Import/export HS code 870870: Road wheels and their parts

Wheels and components for cars, trucks, and other 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 144,988,067
Italy 116,811,436
China 107,362,605
Taiwan 79,152,387
Poland 78,983,751

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 75,601,706 69,386,361 -6,215,345
Italy 63,216,782 53,594,654 -9,622,128
China 58,348,699 49,013,906 -9,334,793
Taiwan 44,006,505 35,145,882 -8,860,623
Poland 40,685,463 38,298,288 -2,387,175
Turkey 40,949,558 30,636,524 -10,313,034
Morocco 23,660,532 28,492,939 +4,832,407
Czechia 23,771,746 21,818,312 -1,953,434
Luxembourg 18,708,479 23,093,820 +4,385,341
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 19,318,131 11,332,550 -7,985,581

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 119,906,521
China 115,650,897
Germany 104,014,476
Poland 90,043,531
Taiwan 83,912,733

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 64,880,477 55,026,044 -9,854,433
China 60,400,357 55,250,540 -5,149,817
Germany 57,111,205 46,903,271 -10,207,934
Poland 46,132,673 43,910,858 -2,221,815
Taiwan 46,633,219 37,279,514 -9,353,705
Turkey 44,242,111 33,950,281 -10,291,830
Morocco 25,682,715 29,344,315 +3,661,600
Czechia 25,349,236 25,457,679 +108,443
South Korea 27,001,402 23,723,783 -3,277,619
Luxembourg 20,830,609 18,547,992 -2,282,617

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 85
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 60
West Midlands 56
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 49
Shropshire and Staffordshire 46

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 63 68 +5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 46 42 -4
West Midlands 39 43 +4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 41 33 -8
Shropshire and Staffordshire 35 36 +1
Greater Manchester 31 30 -1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 25 25 +0
West Yorkshire 26 24 -2
Essex 25 22 -3
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 21 21 +0

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) 370,606,987
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 311,906,705
Rail transport 87,166,067
Other 65,304,918
Air transport 56,342,564

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) 195,054,859 175,552,128 -19,502,731
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 145,466,694 166,440,011 +20,973,317
Rail transport 49,903,919 37,262,148 -12,641,771
Other 55,340,840 9,964,078 -45,376,762
Air transport 26,497,078 29,845,486 +3,348,408
Road transport 8,520,637 2,348,329 -6,172,308

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 160,271,963
Felixstowe 156,116,003
NGO 87,166,067
Southampton 66,477,575
000 65,304,918

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 84,515,466 75,756,497 -8,758,969
Felixstowe 80,812,631 75,303,372 -5,509,259
NGO 49,903,919 37,262,148 -12,641,771
Southampton 35,752,765 30,724,810 -5,027,955
000 55,340,840 9,964,078 -45,376,762
Dover / Eurotunnel 31,072,807 18,987,946 -12,084,861
Immingham Docks 25,841,702 23,479,361 -2,362,341
London Gateway Port 13,875,298 30,313,174 +16,437,876
Eurotunnel 17,146,136 16,310,433 -835,703
Portsmouth 12,480,688 15,047,684 +2,566,996

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
384
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
124
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
86
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
59
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
47

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 240
2026-04 214
2026-03 232
2026-02 224
2026-01 221

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 411
54m+ 217
0-1m 166
15m-54m 100
Other 71

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 56,938,434
Sweden 34,371,731
United States 28,014,134
Netherlands 16,686,554
Finland 15,461,151

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 30,235,473 26,702,961 -3,532,512
Sweden 17,262,324 17,109,407 -152,917
United States 15,449,076 12,565,058 -2,884,018
Netherlands 10,023,481 6,663,073 -3,360,408
Finland 6,409,982 9,051,169 +2,641,187
France 6,618,979 7,054,061 +435,082
Ireland 6,418,540 7,026,708 +608,168
Poland 4,994,277 7,068,825 +2,074,548
Spain 4,448,153 7,526,790 +3,078,637
Belgium 5,597,119 5,895,919 +298,800

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 5,612,176
XI 4,046,197
Taiwan 1,061,737
Hungary 273,667
Ireland 234,443

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 2,641,377 2,970,799 +329,422
XI 1,798,251 2,247,946 +449,695
Taiwan 572,699 489,038 -83,661
Hungary 159,591 114,076 -45,515
Ireland 134,383 100,060 -34,323
Germany 57,064 56,779 -285
Luxembourg 0 113,146 +113,146
Turkey 51,229 22,373 -28,856
Italy 6,951 23,209 +16,258
Poland 6,675 8,581 +1,906

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) 194,345,364
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 58,026,426
Air transport 42,150,688
Other 11,943,077
Road transport 18,157

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) 96,439,609 97,905,755 +1,466,146
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 30,691,259 27,335,167 -3,356,092
Air transport 25,169,196 16,981,492 -8,187,704
Other 5,583,247 6,359,830 +776,583
Road transport 8,548 9,609 +1,061

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 119,967,274
Immingham Docks 38,231,064
London Gateway Port 21,498,338
Southampton 19,308,154
London Heathrow Airport 18,830,319

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 58,135,848 61,831,426 +3,695,578
Immingham Docks 19,070,775 19,160,289 +89,514
London Gateway Port 10,337,061 11,161,277 +824,216
Southampton 10,461,116 8,847,038 -1,614,078
London Heathrow Airport 11,567,779 7,262,540 -4,305,239
London 7,904,401 9,523,003 +1,618,602
East Midlands Airport 7,964,983 4,846,736 -3,118,247
000 5,583,247 6,359,830 +776,583
Liverpool Docks 2,982,106 3,795,716 +813,610
Dover 4,162,297 1,959,181 -2,203,116

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 870870

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

Description: Wheels and components for cars, trucks, and other vehicles