Import/export HS code 87087050: Aluminium wheels and parts

Wheels and wheel parts made from aluminium

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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 £
Germany 118,266,211
Italy 102,286,034
Poland 75,388,930
Taiwan 74,459,099
China 69,163,304

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 60,143,817 58,122,394 -2,021,423
Italy 57,235,402 45,050,632 -12,184,770
Poland 38,716,656 36,672,274 -2,044,382
Taiwan 42,086,767 32,372,332 -9,714,435
China 36,979,002 32,184,302 -4,794,700
Turkey 32,117,052 24,580,265 -7,536,787
Morocco 23,655,961 28,491,971 +4,836,010
Czechia 23,051,810 21,340,304 -1,711,506
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 19,309,582 11,273,800 -8,035,782
South Korea 7,743,652 12,424,285 +4,680,633

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 105,380,863
Poland 86,196,457
Germany 80,960,547
Taiwan 78,194,507
China 73,570,394

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 58,905,684 46,475,179 -12,430,505
Poland 44,096,630 42,099,827 -1,996,803
Germany 43,032,301 37,928,246 -5,104,055
Taiwan 44,100,216 34,094,291 -10,005,925
China 37,475,414 36,094,980 -1,380,434
Turkey 34,969,436 27,228,608 -7,740,828
Morocco 25,665,040 29,342,422 +3,677,382
South Korea 26,612,983 23,258,673 -3,354,310
Czechia 24,486,941 24,811,257 +324,316
Hungary 6,780,852 7,562,533 +781,681

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 37
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 34
West Midlands 32
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 28
Shropshire and Staffordshire 27

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 26 31 +5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 25 24 -1
West Midlands 25 23 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 22 21 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 19 20 +1
Essex 13 12 -1
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 10 10 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 11 9 -2
Greater Manchester 10 10 +0
Outer London - West and North West 8 12 +4

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) 262,263,693
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 247,896,714
Rail transport 87,150,653
Other 48,453,611
Air transport 39,785,199

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) 134,681,485 127,582,208 -7,099,277
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 112,037,409 135,859,305 +23,821,896
Rail transport 49,903,919 37,246,734 -12,657,185
Other 44,250,989 4,202,622 -40,048,367
Air transport 19,163,199 20,622,000 +1,458,801
Road transport 8,437,576 2,111,713 -6,325,863

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 130,014,154
Felixstowe 121,064,394
NGO 87,150,653
Southampton 57,202,455
000 48,453,611

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 69,193,793 60,820,361 -8,373,432
Felixstowe 60,900,369 60,164,025 -736,344
NGO 49,903,919 37,246,734 -12,657,185
Southampton 30,757,624 26,444,831 -4,312,793
000 44,250,989 4,202,622 -40,048,367
London Gateway Port 9,437,319 24,979,095 +15,541,776
Dover / Eurotunnel 20,475,886 12,771,590 -7,704,296
Portsmouth 11,439,506 14,585,524 +3,146,018
Eurotunnel 13,263,308 11,808,725 -1,454,583
Oxford Airport 10,164,639 13,988,856 +3,824,217

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
213
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
47
Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities
30
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
26
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis
25

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 111
2026-04 93
2026-03 99
2026-02 108
2026-01 96

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 176
54m+ 109
0-1m 80
Other 42
15m-54m 40

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 £
Netherlands 11,795,134
United States 10,853,188
India 8,904,740
Germany 7,353,114
Ireland 4,706,327

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 £
Netherlands 7,110,305 4,684,829 -2,425,476
United States 6,353,387 4,499,801 -1,853,586
India 4,710,721 4,194,019 -516,702
Germany 4,063,801 3,289,313 -774,488
Ireland 2,469,817 2,236,510 -233,307
France 2,402,421 2,294,251 -108,170
Switzerland 2,381,602 1,569,160 -812,442
Italy 2,356,671 1,425,009 -931,662
Japan 1,979,215 1,405,665 -573,550
Poland 1,639,138 1,659,521 +20,383

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 2,169,747
China 1,562,018
Taiwan 993,948
Ireland 224,993
Italy 20,935

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 1,307,044 862,703 -444,341
China 626,910 935,108 +308,198
Taiwan 546,397 447,551 -98,846
Ireland 128,283 96,710 -31,573
Italy 1,167 19,768 +18,601
Hungary 8,872 5,344 -3,528
Germany 4,061 9,031 +4,970
Austria 1,814 4,261 +2,447
Poland 596 3,125 +2,529
Turkey 0 1,678 +1,678

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) 37,094,985
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 24,623,472
Air transport 24,368,084
Other 5,094,515
Road transport 8,017

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) 21,116,229 15,978,756 -5,137,473
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,491,984 10,131,488 -4,360,496
Air transport 12,846,264 11,521,820 -1,324,444
Other 2,659,643 2,434,872 -224,771
Road transport 4,750 3,267 -1,483

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 26,903,624
London Gateway Port 11,283,982
London Heathrow Airport 9,293,389
East Midlands Airport 8,501,229
Southampton 6,236,297

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 14,356,026 12,547,598 -1,808,428
London Gateway Port 6,027,380 5,256,602 -770,778
London Heathrow Airport 4,349,757 4,943,632 +593,875
East Midlands Airport 5,106,892 3,394,337 -1,712,555
Southampton 3,713,037 2,523,260 -1,189,777
000 2,659,643 2,434,872 -224,771
Dover 3,035,318 1,329,299 -1,706,019
ZLC 1,606,089 2,324,502 +718,413
Immingham Docks 1,895,907 790,455 -1,105,452
Felixstowe 2,145,797 463,570 -1,682,227

Quick facts

HS code: 87087050

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

Description: Wheels and wheel parts made from aluminium