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 35,934,611
United States 25,764,999
Czechia 23,245,258
France 10,274,642
China 8,699,478

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 18,030,454 17,904,157 -126,297
United States 12,951,956 12,813,043 -138,913
Czechia 11,163,625 12,081,633 +918,008
France 4,214,280 6,060,362 +1,846,082
China 4,900,315 3,799,163 -1,101,152
Poland 4,113,858 4,553,891 +440,033
Belgium 3,671,554 3,902,843 +231,289
Sweden 4,039,017 1,924,522 -2,114,495
Italy 2,806,003 3,127,068 +321,065
Netherlands 2,713,754 2,601,999 -111,755

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 28,307,458
Czechia 25,181,687
Germany 23,729,824
China 10,575,331
France 7,713,417

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 14,210,476 14,096,982 -113,494
Czechia 12,371,253 12,810,434 +439,181
Germany 11,984,822 11,745,002 -239,820
China 5,695,685 4,879,646 -816,039
France 2,896,208 4,817,209 +1,921,001
Sweden 4,753,148 2,408,443 -2,344,705
Poland 3,171,034 3,379,673 +208,639
Belgium 3,053,030 3,487,913 +434,883
Italy 2,523,860 2,801,010 +277,150
Ireland 2,112,279 1,951,956 -160,323

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 61
Surrey, East and West Sussex 48
Greater Manchester 47
Inner London - West 41
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 39

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 36 +1
Greater Manchester 33 35 +2
Inner London - West 26 29 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 24 28 +4
West Midlands 25 18 -7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 20 24 +4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 19 23 +4
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 17 20 +3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 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) 85,493,582
Air transport 39,018,753
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,155,547
Other 12,134,968
Road transport 1,695,651

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) 43,652,923 41,840,659 -1,812,264
Air transport 19,285,041 19,733,712 +448,671
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,954,292 10,201,255 -753,037
Other 6,200,177 5,934,791 -265,386
Road transport 793,689 901,962 +108,273
Rail transport 7,423 26,879 +19,456

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 42,307,716
Eurotunnel 20,962,289
000 12,134,968
East Midlands Airport 11,877,498
Manchester Airport 9,836,013

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 21,631,762 20,675,954 -955,808
Eurotunnel 10,871,337 10,090,952 -780,385
000 6,200,177 5,934,791 -265,386
East Midlands Airport 5,922,892 5,954,606 +31,714
Manchester Airport 5,527,211 4,308,802 -1,218,409
Felixstowe 4,955,449 4,158,758 -796,691
London Heathrow Airport 3,100,907 4,161,102 +1,060,195
Immingham Docks 3,114,893 3,135,557 +20,664
Hull 2,718,701 1,819,473 -899,228
Birmingham Airport 2,092,876 2,362,723 +269,847

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
170
Other manufacturing
70
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
54
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
43
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
32

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 145
2026-04 156
2026-03 152
2026-02 153
2026-01 146

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+ 353
1m-15m 243
15m-54m 72
Other 51
0-1m 21

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 £
United States 32,312,315
Poland 32,129,180
Hungary 22,041,257
Germany 13,175,089
France 13,154,244

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 £
United States 18,391,159 13,921,156 -4,470,003
Poland 17,324,505 14,804,675 -2,519,830
Hungary 10,894,862 11,146,395 +251,533
Germany 6,756,918 6,418,171 -338,747
France 6,338,786 6,815,458 +476,672
Ireland 4,663,537 5,362,596 +699,059
China 6,442,317 2,381,794 -4,060,523
Netherlands 4,019,686 3,021,396 -998,290
India 4,457,391 2,079,175 -2,378,216
Italy 2,512,464 2,849,333 +336,869

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 2,970,817
Poland 661,823
Germany 591,395
United States 195,054
Denmark 122,897

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 1,611,550 1,359,267 -252,283
Poland 357,989 303,834 -54,155
Germany 282,650 308,745 +26,095
United States 171,456 23,598 -147,858
Denmark 70,460 52,437 -18,023
Ireland 38,402 29,301 -9,101
China 19,928 12,322 -7,606
France 26,504 323 -26,181
Nicaragua 21,711 860 -20,851
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) 111,208,885
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 46,258,055
Air transport 42,543,294
Other 5,129,655
Road transport 20,923

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) 56,719,716 54,489,169 -2,230,547
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,238,709 19,019,346 -8,219,363
Air transport 23,898,201 18,645,093 -5,253,108
Other 2,878,819 2,250,836 -627,983
Road transport 20,923 0 -20,923

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 92,909,815
London Heathrow Airport 22,476,090
London Gateway Port 18,410,321
East Midlands Airport 11,207,180
Southampton 10,312,855

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 48,255,089 44,654,726 -3,600,363
London Heathrow Airport 12,342,898 10,133,192 -2,209,706
London Gateway Port 10,556,305 7,854,016 -2,702,289
East Midlands Airport 6,552,341 4,654,839 -1,897,502
Southampton 6,103,030 4,209,825 -1,893,205
Liverpool Docks 4,924,127 3,055,255 -1,868,872
Dover 3,664,028 4,187,952 +523,924
Felixstowe 4,496,123 898,637 -3,597,486
000 2,878,819 2,250,836 -627,983
Holyhead 1,618,783 2,686,061 +1,067,278

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