Import/export HS code 871160: Electric motorcycles and bikes

Includes all types of electric motorcycles and bikes, powered solely by electric motors

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • 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 £
China 191,967,640
Netherlands 110,795,875
Taiwan 57,334,434
Germany 46,601,396
France 39,250,042

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 £
China 55,956,289 136,011,351 +80,055,062
Netherlands 56,419,089 54,376,786 -2,042,303
Taiwan 36,382,067 20,952,367 -15,429,700
Germany 29,816,451 16,784,945 -13,031,506
France 11,847,820 27,402,222 +15,554,402
Spain 17,301,410 17,916,170 +614,760
Hungary 9,968,813 13,812,238 +3,843,425
Viet Nam 9,886,706 9,331,756 -554,950
Belgium 8,933,769 5,571,539 -3,362,230
Thailand 7,288,781 6,449,761 -839,020

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 £
China 219,827,330
Germany 139,149,397
Taiwan 73,640,601
Spain 32,679,642
Hungary 29,087,241

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 £
China 67,433,525 152,393,805 +84,960,280
Germany 64,890,671 74,258,726 +9,368,055
Taiwan 44,642,467 28,998,134 -15,644,333
Spain 17,010,806 15,668,836 -1,341,970
Hungary 13,392,476 15,694,765 +2,302,289
Netherlands 10,252,548 6,432,365 -3,820,183
Viet Nam 8,626,704 6,885,524 -1,741,180
Thailand 7,548,660 6,517,684 -1,030,976
France 4,882,260 4,978,723 +96,463
Cambodia 6,144,612 3,667,913 -2,476,699

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - East 31
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 27
Outer London - West and North West 24
Surrey, East and West Sussex 24
Greater Manchester 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
Inner London - East 19 20 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 20 18 -2
Outer London - West and North West 12 15 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 19 15 -4
Greater Manchester 9 12 +3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 14 8 -6
Inner London - West 10 12 +2
Kent 11 10 -1
Devon 9 9 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 7 12 +5

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 275,103,631
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 190,759,972
Air transport 94,157,524
Other 47,413,028
Rail transport 2,397,217

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 101,230,721 173,872,910 +72,642,189
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 93,753,660 97,006,312 +3,252,652
Air transport 32,986,480 61,171,044 +28,184,564
Other 43,084,671 4,328,357 -38,756,314
Rail transport 0 2,397,217 +2,397,217
Road transport 15,213 616,900 +601,687

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 152,116,297
Dover 62,970,024
Eurotunnel 60,834,655
Birmingham Airport 51,351,165
000 47,413,028

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 £
Felixstowe 52,022,138 100,094,159 +48,072,021
Dover 31,557,869 31,412,155 -145,714
Eurotunnel 30,372,144 30,462,511 +90,367
Birmingham Airport 16,448,988 34,902,177 +18,453,189
000 43,084,671 4,328,357 -38,756,314
499 15,213 36,950,454 +36,935,241
Southampton 20,153,382 13,105,555 -7,047,827
London Gateway Port 8,124,212 20,015,875 +11,891,663
Thamesport 19,771,622 1,987,694 -17,783,928
London 10,776,847 10,501,489 -275,358

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
161
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
76
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
50
Manufacture of other transport equipment
18
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
14

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 52
2026-04 60
2026-03 69
2026-02 60
2026-01 53

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 134
0-1m 115
Other 57
54m+ 47
15m-54m 25

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 £
Netherlands 17,287,075
United States 7,244,484
Germany 5,585,591
Ireland 4,131,211
France 1,519,022

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 £
Netherlands 10,041,504 7,245,571 -2,795,933
United States 3,207,536 4,036,948 +829,412
Germany 3,370,794 2,214,797 -1,155,997
Ireland 2,553,272 1,577,939 -975,333
France 736,568 782,454 +45,886
Switzerland 497,958 937,498 +439,540
Spain 273,506 286,480 +12,974
Austria 281,834 227,190 -54,644
Denmark 268,363 194,556 -73,807
Thailand 2,000 396,052 +394,052

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 £
China 311,840
Thailand 232,938
France 151,425
Turkey 149,323
Germany 140,421

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 £
China 141,365 170,475 +29,110
Thailand 135,548 97,390 -38,158
France 47,512 103,913 +56,401
Turkey 106,063 43,260 -62,803
Germany 108,016 32,405 -75,611
Taiwan 61,724 5,331 -56,393
XI 46,210 4,544 -41,666
Sierra Leone 42,488 7,061 -35,427
Japan 11,213 14,446 +3,233
Czechia 20,953 0 -20,953

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) 30,283,953
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,718,666
Air transport 4,803,416
Other 1,250,760
Road transport 3,464

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) 17,482,635 12,801,318 -4,681,317
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,904,474 5,814,192 +2,909,718
Air transport 2,587,544 2,215,872 -371,672
Other 764,956 485,804 -279,152
Road transport 3,464 0 -3,464

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 20,373,707
Southampton 4,348,541
Felixstowe 3,082,709
East Midlands Airport 2,699,122
Holyhead 2,571,290

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 9,586,006 10,787,701 +1,201,695
Southampton 1,069,226 3,279,315 +2,210,089
Felixstowe 2,080,112 1,002,597 -1,077,515
East Midlands Airport 1,804,119 895,003 -909,116
Holyhead 1,576,356 994,934 -581,422
Dover 2,185,624 287,233 -1,898,391
London Gateway Port 736,918 861,719 +124,801
Harwich 1,448,313 115,518 -1,332,795
000 764,956 485,804 -279,152
Liverpool Docks 512,793 597,044 +84,251

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 871160

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

Description: Includes all types of electric motorcycles and bikes, powered solely by electric motors