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 53,179,293
China 21,207,751
Netherlands 13,849,908
Italy 9,034,751
France 7,713,119

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 27,700,501 25,478,792 -2,221,709
China 12,554,578 8,653,173 -3,901,405
Netherlands 7,624,077 6,225,831 -1,398,246
Italy 4,837,738 4,197,013 -640,725
France 4,628,832 3,084,287 -1,544,545
United States 4,291,060 3,007,240 -1,283,820
Germany 3,940,104 2,902,055 -1,038,049
Japan 2,047,224 1,609,430 -437,794
Portugal 1,580,924 1,508,473 -72,451
Spain 924,656 1,050,635 +125,979

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 66,307,780
China 31,041,956
Japan 5,642,031
United States 5,588,622
Italy 5,508,155

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 35,122,641 31,185,139 -3,937,502
China 17,370,726 13,671,230 -3,699,496
Japan 3,200,305 2,441,726 -758,579
United States 3,128,606 2,460,016 -668,590
Italy 2,932,004 2,576,151 -355,853
Romania 2,983,141 2,004,091 -979,050
Germany 2,391,353 1,945,798 -445,555
Poland 1,046,801 1,120,642 +73,841
Spain 985,514 957,659 -27,855
Viet Nam 1,083,024 848,997 -234,027

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 60
Surrey, East and West Sussex 58
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 54
Inner London - West 50
Inner London - East 42

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 46 31 -15
Surrey, East and West Sussex 39 42 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 46 27 -19
Inner London - West 40 28 -12
Inner London - East 28 31 +3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 30 23 -7
West Midlands 26 23 -3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 28 20 -8
West Yorkshire 25 24 -1
Greater Manchester 24 24 +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) 56,687,641
Air transport 38,578,078
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 29,688,784
Other 13,820,502
Road transport 112,401

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) 28,701,964 27,985,677 -716,287
Air transport 20,623,441 17,954,637 -2,668,804
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,888,472 12,800,312 -4,088,160
Other 9,222,278 4,598,224 -4,624,054
Road transport 22,942 89,459 +66,517

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 33,381,475
London Heathrow Airport 16,113,811
000 13,820,502
Southampton 11,321,970
Dover 10,926,548

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 19,414,775 13,966,700 -5,448,075
London Heathrow Airport 8,720,639 7,393,172 -1,327,467
000 9,222,278 4,598,224 -4,624,054
Southampton 6,427,109 4,894,861 -1,532,248
Dover 6,009,110 4,917,438 -1,091,672
East Midlands Airport 5,224,676 3,979,076 -1,245,600
London Gateway Port 1,980,860 4,351,435 +2,370,575
London Stansted Airport 3,098,976 2,543,303 -555,673
Birmingham Airport 2,034,853 2,855,334 +820,481
Immingham Docks 2,107,035 1,560,176 -546,859

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 277
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 166
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 155
Manufacture of other transport equipment 70
Other manufacturing 55

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 143
2025-11 152
2025-10 178
2025-09 174
2025-08 166

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 397
0-1m 329
54m+ 136
15m-54m 64
Other 53

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 31,089,581
Netherlands 6,909,647
United States 5,434,427
Slovakia 4,553,304
Germany 2,344,467

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 28,485,183 2,604,398 -25,880,785
Netherlands 3,635,777 3,273,870 -361,907
United States 2,916,848 2,517,579 -399,269
Slovakia 2,708,515 1,844,789 -863,726
Germany 1,361,852 982,615 -379,237
France 1,027,487 794,987 -232,500
China 678,063 650,131 -27,932
New Zealand 1,063,035 229,688 -833,347
Ireland 552,674 663,308 +110,634
Spain 496,652 274,072 -222,580

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 98,776
Taiwan 33,497
Italy 17,810
Portugal 15,871
Viet Nam 13,852

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 51,969 46,807 -5,162
Taiwan 15,803 17,694 +1,891
Italy 6,020 11,790 +5,770
Portugal 8,227 7,644 -583
Viet Nam 7,454 6,398 -1,056
Indonesia 5,498 7,269 +1,771
Germany 4,316 3,785 -531
XI 1,868 1,204 -664
Japan 996 1,620 +624
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 953 1,280 +327

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 48,496,721
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,439,087
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,539,442
Other 232,099
Road transport 164,513

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 37,556,979 10,939,742 -26,617,237
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,554,618 5,884,469 -1,670,149
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,420,647 2,118,795 -1,301,852
Other 114,071 118,028 +3,957
Road transport 164,513 0 -164,513

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 33,683,601
East Midlands Airport 10,675,170
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,443,427
Immingham Docks 4,436,466
ZLC 2,646,149

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 30,024,046 3,659,555 -26,364,491
East Midlands Airport 5,050,197 5,624,973 +574,776
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,047,222 2,396,205 -651,017
Immingham Docks 2,632,990 1,803,476 -829,514
ZLC 1,609,506 1,036,643 -572,863
Dover 1,474,143 1,073,077 -401,066
London Gateway Port 716,543 839,367 +122,824
Southampton 883,464 533,651 -349,813
London Stansted Airport 861,244 450,706 -410,538
Hull 728,668 151,679 -576,989

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