Import/export HS code 87120030: Bicycles with ball bearings

Bicycles equipped with ball bearings for smoother rides and better durability

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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 £
Taiwan 66,235,797
Netherlands 66,075,353
Germany 57,094,135
Viet Nam 43,369,391
China 37,358,151

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 £
Taiwan 37,570,239 28,665,558 -8,904,681
Netherlands 32,641,070 33,434,283 +793,213
Germany 43,348,404 13,745,731 -29,602,673
Viet Nam 24,958,339 18,411,052 -6,547,287
China 21,069,273 16,288,878 -4,780,395
Indonesia 14,730,108 15,772,757 +1,042,649
Bangladesh 13,104,364 15,129,631 +2,025,267
Tunisia 15,633,422 11,843,554 -3,789,868
Belgium 13,111,357 8,749,879 -4,361,478
India 12,500,594 8,521,569 -3,979,025

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 £
Taiwan 87,117,308
Germany 79,513,847
China 54,072,560
Cambodia 52,485,302
Bangladesh 31,356,774

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 £
Taiwan 49,959,582 37,157,726 -12,801,856
Germany 49,288,610 30,225,237 -19,063,373
China 27,137,091 26,935,469 -201,622
Cambodia 30,101,031 22,384,271 -7,716,760
Bangladesh 15,437,377 15,919,397 +482,020
Indonesia 14,981,558 15,928,661 +947,103
Tunisia 17,103,300 12,238,458 -4,864,842
India 12,486,423 8,466,164 -4,020,259
Viet Nam 7,885,301 4,343,794 -3,541,507
Netherlands 4,379,271 5,934,164 +1,554,893

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 21
Surrey, East and West Sussex 18
Inner London - East 16
West of England 12
North Yorkshire 11

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 - West 14 15 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 14 16 +2
Inner London - East 10 12 +2
West of England 10 5 -5
North Yorkshire 7 8 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 7 6 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 8 6 -2
Devon 5 6 +1
Outer London - West and North West 7 7 +0
Greater Manchester 6 6 +0

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) 179,036,787
Other 137,775,792
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 115,405,860
Air transport 31,535,356
Rail transport 2,558,132

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) 80,219,347 98,817,440 +18,598,093
Other 101,516,565 36,259,227 -65,257,338
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 67,247,385 48,158,475 -19,088,910
Air transport 11,765,914 19,769,442 +8,003,528
Rail transport 0 2,558,132 +2,558,132
Road transport 68,393 41,547 -26,846

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 137,775,792
London Gateway Port 63,969,703
499 49,145,025
Felixstowe 43,072,485
Eurotunnel 38,002,832

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 £
000 101,516,565 36,259,227 -65,257,338
London Gateway Port 36,672,146 27,297,557 -9,374,589
499 0 49,145,025 +49,145,025
Felixstowe 26,941,141 16,131,344 -10,809,797
Eurotunnel 22,822,264 15,180,568 -7,641,696
Birmingham Airport 5,833,744 14,762,481 +8,928,737
Dover 8,612,677 8,745,452 +132,775
London 10,186,308 7,121,946 -3,064,362
Thamesport 9,046,272 6,366,809 -2,679,463
Immingham Docks 7,749,751 5,650,003 -2,099,748

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 116
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 50
Manufacture of other transport equipment 15
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 8
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 7

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 37
2025-11 43
2025-10 55
2025-09 46
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
0-1m 83
1m-15m 73
54m+ 28
Other 24
15m-54m 17

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 £
China 46,609,827
Netherlands 18,882,346
Japan 10,110,158
United States 9,958,679
South Korea 9,540,376

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 £
China 28,946,171 17,663,656 -11,282,515
Netherlands 11,813,403 7,068,943 -4,744,460
Japan 7,255,552 2,854,606 -4,400,946
United States 6,998,601 2,960,078 -4,038,523
South Korea 5,071,830 4,468,546 -603,284
Ireland 3,561,883 2,054,831 -1,507,052
Germany 2,334,823 1,906,975 -427,848
Nigeria 1,445,781 1,133,095 -312,686
Singapore 1,392,583 893,947 -498,636
Switzerland 1,238,855 883,221 -355,634

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 £
Sierra Leone 1,211,461
Tunisia 1,140,016
Bangladesh 296,175
Cambodia 263,306
China 151,441

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 £
Sierra Leone 780,683 430,778 -349,905
Tunisia 632,919 507,097 -125,822
Bangladesh 171,209 124,966 -46,243
Cambodia 176,548 86,758 -89,790
China 78,740 72,701 -6,039
Indonesia 119,411 12,158 -107,253
India 19,509 6,822 -12,687
Bahrain 16,150 8,944 -7,206
Philippines 18,332 6,283 -12,049
Viet Nam 17,697 0 -17,697

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 71,775,759
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 28,219,920
Air transport 26,804,305
Other 3,451,067
Road transport 71,219

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 41,980,571 29,795,188 -12,185,383
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,048,495 11,171,425 -5,877,070
Air transport 19,380,678 7,423,627 -11,957,051
Other 2,119,056 1,332,011 -787,045
Road transport 71,219 0 -71,219
Rail transport 0 2,125 +2,125

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 33,281,576
London Gateway Port 25,724,535
Dover / Eurotunnel 19,568,519
London Heathrow Airport 18,188,118
Felixstowe 9,872,197

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 £
Southampton 25,033,410 8,248,166 -16,785,244
London Gateway Port 9,804,731 15,919,804 +6,115,073
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,309,589 8,258,930 -3,050,659
London Heathrow Airport 13,887,984 4,300,134 -9,587,850
Felixstowe 5,037,952 4,834,245 -203,707
East Midlands Airport 4,068,866 2,300,973 -1,767,893
Dover 3,802,713 2,051,056 -1,751,657
000 2,119,056 1,332,011 -787,045
ZLC 1,146,054 656,705 -489,349
London 1,427,903 157,630 -1,270,273

Quick facts

HS code: 87120030

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

Description: Bicycles equipped with ball bearings for smoother rides and better durability