Import/export HS code 340399: Various lubricating preparations

Other lubricants not specified in other categories

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 £
Germany 32,114,516
Netherlands 25,853,381
United States 20,439,958
Belgium 18,556,670
France 10,020,517

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 17,059,344 15,055,172 -2,004,172
Netherlands 14,747,422 11,105,959 -3,641,463
United States 11,032,612 9,407,346 -1,625,266
Belgium 9,410,604 9,146,066 -264,538
France 5,203,290 4,817,227 -386,063
Spain 2,087,582 2,108,086 +20,504
Switzerland 2,953,397 1,083,540 -1,869,857
Italy 1,071,648 1,397,050 +325,402
Japan 1,497,255 918,161 -579,094
China 902,733 856,420 -46,313

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 48,671,915
Germany 25,504,642
Belgium 11,866,098
Netherlands 9,714,059
France 9,523,528

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 27,174,643 21,497,272 -5,677,371
Germany 13,987,915 11,516,727 -2,471,188
Belgium 6,299,348 5,566,750 -732,598
Netherlands 5,273,043 4,441,016 -832,027
France 4,906,011 4,617,517 -288,494
Spain 2,262,734 2,028,042 -234,692
Japan 2,187,516 1,480,126 -707,390
Italy 1,097,005 1,733,577 +636,572
Switzerland 1,483,830 1,140,852 -342,978
China 1,046,637 977,173 -69,464

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 55
Inner London - West 47
Greater Manchester 43
West Midlands 37
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 32

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 48 32 -16
Inner London - West 32 34 +2
Greater Manchester 39 33 -6
West Midlands 28 29 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22 25 +3
West Yorkshire 25 25 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 23 22 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 26 26 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 23 16 -7
Shropshire and Staffordshire 23 18 -5

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) 72,803,258
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,462,263
Air transport 20,254,218
Other 9,448,298
Road transport 1,451,197

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) 38,990,143 33,813,115 -5,177,028
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,357,755 12,104,508 -2,253,247
Air transport 10,955,606 9,298,612 -1,656,994
Other 6,021,061 3,427,237 -2,593,824
Road transport 489,647 961,550 +471,903
Rail transport 33,460 6,544 -26,916

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 24,668,019
Immingham Docks 18,599,411
Eurotunnel 13,995,991
000 9,448,298
Felixstowe 8,667,532

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 12,904,322 11,763,697 -1,140,625
Immingham Docks 9,467,408 9,132,003 -335,405
Eurotunnel 8,094,668 5,901,323 -2,193,345
000 6,021,061 3,427,237 -2,593,824
Felixstowe 5,035,316 3,632,216 -1,403,100
Southampton 3,047,867 3,494,523 +446,656
London 2,769,414 2,485,449 -283,965
East Midlands Airport 2,585,745 2,528,335 -57,410
Birmingham Airport 2,698,505 2,314,449 -384,056
London Heathrow Airport 2,548,376 1,945,299 -603,077

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 200
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 53
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 50
Other manufacturing 46
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 41

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 163
2025-11 166
2025-10 185
2025-09 173
2025-08 154

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+ 362
1m-15m 192
Other 77
15m-54m 67
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 15,773,495
United States 8,623,011
Israel 8,342,812
Ireland 8,143,510
China 7,802,923

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 8,835,864 6,937,631 -1,898,233
United States 4,638,337 3,984,674 -653,663
Israel 943,880 7,398,932 +6,455,052
Ireland 4,407,378 3,736,132 -671,246
China 4,521,142 3,281,781 -1,239,361
United Arab Emirates 4,637,841 2,564,582 -2,073,259
France 4,030,134 2,960,466 -1,069,668
Belgium 3,563,903 3,384,264 -179,639
Netherlands 3,519,328 3,026,303 -493,025
Singapore 3,099,109 2,905,308 -193,801

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 278,150
Ireland 143,526
XI 89,806
Austria 55,023
China 53,393

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 144,664 133,486 -11,178
Ireland 73,257 70,269 -2,988
XI 38,874 50,932 +12,058
Austria 16,043 38,980 +22,937
China 22,957 30,436 +7,479
Netherlands 19,305 16,839 -2,466
France 13,227 9,727 -3,500
Italy 2,624 1,214 -1,410
Belgium 939 2,672 +1,733
Spain 0 1,291 +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) 67,501,960
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 51,926,688
Air transport 34,269,096
Other 902,661
Road transport 33,560

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) 36,361,376 31,140,584 -5,220,792
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 30,924,479 21,002,209 -9,922,270
Air transport 13,480,402 20,788,694 +7,308,292
Other 467,934 434,727 -33,207
Road transport 15,505 18,055 +2,550

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 42,125,028
London Gateway Port 23,026,955
London Heathrow Airport 20,468,174
Immingham Docks 15,409,088
Southampton 10,389,390

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 22,873,297 19,251,731 -3,621,566
London Gateway Port 12,731,757 10,295,198 -2,436,559
London Heathrow Airport 6,468,324 13,999,850 +7,531,526
Immingham Docks 8,296,323 7,112,765 -1,183,558
Southampton 5,996,205 4,393,185 -1,603,020
Felixstowe 5,126,827 2,977,550 -2,149,277
Liverpool Docks 3,481,862 2,784,888 -696,974
East Midlands Airport 3,022,106 2,579,173 -442,933
Holyhead 2,829,031 2,344,226 -484,805
Dover 2,063,084 1,312,119 -750,965

Quick facts

HS code: 340399

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

Description: Other lubricants not specified in other categories