Import/export HS code 870830: Brakes and brake parts

Brakes, servo-brakes, and their components for cars, trucks, and other vehicles

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 466,715,992
China 341,043,195
Italy 170,523,957
Poland 156,458,815
France 127,665,590

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 252,753,731 213,962,261 -38,791,470
China 199,603,907 141,439,288 -58,164,619
Italy 87,102,412 83,421,545 -3,680,867
Poland 84,288,579 72,170,236 -12,118,343
France 77,521,208 50,144,382 -27,376,826
Netherlands 53,650,505 62,207,145 +8,556,640
Belgium 49,696,580 43,823,498 -5,873,082
Czechia 38,508,639 30,142,886 -8,365,753
Spain 34,909,081 29,866,656 -5,042,425
Slovakia 19,106,983 16,945,367 -2,161,616

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 416,040,130
Germany 352,998,606
Poland 224,939,717
Italy 198,700,671
Spain 121,046,385

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 235,818,040 180,222,090 -55,595,950
Germany 195,052,897 157,945,709 -37,107,188
Poland 114,253,758 110,685,959 -3,567,799
Italy 105,160,484 93,540,187 -11,620,297
Spain 62,513,339 58,533,046 -3,980,293
Czechia 51,678,714 42,240,845 -9,437,869
France 51,447,819 25,270,920 -26,176,899
Slovakia 26,160,426 28,553,273 +2,392,847
India 24,082,063 23,875,601 -206,462
Turkey 19,992,038 17,475,292 -2,516,746

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 76
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 72
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 69
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 66
Surrey, East and West Sussex 50

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
West Midlands 62 61 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 56 58 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 53 51 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 43 51 +8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 36 35 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 33 26 -7
Greater Manchester 27 34 +7
West Yorkshire 24 23 -1
Essex 24 23 -1
Inner London - West 19 27 +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) 1,023,698,391
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 567,127,872
Air transport 168,656,364
Other 92,214,551
Rail transport 5,139,233

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) 561,932,119 461,766,272 -100,165,847
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 278,723,433 288,404,439 +9,681,006
Air transport 82,349,805 86,306,559 +3,956,754
Other 76,935,990 15,278,561 -61,657,429
Rail transport 2,504,566 2,634,667 +130,101
Road transport 1,502,931 3,604,330 +2,101,399

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 413,690,599
Felixstowe 239,047,542
Harwich 194,217,711
Eurotunnel 118,067,781
Dover / Eurotunnel 116,834,688

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 230,524,877 183,165,722 -47,359,155
Felixstowe 147,553,802 91,493,740 -56,060,062
Harwich 107,188,416 87,029,295 -20,159,121
Eurotunnel 66,634,218 51,433,563 -15,200,655
Dover / Eurotunnel 67,015,799 49,818,889 -17,196,910
Southampton 49,114,598 47,778,240 -1,336,358
London Gateway Port 39,861,616 53,882,976 +14,021,360
000 76,935,990 15,278,561 -61,657,429
London 40,558,915 37,829,580 -2,729,335
Birmingham Airport 33,788,655 36,869,118 +3,080,463

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
414
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
113
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
99
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
43
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis
41

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 289
2026-04 299
2026-03 306
2026-02 298
2026-01 284

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 431
54m+ 269
0-1m 158
15m-54m 91
Other 57

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 192,208,152
Sweden 149,922,549
France 133,453,249
United States 118,956,878
Ireland 51,459,468

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 109,144,234 83,063,918 -26,080,316
Sweden 72,387,767 77,534,782 +5,147,015
France 68,263,408 65,189,841 -3,073,567
United States 66,006,572 52,950,306 -13,056,266
Ireland 26,525,759 24,933,709 -1,592,050
Slovakia 25,200,573 17,659,453 -7,541,120
Italy 17,035,557 18,024,971 +989,414
Poland 16,410,789 13,907,042 -2,503,747
Czechia 16,964,005 13,266,461 -3,697,544
Belgium 12,128,170 16,016,018 +3,887,848

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 1,608,171
Germany 1,070,858
XI 318,428
France 166,765
Czechia 157,285

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 831,676 776,495 -55,181
Germany 526,646 544,212 +17,566
XI 155,447 162,981 +7,534
France 146,517 20,248 -126,269
Czechia 79,514 77,771 -1,743
India 65,810 62,763 -3,047
Italy 51,582 35,412 -16,170
Slovakia 72,164 14,034 -58,130
Nicaragua 46,965 34,259 -12,706
Ireland 14,945 24,850 +9,905

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) 725,853,124
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 197,163,067
Air transport 117,740,598
Other 5,570,380
Road transport 17,578

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) 381,690,874 344,162,250 -37,528,624
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 112,763,014 84,400,053 -28,362,961
Air transport 57,239,417 60,501,181 +3,261,764
Other 2,916,167 2,654,213 -261,954
Road transport 17,578 0 -17,578
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 3,022 0 -3,022

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 436,049,564
Immingham Docks 223,947,570
Southampton 63,227,922
London Heathrow Airport 58,217,084
London Gateway Port 52,210,647

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 232,535,657 203,513,907 -29,021,750
Immingham Docks 117,099,309 106,848,261 -10,251,048
Southampton 34,984,069 28,243,853 -6,740,216
London Heathrow Airport 27,484,823 30,732,261 +3,247,438
London Gateway Port 31,224,073 20,986,574 -10,237,499
Holyhead 18,719,500 20,322,607 +1,603,107
East Midlands Airport 15,233,650 14,155,125 -1,078,525
Felixstowe 12,235,830 7,128,162 -5,107,668
Liverpool Docks 10,610,580 8,216,620 -2,393,960
Tyne 3,552,248 8,832,727 +5,280,479

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 870830

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

Description: Brakes, servo-brakes, and their components for cars, trucks, and other vehicles