Import/export HS code 870822: Car windows and windshields

Front windshields, rear windows, and other glass parts for 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 £
Germany 57,618,493
Czechia 46,396,850
China 42,983,042
Poland 28,060,789
Belgium 11,851,209

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 33,032,584 24,585,909 -8,446,675
Czechia 25,284,762 21,112,088 -4,172,674
China 21,112,169 21,870,873 +758,704
Poland 15,974,812 12,085,977 -3,888,835
Belgium 5,012,393 6,838,816 +1,826,423
South Africa 4,417,588 2,989,229 -1,428,359
Turkey 2,364,193 3,606,532 +1,242,339
Italy 2,804,691 1,566,611 -1,238,080
South Korea 1,236,451 1,747,797 +511,346
Sweden 1,194,025 1,021,931 -172,094

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 £
China 79,238,142
Czechia 51,158,596
Poland 35,137,858
Germany 11,503,679
South Africa 7,747,027

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 £
China 42,025,001 37,213,141 -4,811,860
Czechia 27,654,041 23,504,555 -4,149,486
Poland 19,042,587 16,095,271 -2,947,316
Germany 6,273,514 5,230,165 -1,043,349
South Africa 4,696,292 3,050,735 -1,645,557
Turkey 2,541,389 3,389,094 +847,705
United States 2,286,994 2,248,806 -38,188
Italy 2,316,132 1,560,900 -755,232
Spain 1,573,493 1,640,343 +66,850
South Korea 1,253,168 1,835,839 +582,671

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 19
West Midlands 17
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 11
Shropshire and Staffordshire 10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 10

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 14 15 +1
West Midlands 15 14 -1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 6 10 +4
Shropshire and Staffordshire 4 9 +5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 4 10 +6
Essex 5 7 +2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 7 6 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 4 6 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 5 4 -1
Lancashire 5 4 -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) 116,230,473
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 59,135,407
Rail transport 39,804,687
Air transport 5,742,515
Road transport 507,781

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) 56,765,196 59,465,277 +2,700,081
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,598,283 31,537,124 +3,938,841
Rail transport 29,129,919 10,674,768 -18,455,151
Air transport 4,046,058 1,696,457 -2,349,601
Road transport 346,949 160,832 -186,117
Other 128,223 101,385 -26,838

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 63,450,595
NGO 39,804,687
Felixstowe 29,014,987
Harwich 16,141,207
Southampton 14,311,712

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 27,696,074 35,754,521 +8,058,447
NGO 29,129,919 10,674,768 -18,455,151
Felixstowe 11,718,374 17,296,613 +5,578,239
Harwich 8,638,765 7,502,442 -1,136,323
Southampton 6,696,861 7,614,851 +917,990
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,798,840 5,619,010 -1,179,830
London Gateway Port 6,144,003 4,381,273 -1,762,730
Eurotunnel 4,827,401 3,569,373 -1,258,028
Immingham Docks 4,694,778 2,505,287 -2,189,491
London 3,334,266 2,882,948 -451,318

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
100
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
29
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
18
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
13
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities
10

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 46
2026-04 55
2026-03 60
2026-02 47
2026-01 47

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+ 85
1m-15m 60
15m-54m 29
Other 14
0-1m 11

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 £
United States 38,784,335
France 14,645,476
Germany 7,807,886
Italy 5,496,180
Turkey 4,071,048

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 £
United States 23,073,594 15,710,741 -7,362,853
France 7,983,139 6,662,337 -1,320,802
Germany 3,342,938 4,464,948 +1,122,010
Italy 2,787,178 2,709,002 -78,176
Turkey 687,187 3,383,861 +2,696,674
Canada 2,158,165 1,854,496 -303,669
China 2,000,229 1,977,353 -22,876
Australia 1,237,000 1,178,199 -58,801
India 1,256,492 982,273 -274,219
South Africa 1,342,058 821,247 -520,811

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 27,747
Germany 2,921
China 2,456
Ireland 2,353
United States 1,046

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 9,605 18,142 +8,537
Germany 773 2,148 +1,375
China 2,040 416 -1,624
Ireland 942 1,411 +469
United States 0 1,046 +1,046

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) 48,594,219
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,075,923
Air transport 25,128,149
Other 47,169
Road transport 2,144

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) 27,575,624 21,018,595 -6,557,029
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,997,695 18,078,228 +2,080,533
Air transport 13,017,579 12,110,570 -907,009
Other 16,682 30,487 +13,805
Road transport 2,144 0 -2,144

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 28,808,678
Southampton 25,654,923
London Heathrow Airport 14,891,424
London Gateway Port 10,096,276
ZLC 4,625,614

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 11,544,929 17,263,749 +5,718,820
Southampton 14,384,183 11,270,740 -3,113,443
London Heathrow Airport 8,272,153 6,619,271 -1,652,882
London Gateway Port 5,819,701 4,276,575 -1,543,126
ZLC 1,727,866 2,897,748 +1,169,882
Felixstowe 3,744,370 717,443 -3,026,927
Liverpool Docks 2,209,343 1,889,638 -319,705
Dover 3,621,188 166,274 -3,454,914
London 1,271,488 2,480,614 +1,209,126
East Midlands Airport 1,743,446 1,406,313 -337,133

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 870822

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

Description: Front windshields, rear windows, and other glass parts for vehicles