Import/export HS code 8713: Wheelchairs for disabled people, motorized or not

Wheelchairs designed for disabled individuals, including both manual and motorized types, for mobility assistance

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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 £
China 86,968,170
Germany 23,669,369
France 18,647,532
United States 7,077,347
Poland 6,709,157

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 42,767,596 44,200,574 +1,432,978
Germany 11,474,168 12,195,201 +721,033
France 9,723,459 8,924,073 -799,386
United States 3,854,850 3,222,497 -632,353
Poland 3,209,491 3,499,666 +290,175
Italy 3,140,746 3,104,026 -36,720
Taiwan 3,718,382 2,265,092 -1,453,290
Sweden 2,478,386 2,481,735 +3,349
India 2,314,700 2,393,497 +78,797
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,188,131 1,621,395 -566,736

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 93,320,899
Germany 22,643,778
France 16,932,532
Taiwan 6,918,207
United States 6,736,126

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 46,314,907 47,005,992 +691,085
Germany 11,097,058 11,546,720 +449,662
France 8,734,322 8,198,210 -536,112
Taiwan 3,970,512 2,947,695 -1,022,817
United States 3,657,101 3,079,025 -578,076
Poland 3,201,049 3,503,603 +302,554
Italy 3,051,003 3,050,330 -673
Sweden 2,474,892 2,365,194 -109,698
India 2,314,700 2,411,278 +96,578
Thailand 1,360,839 1,165,969 -194,870

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 14
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 13
South East Wales 12
Surrey, East and West Sussex 12
West Midlands 12

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
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 11 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 9 12 +3
South East Wales 7 8 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 8 10 +2
West Midlands 8 10 +2
West Yorkshire 10 8 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 5 9 +4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 3 9 +6
Essex 6 7 +1
Greater Manchester 4 6 +2

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) 107,642,284
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 62,408,727
Air transport 14,854,351
Other 404,569
Road transport 202,172

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) 53,266,709 54,375,575 +1,108,866
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 33,109,042 29,299,685 -3,809,357
Air transport 6,886,971 7,967,380 +1,080,409
Other 148,042 256,527 +108,485
Road transport 132,895 69,277 -63,618

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 58,147,252
Southampton 35,754,626
London Gateway Port 19,320,662
Dover 18,033,461
Eurotunnel 14,047,624

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 32,405,603 25,741,649 -6,663,954
Southampton 21,014,352 14,740,274 -6,274,078
London Gateway Port 3,264,712 16,055,950 +12,791,238
Dover 11,361,590 6,671,871 -4,689,719
Eurotunnel 7,025,430 7,022,194 -3,236
Portsmouth 1,929,701 6,186,934 +4,257,233
Immingham Docks 2,271,303 2,908,540 +637,237
London Heathrow Airport 1,900,181 2,038,312 +138,131
Thamesport 1,699,133 1,525,769 -173,364
East Midlands Airport 1,581,862 1,189,036 -392,826

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 87
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 51
Other manufacturing 25
Human health activities 16
Other personal service activities 13

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 41
2026-03 56
2026-02 52
2026-01 37
2025-12 45

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 110
0-1m 64
Other 25
54m+ 22
15m-54m 20

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 £
Ireland 12,569,367
Netherlands 5,577,636
France 4,474,890
Germany 3,141,825
Australia 2,787,563

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 £
Ireland 6,193,477 6,375,890 +182,413
Netherlands 2,738,669 2,838,967 +100,298
France 1,949,618 2,525,272 +575,654
Germany 1,233,193 1,908,632 +675,439
Australia 1,235,588 1,551,975 +316,387
Spain 1,022,456 1,629,652 +607,196
United States 1,756,746 835,632 -921,114
Norway 1,141,253 971,236 -170,017
Italy 401,757 558,987 +157,230
Japan 597,335 356,610 -240,725

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 1,281,202
Poland 140,535
China 91,156
Germany 60,331
United States 51,735

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 252,017 1,029,185 +777,168
Poland 58,614 81,921 +23,307
China 37,711 53,445 +15,734
Germany 40,219 20,112 -20,107
United States 20,258 31,477 +11,219
Ireland 4,297 45,360 +41,063
Switzerland 20,802 16,587 -4,215
Nicaragua 0 30,129 +30,129
Denmark 12,425 1,664 -10,761
France 0 6,873 +6,873

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) 28,900,169
Air transport 12,868,303
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,433,780
Other 2,113,747
Road transport 5,718

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) 13,407,000 15,493,169 +2,086,169
Air transport 6,521,954 6,346,349 -175,605
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,878,822 1,554,958 -323,864
Other 701,966 1,411,781 +709,815
Road transport 5,718 0 -5,718

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,118,675
Holyhead 7,651,728
London Heathrow Airport 5,258,184
ZLC 2,971,578
Immingham Docks 2,553,000

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 5,218,019 6,900,656 +1,682,637
Holyhead 3,805,726 3,846,002 +40,276
London Heathrow Airport 2,145,568 3,112,616 +967,048
ZLC 1,121,593 1,849,985 +728,392
Immingham Docks 1,388,567 1,164,433 -224,134
London Stansted Airport 1,772,521 341,781 -1,430,740
000 701,966 1,411,781 +709,815
Portsmouth 786,344 1,175,427 +389,083
East Midlands Airport 1,202,317 708,545 -493,772
Felixstowe 964,985 714,650 -250,335

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8713

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

Description: Wheelchairs designed for disabled individuals, including both manual and motorized types, for mobility assistance