Import/export HS code 87089235: Complete silencers and exhaust pipes

Fully assembled silencers and exhaust systems for 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 66,916,162
France 62,156,692
Netherlands 41,856,796
Romania 32,167,266
Belgium 20,791,624

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 33,295,077 33,621,085 +326,008
France 33,140,974 29,015,718 -4,125,256
Netherlands 21,364,008 20,492,788 -871,220
Romania 24,927,866 7,239,400 -17,688,466
Belgium 11,482,165 9,309,459 -2,172,706
China 7,096,619 7,724,203 +627,584
Czechia 7,462,339 7,238,287 -224,052
Turkey 862,247 12,292,412 +11,430,165
Italy 5,784,558 6,900,970 +1,116,412
Austria 5,331,253 7,333,835 +2,002,582

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 £
Germany 75,952,110
France 50,655,618
Netherlands 35,514,120
Romania 33,539,150
China 25,315,184

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 £
Germany 38,288,409 37,663,701 -624,708
France 27,614,488 23,041,130 -4,573,358
Netherlands 17,236,578 18,277,542 +1,040,964
Romania 25,342,378 8,196,772 -17,145,606
China 12,594,124 12,721,060 +126,936
Czechia 9,296,782 8,092,767 -1,204,015
Turkey 3,342,250 12,899,828 +9,557,578
Austria 5,218,837 4,620,438 -598,399
Italy 4,498,120 5,172,683 +674,563
Portugal 4,270,068 4,942,203 +672,135

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 36
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 24
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 22
West Midlands 19
Surrey, East and West Sussex 17

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 29 30 +1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 18 21 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14 17 +3
West Midlands 16 13 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 15 11 -4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 15 9 -6
Shropshire and Staffordshire 11 14 +3
West Yorkshire 13 9 -4
Cheshire 12 9 -3
Greater Manchester 9 11 +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) 247,927,473
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 35,420,278
Other 20,798,081
Road transport 15,030,363
Air transport 14,247,887

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) 133,834,780 114,092,693 -19,742,087
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,581,021 23,839,257 +12,258,236
Other 16,624,110 4,173,971 -12,450,139
Road transport 180,819 14,849,544 +14,668,725
Air transport 6,918,164 7,329,723 +411,559
Rail transport 189,561 197,576 +8,015

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 77,221,127
Eurotunnel 53,419,705
Immingham Docks 46,784,091
Portsmouth 24,817,163
000 20,798,081

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 37,705,400 39,515,727 +1,810,327
Eurotunnel 32,040,802 21,378,903 -10,661,899
Immingham Docks 22,925,568 23,858,523 +932,955
Portsmouth 14,989,527 9,827,636 -5,161,891
000 16,624,110 4,173,971 -12,450,139
Felixstowe 3,954,671 13,096,857 +9,142,186
London 8,425,501 6,895,745 -1,529,756
499 3,119 13,094,897 +13,091,778
Poole 6,242,502 6,031,522 -210,980
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,656,573 3,210,645 -5,445,928

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 170
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 41
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 40
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 19
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 17

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 107
2026-03 104
2026-02 110
2026-01 102
2025-12 98

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 156
54m+ 121
0-1m 56
15m-54m 30
Other 30

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 £
Belgium 41,509,782
Switzerland 21,041,412
France 15,686,776
Germany 12,039,383
United States 10,223,377

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 £
Belgium 19,441,592 22,068,190 +2,626,598
Switzerland 9,277,613 11,763,799 +2,486,186
France 5,458,445 10,228,331 +4,769,886
Germany 5,268,773 6,770,610 +1,501,837
United States 5,722,667 4,500,710 -1,221,957
Slovakia 3,692,583 3,769,685 +77,102
Netherlands 3,149,645 4,303,791 +1,154,146
Ireland 2,372,604 2,191,284 -181,320
Italy 805,409 1,396,601 +591,192
Tunisia 1,157,565 994,725 -162,840

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 1,572,847
China 21,603
Latvia 15,462
Germany 14,322
Poland 11,007

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 895,057 677,790 -217,267
China 8,873 12,730 +3,857
Latvia 5,862 9,600 +3,738
Germany 8,277 6,045 -2,232
Poland 9,119 1,888 -7,231
Belgium 3,650 3,098 -552
Turkey 356 5,725 +5,369
Czechia 0 3,967 +3,967
United States 1,223 2,701 +1,478
France 2,158 799 -1,359

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) 109,376,728
Air transport 25,479,037
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,493,263
Other 1,785,995
Road transport 42,220

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) 47,617,029 61,759,699 +14,142,670
Air transport 11,924,520 13,554,517 +1,629,997
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,420,311 4,072,952 -1,347,359
Other 992,621 793,374 -199,247
Road transport 10,575 31,645 +21,070

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 95,265,537
ZLC 8,659,758
East Midlands Airport 7,628,159
London Heathrow Airport 6,242,835
Southampton 4,699,181

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 42,654,120 52,611,417 +9,957,297
ZLC 3,979,324 4,680,434 +701,110
East Midlands Airport 3,609,189 4,018,970 +409,781
London Heathrow Airport 2,592,926 3,649,909 +1,056,983
Southampton 2,387,042 2,312,139 -74,903
Hull 390,613 3,136,215 +2,745,602
Immingham Docks 967,640 1,685,058 +717,418
Holyhead 1,179,447 1,287,325 +107,878
London Stansted Airport 1,276,320 760,929 -515,391
London Gateway Port 1,322,555 563,357 -759,198

Quick facts

HS code: 87089235

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

Description: Fully assembled silencers and exhaust systems for vehicles