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 £
Netherlands 76,399,143
Taiwan 76,010,191
Germany 57,547,277
Viet Nam 45,445,784
China 41,949,583

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 £
Netherlands 34,756,143 41,643,000 +6,886,857
Taiwan 36,105,979 39,904,212 +3,798,233
Germany 42,577,154 14,970,123 -27,607,031
Viet Nam 24,120,988 21,324,796 -2,796,192
China 21,252,440 20,697,143 -555,297
Indonesia 14,912,993 20,165,681 +5,252,688
Bangladesh 13,320,638 21,330,435 +8,009,797
Tunisia 16,205,218 12,981,583 -3,223,635
Belgium 13,436,669 10,328,734 -3,107,935
India 12,507,292 10,629,837 -1,877,455

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 99,867,441
Germany 85,981,850
China 62,646,230
Cambodia 56,640,689
Bangladesh 38,438,713

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 47,896,287 51,971,154 +4,074,867
Germany 49,345,629 36,636,221 -12,709,408
China 28,015,031 34,631,199 +6,616,168
Cambodia 29,949,569 26,691,120 -3,258,449
Bangladesh 15,656,358 22,782,355 +7,125,997
Indonesia 15,252,406 20,291,260 +5,038,854
Tunisia 17,641,557 13,659,973 -3,981,584
India 12,407,525 10,333,188 -2,074,337
Viet Nam 7,881,796 4,321,608 -3,560,188
Portugal 4,215,744 7,686,022 +3,470,278

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 23
Inner London - East 21
Surrey, East and West Sussex 18
North Yorkshire 11
West of England 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 15 18 +3
Inner London - East 11 17 +6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 16 14 -2
North Yorkshire 6 8 +2
West of England 10 5 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 7 7 +0
Outer London - West and North West 8 7 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 8 6 -2
Devon 5 7 +2
Greater Manchester 6 7 +1

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) 222,343,253
Other 128,620,685
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 127,078,888
Air transport 39,887,655
Rail transport 5,692,598

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) 80,718,574 141,624,679 +60,906,105
Other 100,786,123 27,834,562 -72,951,561
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 66,389,406 60,689,482 -5,699,924
Air transport 13,523,126 26,364,529 +12,841,403
Rail transport 0 5,692,598 +5,692,598
Road transport 68,393 309,062 +240,669

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 128,620,685
499 81,062,938
London Gateway Port 73,107,698
Felixstowe 48,299,410
Eurotunnel 40,186,805

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 £
000 100,786,123 27,834,562 -72,951,561
499 0 81,062,938 +81,062,938
London Gateway Port 37,052,607 36,055,091 -997,516
Felixstowe 26,672,059 21,627,351 -5,044,708
Eurotunnel 22,620,830 17,565,975 -5,054,855
Birmingham Airport 7,654,270 19,054,668 +11,400,398
London 10,486,180 10,014,580 -471,600
Dover 8,348,713 11,803,511 +3,454,798
Thamesport 9,471,386 7,747,322 -1,724,064
Immingham Docks 7,349,634 5,565,868 -1,783,766

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 128
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 55
Manufacture of other transport equipment 17
Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities 8
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 8

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 40
2026-03 54
2026-02 43
2026-01 37
2025-12 39

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 89
1m-15m 84
54m+ 28
Other 26
15m-54m 19

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 52,683,370
Netherlands 20,164,216
Japan 11,041,359
United States 10,659,509
South Korea 9,225,355

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 30,661,488 22,021,882 -8,639,606
Netherlands 12,143,719 8,020,497 -4,123,222
Japan 7,548,161 3,493,198 -4,054,963
United States 7,455,809 3,203,700 -4,252,109
South Korea 4,636,690 4,588,665 -48,025
Ireland 3,624,284 2,419,478 -1,204,806
Germany 2,383,118 2,300,937 -82,181
Nigeria 1,522,808 1,445,434 -77,374
Singapore 1,469,486 1,297,684 -171,802
Switzerland 1,225,261 1,118,689 -106,572

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 1,279,581
Tunisia 1,267,467
Bangladesh 335,543
Cambodia 264,469
China 189,411

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 743,409 536,172 -207,237
Tunisia 651,475 615,992 -35,483
Bangladesh 169,968 165,575 -4,393
Cambodia 188,101 76,368 -111,733
China 77,248 112,163 +34,915
Indonesia 119,411 13,125 -106,286
India 19,054 8,339 -10,715
Philippines 18,464 7,973 -10,491
Bahrain 13,927 11,973 -1,954
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) 80,731,811
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 30,317,308
Air transport 28,366,873
Other 3,767,857
Road transport 18,688

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) 44,098,356 36,633,455 -7,464,901
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,482,670 12,834,638 -4,648,032
Air transport 19,498,533 8,868,340 -10,630,193
Other 2,097,632 1,670,225 -427,407
Road transport 15,591 3,097 -12,494
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 36,121,465
London Gateway Port 31,608,835
Dover / Eurotunnel 21,085,617
London Heathrow Airport 19,334,494
Felixstowe 9,938,245

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 25,296,745 10,824,720 -14,472,025
London Gateway Port 12,331,925 19,276,910 +6,944,985
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,290,062 9,795,555 -1,494,507
London Heathrow Airport 14,062,049 5,272,445 -8,789,604
Felixstowe 4,338,155 5,600,090 +1,261,935
East Midlands Airport 4,054,566 2,610,216 -1,444,350
Dover 4,173,540 1,912,166 -2,261,374
000 2,097,632 1,670,225 -427,407
ZLC 1,076,859 810,513 -266,346
London 1,468,003 339,593 -1,128,410

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