Import/export HS code 87036010: New plug-in hybrid cars

Brand-new hybrid cars that can be charged externally

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • 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 3,621,558,525
Spain 1,665,421,486
China 1,103,021,962
Japan 755,803,314
Sweden 640,538,464

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 1,652,628,295 1,968,930,230 +316,301,935
Spain 1,060,381,990 605,039,496 -455,342,494
China 277,869,916 825,152,046 +547,282,130
Japan 387,390,955 368,412,359 -18,978,596
Sweden 344,673,350 295,865,114 -48,808,236
Belgium 294,666,824 213,265,001 -81,401,823
United States 273,355,247 223,939,627 -49,415,620
Turkey 232,743,064 205,704,361 -27,038,703
Italy 135,885,074 161,456,268 +25,571,194
South Africa 11,892,426 239,074,762 +227,182,336

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 2,490,786,976
Spain 1,659,939,964
China 1,247,553,129
Slovakia 927,342,959
Japan 755,372,514

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 1,084,197,051 1,406,589,925 +322,392,874
Spain 1,055,711,455 604,228,509 -451,482,946
China 276,559,888 970,993,241 +694,433,353
Slovakia 502,724,797 424,618,162 -78,106,635
Japan 387,243,163 368,129,351 -19,113,812
Sweden 353,941,636 295,922,552 -58,019,084
United States 300,565,759 261,082,962 -39,482,797
Turkey 232,974,823 210,221,837 -22,752,986
South Africa 40,258,955 264,896,034 +224,637,079
Romania 177,972,336 124,774,329 -53,198,007

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 10
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 9
West Midlands 7
Essex 5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 5

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 9 8 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 9 9 +0
West Midlands 6 7 +1
Essex 5 5 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 3 5 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 5 4 -1
Norfolk 2 4 +2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 3 4 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 2 3 +1
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 3 3 +0

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) 8,322,768,444
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,227,290,212
Other 1,169,725,418
Road transport 75,378,417
Air transport 830,597

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) 3,658,548,805 4,664,219,639 +1,005,670,834
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 673,449,040 553,841,172 -119,607,868
Other 767,081,268 402,644,150 -364,437,118
Road transport 416,919 74,961,498 +74,544,579
Air transport 345,211 485,386 +140,175

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 2,065,610,495
Avonmouth Docks 1,840,434,278
Southampton 1,606,690,388
Grimsby 1,254,751,806
000 1,169,725,418

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 £
Immingham Docks 1,102,555,031 963,055,464 -139,499,567
Avonmouth Docks 864,706,279 975,727,999 +111,021,720
Southampton 585,213,231 1,021,477,157 +436,263,926
Grimsby 611,444,111 643,307,695 +31,863,584
000 767,081,268 402,644,150 -364,437,118
London 442,734,067 436,190,084 -6,543,983
Medway 375,512,073 430,498,963 +54,986,890
499 264,000 378,780,160 +378,516,160
Tyne 146,434,578 190,767,247 +44,332,669
Eurotunnel 122,567,559 110,562,682 -12,004,877

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 77
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 10
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 9
Real estate activities 3
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 3

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 66
2025-11 67
2025-10 65
2025-09 58
2025-08 67

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+ 57
Other 19
15m-54m 11
1m-15m 9
0-1m 2

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 £
United States 1,543,376,715
Germany 773,055,927
France 532,226,945
Belgium 480,339,068
Netherlands 315,246,120

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 £
United States 835,795,688 707,581,027 -128,214,661
Germany 377,134,649 395,921,278 +18,786,629
France 454,732,382 77,494,563 -377,237,819
Belgium 264,130,211 216,208,857 -47,921,354
Netherlands 176,204,316 139,041,804 -37,162,512
Japan 123,019,927 75,804,971 -47,214,956
Spain 89,996,041 94,433,880 +4,437,839
China 32,847,833 147,826,332 +114,978,499
Italy 64,287,174 91,243,106 +26,955,932
Switzerland 81,566,764 72,372,324 -9,194,440

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 386,197
Germany 262,233
Slovakia 39,000
Czechia 27,126

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 327,259 58,938 -268,321
Germany 147,008 115,225 -31,783
Slovakia 0 39,000 +39,000
Czechia 0 27,126 +27,126

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) 5,364,284,115
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 738,532,638
Air transport 39,734,326
Other 1,316,696

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) 2,918,250,479 2,446,033,636 -472,216,843
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 353,053,381 385,479,257 +32,425,876
Air transport 26,582,655 13,151,671 -13,430,984
Other 990,438 326,258 -664,180

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 1,654,220,999
Immingham Docks 1,642,647,223
Grimsby 691,849,988
Dover / Eurotunnel 582,073,997
Dover 528,457,611

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 £
Southampton 969,978,647 684,242,352 -285,736,295
Immingham Docks 912,917,899 729,729,324 -183,188,575
Grimsby 190,293,414 501,556,574 +311,263,160
Dover / Eurotunnel 238,540,179 343,533,818 +104,993,639
Dover 435,292,947 93,164,664 -342,128,283
Avonmouth Docks 242,062,582 258,378,617 +16,316,035
London 72,475,262 98,608,637 +26,133,375
Liverpool Docks 118,692,618 50,659,108 -68,033,510
London Gateway Port 35,133,003 43,471,011 +8,338,008
London Heathrow Airport 20,498,620 10,645,460 -9,853,160

Quick facts

HS code: 87036010

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

Description: Brand-new hybrid cars that can be charged externally