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

Surface-active cleaning products sold in stores for household use

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  • 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 50,237,982
Germany 10,618,890
Italy 6,787,098
Ireland 5,094,199
Hungary 4,038,088

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 28,226,711 22,011,271 -6,215,440
Germany 4,584,768 6,034,122 +1,449,354
Italy 2,913,183 3,873,915 +960,732
Ireland 3,562,238 1,531,961 -2,030,277
Hungary 2,781,138 1,256,950 -1,524,188
China 1,494,587 2,327,292 +832,705
Portugal 1,577,145 1,622,447 +45,302
Spain 1,401,019 1,095,819 -305,200
Turkey 986,631 1,259,582 +272,951
United States 746,707 1,433,801 +687,094

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 51,154,029
Italy 11,907,515
United States 5,369,845
Germany 4,247,444
Hungary 4,088,105

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 29,159,364 21,994,665 -7,164,699
Italy 3,700,127 8,207,388 +4,507,261
United States 3,270,792 2,099,053 -1,171,739
Germany 2,651,461 1,595,983 -1,055,478
Hungary 2,871,338 1,216,767 -1,654,571
China 1,444,585 2,439,010 +994,425
United Kingdom 2,377,613 1,498,031 -879,582
Portugal 2,125,312 1,622,447 -502,865
Spain 1,395,936 1,108,059 -287,877
Turkey 1,080,842 1,266,787 +185,945

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 13
Inner London - East 10
West Yorkshire 10
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 9
Greater Manchester 9

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 8 -1
Inner London - East 7 9 +2
West Yorkshire 5 8 +3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 4 7 +3
Greater Manchester 6 6 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 6 7 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 6 4 -2
Outer London - East and North East 4 5 +1
Outer London - South 3 4 +1
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) 58,739,743
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 35,359,060
Air transport 2,879,582
Other 1,561,979
Road transport 201,780

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) 39,800,571 18,939,172 -20,861,399
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,564,352 24,794,708 +14,230,356
Air transport 1,564,640 1,314,942 -249,698
Other 1,179,150 382,829 -796,321
Road transport 174,473 27,307 -147,166
Rail transport 46,401 0 -46,401

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 19,582,774
Middlesbrough 18,536,148
Dover 16,472,736
Liverpool Docks 5,997,610
London 5,851,557

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 9,309,929 10,272,845 +962,916
Middlesbrough 12,014,910 6,521,238 -5,493,672
Dover 8,133,684 8,339,052 +205,368
Liverpool Docks 3,867,409 2,130,201 -1,737,208
London 2,059,485 3,792,072 +1,732,587
Hull 4,795,022 677,045 -4,117,977
Eurotunnel 2,090,222 2,231,526 +141,304
Felixstowe 1,528,034 2,217,501 +689,467
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,532,847 978,399 -1,554,448
Killingholme 1,621,329 1,081,116 -540,213

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 66
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 35
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 14
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 9
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 6

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 32
2026-03 30
2026-02 29
2026-01 33
2025-12 18

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+ 51
1m-15m 49
0-1m 21
15m-54m 19
Other 10

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 25,682,765
France 13,600,562
Netherlands 12,777,239
Germany 6,421,799
Poland 4,224,276

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 12,813,178 12,869,587 +56,409
France 7,206,622 6,393,940 -812,682
Netherlands 7,126,220 5,651,019 -1,475,201
Germany 3,650,171 2,771,628 -878,543
Poland 2,363,163 1,861,113 -502,050
Australia 1,199,307 657,470 -541,837
Iceland 551,839 1,074,761 +522,922
India 759,880 818,546 +58,666
United States 735,728 727,960 -7,768
Italy 313,174 902,951 +589,777

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 670,143
Poland 489,708
United States 27,427
Netherlands 14,116
Ireland 10,356

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 297,816 372,327 +74,511
Poland 67,866 421,842 +353,976
United States 8,875 18,552 +9,677
Netherlands 10,825 3,291 -7,534
Ireland 5,745 4,611 -1,134
Italy 2,467 3,404 +937
Spain 372 2,841 +2,469
China 156 965 +809
Portugal 0 219 +219
Hungary 0 186 +186

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) 66,819,466
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,475,364
Other 1,847,713
Air transport 1,243,791
Road transport 1,328

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) 35,230,095 31,589,371 -3,640,724
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,076,546 7,398,818 +322,272
Other 633,055 1,214,658 +581,603
Air transport 620,373 623,418 +3,045
Road transport 0 1,328 +1,328

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 24,024,737
Liverpool Docks 18,622,416
Dover 14,741,331
Holyhead 5,172,411
London Gateway Port 4,971,540

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 10,777,180 13,247,557 +2,470,377
Liverpool Docks 10,923,600 7,698,816 -3,224,784
Dover 9,876,014 4,865,317 -5,010,697
Holyhead 1,217,671 3,954,740 +2,737,069
London Gateway Port 1,887,649 3,083,891 +1,196,242
Felixstowe 2,623,507 1,369,099 -1,254,408
Immingham Docks 1,706,737 1,970,359 +263,622
Southampton 2,060,118 1,439,920 -620,198
000 633,055 1,214,658 +581,603
Middlesbrough 393,520 388,761 -4,759

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