Import/export HS code 391732: Non-reinforced plastic tubes, pipes, and hoses without fittings

Plastic tubes, pipes, and hoses without reinforcement or additional materials, and no connectors

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 36,121,318
United States 27,015,073
Czechia 24,190,026
France 10,179,932
China 9,590,202

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 17,012,032 19,109,286 +2,097,254
United States 12,736,521 14,278,552 +1,542,031
Czechia 10,814,631 13,375,395 +2,560,764
France 4,149,360 6,030,572 +1,881,212
China 5,272,930 4,317,272 -955,658
Poland 4,140,658 4,711,895 +571,237
Belgium 3,533,258 4,267,816 +734,558
Sweden 4,210,630 2,135,370 -2,075,260
Netherlands 2,970,290 3,005,184 +34,894
Italy 2,679,405 3,262,691 +583,286

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 29,629,306
Czechia 26,014,513
Germany 24,288,434
China 11,540,902
Sweden 7,594,909

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 14,015,922 15,613,384 +1,597,462
Czechia 11,763,367 14,251,146 +2,487,779
Germany 11,698,848 12,589,586 +890,738
China 6,060,507 5,480,395 -580,112
Sweden 4,917,098 2,677,811 -2,239,287
France 2,840,478 4,656,132 +1,815,654
Poland 3,273,102 3,567,181 +294,079
Belgium 2,916,828 3,761,776 +844,948
Italy 2,496,279 2,890,283 +394,004
Ireland 2,277,355 2,099,850 -177,505

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 59
Surrey, East and West Sussex 50
Greater Manchester 46
Inner London - West 45
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 36

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 42 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 35 37 +2
Greater Manchester 32 36 +4
Inner London - West 24 33 +9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 24 26 +2
West Midlands 25 21 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 21 23 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 18 23 +5
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 17 20 +3
West Yorkshire 17 17 +0

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) 88,952,055
Air transport 40,633,777
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,803,352
Other 11,822,244
Road transport 1,593,155

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) 43,435,035 45,517,020 +2,081,985
Air transport 19,186,822 21,446,955 +2,260,133
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,458,130 11,345,222 -112,908
Other 5,605,022 6,217,222 +612,200
Road transport 678,756 914,399 +235,643
Rail transport 7,423 25,436 +18,013

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 44,088,419
Eurotunnel 21,913,625
East Midlands Airport 12,770,818
000 11,822,244
Felixstowe 9,830,448

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 21,129,074 22,959,345 +1,830,271
Eurotunnel 10,426,320 11,487,305 +1,060,985
East Midlands Airport 6,571,165 6,199,653 -371,512
000 5,605,022 6,217,222 +612,200
Felixstowe 5,362,330 4,468,118 -894,212
Manchester Airport 4,779,499 5,042,321 +262,822
London Heathrow Airport 3,265,219 4,542,061 +1,276,842
Immingham Docks 3,246,401 3,506,359 +259,958
Hull 2,869,793 1,738,310 -1,131,483
Birmingham Airport 1,839,136 2,581,943 +742,807

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 169
Other manufacturing 72
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 52
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 46
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 33

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 155
2026-03 152
2026-02 152
2026-01 146
2025-12 134

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+ 360
1m-15m 241
15m-54m 75
Other 53
0-1m 23

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 £
Poland 34,126,210
United States 34,022,937
Hungary 22,921,398
France 14,136,835
Germany 13,718,360

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 £
Poland 16,993,207 17,133,003 +139,796
United States 17,408,313 16,614,624 -793,689
Hungary 10,991,167 11,930,231 +939,064
France 6,416,412 7,720,423 +1,304,011
Germany 6,337,023 7,381,337 +1,044,314
Ireland 4,784,684 5,579,119 +794,435
China 7,304,875 2,563,479 -4,741,396
India 5,260,020 2,210,793 -3,049,227
Netherlands 3,769,651 3,636,321 -133,330
Italy 2,445,789 2,975,889 +530,100

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 2,873,424
Poland 694,108
Germany 578,795
United States 216,284
Denmark 130,124

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 1,464,111 1,409,313 -54,798
Poland 334,501 359,607 +25,106
Germany 272,136 306,659 +34,523
United States 192,396 23,888 -168,508
Denmark 77,124 53,000 -24,124
Ireland 39,468 31,152 -8,316
China 17,464 12,997 -4,467
France 77 26,750 +26,673
Nicaragua 24,994 860 -24,134
Lithuania 6,851 9,438 +2,587

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) 116,589,641
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 49,288,617
Air transport 45,184,694
Other 5,085,268
Road transport 24,283

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) 55,224,368 61,365,273 +6,140,905
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,767,230 21,521,387 -6,245,843
Air transport 24,202,617 20,982,077 -3,220,540
Other 2,673,078 2,412,190 -260,888
Road transport 24,283 0 -24,283

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 97,693,764
London Heathrow Airport 23,533,945
London Gateway Port 19,875,843
East Midlands Airport 12,201,901
Southampton 10,949,708

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 47,127,898 50,565,866 +3,437,968
London Heathrow Airport 12,206,829 11,327,116 -879,713
London Gateway Port 11,256,757 8,619,086 -2,637,671
East Midlands Airport 7,077,365 5,124,536 -1,952,829
Southampton 5,943,166 5,006,542 -936,624
Liverpool Docks 4,666,189 3,510,469 -1,155,720
Dover 3,448,704 4,638,387 +1,189,683
Felixstowe 4,971,676 1,021,583 -3,950,093
000 2,673,078 2,412,190 -260,888
Holyhead 1,670,366 2,821,637 +1,151,271

Quick facts

HS code: 391732

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

Description: Plastic tubes, pipes, and hoses without reinforcement or additional materials, and no connectors