Import/export HS code 87089435: Complete steering systems

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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 £
Belgium 120,830,921
Germany 101,023,804
Poland 63,844,483
France 52,047,677
Romania 48,593,390

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 £
Belgium 59,248,133 61,582,788 +2,334,655
Germany 44,390,443 56,633,361 +12,242,918
Poland 40,324,024 23,520,459 -16,803,565
France 30,381,397 21,666,280 -8,715,117
Romania 27,425,452 21,167,938 -6,257,514
Netherlands 21,280,627 16,145,525 -5,135,102
Japan 13,974,820 18,004,663 +4,029,843
Portugal 10,707,703 10,232,552 -475,151
Spain 9,069,014 2,821,286 -6,247,728
Turkey 4,871,667 5,023,936 +152,269

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 £
France 129,388,589
Hungary 70,495,363
Germany 66,190,415
Poland 61,466,446
Romania 53,809,076

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 £
France 66,900,362 62,488,227 -4,412,135
Hungary 25,910,052 44,585,311 +18,675,259
Germany 36,088,909 30,101,506 -5,987,403
Poland 37,462,615 24,003,831 -13,458,784
Romania 30,996,658 22,812,418 -8,184,240
Japan 27,107,924 18,418,485 -8,689,439
Portugal 24,186,748 19,658,206 -4,528,542
China 3,818,919 6,811,893 +2,992,974
Turkey 5,009,747 5,312,565 +302,818
Czechia 3,835,961 4,472,430 +636,469

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 42
West Midlands 32
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 22
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 20
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 34 +5
West Midlands 29 25 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 15 19 +4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 16 16 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 10 13 +3
Essex 15 13 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 10 10 +0
Norfolk 8 9 +1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 5 10 +5
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 3 8 +5

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) 284,573,563
Other 95,349,798
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 93,909,612
Air transport 76,031,038
Road transport 4,551,658

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) 158,894,452 125,679,111 -33,215,341
Other 74,884,273 20,465,525 -54,418,748
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,192,453 78,717,159 +63,524,706
Air transport 37,704,568 38,326,470 +621,902
Road transport 3,508,562 1,043,096 -2,465,466
Rail transport 447,607 1,736,886 +1,289,279

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 98,708,651
000 95,349,798
499 69,326,083
Oxford Airport 64,592,039
Dover / Eurotunnel 48,162,073

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 52,368,628 46,340,023 -6,028,605
000 74,884,273 20,465,525 -54,418,748
499 3,134,943 66,191,140 +63,056,197
Oxford Airport 31,803,655 32,788,384 +984,729
Dover / Eurotunnel 35,786,093 12,375,980 -23,410,113
London 6,872,989 26,859,160 +19,986,171
Eurotunnel 14,298,275 11,497,818 -2,800,457
Harwich 12,412,201 8,136,285 -4,275,916
Immingham Docks 10,827,642 8,851,995 -1,975,647
Hull 13,813,662 1,814,092 -11,999,570

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 142
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 38
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 25
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 21
Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities 21

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 91
2026-03 94
2026-02 94
2026-01 93
2025-12 89

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 114
54m+ 112
0-1m 44
15m-54m 35
Other 34

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 £
Poland 30,469,062
United States 11,899,737
Germany 9,268,134
France 5,960,232
Ireland 3,651,054

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 £
Poland 15,442,580 15,026,482 -416,098
United States 6,127,361 5,772,376 -354,985
Germany 5,202,898 4,065,236 -1,137,662
France 2,714,773 3,245,459 +530,686
Ireland 1,911,924 1,739,130 -172,794
Netherlands 1,500,977 1,193,842 -307,135
Czechia 739,564 1,661,503 +921,939
Italy 1,215,093 1,161,266 -53,827
Belgium 557,951 726,207 +168,256
China 419,835 417,863 -1,972

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 £
Germany 19,806
Sweden 17,645
XI 7,602
France 7,275
Czechia 7,011

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 £
Germany 7,627 12,179 +4,552
Sweden 11,334 6,311 -5,023
XI 2,623 4,979 +2,356
France 1,340 5,935 +4,595
Czechia 5,037 1,974 -3,063
Italy 5,755 248 -5,507
Hungary 4,741 0 -4,741
Ireland 2,565 2,154 -411
Turkey 2,256 1,847 -409
Denmark 0 2,042 +2,042

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) 54,911,458
Air transport 14,924,115
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,631,531
Other 124,026

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) 27,743,604 27,167,854 -575,750
Air transport 8,474,239 6,449,876 -2,024,363
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,644,078 6,987,453 +343,375
Other 68,477 55,549 -12,928

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 47,454,149
Liverpool Docks 7,024,766
London Heathrow Airport 5,824,800
East Midlands Airport 4,772,305
London Stansted Airport 3,089,520

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 23,433,141 24,021,008 +587,867
Liverpool Docks 3,441,479 3,583,287 +141,808
London Heathrow Airport 3,328,265 2,496,535 -831,730
East Midlands Airport 2,857,477 1,914,828 -942,649
London Stansted Airport 1,713,597 1,375,923 -337,674
Holyhead 1,472,032 1,502,092 +30,060
Southampton 860,319 1,342,672 +482,353
London Gateway Port 901,545 1,043,224 +141,679
London 1,082,623 826,109 -256,514
Felixstowe 1,317,885 562,879 -755,006

Quick facts

HS code: 87089435

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

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