Import/export HS code 87085035: Drive-axles with differentials

Axles with differentials and transmission components for driving wheels

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  • 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 £
Italy 357,461,740
Belgium 198,210,302
Germany 132,769,098
Netherlands 96,952,828
Spain 44,601,766

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 £
Italy 155,761,663 201,700,077 +45,938,414
Belgium 96,924,934 101,285,368 +4,360,434
Germany 64,544,326 68,224,772 +3,680,446
Netherlands 45,372,915 51,579,913 +6,206,998
Spain 22,837,157 21,764,609 -1,072,548
India 10,247,063 8,674,182 -1,572,881
Austria 13,403,406 4,513,183 -8,890,223
Hungary 1,585,656 3,225,963 +1,640,307
China 2,929,763 540,663 -2,389,100
France 1,814,445 1,332,038 -482,407

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 £
Italy 340,446,916
Belgium 164,553,251
Germany 112,107,459
Netherlands 91,359,721
Spain 45,037,578

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 £
Italy 147,614,395 192,832,521 +45,218,126
Belgium 81,414,354 83,138,897 +1,724,543
Germany 54,284,496 57,822,963 +3,538,467
Netherlands 42,171,876 49,187,845 +7,015,969
Spain 23,053,375 21,984,203 -1,069,172
France 16,471,803 18,751,875 +2,280,072
Hungary 11,040,249 12,539,405 +1,499,156
Slovakia 13,768,430 6,903,973 -6,864,457
India 10,271,694 8,710,706 -1,560,988
China 3,176,959 872,049 -2,304,910

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 20
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 19
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 16
West Midlands 16
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 9

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 17 17 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 17 16 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 12 9 -3
West Midlands 11 16 +5
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 9 5 -4
Inner London - West 7 6 -1
Essex 6 7 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 7 5 -2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 6 6 +0
West Yorkshire 6 5 -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) 519,381,301
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 219,897,722
Other 98,155,249
Road transport 48,454,845
Air transport 4,069,470

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) 230,443,605 288,937,696 +58,494,091
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 105,889,915 114,007,807 +8,117,892
Other 80,786,182 17,369,067 -63,417,115
Road transport 711,037 47,743,808 +47,032,771
Air transport 2,251,508 1,817,962 -433,546

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London 268,838,000
Dover 159,549,832
000 98,155,249
Immingham Docks 82,265,905
Portsmouth 69,712,847

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 £
London 135,795,556 133,042,444 -2,753,112
Dover 72,325,136 87,224,696 +14,899,560
000 80,786,182 17,369,067 -63,417,115
Immingham Docks 46,848,826 35,417,079 -11,431,747
Portsmouth 31,743,241 37,969,606 +6,226,365
499 0 64,361,859 +64,361,859
Eurotunnel 19,310,195 44,421,545 +25,111,350
Hull 281,638 20,859,209 +20,577,571
Southampton 10,588,197 8,150,816 -2,437,381
Felixstowe 8,645,336 8,569,368 -75,968

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
92
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
30
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
29
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
15
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis
7

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 55
2026-04 55
2026-03 61
2026-02 62
2026-01 50

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+ 91
1m-15m 71
15m-54m 23
Other 18
0-1m 16

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 £
Slovakia 66,874,412
Poland 62,304,344
Germany 22,653,988
Hungary 21,213,443
Malaysia 20,780,527

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 £
Slovakia 37,693,779 29,180,633 -8,513,146
Poland 29,366,493 32,937,851 +3,571,358
Germany 13,159,298 9,494,690 -3,664,608
Hungary 13,395,420 7,818,023 -5,577,397
Malaysia 10,558,059 10,222,468 -335,591
United States 10,641,167 7,327,411 -3,313,756
France 2,752,790 11,216,086 +8,463,296
Italy 1,794,262 2,496,261 +701,999
India 1,238,215 1,748,176 +509,961
Czechia 721,028 753,260 +32,232

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 48,851
Italy 28,957
Nicaragua 23,070
Ireland 20,259
Sweden 8,189

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 2,388 46,463 +44,075
Italy 8,674 20,283 +11,609
Nicaragua 19,903 3,167 -16,736
Ireland 20,167 92 -20,075
Sweden 7,215 974 -6,241
China 2,843 1,917 -926
France 244 3,533 +3,289
Germany 1,853 82 -1,771
Netherlands 1,449 0 -1,449
Switzerland 0 716 +716

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) 194,986,130
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 45,866,550
Air transport 9,187,703
Other 257,717

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) 100,296,264 94,689,866 -5,606,398
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,439,865 20,426,685 -5,013,180
Air transport 5,057,547 4,130,156 -927,391
Other 135,434 122,283 -13,151

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 105,605,744
Harwich 64,060,555
Southampton 17,589,022
London Gateway Port 14,989,279
London 11,634,319

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 64,759,961 40,845,783 -23,914,178
Harwich 29,606,685 34,453,870 +4,847,185
Southampton 9,693,892 7,895,130 -1,798,762
London Gateway Port 9,884,477 5,104,802 -4,779,675
London 3,346,161 8,288,158 +4,941,997
Immingham Docks 1,241,266 9,826,561 +8,585,295
Felixstowe 3,559,486 5,071,040 +1,511,554
East Midlands Airport 2,608,216 2,181,910 -426,306
Liverpool Docks 2,421,583 2,195,200 -226,383
London Heathrow Airport 1,032,446 1,228,600 +196,154

Quick facts

HS code: 87085035

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

Description: Axles with differentials and transmission components for driving wheels