Import/export HS code 87042191: New small trucks (under 5 tonnes)

Brand-new small trucks for carrying goods, weighing up to 5 tonnes

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 £
Turkey 3,521,648,239
Germany 1,853,548,174
Belgium 1,379,927,351
Spain 1,343,338,481
Italy 464,367,716

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 £
Turkey 1,999,821,756 1,521,826,483 -477,995,273
Germany 1,200,616,182 652,931,992 -547,684,190
Belgium 755,480,713 624,446,638 -131,034,075
Spain 665,258,558 678,079,923 +12,821,365
Italy 271,546,919 192,820,797 -78,726,122
France 161,880,227 287,677,859 +125,797,632
Poland 152,088,217 159,080,483 +6,992,266
Thailand 129,850,912 82,269,330 -47,581,582
Romania 87,245,389 56,530,045 -30,715,344
China 51,012,224 68,168,137 +17,155,913

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 £
Turkey 3,804,750,490
France 1,478,041,848
Poland 1,341,032,776
Germany 1,104,556,464
Spain 1,095,897,543

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 £
Turkey 2,013,718,166 1,791,032,324 -222,685,842
France 736,806,641 741,235,207 +4,428,566
Poland 734,124,221 606,908,555 -127,215,666
Germany 735,838,139 368,718,325 -367,119,814
Spain 679,264,107 416,633,436 -262,630,671
Italy 260,772,342 178,724,600 -82,047,742
Thailand 129,850,912 82,307,800 -47,543,112
Romania 89,222,087 57,129,448 -32,092,639
China 51,014,261 68,168,137 +17,153,876
South Africa 51,393,053 55,791,717 +4,398,664

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 8
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 6
Essex 6
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 6
East Central Scotland 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
West Midlands 7 7 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 6 6 +0
Essex 6 6 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 5 6 +1
East Central Scotland 4 3 -1
Inner London - West 3 2 -1
Kent 3 3 +0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 3 4 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 4 2 -2
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 2 1 -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) 8,939,597,246
Other 523,859,035
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 514,039,756
Air transport 1,712,984

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) 4,919,562,519 4,020,034,727 -899,527,792
Other 347,022,910 176,836,125 -170,186,785
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 301,203,476 212,836,280 -88,367,196
Air transport 748,444 964,540 +216,096

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London 2,430,338,105
Avonmouth Docks 1,888,740,676
Southampton 1,518,695,381
Immingham Docks 1,330,638,454
Grimsby 749,055,069

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 1,431,065,622 999,272,483 -431,793,139
Avonmouth Docks 1,054,486,613 834,254,063 -220,232,550
Southampton 892,896,046 625,799,335 -267,096,711
Immingham Docks 685,082,040 645,556,414 -39,525,626
Grimsby 381,480,953 367,574,116 -13,906,837
Medway 315,890,466 233,253,291 -82,637,175
000 347,022,910 176,836,125 -170,186,785
Liverpool Docks 213,986,869 227,112,032 +13,125,163
499 0 133,792,714 +133,792,714
Tyne 58,541,239 59,643,229 +1,101,990

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 62
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 10
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 8
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 6
Manufacture of other transport equipment 3

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 57
2025-11 57
2025-10 63
2025-09 59
2025-08 63

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+ 55
Other 17
1m-15m 15
15m-54m 11
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 £
France 218,913,902
Germany 153,694,735
Italy 90,368,662
Netherlands 63,830,485
Spain 59,077,212

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 211,516,363 7,397,539 -204,118,824
Germany 145,116,146 8,578,589 -136,537,557
Italy 86,779,159 3,589,503 -83,189,656
Netherlands 63,053,882 776,603 -62,277,279
Spain 54,402,914 4,674,298 -49,728,616
Ireland 37,704,717 18,282,993 -19,421,724
Belgium 39,460,075 4,313,896 -35,146,179
Turkey 31,169,537 4,038,159 -27,131,378
Poland 14,083,945 2,263,170 -11,820,775
Austria 15,167,701 891,674 -14,276,027

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 2,077,002
Belgium 704,961
Ireland 203,825
Turkey 175,288
Japan 171,449

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 761,772 1,315,230 +553,458
Belgium 241,531 463,430 +221,899
Ireland 163,780 40,045 -123,735
Turkey 0 175,288 +175,288
Japan 141,563 29,886 -111,677
Germany 54,785 95,959 +41,174
Switzerland 60,000 67,190 +7,190
Nicaragua 89,999 0 -89,999
Spain 0 69,484 +69,484
France 53,998 0 -53,998

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) 791,333,480
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 39,440,347
Other 5,159,430
Air transport 62,000

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) 752,525,416 38,808,064 -713,717,352
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,403,821 18,036,526 -3,367,295
Other 2,237,877 2,921,553 +683,676
Air transport 32,000 30,000 -2,000

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
ZLC 754,888,357
Holyhead 19,833,349
London 14,080,491
Milford 13,494,304
Liverpool Docks 10,212,040

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 £
ZLC 723,954,972 30,933,385 -693,021,587
Holyhead 6,403,780 13,429,569 +7,025,789
London 8,889,194 5,191,297 -3,697,897
Milford 12,945,557 548,747 -12,396,810
Liverpool Docks 9,415,196 796,844 -8,618,352
000 2,237,877 2,921,553 +683,676
Avonmouth Docks 4,098,723 272,540 -3,826,183
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,906,193 2,082,956 +176,763
Portsmouth 1,732,641 1,201,491 -531,150
Southampton 1,774,147 586,331 -1,187,816

Quick facts

HS code: 87042191

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

Description: Brand-new small trucks for carrying goods, weighing up to 5 tonnes