Import/export HS code 340119: Various soaps

Soaps and cleaning products not for personal use, such as industrial or household cleaning

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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 £
Israel 32,075,606
India 22,368,738
China 18,380,816
Poland 12,310,509
Turkey 9,383,104

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 £
Israel 20,850,912 11,224,694 -9,626,218
India 10,555,499 11,813,239 +1,257,740
China 7,607,266 10,773,550 +3,166,284
Poland 4,075,444 8,235,065 +4,159,621
Turkey 4,479,630 4,903,474 +423,844
United Arab Emirates 4,113,785 3,481,595 -632,190
Indonesia 2,249,538 2,220,863 -28,675
United States 774,856 1,455,268 +680,412
Italy 1,173,198 861,794 -311,404
Germany 965,210 615,536 -349,674

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 £
Israel 48,017,402
China 18,885,225
Poland 11,778,943
Turkey 9,403,522
United Arab Emirates 7,496,322

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 £
Israel 28,254,745 19,762,657 -8,492,088
China 7,944,375 10,940,850 +2,996,475
Poland 3,688,548 8,090,395 +4,401,847
Turkey 4,484,516 4,919,006 +434,490
United Arab Emirates 4,007,652 3,488,670 -518,982
India 3,740,963 3,289,543 -451,420
Indonesia 2,564,253 2,339,037 -225,216
United States 847,493 1,623,563 +776,070
Italy 1,538,745 894,440 -644,305
Germany 1,356,480 920,857 -435,623

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 35
Inner London - East 33
Greater Manchester 29
Outer London - East and North East 24
Outer London - West and North West 24

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
Inner London - West 24 20 -4
Inner London - East 16 23 +7
Greater Manchester 18 18 +0
Outer London - East and North East 17 19 +2
Outer London - West and North West 16 16 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 12 16 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 13 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 11 13 +2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 9 6 -3
Outer London - South 8 8 +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) 102,060,142
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,440,506
Air transport 3,342,383
Other 442,371
Road transport 41,243

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) 53,544,202 48,515,940 -5,028,262
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,108,567 9,331,939 +2,223,372
Air transport 1,371,318 1,971,065 +599,747
Other 276,080 166,291 -109,789
Road transport 20,565 20,678 +113

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 42,559,124
Felixstowe 41,035,200
Southampton 10,681,777
London 5,947,368
Immingham Docks 4,285,508

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 £
London Gateway Port 28,587,671 13,971,453 -14,616,218
Felixstowe 17,788,253 23,246,947 +5,458,694
Southampton 4,273,801 6,407,976 +2,134,175
London 1,380,144 4,567,224 +3,187,080
Immingham Docks 2,746,146 1,539,362 -1,206,784
Dover 2,254,497 1,854,523 -399,974
Liverpool Docks 1,037,586 1,780,941 +743,355
Dover / Eurotunnel 918,889 1,515,191 +596,302
Thamesport 179,948 1,647,664 +1,467,716
London Heathrow Airport 593,533 729,808 +136,275

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 177
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 109
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 26
Other manufacturing 17
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 15

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 52
2025-11 53
2025-10 65
2025-09 72
2025-08 68

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 137
54m+ 95
0-1m 62
15m-54m 44
Other 36

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 £
Germany 35,652,282
Netherlands 14,223,637
France 11,665,653
Ireland 9,842,441
Belgium 6,307,482

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 £
Germany 19,184,501 16,467,781 -2,716,720
Netherlands 8,181,406 6,042,231 -2,139,175
France 8,266,909 3,398,744 -4,868,165
Ireland 4,883,617 4,958,824 +75,207
Belgium 3,628,607 2,678,875 -949,732
Denmark 3,608,149 2,678,975 -929,174
United States 1,018,887 4,468,717 +3,449,830
Sweden 2,757,555 2,424,078 -333,477
Czechia 2,359,666 1,720,903 -638,763
Italy 2,376,377 1,609,889 -766,488

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 149,743
XI 22,946
Turkey 16,705
France 13,631
Poland 9,008

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 123,467 26,276 -97,191
XI 14,398 8,548 -5,850
Turkey 12,914 3,791 -9,123
France 13,435 196 -13,239
Poland 777 8,231 +7,454
Ireland 5,288 449 -4,839
United States 3,741 1,533 -2,208
Afghanistan 361 416 +55
Australia 508 60 -448
Indonesia 0 418 +418

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) 101,579,128
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,177,457
Air transport 892,102
Other 430,838
Rail transport 20,326

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) 58,929,174 42,649,954 -16,279,220
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,059,842 16,117,615 +1,057,773
Air transport 540,186 351,916 -188,270
Other 268,564 162,274 -106,290
Rail transport 0 20,326 +20,326
Road transport 3,688 0 -3,688

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 73,094,051
Immingham Docks 16,042,836
London Gateway Port 10,077,633
Liverpool Docks 8,418,978
Southampton 7,220,283

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 42,571,305 30,522,746 -12,048,559
Immingham Docks 9,563,841 6,478,995 -3,084,846
London Gateway Port 5,634,265 4,443,368 -1,190,897
Liverpool Docks 3,708,173 4,710,805 +1,002,632
Southampton 1,789,394 5,430,889 +3,641,495
Dover 3,076,539 3,000,214 -76,325
Felixstowe 2,855,637 893,451 -1,962,186
Holyhead 1,020,957 1,781,070 +760,113
London 1,845,628 670,059 -1,175,569
Heysham 495,753 247,685 -248,068

Quick facts

HS code: 340119

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

Description: Soaps and cleaning products not for personal use, such as industrial or household cleaning