Import/export HS code 87089435: Complete steering systems

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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 £
Belgium 112,871,935
Germany 81,293,002
Poland 59,982,849
France 49,374,606
Romania 45,093,606

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 62,494,825 50,377,110 -12,117,715
Germany 46,397,952 34,895,050 -11,502,902
Poland 39,638,634 20,344,215 -19,294,419
France 31,137,287 18,237,319 -12,899,968
Romania 28,150,659 16,942,947 -11,207,712
Netherlands 24,488,002 10,741,813 -13,746,189
Japan 13,748,600 14,142,344 +393,744
Portugal 11,148,474 7,681,589 -3,466,885
Spain 9,842,831 4,734,295 -5,108,536
Turkey 4,749,649 4,668,826 -80,823

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 120,954,523
Germany 61,436,486
Poland 56,735,048
Hungary 52,294,740
Romania 50,698,516

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 70,726,445 50,228,078 -20,498,367
Germany 36,919,958 24,516,528 -12,403,430
Poland 37,031,941 19,703,107 -17,328,834
Hungary 26,958,594 25,336,146 -1,622,448
Romania 32,244,250 18,454,266 -13,789,984
Japan 27,890,018 14,671,259 -13,218,759
Portugal 25,360,335 16,706,098 -8,654,237
Czechia 6,176,782 3,982,852 -2,193,930
Turkey 4,890,886 4,968,171 +77,285
China 3,740,009 4,146,200 +406,191

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 38
West Midlands 31
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 20
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 18
Essex 16

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 28 30 +2
West Midlands 28 26 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 16 16 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 16 15 -1
Essex 15 13 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 11 14 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 10 10 +0
Norfolk 9 8 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 5 9 +4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 8 6 -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) 258,087,940
Other 108,818,617
Air transport 64,837,386
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 63,845,264
Road transport 9,327,952

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) 163,075,678 95,012,262 -68,063,416
Other 78,262,104 30,556,513 -47,705,591
Air transport 34,173,080 30,664,306 -3,508,774
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,693,185 49,152,079 +34,458,894
Road transport 8,618,070 709,882 -7,908,188
Rail transport 446,845 633,776 +186,931

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 108,818,617
Dover 85,661,121
Oxford Airport 54,218,069
Dover / Eurotunnel 50,623,488
499 45,678,926

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 £
000 78,262,104 30,556,513 -47,705,591
Dover 47,805,452 37,855,669 -9,949,783
Oxford Airport 27,855,750 26,362,319 -1,493,431
Dover / Eurotunnel 38,600,467 12,023,021 -26,577,446
499 8,206,790 37,472,136 +29,265,346
Eurotunnel 15,602,682 9,675,923 -5,926,759
Harwich 13,190,634 7,332,968 -5,857,666
London 9,039,265 10,315,273 +1,276,008
Hull 16,931,059 1,788,420 -15,142,639
Immingham Docks 9,296,072 7,618,416 -1,677,656

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 134
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 37
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 24
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 21
Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities 20

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 93
2025-11 93
2025-10 94
2025-09 91
2025-08 94

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 111
54m+ 111
0-1m 37
15m-54m 36
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 £
Poland 30,123,868
United States 10,620,693
Germany 9,213,350
France 5,416,658
Ireland 3,490,324

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 15,219,972 14,903,896 -316,076
United States 5,856,584 4,764,109 -1,092,475
Germany 4,964,308 4,249,042 -715,266
France 2,626,083 2,790,575 +164,492
Ireland 1,975,043 1,515,281 -459,762
Netherlands 1,440,917 893,452 -547,465
Italy 1,174,335 959,765 -214,570
Czechia 672,956 1,367,220 +694,264
Belgium 591,005 540,043 -50,962
China 447,545 326,336 -121,209

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 £
Sweden 15,206
Germany 12,317
Czechia 7,892
XI 6,352
France 6,139

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 £
Sweden 8,541 6,665 -1,876
Germany 3,315 9,002 +5,687
Czechia 3,524 4,368 +844
XI 1,161 5,191 +4,030
France 1,340 4,799 +3,459
Italy 3,604 2,399 -1,205
Hungary 4,741 0 -4,741
Turkey 2,812 1,687 -1,125
Ireland 2,957 1,009 -1,948
China 2,240 323 -1,917

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) 52,706,825
Air transport 14,085,735
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,052,758
Other 107,144
Road transport 21,952

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) 27,081,033 25,625,792 -1,455,241
Air transport 8,263,722 5,822,013 -2,441,709
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,068,536 5,984,222 -84,314
Other 59,238 47,906 -11,332
Road transport 21,952 0 -21,952

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 45,421,456
Liverpool Docks 6,238,493
London Heathrow Airport 5,537,451
East Midlands Airport 4,457,235
London Stansted Airport 3,078,692

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 23,034,969 22,386,487 -648,482
Liverpool Docks 2,991,489 3,247,004 +255,515
London Heathrow Airport 3,249,118 2,288,333 -960,785
East Midlands Airport 2,778,291 1,678,944 -1,099,347
London Stansted Airport 1,768,061 1,310,631 -457,430
Holyhead 1,500,583 1,282,765 -217,818
London 855,694 987,655 +131,961
Felixstowe 892,670 934,348 +41,678
London Gateway Port 935,062 886,432 -48,630
Southampton 879,943 883,558 +3,615

Quick facts

HS code: 87089435

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

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