Import/export HS code 87033219: Various cars with engines between 1,500 cc and 2,500 cc (diesel)

Cars (excluding motorhomes) with diesel engines between 1,500 cc and 2,500 cc

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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 £
Germany 1,740,317,851
Turkey 754,470,493
South Africa 512,806,771
Belgium 243,683,228
Spain 202,254,579

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 942,287,722 798,030,129 -144,257,593
Turkey 412,264,858 342,205,635 -70,059,223
South Africa 338,104,135 174,702,636 -163,401,499
Belgium 150,592,291 93,090,937 -57,501,354
Spain 76,576,292 125,678,287 +49,101,995
Poland 61,568,349 49,299,507 -12,268,842
South Korea 57,051,484 53,226,258 -3,825,226
United States 37,599,350 10,303,388 -27,295,962
France 4,128,853 37,989,929 +33,861,076
Portugal 27,070,877 9,278,866 -17,792,011

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 971,801,690
Turkey 787,223,409
South Africa 534,737,618
Czechia 282,194,240
Poland 249,748,055

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 472,157,381 499,644,309 +27,486,928
Turkey 419,985,501 367,237,908 -52,747,593
South Africa 344,144,214 190,593,404 -153,550,810
Czechia 195,136,944 87,057,296 -108,079,648
Poland 116,394,854 133,353,201 +16,958,347
France 129,469,359 106,135,465 -23,333,894
Mexico 131,014,617 85,900,158 -45,114,459
Spain 71,893,112 103,403,099 +31,509,987
South Korea 61,351,507 53,650,918 -7,700,589
Hungary 57,048,607 25,229,504 -31,819,103

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Essex 6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 5
West Midlands 5
Shropshire and Staffordshire 4

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
Essex 5 6 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 5 5 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 5 3 -2
West Midlands 4 5 +1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 3 4 +1
South East Wales 4 3 -1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 3 3 +0
Devon 2 3 +1
Eastern Scotland 2 1 -1
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 3 2 -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) 3,759,928,754
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 88,663,644
Other 16,908,405
Air transport 903,920

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) 2,097,041,255 1,662,887,499 -434,153,756
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 38,441,127 50,222,517 +11,781,390
Other 15,714,550 1,193,855 -14,520,695
Air transport 580,143 323,777 -256,366

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London 880,184,356
Southampton 795,628,273
Medway 509,304,471
Grimsby 482,849,036
Avonmouth Docks 389,981,843

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 £
London 456,562,860 423,621,496 -32,941,364
Southampton 509,849,172 285,779,101 -224,070,071
Medway 304,620,066 204,684,405 -99,935,661
Grimsby 267,258,146 215,590,890 -51,667,256
Avonmouth Docks 210,284,163 179,697,680 -30,586,483
Immingham Docks 184,947,448 197,468,908 +12,521,460
Tyne 129,780,921 113,882,055 -15,898,866
Liverpool Docks 36,061,921 21,815,001 -14,246,920
Dover 24,872,208 29,907,513 +5,035,305
000 15,714,550 1,193,855 -14,520,695

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
67
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
10
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities
6
Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding
2
Manufacture of other transport equipment
2

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 50
2026-04 50
2026-03 54
2026-02 51
2026-01 49

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+ 47
15m-54m 15
Other 13
1m-15m 9
0-1m 1

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 £
Germany 41,797,923
France 41,547,577
United States 24,613,664
Italy 24,199,954
Poland 9,985,152

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 £
Germany 9,997,673 31,800,250 +21,802,577
France 26,068,544 15,479,033 -10,589,511
United States 9,606,619 15,007,045 +5,400,426
Italy 1,485,001 22,714,953 +21,229,952
Poland 5,167,267 4,817,885 -349,382
Belgium 3,459,862 3,497,609 +37,747
Netherlands 5,981,032 27,944 -5,953,088
Japan 0 5,331,315 +5,331,315
Ireland 2,439,994 2,383,752 -56,242
Morocco 126,646 4,149,288 +4,022,642

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 3,362,995
Germany 81,693
Nicaragua 69,000
Switzerland 60,249
South Korea 31,755

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 1,481,566 1,881,429 +399,863
Germany 0 81,693 +81,693
Nicaragua 69,000 0 -69,000
Switzerland 0 60,249 +60,249
South Korea 0 31,755 +31,755
Spain 0 24,551 +24,551
Czechia 0 23,336 +23,336

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 158,035,329
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 28,530,661
Other 3,736,562
Air transport 30,000

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 54,390,030 103,645,299 +49,255,269
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,042,390 14,488,271 +445,881
Other 1,579,216 2,157,346 +578,130
Air transport 0 30,000 +30,000

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 43,627,895
Avonmouth Docks 33,521,843
ZLC 30,640,341
London 24,582,385
Liverpool Docks 23,281,891

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 £
Immingham Docks 2,195,867 41,432,028 +39,236,161
Avonmouth Docks 573,489 32,948,354 +32,374,865
ZLC 30,610,191 30,150 -30,580,041
London 10,287,401 14,294,984 +4,007,583
Liverpool Docks 10,250,248 13,031,643 +2,781,395
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,167,183 10,130,743 +963,560
Southampton 1,312,703 3,994,961 +2,682,258
000 1,579,216 2,157,346 +578,130
Hull 694,661 1,446,002 +751,341
London Gateway Port 1,171,527 615,042 -556,485

Quick facts

HS code: 87033219

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

Description: Cars (excluding motorhomes) with diesel engines between 1,500 cc and 2,500 cc