Import/export HS code 871640: Various trailers and semi-trailers

Includes all other types of trailers and semi-trailers not listed elsewhere

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 £
Belgium 17,205,049
Poland 12,478,117
China 9,841,101
Netherlands 7,564,766
Ireland 4,229,139

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 £
Belgium 6,989,327 10,215,722 +3,226,395
Poland 6,122,036 6,356,081 +234,045
China 5,476,714 4,364,387 -1,112,327
Netherlands 5,384,961 2,179,805 -3,205,156
Ireland 2,452,349 1,776,790 -675,559
United States 1,197,205 2,562,474 +1,365,269
Turkey 2,806,953 699,035 -2,107,918
Germany 2,146,903 1,356,633 -790,270
France 1,386,675 856,351 -530,324
Italy 589,660 1,524,989 +935,329

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 £
Belgium 17,422,917
Poland 12,715,865
China 10,311,581
Netherlands 5,987,604
United States 5,287,770

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 £
Belgium 7,039,636 10,383,281 +3,343,645
Poland 6,393,475 6,322,390 -71,085
China 5,767,612 4,543,969 -1,223,643
Netherlands 3,956,731 2,030,873 -1,925,858
United States 1,665,854 3,621,916 +1,956,062
Turkey 2,862,762 718,204 -2,144,558
France 1,030,740 1,897,017 +866,277
Germany 1,475,530 987,588 -487,942
Ireland 1,133,603 683,508 -450,095
Spain 313,822 1,075,574 +761,752

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 19
Inner London - West 14
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 13
Essex 13
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 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
Surrey, East and West Sussex 12 12 +0
Inner London - West 7 8 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 7 8 +1
Essex 8 8 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 3 10 +7
Northern Ireland 7 5 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 7 3 -4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 6 7 +1
West Midlands 6 7 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 8 1 -7

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 50,809,849
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,855,620
Other 3,609,603
Air transport 1,272,777
Road transport 272,741

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,920,573 25,889,276 +968,703
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,296,916 8,558,704 -1,738,212
Other 2,476,437 1,133,166 -1,343,271
Air transport 344,577 928,200 +583,623
Road transport 152,741 120,000 -32,741

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 19,643,343
Dover 15,229,189
Harwich 4,324,608
Felixstowe 3,729,802
000 3,609,603

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 £
Immingham Docks 9,012,551 10,630,792 +1,618,241
Dover 7,152,265 8,076,924 +924,659
Harwich 2,129,121 2,195,487 +66,366
Felixstowe 2,453,306 1,276,496 -1,176,810
000 2,476,437 1,133,166 -1,343,271
Eurotunnel 1,484,213 1,396,605 -87,608
Southampton 1,265,073 1,462,731 +197,658
Liverpool Docks 1,286,413 1,358,822 +72,409
Dover / Eurotunnel 679,978 1,646,479 +966,501
London 1,136,045 1,136,567 +522

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 47
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 40
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 28
Warehousing and support activities for transportation 20
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 16

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 26
2025-11 33
2025-10 32
2025-09 30
2025-08 32

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 99
54m+ 60
0-1m 57
15m-54m 29
Other 18

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 51,645,834
Falkland Islands 16,483,452
Germany 13,973,052
Netherlands 8,841,330
France 6,536,900

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 27,455,788 24,190,046 -3,265,742
Falkland Islands 16,316,617 166,835 -16,149,782
Germany 10,480,154 3,492,898 -6,987,256
Netherlands 5,048,444 3,792,886 -1,255,558
France 3,998,475 2,538,425 -1,460,050
Norway 3,412,416 2,881,612 -530,804
Australia 3,656,893 1,702,078 -1,954,815
Poland 3,401,043 1,366,399 -2,034,644
Sweden 1,890,028 2,193,069 +303,041
United States 2,319,445 1,388,220 -931,225

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 35,036,537
Nicaragua 358,036
Germany 102,487
Netherlands 93,082
Ireland 60,090

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 18,443,264 16,593,273 -1,849,991
Nicaragua 179,876 178,160 -1,716
Germany 52,102 50,385 -1,717
Netherlands 68,510 24,572 -43,938
Ireland 20,062 40,028 +19,966
Belgium 58,718 0 -58,718
Denmark 22,728 0 -22,728
Sweden 19,167 0 -19,167
United States 9,071 5,952 -3,119
France 292 12,295 +12,003

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) 69,484,420
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,426,281
Other 38,958,454
Air transport 1,051,061

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) 40,736,797 28,747,623 -11,989,174
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,934,036 10,492,245 -21,441,791
Other 19,474,720 19,483,734 +9,014
Air transport 744,547 306,514 -438,033

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 38,958,454
Southampton 24,146,473
Dover / Eurotunnel 23,575,701
Immingham Docks 12,975,477
Heysham 8,881,142

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 £
000 19,474,720 19,483,734 +9,014
Southampton 20,084,378 4,062,095 -16,022,283
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,324,009 9,251,692 -5,072,317
Immingham Docks 7,963,082 5,012,395 -2,950,687
Heysham 4,588,032 4,293,110 -294,922
London 5,521,546 2,629,653 -2,891,893
Holyhead 3,964,601 2,049,925 -1,914,676
Felixstowe 3,286,623 2,669,172 -617,451
Harwich 3,683,303 1,703,085 -1,980,218
Liverpool Docks 2,546,276 1,736,236 -810,040

Quick facts

HS code: 871640

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

Description: Includes all other types of trailers and semi-trailers not listed elsewhere