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 31,352,771
India 23,014,904
China 20,713,938
Poland 14,865,133
Turkey 10,527,973

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 17,942,114 13,410,657 -4,531,457
India 12,997,274 10,017,630 -2,979,644
China 8,234,608 12,479,330 +4,244,722
Poland 5,378,335 9,486,798 +4,108,463
Turkey 4,684,726 5,843,247 +1,158,521
United Arab Emirates 3,976,364 3,463,928 -512,436
Indonesia 2,720,613 1,450,795 -1,269,818
United States 734,868 1,694,048 +959,180
Italy 1,230,276 1,151,108 -79,168
Germany 936,812 738,670 -198,142

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 47,878,529
China 21,061,421
Poland 14,420,242
Turkey 10,554,500
United Arab Emirates 7,585,797

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 26,887,919 20,990,610 -5,897,309
China 8,530,635 12,530,786 +4,000,151
Poland 5,095,441 9,324,801 +4,229,360
Turkey 4,689,612 5,864,888 +1,175,276
United Arab Emirates 3,800,295 3,785,502 -14,793
India 4,649,899 2,446,755 -2,203,144
Indonesia 3,096,131 1,508,166 -1,587,965
Italy 1,584,828 1,206,007 -378,821
United States 890,953 1,830,356 +939,403
Germany 1,324,580 1,026,391 -298,189

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 37
Inner London - East 36
Greater Manchester 32
Outer London - East and North East 25
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 22

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 25 21 -4
Inner London - East 20 25 +5
Greater Manchester 19 19 +0
Outer London - East and North East 17 17 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 12 20 +8
Outer London - West and North West 16 15 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 14 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 12 14 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 5 13 +8
West Yorkshire 9 11 +2

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) 106,349,267
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,712,504
Air transport 3,790,012
Other 499,423
Road transport 54,970

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) 54,399,848 51,949,419 -2,450,429
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,301,830 10,410,674 +2,108,844
Air transport 1,424,429 2,365,583 +941,154
Other 297,219 202,204 -95,015
Road transport 37,675 17,295 -20,380

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 43,094,909
Felixstowe 41,590,043
Southampton 12,070,057
London 7,994,656
Immingham Docks 4,679,246

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 28,435,487 14,659,422 -13,776,065
Felixstowe 18,575,848 23,014,195 +4,438,347
Southampton 4,121,355 7,948,702 +3,827,347
London 2,207,299 5,787,357 +3,580,058
Immingham Docks 3,040,212 1,639,034 -1,401,178
Dover 2,324,187 1,825,268 -498,919
Liverpool Docks 1,256,427 2,028,309 +771,882
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,069,304 1,779,959 +710,655
Thamesport 192,554 2,420,800 +2,228,246
London Heathrow Airport 602,254 940,682 +338,428

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 183
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 120
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 29
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 17
Other manufacturing 17

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 50
2026-03 57
2026-02 48
2026-01 52
2025-12 43

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 144
54m+ 100
0-1m 70
15m-54m 47
Other 41

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 39,289,890
Netherlands 14,627,681
Ireland 11,331,912
France 11,197,644
Belgium 6,965,872

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 18,896,230 20,393,660 +1,497,430
Netherlands 8,181,329 6,446,352 -1,734,977
Ireland 5,180,459 6,151,453 +970,994
France 7,774,979 3,422,665 -4,352,314
Belgium 3,624,152 3,341,720 -282,432
Denmark 3,686,088 2,803,747 -882,341
Sweden 2,817,272 3,217,585 +400,313
United States 1,196,626 4,530,889 +3,334,263
Czechia 2,338,287 1,548,032 -790,255
Australia 1,895,388 1,857,643 -37,745

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 154,317
XI 25,490
Poland 15,600
Turkey 14,877
France 13,631

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 123,494 30,823 -92,671
XI 15,606 9,884 -5,722
Poland 1,516 14,084 +12,568
Turkey 12,471 2,406 -10,065
France 13,477 154 -13,323
United States 3,613 3,636 +23
Ireland 2,565 970 -1,595
Afghanistan 403 482 +79
Australia 481 60 -421
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) 106,233,998
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 33,007,906
Air transport 937,766
Other 493,031
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) 58,169,535 48,064,463 -10,105,072
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,347,184 17,660,722 +2,313,538
Air transport 578,992 358,774 -220,218
Other 274,964 218,067 -56,897
Rail transport 0 20,326 +20,326
Road transport 2,844 0 -2,844

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 76,041,776
Immingham Docks 16,995,155
London Gateway Port 10,401,930
Liverpool Docks 9,661,097
Southampton 7,536,736

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 41,031,782 35,009,994 -6,021,788
Immingham Docks 9,361,905 7,633,250 -1,728,655
London Gateway Port 6,182,025 4,219,905 -1,962,120
Liverpool Docks 4,025,841 5,635,256 +1,609,415
Southampton 1,987,814 5,548,922 +3,561,108
Dover 3,373,437 2,714,774 -658,663
Felixstowe 2,826,102 944,236 -1,881,866
Holyhead 1,188,820 2,322,062 +1,133,242
London 1,828,526 730,357 -1,098,169
Heysham 469,336 267,108 -202,228

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