Import/export HS code 830120: Vehicle locks

Locks specifically designed for cars, trucks, and other motor vehicles. Made of metal

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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 £
Czechia 75,579,632
Germany 27,997,243
China 22,138,755
Portugal 12,054,254
Morocco 9,927,214

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 £
Czechia 44,058,576 31,521,056 -12,537,520
Germany 15,855,352 12,141,891 -3,713,461
China 13,603,038 8,535,717 -5,067,321
Portugal 7,033,930 5,020,324 -2,013,606
Morocco 5,202,283 4,724,931 -477,352
Taiwan 4,551,262 4,398,912 -152,350
Thailand 3,032,808 2,375,037 -657,771
India 2,250,091 2,137,592 -112,499
Japan 2,370,633 1,446,602 -924,031
Netherlands 2,282,731 1,468,821 -813,910

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 £
Czechia 84,328,158
China 23,561,397
Germany 14,068,335
Portugal 12,488,785
Morocco 9,925,681

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 £
Czechia 49,021,484 35,306,674 -13,714,810
China 14,640,564 8,920,833 -5,719,731
Germany 8,008,257 6,060,078 -1,948,179
Portugal 7,334,904 5,153,881 -2,181,023
Morocco 5,202,283 4,723,398 -478,885
Taiwan 4,547,804 4,407,574 -140,230
India 3,917,447 3,321,275 -596,172
Thailand 3,082,554 2,368,418 -714,136
France 3,764,996 1,160,213 -2,604,783
Poland 2,194,839 1,992,267 -202,572

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 30
West Midlands 27
Essex 15
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 13
Outer London - West and North West 13

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 26 24 -2
West Midlands 20 19 -1
Essex 11 10 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 12 10 -2
Outer London - West and North West 10 7 -3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 8 9 +1
Greater Manchester 10 7 -3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 10 9 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 11 7 -4
Inner London - West 7 7 +0

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) 109,425,821
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 54,783,421
Air transport 12,360,343
Road transport 9,428,100
Other 6,442,929

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) 60,251,694 49,174,127 -11,077,567
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,236,564 23,546,857 -7,689,707
Air transport 5,862,836 6,497,507 +634,671
Road transport 9,215,607 212,493 -9,003,114
Other 4,154,816 2,288,113 -1,866,703
Rail transport 3,904,619 883,933 -3,020,686

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 47,674,437
Southampton 34,259,036
Harwich 31,195,638
499 10,679,236
Felixstowe 9,532,742

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 £
Dover 27,797,557 19,876,880 -7,920,677
Southampton 19,747,224 14,511,812 -5,235,412
Harwich 14,345,977 16,849,661 +2,503,684
499 8,816,958 1,862,278 -6,954,680
Felixstowe 6,200,526 3,332,216 -2,868,310
Oxford Airport 3,515,312 3,623,081 +107,769
Newhaven 3,509,048 3,611,557 +102,509
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,409,170 1,299,620 -4,109,550
000 4,154,816 2,288,113 -1,866,703
Immingham Docks 3,129,665 2,471,302 -658,363

Importer companies by SIC division

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

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 98
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 55
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 31
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 26
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 11

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 73
2025-11 73
2025-10 70
2025-09 78
2025-08 74

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
54m+ 97
1m-15m 94
15m-54m 41
0-1m 22
Other 20

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 £
France 14,370,849
Germany 3,644,426
Czechia 2,692,063
United States 1,897,964
Belgium 1,497,213

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 £
France 8,075,723 6,295,126 -1,780,597
Germany 2,013,769 1,630,657 -383,112
Czechia 1,591,724 1,100,339 -491,385
United States 1,032,404 865,560 -166,844
Belgium 862,074 635,139 -226,935
Italy 805,612 433,710 -371,902
Ireland 579,455 357,121 -222,334
China 565,188 340,951 -224,237
Netherlands 419,265 311,966 -107,299
Turkey 344,260 315,734 -28,526

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 47,229
Germany 17,460
Taiwan 14,486
France 7,142
Turkey 4,327

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 20,025 27,204 +7,179
Germany 11,366 6,094 -5,272
Taiwan 5,421 9,065 +3,644
France 6,015 1,127 -4,888
Turkey 4,072 255 -3,817
Czechia 1,133 2,381 +1,248
Portugal 725 612 -113
XI 305 183 -122
Poland 382 72 -310
Japan 0 296 +296

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) 25,136,256
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,859,459
Air transport 3,936,875
Other 102,639
Road transport 13,618

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) 14,201,368 10,934,888 -3,266,480
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,234,762 1,624,697 -1,610,065
Air transport 2,094,742 1,842,133 -252,609
Other 53,810 48,829 -4,981
Road transport 13,618 0 -13,618

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 19,981,865
Immingham Docks 1,921,055
Hull 1,590,875
London Heathrow Airport 1,420,720
Felixstowe 1,305,902

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 11,487,488 8,494,377 -2,993,111
Immingham Docks 1,047,287 873,768 -173,519
Hull 915,955 674,920 -241,035
London Heathrow Airport 702,944 717,776 +14,832
Felixstowe 886,018 419,884 -466,134
East Midlands Airport 732,945 509,336 -223,609
London Gateway Port 731,848 366,039 -365,809
ZLC 475,152 398,594 -76,558
Southampton 379,392 340,083 -39,309
Holyhead 403,871 210,940 -192,931

Quick facts

HS code: 830120

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

Description: Locks specifically designed for cars, trucks, and other motor vehicles. Made of metal