Import/export HS code 871420: Wheelchair parts and accessories

Spare parts and add-ons for wheelchairs, such as brakes, frames, and wheels

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 31,460,717
United States 19,980,337
Germany 9,081,954
Sweden 7,600,379
Poland 7,404,289

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 15,904,181 15,556,536 -347,645
United States 10,433,741 9,546,596 -887,145
Germany 4,640,120 4,441,834 -198,286
Sweden 4,023,867 3,576,512 -447,355
Poland 3,783,896 3,620,393 -163,503
Netherlands 4,012,157 3,210,362 -801,795
Taiwan 2,438,872 3,226,300 +787,428
France 2,611,574 2,826,186 +214,612
Denmark 3,482,888 1,936,069 -1,546,819
New Zealand 2,374,258 1,719,781 -654,477

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 38,415,109
United States 19,840,888
Germany 8,477,852
Sweden 7,654,831
Poland 6,194,867

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 19,413,726 19,001,383 -412,343
United States 10,859,968 8,980,920 -1,879,048
Germany 4,273,026 4,204,826 -68,200
Sweden 4,155,878 3,498,953 -656,925
Poland 3,377,745 2,817,122 -560,623
Taiwan 2,539,515 3,556,081 +1,016,566
Denmark 3,541,324 2,138,108 -1,403,216
New Zealand 2,367,709 1,664,612 -703,097
France 1,746,839 1,906,198 +159,359
Netherlands 1,066,487 1,504,349 +437,862

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 15
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14
West Midlands 14
Surrey, East and West Sussex 13
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 13 12 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 8 13 +5
West Midlands 8 11 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 10 11 +1
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 8 9 +1
West Yorkshire 8 10 +2
Essex 9 6 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 10 7 -3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 5 8 +3
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 7 5 -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) 55,755,823
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,654,774
Air transport 24,711,647
Other 1,257,892
Road transport 127,494

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) 27,445,313 28,310,510 +865,197
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,059,913 15,594,861 -3,465,052
Air transport 13,329,199 11,382,448 -1,946,751
Other 597,600 660,292 +62,692
Road transport 72,312 55,182 -17,130

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 18,781,211
Southampton 17,908,757
London Gateway Port 15,689,613
London Heathrow Airport 12,780,012
Eurotunnel 6,957,719

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 10,824,235 7,956,976 -2,867,259
Southampton 8,594,094 9,314,663 +720,569
London Gateway Port 7,543,793 8,145,820 +602,027
London Heathrow Airport 7,677,207 5,102,805 -2,574,402
Eurotunnel 3,239,720 3,717,999 +478,279
Immingham Docks 3,151,018 3,574,771 +423,753
Harwich 3,305,629 3,096,301 -209,328
Dover 4,042,692 2,076,776 -1,965,916
Birmingham Airport 2,173,412 2,623,355 +449,943
East Midlands Airport 1,546,600 1,632,580 +85,980

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
64
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
41
Other manufacturing
29
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
27
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
20

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 75
2026-04 76
2026-03 82
2026-02 85
2026-01 60

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 142
0-1m 68
54m+ 25
15m-54m 23
Other 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 £
Ireland 9,204,699
France 7,515,802
Netherlands 4,975,741
Czechia 3,180,762
Sweden 2,927,193

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 4,694,948 4,509,751 -185,197
France 4,385,318 3,130,484 -1,254,834
Netherlands 2,917,982 2,057,759 -860,223
Czechia 1,444,461 1,736,301 +291,840
Sweden 1,743,607 1,183,586 -560,021
Germany 1,197,504 1,173,799 -23,705
Spain 1,152,537 1,115,891 -36,646
South Korea 514,553 1,086,341 +571,788
Italy 687,984 791,295 +103,311
China 489,154 958,821 +469,667

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 382,131
Ireland 342,237
United States 38,249
Norway 36,725
China 31,107

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 185,089 197,042 +11,953
Ireland 41,724 300,513 +258,789
United States 7,107 31,142 +24,035
Norway 5,519 31,206 +25,687
China 14,903 16,204 +1,301
Sweden 407 19,384 +18,977
Germany 9,024 3,677 -5,347
Italy 8,692 2,733 -5,959
Denmark 4,015 4,978 +963
Switzerland 4,382 4,295 -87

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) 29,422,898
Air transport 14,455,240
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,648,165
Other 1,487,751
Road transport 5,962

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) 15,714,073 13,708,825 -2,005,248
Air transport 7,055,294 7,399,946 +344,652
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,491,251 1,156,914 -334,337
Other 861,903 625,848 -236,055
Road transport 5,962 0 -5,962

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 20,605,955
East Midlands Airport 7,390,975
London Heathrow Airport 4,261,506
Portsmouth 2,553,026
ZLC 1,982,512

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 11,183,032 9,422,923 -1,760,109
East Midlands Airport 3,812,066 3,578,909 -233,157
London Heathrow Airport 1,754,816 2,506,690 +751,874
Portsmouth 1,407,033 1,145,993 -261,040
ZLC 855,660 1,126,852 +271,192
Holyhead 574,909 1,227,487 +652,578
000 861,903 625,848 -236,055
Liverpool Docks 895,000 432,142 -462,858
Immingham Docks 626,266 646,645 +20,379
London Gateway Port 706,180 151,746 -554,434

Quick facts

HS code: 871420

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

Description: Spare parts and add-ons for wheelchairs, such as brakes, frames, and wheels