Import/export HS code 340590: Various polishes and cleaning products

All other polishes, creams, and cleaning preparations not listed in specific subcategories

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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 £
United States 5,788,978
Germany 5,723,337
Portugal 2,032,846
France 1,740,144
Japan 1,032,623

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 £
United States 2,590,769 3,198,209 +607,440
Germany 3,259,169 2,464,168 -795,001
Portugal 1,189,090 843,756 -345,334
France 792,737 947,407 +154,670
Japan 592,196 440,427 -151,769
Netherlands 378,085 363,572 -14,513
China 410,228 294,846 -115,382
Norway 1,674 584,288 +582,614
Italy 199,260 343,696 +144,436
Ireland 391,342 123,482 -267,860

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 6,966,411
Germany 3,162,240
China 2,321,103
Portugal 2,257,868
Japan 1,109,945

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 3,045,844 3,920,567 +874,723
Germany 1,839,172 1,323,068 -516,104
China 1,404,387 916,716 -487,671
Portugal 1,345,509 912,359 -433,150
Japan 642,482 467,463 -175,019
France 390,999 482,598 +91,599
Italy 414,899 375,072 -39,827
Spain 332,734 311,981 -20,753
Norway 0 583,086 +583,086
India 222,208 297,618 +75,410

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 19
Greater Manchester 18
Inner London - West 12
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 10
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 10

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 14 18 +4
Greater Manchester 13 13 +0
Inner London - West 9 8 -1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 8 4 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 4 8 +4
West Yorkshire 6 9 +3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 8 7 -1
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 7 7 +0
Inner London - East 5 4 -1
Outer London - West and North West 3 5 +2

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,596,188
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,412,967
Air transport 4,832,725
Other 203,269
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 101,601

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,801,030 4,795,158 +994,128
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,870,571 3,542,396 -1,328,175
Air transport 2,273,975 2,558,750 +284,775
Other 175,833 27,436 -148,397
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 101,601 +101,601
Road transport 45,522 47,410 +1,888

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 3,670,994
Dover 2,247,064
London Heathrow Airport 1,849,997
London Gateway Port 1,749,694
Southampton 1,734,130

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 £
Eurotunnel 2,268,964 1,402,030 -866,934
Dover 1,094,732 1,152,332 +57,600
London Heathrow Airport 991,917 858,080 -133,837
London Gateway Port 933,044 816,650 -116,394
Southampton 725,111 1,009,019 +283,908
Belfast Port 305,824 875,117 +569,293
Liverpool Docks 667,040 513,517 -153,523
Grangemouth Docks 542,938 378,794 -164,144
Immingham Docks 515,117 396,243 -118,874
Thamesport 327,099 447,812 +120,713

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 71
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 43
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 26
Other manufacturing 13
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 12

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 46
2026-03 47
2026-02 32
2026-01 48
2025-12 42

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
1m-15m 89
54m+ 53
0-1m 39
15m-54m 26
Other 17

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 4,019,363
France 4,019,286
Italy 3,909,908
Ireland 3,153,055
Azerbaijan 2,650,207

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 1,934,452 2,084,911 +150,459
France 1,957,835 2,061,451 +103,616
Italy 2,531,924 1,377,984 -1,153,940
Ireland 1,187,550 1,965,505 +777,955
Azerbaijan 1,842,152 808,055 -1,034,097
United States 716,303 717,912 +1,609
Netherlands 752,428 674,329 -78,099
Poland 1,024,744 390,455 -634,289
Sweden 612,807 537,947 -74,860
Turkey 622,316 453,085 -169,231

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 £
United States 256,964
Portugal 167,165
XI 41,909
Spain 10,994
Germany 4,550

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 £
United States 85,808 171,156 +85,348
Portugal 1,495 165,670 +164,175
XI 25,425 16,484 -8,941
Spain 2,367 8,627 +6,260
Germany 1,626 2,924 +1,298
Netherlands 932 1,823 +891
Belgium 1,478 373 -1,105
China 288 518 +230
Turkey 0 109 +109
South Korea 0 71 +71

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) 25,054,409
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,281,573
Air transport 4,959,111
Other 1,000,579
Road transport 19,306

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) 14,327,379 10,727,030 -3,600,349
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,331,593 3,949,980 +618,387
Air transport 2,609,056 2,350,055 -259,001
Other 228,330 772,249 +543,919
Road transport 5,856 13,450 +7,594
Rail transport 1,165 0 -1,165

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,553,562
London Gateway Port 2,989,286
Dover 2,962,359
Immingham Docks 2,616,557
Southampton 2,160,675

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 9,870,669 6,682,893 -3,187,776
London Gateway Port 1,642,263 1,347,023 -295,240
Dover 1,700,220 1,262,139 -438,081
Immingham Docks 1,353,997 1,262,560 -91,437
Southampton 833,738 1,326,937 +493,199
London Heathrow Airport 1,012,699 1,000,465 -12,234
East Midlands Airport 847,792 666,248 -181,544
Liverpool Docks 546,955 658,808 +111,853
000 228,330 772,249 +543,919
Felixstowe 504,629 481,056 -23,573

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 340590

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

Description: All other polishes, creams, and cleaning preparations not listed in specific subcategories