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 59,458,283
France 54,879,735
Netherlands 36,972,613
Romania 31,518,060
Belgium 18,484,039

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 34,095,855 25,362,428 -8,733,427
France 33,565,842 21,313,893 -12,251,949
Netherlands 21,248,350 15,724,263 -5,524,087
Romania 22,555,437 8,962,623 -13,592,814
Belgium 11,804,504 6,679,535 -5,124,969
Czechia 7,454,896 5,177,998 -2,276,898
China 7,203,541 5,415,668 -1,787,873
Italy 5,784,465 5,383,082 -401,383
Austria 5,209,329 4,932,054 -277,275
Portugal 3,818,075 3,136,381 -681,694

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 67,745,806
France 44,124,746
Romania 32,564,107
Netherlands 30,711,023
China 21,954,595

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 39,289,176 28,456,630 -10,832,546
France 28,191,463 15,933,283 -12,258,180
Romania 22,985,977 9,578,130 -13,407,847
Netherlands 17,396,112 13,314,911 -4,081,201
China 12,257,345 9,697,250 -2,560,095
Czechia 9,284,211 6,036,351 -3,247,860
Austria 5,230,257 3,382,454 -1,847,803
Italy 4,620,143 3,851,460 -768,683
Belgium 4,344,080 3,702,312 -641,768
Portugal 4,204,906 3,697,175 -507,731

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 34
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 23
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 22
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 17
West Midlands 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 29 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 19 18 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 15 16 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 16 9 -7
West Midlands 16 12 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 15 10 -5
West Yorkshire 14 9 -5
Shropshire and Staffordshire 11 14 +3
Cheshire 10 8 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 10 10 +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) 219,255,315
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,166,764
Other 22,108,978
Air transport 12,742,427
Road transport 10,168,544

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) 132,413,296 86,842,019 -45,571,277
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,693,788 11,472,976 -220,812
Other 16,820,260 5,288,718 -11,531,542
Air transport 7,209,743 5,532,684 -1,677,059
Road transport 206,037 9,962,507 +9,756,470
Rail transport 216,550 79,104 -137,446

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 64,634,272
Eurotunnel 49,038,119
Immingham Docks 40,853,768
Portsmouth 22,701,255
000 22,108,978

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 35,160,720 29,473,552 -5,687,168
Eurotunnel 32,561,618 16,476,501 -16,085,117
Immingham Docks 23,187,611 17,666,157 -5,521,454
Portsmouth 14,746,894 7,954,361 -6,792,533
000 16,820,260 5,288,718 -11,531,542
London 8,136,602 5,978,877 -2,157,725
Poole 6,064,488 5,777,293 -287,195
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,106,732 2,269,792 -6,836,940
Felixstowe 3,974,811 5,053,834 +1,079,023
499 15,104 8,842,354 +8,827,250

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 168
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 40
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 39
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 17
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis 16

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 102
2025-11 109
2025-10 114
2025-09 117
2025-08 115

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 147
54m+ 119
0-1m 55
15m-54m 30
Other 28

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 36,487,357
Switzerland 17,401,310
France 11,988,348
Germany 10,218,988
United States 9,252,953

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 18,999,792 17,487,565 -1,512,227
Switzerland 9,068,150 8,333,160 -734,990
France 5,463,318 6,525,030 +1,061,712
Germany 5,279,567 4,939,421 -340,146
United States 5,672,057 3,580,896 -2,091,161
Netherlands 3,236,228 3,424,737 +188,509
Slovakia 3,638,025 2,842,710 -795,315
Ireland 2,434,089 1,681,302 -752,787
Tunisia 1,213,962 697,112 -516,850
Italy 778,864 1,060,220 +281,356

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 1,454,994
Germany 19,117
China 18,591
Latvia 14,438
Poland 10,659

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 875,676 579,318 -296,358
Germany 13,472 5,645 -7,827
China 9,271 9,320 +49
Latvia 5,887 8,551 +2,664
Poland 5,487 5,172 -315
Belgium 2,743 2,603 -140
United States 1,223 2,701 +1,478
France 1,993 964 -1,029
India 1,122 1,144 +22
Turkey 356 1,800 +1,444

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) 91,832,765
Air transport 22,641,052
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,593,780
Other 1,640,448
Road transport 50,970

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) 46,625,800 45,206,965 -1,418,835
Air transport 12,200,940 10,440,112 -1,760,828
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,627,837 2,965,943 -2,661,894
Other 973,103 667,345 -305,758
Road transport 19,325 31,645 +12,320

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 80,876,550
ZLC 7,899,307
East Midlands Airport 6,610,041
London Heathrow Airport 5,365,044
Southampton 3,864,701

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 42,262,335 38,614,215 -3,648,120
ZLC 4,068,955 3,830,352 -238,603
East Midlands Airport 3,771,229 2,838,812 -932,417
London Heathrow Airport 2,626,398 2,738,646 +112,248
Southampton 2,338,695 1,526,006 -812,689
Immingham Docks 1,221,488 1,298,096 +76,608
Holyhead 1,237,729 989,373 -248,356
London Stansted Airport 1,278,842 740,679 -538,163
Hull 49,513 1,696,164 +1,646,651
London Gateway Port 1,218,040 517,429 -700,611

Quick facts

HS code: 87089235

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

Description: Fully assembled silencers and exhaust systems for vehicles