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 3,803,813,027
China 1,991,539,404
Spain 1,491,579,151
Japan 713,944,500
Sweden 707,628,640

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 1,995,606,651 1,808,206,376 -187,400,275
China 540,138,532 1,451,400,872 +911,262,340
Spain 929,140,284 562,438,867 -366,701,417
Japan 452,685,407 261,259,093 -191,426,314
Sweden 352,294,024 355,334,616 +3,040,592
Belgium 290,031,236 313,357,899 +23,326,663
Turkey 279,661,560 223,478,096 -56,183,464
United States 273,664,811 212,011,085 -61,653,726
Italy 182,676,858 158,270,269 -24,406,589
South Africa 155,239,406 134,739,340 -20,500,066

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 2,730,528,964
China 2,143,575,732
Spain 1,484,888,499
Slovakia 850,005,674
Japan 713,470,306

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 1,395,355,995 1,335,172,969 -60,183,026
China 593,907,124 1,549,668,608 +955,761,484
Spain 924,456,989 560,431,510 -364,025,479
Slovakia 512,227,937 337,777,737 -174,450,200
Japan 452,211,213 261,259,093 -190,952,120
Sweden 353,929,191 356,015,929 +2,086,738
United States 307,487,968 254,836,682 -52,651,286
Turkey 281,523,015 229,723,146 -51,799,869
South Africa 185,124,986 158,886,034 -26,238,952
Italy 182,506,337 158,250,440 -24,255,897

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 4 4 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 5 4 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 3 4 +1
Norfolk 3 3 +0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 3 4 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 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) 9,693,433,844
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,262,407,756
Other 901,452,929
Road transport 77,581,599
Air transport 686,672

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) 4,434,074,035 5,259,359,809 +825,285,774
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 652,666,806 609,740,950 -42,925,856
Other 901,452,929 0 -901,452,929
Road transport 823,920 76,757,679 +75,933,759
Air transport 314,074 372,598 +58,524

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Avonmouth Docks 2,401,183,386
Immingham Docks 2,080,520,765
Southampton 1,992,635,499
Grimsby 1,286,742,274
000 901,452,929

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 £
Avonmouth Docks 1,052,693,854 1,348,489,532 +295,795,678
Immingham Docks 1,119,434,378 961,086,387 -158,347,991
Southampton 844,252,413 1,148,383,086 +304,130,673
Grimsby 678,736,838 608,005,436 -70,731,402
000 901,452,929 0 -901,452,929
London 507,998,254 388,342,546 -119,655,708
Medway 416,631,246 414,791,418 -1,839,828
499 823,920 616,549,967 +615,726,047
Tyne 181,885,288 178,024,609 -3,860,679
Eurotunnel 139,510,038 98,915,916 -40,594,122

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
78
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
11
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
2026-05 60
2026-04 65
2026-03 65
2026-02 68
2026-01 66

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+ 56
Other 18
15m-54m 14
1m-15m 11

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 1,692,480,835
Germany 884,481,470
France 428,327,882
Belgium 379,134,456
Netherlands 338,105,384

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 1,043,454,447 649,026,388 -394,428,059
Germany 495,278,538 389,202,932 -106,075,606
France 314,309,473 114,018,409 -200,291,064
Belgium 249,827,361 129,307,095 -120,520,266
Netherlands 200,658,955 137,446,429 -63,212,526
China 92,099,722 184,017,492 +91,917,770
Spain 123,015,054 82,182,360 -40,832,694
Japan 138,433,209 55,552,740 -82,880,469
Italy 83,269,248 104,346,344 +21,077,096
Switzerland 92,712,745 93,626,833 +914,088

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 453,417
Germany 405,334
United States 126,448
Czechia 55,934
Slovakia 39,000

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 34,534 418,883 +384,349
Germany 147,008 258,326 +111,318
United States 0 126,448 +126,448
Czechia 27,126 28,808 +1,682
Slovakia 39,000 0 -39,000

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) 5,567,033,925
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 880,226,959
Air transport 108,128,032
Other 1,664,865

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) 3,339,064,179 2,227,969,746 -1,111,094,433
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 506,266,607 373,960,352 -132,306,255
Air transport 17,689,620 90,438,412 +72,748,792
Other 476,219 1,188,646 +712,427

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 1,760,171,727
Immingham Docks 1,543,471,597
Grimsby 851,206,298
Dover / Eurotunnel 756,235,656
Avonmouth Docks 531,308,580

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 1,117,160,701 643,011,026 -474,149,675
Immingham Docks 911,457,587 632,014,010 -279,443,577
Grimsby 390,218,301 460,987,997 +70,769,696
Dover / Eurotunnel 384,325,548 371,910,108 -12,415,440
Avonmouth Docks 320,506,161 210,802,419 -109,703,742
Dover 404,945,978 80,314,356 -324,631,622
London 114,834,313 88,040,643 -26,793,670
Liverpool Docks 105,468,722 51,518,785 -53,949,937
London Gateway Port 50,969,555 37,591,121 -13,378,434
London Heathrow Airport 12,456,997 64,901,330 +52,444,333

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