Import/export HS code 870821: Safety seat belts

Seat belts designed for passenger safety in cars, trucks, and other vehicles

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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 £
Hungary 29,706,654
Netherlands 18,032,340
Poland 13,138,561
Romania 12,959,561
Germany 8,133,349

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 £
Hungary 17,644,275 12,062,379 -5,581,896
Netherlands 10,122,758 7,909,582 -2,213,176
Poland 6,919,379 6,219,182 -700,197
Romania 7,876,772 5,082,789 -2,793,983
Germany 3,802,847 4,330,502 +527,655
Czechia 2,972,699 2,356,942 -615,757
China 1,509,629 1,753,819 +244,190
Switzerland 6,744 2,205,702 +2,198,958
Italy 1,025,441 973,643 -51,798
France 1,421,432 436,207 -985,225

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 £
Hungary 31,177,914
Romania 23,615,509
Poland 15,463,737
Czechia 9,814,873
China 3,607,511

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 £
Hungary 17,164,718 14,013,196 -3,151,522
Romania 13,416,376 10,199,133 -3,217,243
Poland 8,253,915 7,209,822 -1,044,093
Czechia 5,483,770 4,331,103 -1,152,667
China 1,692,627 1,914,884 +222,257
Germany 1,141,434 1,642,482 +501,048
Turkey 1,070,784 1,212,624 +141,840
Estonia 1,092,266 642,703 -449,563
Italy 862,816 822,586 -40,230
United States 809,145 488,513 -320,632

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 26
West Midlands 26
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 17
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 16
Surrey, East and West Sussex 12

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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 21 23 +2
West Midlands 18 20 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 12 12 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 10 13 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 10 7 -3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 7 5 -2
Inner London - West 9 8 -1
West Yorkshire 7 6 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 6 7 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 6 8 +2

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) 69,173,049
Air transport 19,470,120
Other 8,189,867
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,044,969
Road transport 572,547

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) 38,245,159 30,927,890 -7,317,269
Air transport 10,198,911 9,271,209 -927,702
Other 4,817,792 3,372,075 -1,445,717
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,685,341 3,359,628 -325,713
Road transport 171,932 400,615 +228,683
Rail transport 125,857 68,345 -57,512

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 27,134,347
Harwich 20,714,366
Oxford Airport 16,249,949
Hull 10,080,781
000 8,189,867

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 £
Dover 14,365,735 12,768,612 -1,597,123
Harwich 12,849,948 7,864,418 -4,985,530
Oxford Airport 8,649,089 7,600,860 -1,048,229
Hull 5,198,742 4,882,039 -316,703
000 4,817,792 3,372,075 -1,445,717
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,101,329 2,465,432 -635,897
Eurotunnel 1,207,159 1,463,085 +255,926
Southampton 1,514,051 958,372 -555,679
Portsmouth 1,072,523 977,299 -95,224
Felixstowe 1,076,222 527,408 -548,814

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
81
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
45
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
28
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
14
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
13

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 72
2026-04 65
2026-03 67
2026-02 76
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+ 111
1m-15m 83
0-1m 23
15m-54m 23
Other 19

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 £
Germany 9,314,032
United States 5,298,913
Czechia 2,378,044
Belgium 1,893,952
Ireland 1,742,018

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 £
Germany 4,446,238 4,867,794 +421,556
United States 2,971,680 2,327,233 -644,447
Czechia 1,250,086 1,127,958 -122,128
Belgium 849,530 1,044,422 +194,892
Ireland 1,038,920 703,098 -335,822
Sweden 732,459 896,887 +164,428
Turkey 471,112 1,100,503 +629,391
Poland 684,680 704,330 +19,650
Italy 708,356 629,050 -79,306
France 672,804 654,012 -18,792

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 £
China 1,462,811
XI 38,940
Germany 3,607
Estonia 509
France 503

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 £
China 862,090 600,721 -261,369
XI 37,745 1,195 -36,550
Germany 2,435 1,172 -1,263
Estonia 0 509 +509
France 189 314 +125
Czechia 398 0 -398
Netherlands 300 0 -300
Romania 0 229 +229
Ireland 0 66 +66
Brazil 2 15 +13

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) 23,685,446
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,542,300
Air transport 5,444,846
Other 1,531,326
Road transport 7,573

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) 11,164,007 12,521,439 +1,357,432
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,175,681 2,366,619 -809,062
Air transport 2,913,840 2,531,006 -382,834
Other 918,928 612,398 -306,530
Road transport 0 7,573 +7,573

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,477,785
Dover 5,011,877
London Heathrow Airport 2,876,210
Liverpool Docks 2,579,064
000 1,531,326

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,999,164 9,478,621 +1,479,457
Dover 2,560,285 2,451,592 -108,693
London Heathrow Airport 1,456,749 1,419,461 -37,288
Liverpool Docks 1,443,628 1,135,436 -308,192
000 918,928 612,398 -306,530
Southampton 739,491 678,122 -61,369
London Gateway Port 885,444 356,867 -528,577
ZLC 501,747 498,774 -2,973
East Midlands Airport 454,220 443,577 -10,643
Immingham Docks 300,924 381,785 +80,861

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 870821

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

Description: Seat belts designed for passenger safety in cars, trucks, and other vehicles