
Eurotunnel 9,443,195 8,194,380 -1,248,815
Harwich 3,997,681 9,184,861 +5,187,180
London 3,597,281 3,953,077 +355,796
Belfast Port 3,918,671 3,566,721 -351,950

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 259
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 171
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 108
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 97
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 74

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 243
2025-10 262
2025-09 242
2025-08 248
2025-07 284

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 506
54m+ 295
15m-54m 163
0-1m 131
Other 65

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 32,041,698
Germany 12,884,598
Netherlands 12,741,426
United States 12,676,031
France 10,123,646

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 17,242,323 14,799,375 -2,442,948
Germany 7,080,948 5,803,650 -1,277,298
Netherlands 6,781,739 5,959,687 -822,052
United States 3,570,322 9,105,709 +5,535,387
France 5,812,712 4,310,934 -1,501,778
Spain 4,347,983 3,988,169 -359,814
Australia 3,661,356 2,231,771 -1,429,585
Italy 2,419,131 1,934,119 -485,012
Poland 1,575,065 2,426,870 +851,805
New Zealand 2,102,858 1,501,911 -600,947

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 10,429,604
XU 4,973,054
Ireland 1,209,661
Germany 703,397
China 689,920

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 5,764,108 4,665,496 -1,098,612
XU 2,388,740 2,584,314 +195,574
Ireland 714,277 495,384 -218,893
Germany 506,552 196,845 -309,707
China 199,200 490,720 +291,520
Nicaragua 123,680 286,593 +162,913
France 135,961 113,570 -22,391
Switzerland 111,775 136,859 +25,084
Italy 79,446 95,978 +16,532
Luxembourg 48,686 73,096 +24,410

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) 69,547,823
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 38,191,174
Other 19,464,847
Air transport 12,952,291
Road transport 186,727

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) 35,933,538 33,614,285 -2,319,253
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,990,551 17,200,623 -3,789,928
Other 10,240,474 9,224,373 -1,016,101
Air transport 6,925,845 6,026,446 -899,399
Road transport 98,740 87,987 -10,753
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 4,061 0 -4,061

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 31,463,666
000 19,464,847
Southampton 10,464,401
Holyhead 10,355,907
London Gateway Port 8,552,591

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 17,104,670 14,358,996 -2,745,674
000 10,240,474 9,224,373 -1,016,101
Southampton 1,925,377 8,539,024 +6,613,647
Holyhead 5,470,844 4,885,063 -585,781
London Gateway Port 5,158,048 3,394,543 -1,763,505
Harwich 4,331,372 3,960,635 -370,737
London Heathrow Airport 3,676,928 4,080,509 +403,581
Immingham Docks 3,992,882 3,515,344 -477,538
Felixstowe 3,959,467 2,163,086 -1,796,381
Liverpool Docks 3,532,661 2,078,058 -1,454,603

Quick facts

HS code: 87169090

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

Description: Miscellaneous components for trailers and non-motorized vehicles