Import/export HS code 340319: Various lubricating preparations

Other lubricants not specified in other categories

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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 £
Belgium 59,527,304
Germany 56,015,591
Netherlands 40,338,887
France 20,520,377
United States 7,267,506

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 £
Belgium 26,188,616 33,338,688 +7,150,072
Germany 27,029,516 28,986,075 +1,956,559
Netherlands 19,858,686 20,480,201 +621,515
France 12,157,525 8,362,852 -3,794,673
United States 3,805,450 3,462,056 -343,394
Switzerland 3,032,631 2,513,828 -518,803
Italy 1,834,101 2,765,934 +931,833
Spain 2,216,917 2,305,529 +88,612
Denmark 1,010,227 1,900,915 +890,688
Poland 153,253 2,102,340 +1,949,087

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 52,957,792
France 43,970,590
Belgium 33,927,967
Netherlands 33,662,380
United States 11,005,973

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 26,539,357 26,418,435 -120,922
France 21,809,522 22,161,068 +351,546
Belgium 15,410,665 18,517,302 +3,106,637
Netherlands 16,795,648 16,866,732 +71,084
United States 5,718,484 5,287,489 -430,995
Spain 3,211,751 3,068,577 -143,174
Italy 2,594,096 3,228,598 +634,502
Switzerland 2,306,774 2,489,843 +183,069
Finland 17,261 3,454,847 +3,437,586
Poland 169,964 2,125,223 +1,955,259

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 40
Inner London - West 26
West Midlands 25
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 23
Greater Manchester 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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 31 27 -4
Inner London - West 19 20 +1
West Midlands 18 21 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 20 16 -4
Greater Manchester 16 18 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 15 11 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 14 13 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 13 13 +0
West Yorkshire 12 13 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 13 10 -3

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) 152,700,080
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 44,980,450
Air transport 4,966,342
Road transport 2,749,972
Other 2,091,012

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) 73,002,850 79,697,230 +6,694,380
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,309,648 23,670,802 +2,361,154
Air transport 2,547,511 2,418,831 -128,680
Road transport 1,113,319 1,636,653 +523,334
Other 933,925 1,157,087 +223,162
Rail transport 192,067 81,156 -110,911

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 53,408,477
Immingham Docks 43,745,210
Eurotunnel 20,124,524
Felixstowe 15,883,382
London 15,821,441

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 £
Dover 24,764,059 28,644,418 +3,880,359
Immingham Docks 19,566,130 24,179,080 +4,612,950
Eurotunnel 9,356,949 10,767,575 +1,410,626
Felixstowe 8,458,834 7,424,548 -1,034,286
London 6,833,189 8,988,252 +2,155,063
Harwich 6,187,391 6,685,904 +498,513
Portsmouth 6,132,089 3,708,237 -2,423,852
Newhaven 2,452,031 2,295,143 -156,888
London Gateway Port 2,253,427 1,849,989 -403,438
Purfleet 1,616,391 1,697,888 +81,497

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
141
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
47
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
32
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
28
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
2026-05 117
2026-04 143
2026-03 142
2026-02 132
2026-01 122

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+ 184
1m-15m 132
Other 47
15m-54m 42
0-1m 26

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 £
Belgium 21,791,335
Turkey 20,205,652
India 16,973,323
Singapore 14,872,536
Ireland 10,687,157

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 £
Belgium 12,887,523 8,903,812 -3,983,711
Turkey 9,940,704 10,264,948 +324,244
India 9,330,483 7,642,840 -1,687,643
Singapore 10,147,618 4,724,918 -5,422,700
Ireland 5,164,557 5,522,600 +358,043
United States 5,230,687 5,301,690 +71,003
Czechia 5,278,605 4,964,659 -313,946
Saudi Arabia 6,708,927 3,511,238 -3,197,689
Netherlands 3,550,275 4,985,534 +1,435,259
United Arab Emirates 5,959,757 2,572,653 -3,387,104

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 £
Denmark 190,265
Germany 150,294
XI 135,389
Belgium 40,205
Netherlands 20,524

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 £
Denmark 57,508 132,757 +75,249
Germany 72,895 77,399 +4,504
XI 59,261 76,128 +16,867
Belgium 11,888 28,317 +16,429
Netherlands 6,035 14,489 +8,454
France 100 16,449 +16,349
Ireland 6,472 3,694 -2,778
Italy 7,017 681 -6,336
China 4,032 1,859 -2,173
United States 3,886 616 -3,270

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) 121,120,105
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 116,425,259
Air transport 6,702,257
Other 1,015,676
Road transport 11,892

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) 64,008,159 57,111,946 -6,896,213
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 67,320,024 49,105,235 -18,214,789
Air transport 3,172,978 3,529,279 +356,301
Other 434,796 580,880 +146,084
Road transport 11,892 0 -11,892

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 81,193,764
London Gateway Port 61,515,085
Immingham Docks 26,945,145
Felixstowe 19,215,850
Southampton 18,322,890

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 43,740,382 37,453,382 -6,287,000
London Gateway Port 37,431,493 24,083,592 -13,347,901
Immingham Docks 13,610,898 13,334,247 -276,651
Felixstowe 12,094,216 7,121,634 -4,972,582
Southampton 8,489,652 9,833,238 +1,343,586
Liverpool Docks 6,819,110 6,332,141 -486,969
Holyhead 3,022,383 3,331,258 +308,875
London Heathrow Airport 1,712,121 1,915,926 +203,805
London 1,298,241 1,299,770 +1,529
Dover 1,231,813 568,743 -663,070

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 340319

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

Description: Other lubricants not specified in other categories