Import/export HS code 871499: Various motorcycle parts and accessories

Miscellaneous parts and accessories for motorcycles not listed elsewhere

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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 57,763,618
China 24,339,860
Netherlands 14,029,052
Italy 9,607,894
France 8,052,031

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 29,067,794 28,695,824 -371,970
China 12,924,774 11,415,086 -1,509,688
Netherlands 7,130,326 6,898,726 -231,600
Italy 4,805,618 4,802,276 -3,342
France 4,384,536 3,667,495 -717,041
Germany 3,746,414 3,843,713 +97,299
United States 4,292,933 3,066,852 -1,226,081
Japan 1,950,466 1,749,480 -200,986
Portugal 1,648,091 1,530,638 -117,453
Spain 1,034,883 1,260,683 +225,800

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 71,355,727
China 35,055,397
Italy 5,836,782
Japan 5,712,974
United States 5,594,100

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 36,735,601 34,620,126 -2,115,475
China 17,261,147 17,794,250 +533,103
Italy 2,839,452 2,997,330 +157,878
Japan 3,094,733 2,618,241 -476,492
United States 3,184,586 2,409,514 -775,072
Romania 2,883,468 2,093,225 -790,243
Germany 2,237,423 2,738,496 +501,073
Poland 1,084,012 1,346,637 +262,625
Spain 1,084,189 1,069,361 -14,828
Viet Nam 1,143,291 895,688 -247,603

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Surrey, East and West Sussex 62
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 60
Inner London - West 51
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 50
Inner London - East 41

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
Surrey, East and West Sussex 43 44 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 42 33 -9
Inner London - West 38 30 -8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 42 27 -15
Inner London - East 23 32 +9
West Midlands 25 26 +1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 25 23 -2
West Yorkshire 26 24 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 26 24 -2
Greater Manchester 26 21 -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) 65,891,130
Air transport 41,256,396
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 30,418,568
Other 12,315,858
Road transport 145,187

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) 30,381,903 35,509,227 +5,127,324
Air transport 20,948,217 20,308,179 -640,038
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,898,202 14,520,366 -1,377,836
Other 9,199,894 3,115,964 -6,083,930
Road transport 16,089 129,098 +113,009

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 35,718,649
London Heathrow Airport 17,065,813
Southampton 13,035,470
000 12,315,858
Dover 11,628,051

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 19,566,972 16,151,677 -3,415,295
London Heathrow Airport 8,876,693 8,189,120 -687,573
Southampton 7,438,231 5,597,239 -1,840,992
000 9,199,894 3,115,964 -6,083,930
Dover 5,836,570 5,791,481 -45,089
East Midlands Airport 5,069,385 4,478,029 -591,356
London Gateway Port 2,008,883 6,567,978 +4,559,095
499 84,164 6,045,761 +5,961,597
London Stansted Airport 3,085,950 3,040,955 -44,995
Birmingham Airport 2,370,438 3,086,131 +715,693

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 287
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 170
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 159
Manufacture of other transport equipment 71
Other manufacturing 53

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 172
2026-03 168
2026-02 159
2026-01 143
2025-12 139

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 408
0-1m 331
54m+ 131
15m-54m 63
Other 63

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 £
Australia 23,358,356
Netherlands 7,497,331
United States 6,064,409
Slovakia 5,018,716
Germany 2,515,524

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 £
Australia 19,516,457 3,841,899 -15,674,558
Netherlands 3,662,828 3,834,503 +171,675
United States 3,202,484 2,861,925 -340,559
Slovakia 2,689,546 2,329,170 -360,376
Germany 1,346,462 1,169,062 -177,400
France 979,343 891,555 -87,788
China 671,731 657,213 -14,518
Ireland 540,063 771,714 +231,651
New Zealand 906,091 290,667 -615,424
Canada 404,182 397,322 -6,860

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 146,077
Taiwan 41,700
Italy 29,912
Portugal 16,939
Viet Nam 15,056

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 50,441 95,636 +45,195
Taiwan 16,202 25,498 +9,296
Italy 5,922 23,990 +18,068
Portugal 7,629 9,310 +1,681
Viet Nam 6,740 8,316 +1,576
Indonesia 5,154 9,698 +4,544
Germany 3,578 6,280 +2,702
XI 1,544 4,053 +2,509
Japan 1,053 2,753 +1,700
Brazil 0 3,706 +3,706

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 41,105,719
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,824,454
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,111,252
Other 317,599
Road transport 10,658

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 £
Air transport 28,831,840 12,273,879 -16,557,961
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,820,189 7,004,265 -815,924
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,646,182 3,465,070 +818,888
Other 109,436 208,163 +98,727
Road transport 10,658 0 -10,658

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 25,359,951
East Midlands Airport 11,769,424
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,872,055
Immingham Docks 4,775,185
Dover 2,669,729

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 21,251,497 4,108,454 -17,143,043
East Midlands Airport 5,353,688 6,415,736 +1,062,048
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,872,137 2,999,918 +127,781
Immingham Docks 2,690,341 2,084,844 -605,497
Dover 1,453,290 1,216,439 -236,851
London Gateway Port 795,791 1,735,225 +939,434
ZLC 1,165,149 1,143,782 -21,367
Southampton 958,264 824,167 -134,097
London Stansted Airport 825,600 509,584 -316,016
Liverpool Docks 433,969 408,070 -25,899

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 871499

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

Description: Miscellaneous parts and accessories for motorcycles not listed elsewhere