Import/export HS code 870895: Safety airbags and parts

Airbags and inflator systems for vehicle safety

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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 91,794,523
Hungary 60,380,821
Belgium 45,831,648
France 30,500,579
Poland 22,744,483

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 23,855,615 67,938,908 +44,083,293
Hungary 32,780,233 27,600,588 -5,179,645
Belgium 22,164,064 23,667,584 +1,503,520
France 18,200,588 12,299,991 -5,900,597
Poland 9,074,155 13,670,328 +4,596,173
Netherlands 9,645,876 9,220,764 -425,112
Czechia 9,876,884 7,465,690 -2,411,194
Spain 5,658,115 3,765,214 -1,892,901
Portugal 3,029,585 4,573,376 +1,543,791
Turkey 2,041,291 2,450,485 +409,194

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 £
Hungary 98,546,826
Germany 47,401,728
Portugal 37,882,137
Czechia 35,827,143
Poland 32,452,638

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 £
Hungary 35,519,893 63,026,933 +27,507,040
Germany 20,747,615 26,654,113 +5,906,498
Portugal 17,244,283 20,637,854 +3,393,571
Czechia 19,327,883 16,499,260 -2,828,623
Poland 16,299,759 16,152,879 -146,880
France 13,830,916 13,591,256 -239,660
Spain 10,469,545 8,558,801 -1,910,744
China 2,322,430 2,929,035 +606,605
Turkey 2,080,312 2,474,641 +394,329
South Korea 159,642 3,062,895 +2,903,253

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 15
West Midlands 15
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 12
Inner London - West 11
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 9

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 11 13 +2
West Midlands 13 7 -6
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 8 10 +2
Inner London - West 6 10 +4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 6 6 +0
Essex 8 6 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 4 2 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 3 3 +0
Greater Manchester 4 1 -3
Lancashire 2 4 +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) 190,749,870
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 78,764,956
Other 28,499,346
Air transport 20,279,827
Rail transport 2,114,589

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) 98,506,522 92,243,348 -6,263,174
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,780,862 68,984,094 +59,203,232
Other 22,609,856 5,889,490 -16,720,366
Air transport 10,756,163 9,523,664 -1,232,499
Rail transport 682,265 1,432,324 +750,059
Road transport 894,696 743,225 -151,471

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 70,042,281
Harwich 46,686,253
Immingham Docks 40,780,138
000 28,499,346
Eurotunnel 21,323,561

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 35,211,666 34,830,615 -381,051
Harwich 22,688,738 23,997,515 +1,308,777
Immingham Docks 1,441,959 39,338,179 +37,896,220
000 22,609,856 5,889,490 -16,720,366
Eurotunnel 10,732,737 10,590,824 -141,913
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,368,739 7,507,842 -5,860,897
Oxford Airport 9,983,334 8,928,646 -1,054,688
499 201,674 18,631,400 +18,429,726
Hull 9,548,160 9,225,754 -322,406
Felixstowe 5,226,412 4,486,082 -740,330

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 57
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 32
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 11
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 5
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 5

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 37
2026-03 37
2026-02 38
2026-01 29
2025-12 31

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
54m+ 77
1m-15m 26
15m-54m 13
Other 13
0-1m 7

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 £
Romania 47,527,900
Italy 5,948,192
France 5,391,551
United States 3,314,953
Spain 3,239,138

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 £
Romania 39,743,084 7,784,816 -31,958,268
Italy 3,459,751 2,488,441 -971,310
France 1,517,137 3,874,414 +2,357,277
United States 1,486,431 1,828,522 +342,091
Spain 1,298,835 1,940,303 +641,468
Germany 729,450 945,966 +216,516
Saint Helena 1,035,459 539,433 -496,026
Japan 215,470 1,045,180 +829,710
Switzerland 768,813 465,652 -303,161
Ireland 422,313 687,180 +264,867

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 53,389
Germany 3,277
China 3,270
Bulgaria 2,005
Nicaragua 1,475

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 19,520 33,869 +14,349
Germany 2,239 1,038 -1,201
China 426 2,844 +2,418
Bulgaria 0 2,005 +2,005
Nicaragua 1,475 0 -1,475
Hungary 45 363 +318
Ireland 86 0 -86
Czechia 41 0 -41
Finland 0 6 +6

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) 66,633,838
Air transport 7,492,475
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,900,614
Other 211,049

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) 48,560,127 18,073,711 -30,486,416
Air transport 3,322,729 4,169,746 +847,017
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,959,868 3,940,746 +980,878
Other 98,394 112,655 +14,261

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 58,354,974
Eurotunnel 5,820,062
London Heathrow Airport 3,445,788
Birmingham Airport 2,472,817
Southampton 2,112,102

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 41,235,204 17,119,770 -24,115,434
Eurotunnel 5,359,668 460,394 -4,899,274
London Heathrow Airport 1,439,737 2,006,051 +566,314
Birmingham Airport 1,097,911 1,374,906 +276,995
Southampton 706,021 1,406,081 +700,060
London Gateway Port 1,034,875 639,000 -395,875
Dover 1,409,387 148,137 -1,261,250
Immingham Docks 688,083 457,168 -230,915
Felixstowe 458,116 615,691 +157,575
Holyhead 110,482 555,164 +444,682

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 870895

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

Description: Airbags and inflator systems for vehicle safety