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 3,568,018,669
Germany 1,833,199,865
Belgium 1,515,204,934
Spain 1,511,969,369
France 677,120,726

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 1,779,300,338 1,788,718,331 +9,417,993
Germany 1,060,716,241 772,483,624 -288,232,617
Belgium 771,692,302 743,512,632 -28,179,670
Spain 677,855,339 834,114,030 +156,258,691
France 150,313,619 526,807,107 +376,493,488
Italy 252,016,199 248,760,145 -3,256,054
Poland 174,638,821 190,954,719 +16,315,898
Thailand 134,005,706 73,180,175 -60,825,531
China 29,022,192 120,613,161 +91,590,969
Romania 85,391,184 62,143,271 -23,247,913

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 3,974,966,951
France 1,788,884,061
Poland 1,468,892,628
Spain 1,149,602,449
Germany 1,084,448,553

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 1,837,270,564 2,137,696,387 +300,425,823
France 735,775,797 1,053,108,264 +317,332,467
Poland 787,404,523 681,488,105 -105,916,418
Spain 630,219,599 519,382,850 -110,836,749
Germany 614,638,575 469,809,978 -144,828,597
Italy 239,436,180 230,646,204 -8,789,976
Thailand 134,005,706 73,218,645 -60,787,061
China 29,023,336 120,604,424 +91,581,088
Romania 85,762,065 62,716,576 -23,045,489
South Africa 55,161,863 52,138,268 -3,023,595

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 9
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 6
Essex 6
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 6
Inner London - West 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 8 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 6 6 +0
Essex 6 6 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 6 5 -1
Inner London - West 4 1 -3
Kent 4 2 -2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 3 4 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 4 2 -2
East Central Scotland 3 2 -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) 9,683,164,436
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 537,985,365
Other 448,747,285
Air transport 1,471,338

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) 4,570,591,935 5,112,572,501 +541,980,566
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 271,775,333 266,210,032 -5,565,301
Other 367,426,172 81,321,113 -286,105,059
Air transport 1,171,999 299,339 -872,660

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London 2,460,163,136
Avonmouth Docks 2,084,856,444
Immingham Docks 1,520,261,596
Southampton 1,473,937,651
Grimsby 849,879,584

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 1,284,077,591 1,176,085,545 -107,992,046
Avonmouth Docks 1,084,552,669 1,000,303,775 -84,248,894
Immingham Docks 654,269,063 865,992,533 +211,723,470
Southampton 703,959,974 769,977,677 +66,017,703
Grimsby 370,657,541 479,222,043 +108,564,502
Medway 315,009,921 349,498,176 +34,488,255
Liverpool Docks 204,672,762 268,056,654 +63,383,892
000 367,426,172 81,321,113 -286,105,059
499 0 250,321,369 +250,321,369
Tyne 52,437,418 70,254,150 +17,816,732

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
63
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
11
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities
7
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
4
Rental and leasing activities
3

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 62
2026-04 63
2026-03 60
2026-02 62
2026-01 57

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+ 53
Other 17
1m-15m 16
15m-54m 12
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 168,310,253
Germany 133,773,585
Italy 73,759,545
Netherlands 55,877,721
Ireland 55,204,318

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 166,384,605 1,925,648 -164,458,957
Germany 129,915,050 3,858,535 -126,056,515
Italy 73,695,412 64,133 -73,631,279
Netherlands 55,701,814 175,907 -55,525,907
Ireland 34,378,757 20,825,561 -13,553,196
Spain 45,790,366 1,017,183 -44,773,183
Belgium 38,909,148 986,871 -37,922,277
Turkey 31,434,988 82,237 -31,352,751
Poland 12,870,182 1,431,976 -11,438,206
Austria 14,168,513 0 -14,168,513

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 2,655,929
Belgium 610,767
Turkey 241,776
Germany 219,044
Japan 202,357

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 1,053,786 1,602,143 +548,357
Belgium 258,429 352,338 +93,909
Turkey 175,288 66,488 -108,800
Germany 75,938 143,106 +67,168
Japan 141,563 60,794 -80,769
France 28,975 145,447 +116,472
Switzerland 80,900 92,045 +11,145
Italy 0 172,862 +172,862
Ireland 120,998 40,045 -80,953
Spain 0 105,726 +105,726

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) 655,528,143
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 41,834,669
Other 6,495,876
Air transport 44,296

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) 648,643,051 6,885,092 -641,757,959
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 20,126,828 21,707,841 +1,581,013
Other 2,818,119 3,677,757 +859,638
Air transport 14,296 30,000 +15,704

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
ZLC 620,834,623
Holyhead 22,926,726
London 15,031,984
Milford 13,494,304
Liverpool Docks 9,121,965

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 620,790,543 44,080 -620,746,463
Holyhead 8,341,096 14,585,630 +6,244,534
London 9,938,893 5,093,091 -4,845,802
Milford 13,481,267 13,037 -13,468,230
Liverpool Docks 7,249,423 1,872,542 -5,376,881
000 2,818,119 3,677,757 +859,638
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,317,049 3,121,788 +1,804,739
Portsmouth 1,893,030 1,339,406 -553,624
Avonmouth Docks 1,941,593 85,908 -1,855,685
Southampton 1,553,108 405,698 -1,147,410

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