Import/export HS code 34025010: Retail surface-active preparations

Surface-active cleaning products sold in stores for household use

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 £
Poland 49,246,361
Germany 9,172,940
Ireland 5,717,843
Italy 5,517,644
Hungary 4,599,468

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 £
Poland 30,047,699 19,198,662 -10,849,037
Germany 4,194,537 4,978,403 +783,866
Ireland 4,336,142 1,381,701 -2,954,441
Italy 2,772,006 2,745,638 -26,368
Hungary 3,226,952 1,372,516 -1,854,436
China 1,365,422 1,848,763 +483,341
Portugal 1,448,185 1,091,365 -356,820
Spain 1,314,431 891,255 -423,176
Turkey 1,032,623 1,096,051 +63,428
United States 649,432 1,088,816 +439,384

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 £
Poland 50,515,793
Italy 9,171,263
United States 5,281,916
Hungary 4,677,194
United Kingdom 4,166,302

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 £
Poland 32,130,745 18,385,048 -13,745,697
Italy 3,204,251 5,967,012 +2,762,761
United States 3,159,398 2,122,518 -1,036,880
Hungary 3,292,710 1,384,484 -1,908,226
United Kingdom 2,326,367 1,839,935 -486,432
Germany 1,706,874 1,841,709 +134,835
Portugal 2,012,941 1,255,033 -757,908
China 1,304,604 1,952,968 +648,364
Turkey 1,126,834 1,103,256 -23,578
Spain 1,300,151 904,075 -396,076

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 12
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 10
West Yorkshire 10
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 8
Greater Manchester 8

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 9 9 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 5 7 +2
West Yorkshire 6 8 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 5 5 +0
Greater Manchester 6 6 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 6 6 +0
Inner London - East 5 6 +1
Outer London - East and North East 4 5 +1
Lancashire 4 2 -2
Outer London - West and North West 4 3 -1

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) 61,253,084
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,955,805
Air transport 2,811,784
Other 1,553,459
Road transport 241,269

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) 42,215,477 19,037,607 -23,177,870
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,677,675 18,278,130 +8,600,455
Air transport 1,474,876 1,336,908 -137,968
Other 923,323 630,136 -293,187
Road transport 220,373 20,896 -199,477
Rail transport 46,569 11,162 -35,407

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Middlesbrough 19,176,307
Immingham Docks 18,975,696
Dover 14,856,113
Liverpool Docks 6,345,442
Hull 5,443,168

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 £
Middlesbrough 12,901,922 6,274,385 -6,627,537
Immingham Docks 10,953,957 8,021,739 -2,932,218
Dover 7,995,715 6,860,398 -1,135,317
Liverpool Docks 4,761,111 1,584,331 -3,176,780
Hull 4,199,301 1,243,867 -2,955,434
London 1,742,365 3,244,357 +1,501,992
Eurotunnel 2,320,727 1,736,840 -583,887
Felixstowe 1,278,798 1,904,912 +626,114
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,620,777 1,394,591 -226,186
Killingholme 2,121,452 492,625 -1,628,827

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 63
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 31
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 13
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 10
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 7

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 33
2025-11 32
2025-10 26
2025-09 23
2025-08 26

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
54m+ 49
1m-15m 47
0-1m 20
15m-54m 20
Other 8

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 26,048,093
Netherlands 13,763,834
France 12,275,240
Germany 5,781,385
Poland 3,683,214

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 14,579,693 11,468,400 -3,111,293
Netherlands 8,455,114 5,308,720 -3,146,394
France 6,800,210 5,475,030 -1,325,180
Germany 3,342,864 2,438,521 -904,343
Poland 2,071,680 1,611,534 -460,146
Australia 1,340,990 454,214 -886,776
United States 922,096 566,070 -356,026
India 721,113 506,943 -214,170
United Arab Emirates 174,889 941,793 +766,904
Italy 357,869 675,488 +317,619

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 619,198
Poland 332,457
United States 20,915
Netherlands 15,936
Ireland 7,341

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 272,312 346,886 +74,574
Poland 66,277 266,180 +199,903
United States 10,976 9,939 -1,037
Netherlands 13,250 2,686 -10,564
Ireland 4,724 2,617 -2,107
Italy 2,012 2,905 +893
Spain 367 1,306 +939
China 106 205 +99
Germany 13 18 +5
Portugal 0 10 +10

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) 64,549,151
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,390,525
Other 1,513,759
Air transport 1,232,224
Road transport 21,941

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) 36,667,222 27,881,929 -8,785,293
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,745,778 5,644,747 -2,101,031
Other 635,400 878,359 +242,959
Air transport 684,954 547,270 -137,684
Road transport 20,613 1,328 -19,285

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 22,560,531
Liverpool Docks 21,245,782
Dover 13,866,738
London Gateway Port 4,293,556
Felixstowe 4,067,907

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 12,222,992 10,337,539 -1,885,453
Liverpool Docks 12,614,417 8,631,365 -3,983,052
Dover 8,167,781 5,698,957 -2,468,824
London Gateway Port 1,942,884 2,350,672 +407,788
Felixstowe 2,716,037 1,351,870 -1,364,167
Holyhead 1,412,483 1,943,232 +530,749
Southampton 2,033,126 1,173,208 -859,918
Immingham Docks 1,736,922 1,120,126 -616,796
000 635,400 878,359 +242,959
East Midlands Airport 527,441 263,902 -263,539

Quick facts

HS code: 34025010

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

Description: Surface-active cleaning products sold in stores for household use