Import/export HS code 34029010: Various surface-active preparations

Other surface-active cleaning products not specified in other categories

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  • 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 £
Germany 33,251,595
France 13,693,683
Belgium 12,722,424
Netherlands 11,708,983
Sweden 9,923,323

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 £
Germany 18,095,124 15,156,471 -2,938,653
France 6,460,436 7,233,247 +772,811
Belgium 7,742,969 4,979,455 -2,763,514
Netherlands 5,792,646 5,916,337 +123,691
Sweden 4,830,179 5,093,144 +262,965
Italy 4,419,794 3,935,348 -484,446
United States 3,796,117 4,067,358 +271,241
Ireland 2,205,963 2,046,805 -159,158
Switzerland 2,181,591 636,652 -1,544,939
Norway 1,247,058 1,121,492 -125,566

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 £
Germany 31,808,369
France 18,051,635
United States 15,311,918
Italy 9,231,816
Sweden 8,933,931

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 £
Germany 17,171,027 14,637,342 -2,533,685
France 10,367,884 7,683,751 -2,684,133
United States 7,405,022 7,906,896 +501,874
Italy 4,808,557 4,423,259 -385,298
Sweden 4,291,270 4,642,661 +351,391
Belgium 2,685,411 2,948,790 +263,379
China 2,385,168 2,025,704 -359,464
Netherlands 2,124,858 2,005,029 -119,829
Spain 1,390,966 1,532,371 +141,405
Norway 1,316,394 1,144,712 -171,682

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Greater Manchester 46
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 35
Inner London - West 26
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 24
West Yorkshire 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
Greater Manchester 41 30 -11
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 27 30 +3
Inner London - West 18 20 +2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 20 18 -2
West Yorkshire 16 15 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 18 15 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 15 14 -1
Inner London - East 12 13 +1
West Midlands 12 11 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 9 8 -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) 76,841,596
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,841,249
Air transport 5,744,067
Other 3,530,004
Road transport 697,324

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) 41,306,746 35,534,850 -5,771,896
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,577,376 15,263,873 -1,313,503
Air transport 3,267,722 2,476,345 -791,377
Other 1,874,667 1,655,337 -219,330
Road transport 372,995 324,329 -48,666

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 29,803,673
Dover 24,014,699
Felixstowe 10,853,631
Eurotunnel 7,320,800
Southampton 6,598,454

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 15,663,931 14,139,742 -1,524,189
Dover 12,584,329 11,430,370 -1,153,959
Felixstowe 5,938,879 4,914,752 -1,024,127
Eurotunnel 4,357,187 2,963,613 -1,393,574
Southampton 3,145,317 3,453,137 +307,820
London 2,698,346 2,411,665 -286,681
Grangemouth Docks 2,677,993 1,674,113 -1,003,880
000 1,874,667 1,655,337 -219,330
Thamesport 1,919,279 1,520,154 -399,125
London Gateway Port 1,803,519 1,133,813 -669,706

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
135
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
121
Other manufacturing
26
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
24
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
21

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 115
2026-04 127
2026-03 111
2026-02 113
2026-01 107

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+ 188
1m-15m 127
15m-54m 65
Other 40
0-1m 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 £
Netherlands 15,881,920
France 15,854,725
Germany 13,895,888
United States 13,673,848
Belgium 9,881,136

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 £
Netherlands 9,238,773 6,643,147 -2,595,626
France 8,296,747 7,557,978 -738,769
Germany 7,001,129 6,894,759 -106,370
United States 7,735,321 5,938,527 -1,796,794
Belgium 5,195,545 4,685,591 -509,954
Zambia 3,426,871 5,098,346 +1,671,475
Spain 4,183,223 3,893,576 -289,647
Turkey 3,943,735 2,815,849 -1,127,886
Sweden 3,217,577 3,507,219 +289,642
Ireland 3,130,597 2,861,148 -269,449

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 102,319
United States 84,001
Ireland 70,036
Czechia 63,266
Belgium 46,248

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 61,532 40,787 -20,745
United States 31,442 52,559 +21,117
Ireland 10,184 59,852 +49,668
Czechia 48,987 14,279 -34,708
Belgium 27,945 18,303 -9,642
Germany 2,586 3,486 +900
China 1,238 1,225 -13
France 2,376 0 -2,376
Denmark 463 349 -114
Netherlands 0 21 +21

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 102,926,220
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 87,228,452
Air transport 5,456,995
Other 632,995
Rail transport 18,556

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 54,045,198 48,881,022 -5,164,176
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 47,064,625 40,163,827 -6,900,798
Air transport 2,857,641 2,599,354 -258,287
Other 301,514 331,481 +29,967
Rail transport 18,556 0 -18,556
Road transport 0 6,776 +6,776

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 46,760,291
Dover / Eurotunnel 33,276,464
London Gateway Port 31,276,478
Southampton 22,580,790
Liverpool Docks 14,236,582

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 £
Immingham Docks 23,063,908 23,696,383 +632,475
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,438,032 15,838,432 -1,599,600
London Gateway Port 16,327,628 14,948,850 -1,378,778
Southampton 11,071,202 11,509,588 +438,386
Liverpool Docks 7,861,603 6,374,979 -1,486,624
Felixstowe 9,536,811 4,689,426 -4,847,385
Middlesbrough 4,477,680 2,475,868 -2,001,812
Hull 2,600,031 3,322,876 +722,845
London 2,136,497 1,557,912 -578,585
London Heathrow Airport 1,757,122 1,566,592 -190,530

Quick facts

HS code: 34029010

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

Description: Other surface-active cleaning products not specified in other categories