Import/export HS code 870829: Various vehicle parts

Miscellaneous parts and accessories for motor vehicles not listed elsewhere

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 664,177,205
Netherlands 304,786,663
France 291,235,246
China 223,851,126
Italy 195,633,072

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 401,631,566 262,545,639 -139,085,927
Netherlands 171,594,166 133,192,497 -38,401,669
France 202,633,038 88,602,208 -114,030,830
China 139,214,984 84,636,142 -54,578,842
Italy 102,208,588 93,424,484 -8,784,104
Belgium 96,149,063 72,884,854 -23,264,209
Poland 68,310,786 63,671,349 -4,639,437
Turkey 75,954,236 55,656,771 -20,297,465
Czechia 64,606,015 49,258,848 -15,347,167
Spain 54,249,749 46,642,070 -7,607,679

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 502,454,913
Poland 296,404,049
France 255,045,579
China 240,742,640
Italy 224,589,187

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 298,551,383 203,903,530 -94,647,853
Poland 168,539,523 127,864,526 -40,674,997
France 181,974,993 73,070,586 -108,904,407
China 149,069,558 91,673,082 -57,396,476
Italy 117,999,152 106,590,035 -11,409,117
Netherlands 98,190,083 76,584,682 -21,605,401
Czechia 90,775,988 66,747,200 -24,028,788
Spain 76,842,658 64,024,952 -12,817,706
Turkey 80,948,914 59,472,819 -21,476,095
Slovakia 51,111,433 33,492,372 -17,619,061

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 107
West Midlands 96
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 90
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 88
Shropshire and Staffordshire 61

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 83 80 -3
West Midlands 75 71 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 69 60 -9
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 73 60 -13
Shropshire and Staffordshire 51 47 -4
Inner London - West 47 35 -12
Surrey, East and West Sussex 44 38 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 42 41 -1
West Yorkshire 40 31 -9
Greater Manchester 41 33 -8

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) 1,697,402,260
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 479,552,391
Air transport 261,069,724
Other 232,608,382
Rail transport 63,289,670

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) 1,020,481,711 676,920,549 -343,561,162
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 241,372,742 238,179,649 -3,193,093
Air transport 139,722,292 121,347,432 -18,374,860
Other 177,090,121 55,518,261 -121,571,860
Rail transport 44,198,695 19,090,975 -25,107,720
Road transport 13,541,046 19,506,370 +5,965,324

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 595,927,649
Dover / Eurotunnel 267,060,565
Felixstowe 262,747,005
Eurotunnel 244,937,669
000 232,608,382

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 356,854,436 239,073,213 -117,781,223
Dover / Eurotunnel 193,294,826 73,765,739 -119,529,087
Felixstowe 162,241,767 100,505,238 -61,736,529
Eurotunnel 151,457,811 93,479,858 -57,977,953
000 177,090,121 55,518,261 -121,571,860
Oxford Airport 89,163,859 83,016,522 -6,147,337
Hull 82,444,874 51,461,211 -30,983,663
Harwich 69,618,044 50,958,988 -18,659,056
London 44,317,696 66,204,145 +21,886,449
Portsmouth 41,005,301 43,897,791 +2,892,490

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 546
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 183
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 171
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 114
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 59

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 368
2025-11 406
2025-10 451
2025-09 419
2025-08 403

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
1m-15m 632
54m+ 393
0-1m 254
15m-54m 172
Other 93

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 157,900,114
Slovakia 115,094,921
Germany 97,491,255
France 96,621,044
Netherlands 58,261,801

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 103,417,462 54,482,652 -48,934,810
Slovakia 72,047,463 43,047,458 -29,000,005
Germany 56,294,267 41,196,988 -15,097,279
France 55,812,945 40,808,099 -15,004,846
Netherlands 33,918,481 24,343,320 -9,575,161
India 33,633,448 20,142,053 -13,491,395
China 24,149,642 16,140,226 -8,009,416
Ireland 14,433,307 13,295,421 -1,137,886
Belgium 16,191,740 10,176,423 -6,015,317
United Arab Emirates 14,715,108 9,428,058 -5,287,050

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 £
Spain 1,215,091
XI 1,160,482
Ireland 270,457
China 79,731
Italy 70,613

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 £
Spain 1,214,815 276 -1,214,539
XI 108,209 1,052,273 +944,064
Ireland 141,566 128,891 -12,675
China 54,610 25,121 -29,489
Italy 35,415 35,198 -217
Turkey 22,450 26,353 +3,903
Japan 45,994 0 -45,994
France 17,047 19,402 +2,355
Sweden 29,293 4,806 -24,487
Germany 19,717 10,576 -9,141

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) 470,625,567
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 297,551,300
Air transport 169,815,242
Other 3,386,301
Road transport 76,790

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) 276,131,587 194,493,980 -81,637,607
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 184,963,519 112,587,781 -72,375,738
Air transport 107,197,669 62,617,573 -44,580,096
Other 1,911,685 1,474,616 -437,069
Road transport 71,948 4,842 -67,106

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 285,183,618
London Gateway Port 100,885,899
Southampton 95,599,070
London Heathrow Airport 91,160,076
London 58,742,974

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 168,814,742 116,368,876 -52,445,866
London Gateway Port 62,075,344 38,810,555 -23,264,789
Southampton 54,398,502 41,200,568 -13,197,934
London Heathrow Airport 57,308,416 33,851,660 -23,456,756
London 29,222,002 29,520,972 +298,970
Immingham Docks 37,026,994 20,807,855 -16,219,139
Felixstowe 29,657,493 12,237,897 -17,419,596
East Midlands Airport 26,505,976 12,752,352 -13,753,624
Harwich 19,327,331 11,683,733 -7,643,598
Liverpool Docks 13,953,568 12,422,303 -1,531,265

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 870829

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

Description: Miscellaneous parts and accessories for motor vehicles not listed elsewhere