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 72,735,913
Hungary 54,846,140
Belgium 39,867,767
France 29,338,569
Poland 19,719,084

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 21,694,370 51,041,543 +29,347,173
Hungary 33,254,624 21,591,516 -11,663,108
Belgium 20,895,795 18,971,972 -1,923,823
France 18,590,071 10,748,498 -7,841,573
Poland 9,138,351 10,580,733 +1,442,382
Czechia 10,607,700 7,321,086 -3,286,614
Netherlands 9,635,165 8,205,960 -1,429,205
Spain 8,430,863 3,232,340 -5,198,523
Portugal 3,084,352 3,493,123 +408,771
Turkey 2,191,624 2,226,135 +34,511

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 87,654,599
Czechia 35,342,743
Portugal 34,000,452
Germany 33,800,184
Poland 29,562,749

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 35,375,293 52,279,306 +16,904,013
Czechia 19,801,222 15,541,521 -4,259,701
Portugal 18,050,864 15,949,588 -2,101,276
Germany 19,302,176 14,498,008 -4,804,168
Poland 15,984,915 13,577,834 -2,407,081
France 14,729,433 11,385,733 -3,343,700
Spain 11,110,052 7,231,065 -3,878,987
China 2,354,199 2,474,916 +120,717
Turkey 2,230,687 2,237,766 +7,079
South Korea 117,636 2,894,169 +2,776,533

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 14
West Midlands 14
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 11
Inner London - West 10
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 10 12 +2
West Midlands 11 10 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 7 9 +2
Inner London - West 6 9 +3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 6 6 +0
Essex 8 6 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 3 3 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 2 4 +2
Greater Manchester 4 1 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 4 3 -1

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) 173,035,982
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 58,837,474
Other 32,909,117
Air transport 17,517,555
Road transport 2,257,749

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) 99,906,485 73,129,497 -26,776,988
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,793,718 50,043,756 +41,250,038
Other 23,734,014 9,175,103 -14,558,911
Air transport 9,521,117 7,996,438 -1,524,679
Road transport 1,684,092 573,657 -1,110,435
Rail transport 619,184 1,098,026 +478,842

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 63,080,281
Harwich 39,106,154
000 32,909,117
Immingham Docks 29,665,518
Dover / Eurotunnel 21,621,136

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 34,810,094 28,270,187 -6,539,907
Harwich 21,628,668 17,477,486 -4,151,182
000 23,734,014 9,175,103 -14,558,911
Immingham Docks 1,359,289 28,306,229 +26,946,940
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,021,301 7,599,835 -6,421,466
Eurotunnel 12,287,476 7,368,175 -4,919,301
Hull 9,542,678 8,210,034 -1,332,644
Oxford Airport 8,802,620 7,508,073 -1,294,547
499 1,020,427 10,570,109 +9,549,682
Felixstowe 5,497,509 4,250,571 -1,246,938

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 53
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 31
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 9
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 5
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 5

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 29
2025-11 39
2025-10 35
2025-09 33
2025-08 38

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+ 75
1m-15m 23
15m-54m 12
Other 12
0-1m 8

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 58,988,841
Italy 4,430,157
France 4,080,179
Spain 2,906,823
United States 2,700,205

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 48,425,880 10,562,961 -37,862,919
Italy 2,385,897 2,044,260 -341,637
France 1,388,896 2,691,283 +1,302,387
Spain 1,117,481 1,789,342 +671,861
United States 1,459,577 1,240,628 -218,949
Saint Helena 900,495 610,230 -290,265
Germany 732,646 541,833 -190,813
Switzerland 837,015 359,370 -477,645
Japan 223,480 592,603 +369,123
Brazil 455,014 324,142 -130,872

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 52,954
China 2,485
Germany 2,404
Nicaragua 1,475
Bulgaria 1,230

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 17,671 35,283 +17,612
China 314 2,171 +1,857
Germany 2,239 165 -2,074
Nicaragua 1,475 0 -1,475
Bulgaria 0 1,230 +1,230
Hungary 45 205 +160
Ireland 184 0 -184
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) 74,445,387
Air transport 6,345,084
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,629,949
Other 204,933
Road transport 1,772

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) 55,992,069 18,453,318 -37,538,751
Air transport 3,397,721 2,947,363 -450,358
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,971,753 2,658,196 -313,557
Other 97,760 107,173 +9,413
Road transport 1,772 0 -1,772

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 63,730,079
Eurotunnel 8,397,071
London Heathrow Airport 2,730,551
Birmingham Airport 2,234,060
Southampton 1,705,552

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 46,121,700 17,608,379 -28,513,321
Eurotunnel 7,936,677 460,394 -7,476,283
London Heathrow Airport 1,483,928 1,246,623 -237,305
Birmingham Airport 1,097,435 1,136,625 +39,190
Southampton 595,170 1,110,382 +515,212
Dover 1,320,244 248,245 -1,071,999
London Gateway Port 1,096,719 448,894 -647,825
Immingham Docks 649,498 458,387 -191,111
Felixstowe 660,740 124,318 -536,422
London Stansted Airport 431,509 169,708 -261,801

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