Import/export HS code 870423: Large trucks (over 20 tonnes)

Trucks for carrying goods with a total weight over 20 tonnes

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* 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 £
France 307,746,247
Germany 218,898,536
Netherlands 202,751,008
Belgium 197,007,112
Sweden 154,707,353

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 £
France 182,870,996 124,875,251 -57,995,745
Germany 110,473,272 108,425,264 -2,048,008
Netherlands 77,560,260 125,190,748 +47,630,488
Belgium 95,769,068 101,238,044 +5,468,976
Sweden 82,759,877 71,947,476 -10,812,401
Italy 16,658,137 21,865,763 +5,207,626
Finland 17,113,707 13,006,662 -4,107,045
Spain 11,477,787 11,813,862 +336,075
Ireland 9,402,197 6,774,373 -2,627,824
China 0 4,748,041 +4,748,041

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 £
Netherlands 288,487,439
France 242,400,932
Germany 227,154,480
Belgium 194,191,068
Sweden 114,279,055

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 £
Netherlands 143,845,107 144,642,332 +797,225
France 147,464,453 94,936,479 -52,527,974
Germany 111,636,536 115,517,944 +3,881,408
Belgium 91,835,758 102,355,310 +10,519,552
Sweden 43,960,257 70,318,798 +26,358,541
Italy 14,890,481 22,000,654 +7,110,173
Finland 17,113,707 13,722,632 -3,391,075
Spain 5,149,475 7,993,287 +2,843,812
United Kingdom 6,142,470 2,552,137 -3,590,333
China 0 4,748,041 +4,748,041

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
West Midlands 4
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 3
West Yorkshire 3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 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 4 3 -1
West Midlands 3 2 -1
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 1 2 +1
West Yorkshire 3 2 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 2 2 +0
Devon 0 2 +2
East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 1 2 +1
Essex 1 2 +1
Lancashire 2 1 -1
Northern Ireland 1 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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 921,478,716
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 248,785,559
Other 32,836,546
Air transport 7,818

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) 483,622,704 437,856,012 -45,766,692
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 106,199,077 142,586,482 +36,387,405
Other 16,121,053 16,715,493 +594,440
Air transport 6,029 1,789 -4,240

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 694,791,275
Dover 91,333,610
Portsmouth 86,966,642
Newhaven 85,988,990
Harwich 65,909,982

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 321,709,256 373,082,019 +51,372,763
Dover 41,925,522 49,408,088 +7,482,566
Portsmouth 53,894,817 33,071,825 -20,822,992
Newhaven 66,775,418 19,213,572 -47,561,846
Harwich 26,043,030 39,866,952 +13,823,922
London 35,741,287 28,101,683 -7,639,604
000 16,121,053 16,715,493 +594,440
Hull 18,943,677 7,375,982 -11,567,695
Killingholme 7,186,518 3,290,064 -3,896,454
Liverpool Docks 5,579,558 4,755,588 -823,970

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 16
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 5
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 3
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 2
Forestry and logging 2

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 13
2026-03 14
2026-02 13
2026-01 14
2025-12 17

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+ 19
1m-15m 12
15m-54m 8
Other 2
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 £
Ireland 26,744,421
New Zealand 13,890,956
Spain 11,391,867
Netherlands 8,248,562
Australia 8,187,651

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 £
Ireland 12,334,321 14,410,100 +2,075,779
New Zealand 13,890,956 0 -13,890,956
Spain 4,881,595 6,510,272 +1,628,677
Netherlands 3,611,997 4,636,565 +1,024,568
Australia 8,187,651 0 -8,187,651
France 3,910,959 2,486,631 -1,424,328
Poland 333,762 4,981,878 +4,648,116
Ukraine 2,428,250 1,327,376 -1,100,874
Guyana 1,726,189 1,188,509 -537,680
NA 1,036,761 1,389,255 +352,494

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 £
Sweden 4,325,888
XI 3,858,329
Ireland 516,268
Germany 339,293
Netherlands 267,462

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 £
Sweden 1,404,199 2,921,689 +1,517,490
XI 1,685,657 2,172,672 +487,015
Ireland 127,453 388,815 +261,362
Germany 171,197 168,096 -3,101
Netherlands 89,460 178,002 +88,542
France 78,737 7,853 -70,884
Italy 68,140 0 -68,140
Greece 52,114 0 -52,114
Spain 0 51,194 +51,194
Japan 11,622 25,156 +13,534

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) 59,315,625
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 36,610,972
Other 10,636,884
Air transport 15,053

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) 27,476,466 31,839,159 +4,362,693
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 28,878,784 7,732,188 -21,146,596
Other 4,076,155 6,560,729 +2,484,574
Air transport 1,261 13,792 +12,531

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 24,943,813
Immingham Docks 14,771,559
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,531,268
000 10,636,884
Liverpool Docks 9,143,687

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 21,194,527 3,749,286 -17,445,241
Immingham Docks 8,563,798 6,207,761 -2,356,037
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,447,942 9,083,326 +4,635,384
000 4,076,155 6,560,729 +2,484,574
Liverpool Docks 5,221,744 3,921,943 -1,299,801
Portsmouth 2,301,204 5,500,267 +3,199,063
Hull 2,366,626 2,943,191 +576,565
Avonmouth Docks 3,899,055 65,105 -3,833,950
Heysham 1,313,757 1,829,075 +515,318
Holyhead 1,523,965 1,535,066 +11,101

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 870423

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

Description: Trucks for carrying goods with a total weight over 20 tonnes