How to export drive axles with differential to the United Kingdom? GTİP code, documents, customs duty and buyers
Imports of heading 8708 from Türkiye into the United Kingdom came to £289m in the last 12 months (September 2025–August 2026): 3.2% of its imports. Against the 12 months before: +0.4%.
Figures are for heading 8708: the official statistics go no deeper. Each figure has its source and date beside it.
Imports from Türkiye into the United Kingdom
Heading 8708 · September 2025 – August 2026
£289m+0.4% on the 12 months before
The 12 months before: £288m
- From Türkiye
- Other origins
Reported by the United Kingdom, from its own import statistics.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: HM Revenue & Customs, overseas trade statistics; imports by the country goods were consigned from. Growth rates and shares are calculated by Birlesa.
The customs watch computed these figures on 2 November 2026.
The market in the United Kingdom
The market's own import figures for heading 8708, last 12 months.
- Imports from the world, 12 months
- £9.03bn-2.5% on the 12 months before
- Türkiye's share
- 3.2%3.1% in the 12 months before
The largest suppliers
| Origin | 12 months | Share |
|---|---|---|
 Germany | £2.38bn | 26.4% |
 Italy | £837m | 9.3% |
 Netherlands | £791m | 8.8% |
 China | £702m | 7.8% |
 Poland | £553m | 6.1% |
Import restrictions notified to the WTO
Prohibitions and restrictions on this product's imports into United Kingdom, as notified to the WTO. Each applies to the goods its description names, which may be only some of the code's.
- Prohibited unless conditions are metImport licence needed
Import and export prohibition and restriction of substances that deplete the ozone layer.
In force since 1 January 2010Notified in G/MA/QR/N/GBR/4 on 30 September 2026Listed under 146 HS codesThe notification (WTO)(opens in a new tab)
The code
HS subheading (6 digits), the same in every country
GTİP 8708.50
Vehicle parts; drive-axles with differential, whether or not provided with other transmission components, and non-driving axles; parts thereof
Official Turkish title: 87.01 ila 87.05 Pozisyonlarında yer alan motorlu kara taşıtları için diferansiyelli hareket ettirici akslar ve taşıyıcı akslar ve aksam-parçaları
Heading 8708Motor vehicles; parts and accessories, of heading no. 8701 to 8705
Türkiye exported €217m of HS 8708.50 in 2025: rank 206 of 5,132 subheadings.
Source: Eurostat, Comext DS-059341 (the figures Türkiye declared). The ranking is calculated by Birlesa from Eurostat's figures; Eurostat bears no responsibility for it.
7 national tariff lines (12 digits)
Declarations in Türkiye use one of these lines; each has its own page.
- 8708.50.20.00.00Drive-axles with differential, whether or not provided with other transmission components, and non-driving axles, and parts thereof, for the industrial assembly of: pedestrian-controlled tractors, motor cars and vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, vehicles for the transport of goods with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine "diesel or semi-diesel engine" <= 2500 cm³ or with spark-ignition internal piston engine <= 2800 cm³, special purpose motor vehicles of heading 8705, n.e.s
- 8708.50.35.00.1487.01 ila 87.05 Pozisyonlarında yer alan motorlu taşıtlar için taşıyıcı akslar, dingiller, dingil başları; 8708.50.20.00.00 için olanlar HARİÇ
- 8708.50.35.00.1987.01 ila 87.05 Pozisyonlarında yer alan motorlu kara taşıtları için diferansiyelli hareket ettirici diğer akslar
- 8708.50.55.00.00Parts for drive-axles with differential, whether or not provided with other transmission components, and for non-driving axles, of closed-die forged steel, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and special purpose motor vehicles, n.e.s. (excl. those for the industrial assembly of certain motor vehicles of subheading 8708.50.20)
- 8708.50.91.00.00Parts for non-driving axles, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and special purpose motor vehicles, n.e.s. (excl. those for the industrial assembly of certain motor vehicles of subheading 8708.50.20 and of closed-die forged steel)
- 8708.50.99.00.11Motorlu kara taşıtları için diferansiyelli hareket ettirici aksların aksam-parçaları; 8708.50.55 ve 8708.50.20'dekiler HARİÇ, metal dökümden olanlar
- 8708.50.99.00.19Motorlu kara taşıtları için başka yerde belirtilmemiş diferansiyelli hareket ettirici aksların aksam-parçaları
Its page in the codes guideTÜİK Sınıflama Sunucusu: GTİP 2026(opens in a new tab)UN Statistics Division: HS 2022 (H6)(opens in a new tab)
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Türkiye rank among the United Kingdom's suppliers of drive axles with differential?
- From September 2025 to August 2026, Türkiye supplied 3.2% of the United Kingdom's imports of HS 8708: No. 8 of 112 supplying countries.
- Are Türkiye's exports of drive axles with differential to the United Kingdom growing?
- Over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026), £289m of goods under HS 8708 went from Türkiye to the United Kingdom: +0.4% on the 12 months before.