Import/export HS code 87042291: New medium trucks (5 to 20 tonnes)

Brand-new medium trucks for carrying goods, weighing between 5 and 20 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 £
Germany 167,323,737
France 137,347,641
Poland 104,657,513
Spain 54,534,222
Italy 46,070,219

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 77,563,338 89,760,399 +12,197,061
France 75,867,250 61,480,391 -14,386,859
Poland 58,180,164 46,477,349 -11,702,815
Spain 30,444,007 24,090,215 -6,353,792
Italy 21,195,165 24,875,054 +3,679,889
Ireland 20,724,804 23,328,592 +2,603,788
Japan 24,883,055 17,404,459 -7,478,596
Netherlands 22,076,519 16,412,918 -5,663,601
Sweden 17,691,786 14,844,756 -2,847,030
United States 3,983,957 1,768,712 -2,215,245

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 151,265,237
France 116,761,226
Poland 108,603,361
Netherlands 57,208,868
Italy 48,406,548

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 71,989,356 79,275,881 +7,286,525
France 63,966,561 52,794,665 -11,171,896
Poland 60,095,509 48,507,852 -11,587,657
Netherlands 35,599,362 21,609,506 -13,989,856
Italy 23,180,007 25,226,541 +2,046,534
Japan 25,853,373 17,658,359 -8,195,014
Spain 23,759,130 18,325,639 -5,433,491
Sweden 8,553,447 10,831,977 +2,278,530
United Kingdom 5,254,466 3,784,228 -1,470,238
United States 3,983,957 1,768,712 -2,215,245

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 5
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 3
West Yorkshire 3
Essex 2
Greater Manchester 2

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
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 5 4 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 3 3 +0
West Yorkshire 3 1 -2
Essex 2 1 -1
Greater Manchester 2 1 -1
Northern Ireland 2 2 +0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 1 2 +1
South East Wales 1 1 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 2 2 +0
West Central Scotland 2 2 +0

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 415,710,964
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 196,408,417
Other 72,215,744
Air transport 29,905

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 219,722,875 195,988,089 -23,734,786
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 107,176,655 89,231,762 -17,944,893
Other 31,679,480 40,536,264 +8,856,784
Air transport 29,905 0 -29,905

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 228,677,338
Portsmouth 104,943,984
000 72,215,744
Avonmouth Docks 62,200,576
Dover / Eurotunnel 44,904,806

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 114,147,364 114,529,974 +382,610
Portsmouth 52,284,651 52,659,333 +374,682
000 31,679,480 40,536,264 +8,856,784
Avonmouth Docks 36,212,107 25,988,469 -10,223,638
Dover / Eurotunnel 25,758,353 19,146,453 -6,611,900
Dover 13,420,299 17,441,319 +4,021,020
London 20,912,251 9,790,681 -11,121,570
Harwich 10,020,046 13,619,080 +3,599,034
Hull 13,575,234 9,809,778 -3,765,456
Liverpool Docks 13,248,856 9,660,482 -3,588,374

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
12
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
6
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
5
Land transport and transport via pipelines
3
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities
2

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 15
2026-04 16
2026-03 14
2026-02 12
2026-01 10

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+ 17
1m-15m 11
15m-54m 8
Other 3

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 £
Netherlands 287,055,988
Israel 101,704,720
Ireland 43,747,835
Spain 12,647,215
Lithuania 11,980,716

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 £
Netherlands 144,746,093 142,309,895 -2,436,198
Israel 45,529,065 56,175,655 +10,646,590
Ireland 24,245,204 19,502,631 -4,742,573
Spain 7,388,081 5,259,134 -2,128,947
Lithuania 8,600,042 3,380,674 -5,219,368
Mexico 3,881,486 5,573,139 +1,691,653
Greece 1,780,847 4,183,086 +2,402,239
Colombia 0 5,670,916 +5,670,916
Italy 37,337 4,265,548 +4,228,211
Poland 3,030,936 849,000 -2,181,936

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 £
Netherlands 10,339,864
Ireland 114,802
Germany 5,369

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 £
Netherlands 5,022,537 5,317,327 +294,790
Ireland 412 114,390 +113,978
Germany 0 5,369 +5,369

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 362,011,445
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 128,530,676
Other 10,725,439
Air transport 9,376

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 188,541,021 173,470,424 -15,070,597
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 54,500,980 74,029,696 +19,528,716
Other 5,027,680 5,697,759 +670,079
Air transport 3,128 6,248 +3,120

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Hull 175,752,282
Southampton 126,055,095
Immingham Docks 120,440,984
London 12,409,585
Liverpool Docks 11,208,355

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 £
Hull 94,042,226 81,710,056 -12,332,170
Southampton 52,751,814 73,303,281 +20,551,467
Immingham Docks 56,916,213 63,524,771 +6,608,558
London 8,853,126 3,556,459 -5,296,667
Liverpool Docks 6,755,527 4,452,828 -2,302,699
Holyhead 8,016,543 3,130,537 -4,886,006
000 5,027,680 5,697,759 +670,079
Heysham 3,599,938 6,430,576 +2,830,638
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,498,652 5,390,244 +1,891,592
Portsmouth 4,910,959 3,111,595 -1,799,364

Quick facts

HS code: 87042291

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

Description: Brand-new medium trucks for carrying goods, weighing between 5 and 20 tonnes