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

Axles with differentials and transmission components for driving wheels

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  • 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 362,800,051
Belgium 212,374,678
Germany 134,566,484
Netherlands 100,921,237
Spain 45,405,226

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 146,557,917 216,242,134 +69,684,217
Belgium 98,372,986 114,001,692 +15,628,706
Germany 59,913,426 74,653,058 +14,739,632
Netherlands 45,789,823 55,131,414 +9,341,591
Spain 21,389,485 24,015,741 +2,626,256
Austria 14,291,895 6,423,932 -7,867,963
India 11,438,634 8,629,515 -2,809,119
Hungary 1,023,751 3,519,156 +2,495,405
China 2,758,742 993,165 -1,765,577
France 1,587,126 1,587,626 +500

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 344,456,836
Belgium 177,271,991
Germany 113,802,874
Netherlands 94,890,885
Spain 45,723,369

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 137,801,335 206,655,501 +68,854,166
Belgium 83,148,758 94,123,233 +10,974,475
Germany 51,078,807 62,724,067 +11,645,260
Netherlands 42,313,587 52,577,298 +10,263,711
Spain 21,508,432 24,214,937 +2,706,505
France 15,971,789 20,792,972 +4,821,183
Hungary 11,313,159 13,717,676 +2,404,517
Slovakia 14,482,012 8,666,965 -5,815,047
India 11,366,435 8,675,788 -2,690,647
China 3,112,246 1,361,405 -1,750,841

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
Inner London - West 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 16 16 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 17 16 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 11 11 +0
West Midlands 11 16 +5
Inner London - West 7 7 +0
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 8 6 -2
Essex 7 7 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 8 5 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 6 6 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 6 4 -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) 540,783,828
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 222,615,126
Other 107,551,074
Road transport 45,230,194
Air transport 4,285,669

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) 219,321,168 321,462,660 +102,141,492
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 108,472,736 114,142,390 +5,669,654
Other 76,800,783 30,750,291 -46,050,492
Road transport 943,313 44,286,881 +43,343,568
Air transport 2,356,500 1,929,169 -427,331

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London 277,344,806
Dover 163,136,271
000 107,551,074
Immingham Docks 90,013,840
Eurotunnel 71,641,534

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 136,822,994 140,521,812 +3,698,818
Dover 61,522,237 101,614,034 +40,091,797
000 76,800,783 30,750,291 -46,050,492
Immingham Docks 47,704,360 42,309,480 -5,394,880
Eurotunnel 19,679,744 51,961,790 +32,282,046
Portsmouth 30,864,496 36,921,465 +6,056,969
499 0 59,688,783 +59,688,783
Southampton 11,208,193 8,593,946 -2,614,247
Hull 267,899 17,742,777 +17,474,878
Felixstowe 8,676,865 8,824,258 +147,393

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 95
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 31
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 30
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 15
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 8

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 54
2026-03 60
2026-02 62
2026-01 50
2025-12 56

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+ 89
1m-15m 79
15m-54m 26
0-1m 16
Other 15

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 69,603,545
Poland 61,685,734
Germany 25,366,284
Hungary 23,496,112
Malaysia 20,292,434

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 36,955,909 32,647,636 -4,308,273
Poland 26,462,392 35,223,342 +8,760,950
Germany 13,811,173 11,555,111 -2,256,062
Hungary 14,210,462 9,285,650 -4,924,812
Malaysia 8,958,223 11,334,211 +2,375,988
United States 11,549,923 8,273,355 -3,276,568
France 3,003,500 10,182,557 +7,179,057
Italy 1,896,155 2,137,985 +241,830
India 1,170,817 1,802,156 +631,339
Belgium 1,727,894 421,954 -1,305,940

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 49,081
Italy 28,158
Nicaragua 27,853
Ireland 22,584
Sweden 7,746

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 2,319 46,762 +44,443
Italy 8,302 19,856 +11,554
Nicaragua 24,221 3,632 -20,589
Ireland 22,469 115 -22,354
Sweden 3,000 4,746 +1,746
China 2,038 2,271 +233
Netherlands 2,517 0 -2,517
Germany 1,853 82 -1,771
France 75 722 +647
Switzerland 0 356 +356

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) 201,496,042
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 49,168,638
Air transport 9,621,848
Other 276,787
Road transport 1,215

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) 98,695,320 102,800,722 +4,105,402
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,129,844 23,038,794 -3,091,050
Air transport 5,227,014 4,394,834 -832,180
Other 138,550 138,237 -313
Road transport 1,215 0 -1,215

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 112,005,052
Harwich 65,328,784
Southampton 18,099,776
London Gateway Port 17,084,996
London 11,993,474

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 67,906,237 44,098,815 -23,807,422
Harwich 27,862,179 37,466,605 +9,604,426
Southampton 8,728,152 9,371,624 +643,472
London Gateway Port 11,094,612 5,990,384 -5,104,228
London 1,442,913 10,550,561 +9,107,648
Immingham Docks 1,070,884 9,293,216 +8,222,332
Felixstowe 3,363,430 4,973,199 +1,609,769
East Midlands Airport 2,643,977 2,460,995 -182,982
Liverpool Docks 2,116,217 2,463,758 +347,541
London Heathrow Airport 1,155,503 1,296,297 +140,794

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