Import/export HS code 350691: Adhesives made from plastics or rubber

Strong adhesives created using plastic or rubber materials, used in various industries for bonding purposes

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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 124,752,167
France 38,907,420
Netherlands 29,902,134
Italy 23,909,362
United States 21,739,824

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 65,750,375 59,001,792 -6,748,583
France 19,931,248 18,976,172 -955,076
Netherlands 15,872,252 14,029,882 -1,842,370
Italy 11,454,410 12,454,952 +1,000,542
United States 11,850,979 9,888,845 -1,962,134
Belgium 8,741,119 8,623,908 -117,211
Spain 7,448,635 8,349,856 +901,221
Poland 3,230,481 4,314,096 +1,083,615
Switzerland 3,904,534 2,888,572 -1,015,962
Turkey 3,087,171 3,345,649 +258,478

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 109,106,842
France 35,475,881
United States 29,688,271
Italy 27,383,514
Netherlands 20,781,205

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 57,048,703 52,058,139 -4,990,564
France 18,414,952 17,060,929 -1,354,023
United States 15,935,288 13,752,983 -2,182,305
Italy 13,668,462 13,715,052 +46,590
Netherlands 10,310,446 10,470,759 +160,313
Spain 10,517,540 9,797,893 -719,647
Belgium 8,785,578 6,813,316 -1,972,262
Switzerland 4,745,729 4,437,142 -308,587
Hungary 3,419,232 4,865,332 +1,446,100
Poland 3,946,756 4,289,157 +342,401

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Greater Manchester 44
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 41
Inner London - West 36
West Midlands 34
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
Greater Manchester 36 34 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 35 32 -3
Inner London - West 25 23 -2
West Midlands 29 23 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 26 22 -4
West Yorkshire 28 25 -3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 18 15 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 20 13 -7
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 16 15 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 19 16 -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) 247,636,342
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 38,978,105
Air transport 25,177,239
Road transport 6,802,495
Other 3,670,414

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) 128,540,444 119,095,898 -9,444,546
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,040,910 20,937,195 +2,896,285
Air transport 13,259,428 11,917,811 -1,341,617
Road transport 3,342,953 3,459,542 +116,589
Other 2,277,109 1,393,305 -883,804
Rail transport 0 5,431 +5,431

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 118,950,929
Dover / Eurotunnel 32,250,070
Immingham Docks 30,991,957
Eurotunnel 27,322,737
Felixstowe 20,742,392

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 60,000,191 58,950,738 -1,049,453
Dover / Eurotunnel 19,033,643 13,216,427 -5,817,216
Immingham Docks 14,166,209 16,825,748 +2,659,539
Eurotunnel 13,565,617 13,757,120 +191,503
Felixstowe 9,572,156 11,170,236 +1,598,080
Harwich 7,915,788 5,707,452 -2,208,336
Hull 5,258,261 3,939,046 -1,319,215
London 4,917,820 3,523,650 -1,394,170
London Heathrow Airport 4,414,494 3,563,237 -851,257
Southampton 2,581,393 5,026,564 +2,445,171

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
186
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
55
Other manufacturing
54
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
35
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
34

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 124
2026-04 146
2026-03 142
2026-02 126
2026-01 128

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+ 250
1m-15m 192
15m-54m 81
0-1m 67
Other 31

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 33,845,906
Germany 28,349,768
France 23,170,163
China 19,967,673
United States 15,544,698

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 14,020,523 19,825,383 +5,804,860
Germany 14,548,131 13,801,637 -746,494
France 12,158,150 11,012,013 -1,146,137
China 10,263,456 9,704,217 -559,239
United States 6,435,508 9,109,190 +2,673,682
Italy 7,789,869 6,956,030 -833,839
Ireland 7,803,683 6,148,548 -1,655,135
Spain 6,537,964 6,204,076 -333,888
Poland 6,484,745 5,667,747 -816,998
Turkey 4,185,565 3,571,897 -613,668

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 2,171,664
Ireland 59,133
Belgium 35,621
Germany 27,128
Czechia 7,312

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 1,445,194 726,470 -718,724
Ireland 40,953 18,180 -22,773
Belgium 16,627 18,994 +2,367
Germany 9,770 17,358 +7,588
Czechia 755 6,557 +5,802
Netherlands 1,589 4,074 +2,485
Italy 756 3,453 +2,697
Hungary 0 704 +704
Switzerland 442 0 -442
France 133 168 +35

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) 173,019,985
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 70,478,453
Air transport 19,697,881
Other 2,505,542
Rail transport 65,397

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) 87,361,170 85,658,815 -1,702,355
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 34,772,862 35,705,591 +932,729
Air transport 9,650,526 10,047,355 +396,829
Other 1,622,090 883,452 -738,638
Rail transport 65,397 0 -65,397
Road transport 21,559 0 -21,559

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 127,860,716
Southampton 25,134,475
London Gateway Port 24,457,158
Immingham Docks 16,763,148
Harwich 13,732,426

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 64,654,408 63,206,308 -1,448,100
Southampton 10,525,326 14,609,149 +4,083,823
London Gateway Port 15,670,730 8,786,428 -6,884,302
Immingham Docks 6,689,788 10,073,360 +3,383,572
Harwich 6,536,915 7,195,511 +658,596
Felixstowe 5,810,870 7,627,150 +1,816,280
London Heathrow Airport 5,412,591 6,042,901 +630,310
Liverpool Docks 5,692,939 2,974,950 -2,717,989
Holyhead 2,682,032 3,289,180 +607,148
000 1,622,090 883,452 -738,638

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 350691

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

Description: Strong adhesives created using plastic or rubber materials, used in various industries for bonding purposes