Import/export HS code 340399: 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 £
Germany 35,801,057
Netherlands 28,145,082
United States 22,082,082
Belgium 21,048,624
France 11,551,558

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 16,870,483 18,930,574 +2,060,091
Netherlands 14,148,970 13,996,112 -152,858
United States 10,815,626 11,266,456 +450,830
Belgium 9,531,281 11,517,343 +1,986,062
France 5,127,929 6,423,629 +1,295,700
Spain 2,277,876 2,538,971 +261,095
Switzerland 2,775,035 1,128,611 -1,646,424
Italy 1,106,421 1,888,255 +781,834
Japan 1,533,266 1,269,292 -263,974
China 927,231 1,061,994 +134,763

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 £
United States 53,042,295
Germany 27,195,101
Belgium 13,876,775
Netherlands 11,052,509
France 10,364,233

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 £
United States 26,137,938 26,904,357 +766,419
Germany 13,452,484 13,742,617 +290,133
Belgium 6,457,430 7,419,345 +961,915
Netherlands 5,093,549 5,958,960 +865,411
France 4,753,627 5,610,606 +856,979
Spain 2,242,209 2,446,261 +204,052
Japan 2,279,157 1,834,291 -444,866
Italy 1,463,629 1,892,931 +429,302
Switzerland 1,438,164 1,375,281 -62,883
China 1,089,352 1,187,643 +98,291

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 52
Inner London - West 49
Greater Manchester 44
West Midlands 36
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 33

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 43 35 -8
Inner London - West 33 34 +1
Greater Manchester 37 34 -3
West Midlands 26 31 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22 27 +5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 22 26 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 25 28 +3
West Yorkshire 26 25 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 25 17 -8
Shropshire and Staffordshire 24 15 -9

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) 81,224,188
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 28,408,131
Air transport 22,195,654
Other 9,077,438
Road transport 2,981,311

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) 38,817,516 42,406,672 +3,589,156
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,287,262 15,120,869 +1,833,607
Air transport 10,677,258 11,518,396 +841,138
Other 6,452,415 2,625,023 -3,827,392
Road transport 421,144 2,560,167 +2,139,023
Rail transport 29,795 17,069 -12,726

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 27,686,529
Immingham Docks 21,929,126
Eurotunnel 15,200,727
Felixstowe 9,219,597
000 9,077,438

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 13,066,778 14,619,751 +1,552,973
Immingham Docks 9,590,097 12,339,029 +2,748,932
Eurotunnel 7,845,204 7,355,523 -489,681
Felixstowe 4,705,942 4,513,655 -192,287
000 6,452,415 2,625,023 -3,827,392
Southampton 2,767,768 4,149,266 +1,381,498
East Midlands Airport 2,575,464 3,355,827 +780,363
London 2,745,625 3,142,317 +396,692
Birmingham Airport 2,708,493 2,904,789 +196,296
London Heathrow Airport 2,329,166 2,247,975 -81,191

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 202
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 57
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 49
Other manufacturing 43
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 42

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 183
2026-03 179
2026-02 160
2026-01 163
2025-12 142

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+ 369
1m-15m 194
Other 75
15m-54m 70
0-1m 50

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 16,262,202
United States 9,837,465
Ireland 8,906,779
Israel 8,461,828
China 8,455,548

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 8,456,517 7,805,685 -650,832
United States 4,631,513 5,205,952 +574,439
Ireland 4,312,361 4,594,418 +282,057
Israel 773,962 7,687,866 +6,913,904
China 4,379,125 4,076,423 -302,702
Belgium 3,691,335 4,092,714 +401,379
France 4,045,049 3,290,166 -754,883
Netherlands 3,693,518 3,638,042 -55,476
United Arab Emirates 4,984,940 2,088,704 -2,896,236
Singapore 3,216,844 3,089,988 -126,856

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 £
Germany 159,839
Ireland 157,033
XI 99,757
China 70,081
Netherlands 39,678

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 £
Germany 22,758 137,081 +114,323
Ireland 89,412 67,621 -21,791
XI 33,915 65,842 +31,927
China 27,479 42,602 +15,123
Netherlands 19,930 19,748 -182
Austria 0 38,980 +38,980
France 5,543 11,622 +6,079
Belgium 634 2,898 +2,264
Italy 2,182 885 -1,297
Spain 1,291 0 -1,291

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) 73,378,255
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 54,137,269
Air transport 37,544,262
Other 814,437
Road transport 18,055

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) 37,048,845 36,329,410 -719,435
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 29,341,404 24,795,865 -4,545,539
Air transport 13,494,926 24,049,336 +10,554,410
Other 323,711 490,726 +167,015
Road transport 0 18,055 +18,055

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 45,315,089
London Gateway Port 25,128,578
London Heathrow Airport 22,763,883
Immingham Docks 15,594,757
Southampton 11,772,543

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 23,017,796 22,297,293 -720,503
London Gateway Port 13,231,940 11,896,638 -1,335,302
London Heathrow Airport 6,664,775 16,099,108 +9,434,333
Immingham Docks 7,584,289 8,010,468 +426,179
Southampton 5,777,095 5,995,448 +218,353
Felixstowe 4,998,399 2,617,077 -2,381,322
Liverpool Docks 3,507,737 3,342,601 -165,136
East Midlands Airport 2,823,255 3,039,772 +216,517
Holyhead 2,706,141 2,876,690 +170,549
Dover 1,894,737 1,698,640 -196,097

Quick facts

HS code: 340399

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

Description: Other lubricants not specified in other categories