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 31,109,595
United States 23,674,611
Czechia 19,947,224
France 8,403,473
China 8,400,565

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 16,726,079 14,383,516 -2,342,563
United States 12,576,410 11,098,201 -1,478,209
Czechia 10,586,651 9,360,573 -1,226,078
France 4,173,424 4,230,049 +56,625
China 5,332,377 3,068,188 -2,264,189
Poland 4,337,829 3,233,683 -1,104,146
Belgium 3,616,959 3,238,118 -378,841
Sweden 4,432,692 1,289,585 -3,143,107
Netherlands 3,097,410 2,335,009 -762,401
Italy 2,654,562 2,327,207 -327,355

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 25,812,865
Czechia 21,708,806
Germany 21,055,974
China 10,143,878
Sweden 6,962,400

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 13,824,150 11,988,715 -1,835,435
Czechia 11,558,819 10,149,987 -1,408,832
Germany 11,626,243 9,429,731 -2,196,512
China 6,120,262 4,023,616 -2,096,646
Sweden 5,191,490 1,770,910 -3,420,580
France 2,710,930 3,379,357 +668,427
Poland 3,421,621 2,570,243 -851,378
Belgium 2,956,244 2,819,185 -137,059
Italy 2,525,059 1,961,015 -564,044
Ireland 2,396,112 1,691,855 -704,257

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 51
Greater Manchester 43
Inner London - West 41
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 35

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 40 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 36 33 -3
Greater Manchester 34 30 -4
Inner London - West 25 30 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 25 23 -2
West Midlands 23 17 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 18 24 +6
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 19 19 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 18 14 -4
West Yorkshire 18 14 -4

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) 77,927,311
Air transport 34,545,146
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,348,840
Other 10,043,498
Road transport 1,343,274

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) 43,897,020 34,030,291 -9,866,729
Air transport 19,103,718 15,441,428 -3,662,290
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,813,252 8,535,588 -3,277,664
Other 5,346,734 4,696,764 -649,970
Road transport 673,293 669,981 -3,312
Rail transport 7,423 15,031 +7,608

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 39,217,124
Eurotunnel 18,789,681
East Midlands Airport 11,101,171
000 10,043,498
Felixstowe 8,977,222

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 21,335,585 17,881,539 -3,454,046
Eurotunnel 10,029,797 8,759,884 -1,269,913
East Midlands Airport 6,663,189 4,437,982 -2,225,207
000 5,346,734 4,696,764 -649,970
Felixstowe 5,521,115 3,456,107 -2,065,008
Manchester Airport 4,477,993 3,979,884 -498,109
London Heathrow Airport 3,322,634 2,985,335 -337,299
Immingham Docks 3,447,975 2,230,024 -1,217,951
Hull 3,009,292 1,022,637 -1,986,655
Southampton 2,012,188 1,977,056 -35,132

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 168
Other manufacturing 71
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 49
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 46
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 34

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 146
2025-11 137
2025-10 158
2025-09 169
2025-08 136

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+ 340
1m-15m 237
15m-54m 70
Other 52
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 £
Poland 29,825,501
United States 29,509,539
Hungary 20,081,904
France 13,519,058
Germany 11,650,304

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 16,987,980 12,837,521 -4,150,459
United States 16,270,158 13,239,381 -3,030,777
Hungary 11,286,017 8,795,887 -2,490,130
France 7,066,383 6,452,675 -613,708
Germany 6,336,089 5,314,215 -1,021,874
China 7,703,111 1,783,238 -5,919,873
Ireland 4,862,030 4,055,376 -806,654
India 5,413,328 1,521,934 -3,891,394
Netherlands 3,800,456 2,944,475 -855,981
Italy 2,499,302 2,168,194 -331,108

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 2,746,221
Poland 623,778
Germany 509,856
United States 216,264
Denmark 109,339

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 1,523,769 1,222,452 -301,317
Poland 330,514 293,264 -37,250
Germany 261,224 248,632 -12,592
United States 192,396 23,868 -168,528
Denmark 66,308 43,031 -23,277
Ireland 30,209 22,786 -7,423
China 17,689 11,745 -5,944
Nicaragua 26,753 1,229 -25,524
France 77 26,427 +26,350
Italy 17,509 5,571 -11,938

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) 101,798,525
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 43,464,171
Air transport 40,428,727
Other 4,819,354
Road transport 36,950

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) 55,246,590 46,551,935 -8,694,655
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,920,522 16,543,649 -10,376,873
Air transport 24,831,227 15,597,500 -9,233,727
Other 2,778,529 2,040,825 -737,704
Road transport 36,950 0 -36,950

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 85,534,842
London Heathrow Airport 20,787,085
London Gateway Port 17,629,499
East Midlands Airport 11,167,171
Southampton 9,315,757

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 47,253,913 38,280,929 -8,972,984
London Heathrow Airport 12,644,792 8,142,293 -4,502,499
London Gateway Port 11,530,212 6,099,287 -5,430,925
East Midlands Airport 7,293,514 3,873,657 -3,419,857
Southampton 5,572,824 3,742,933 -1,829,891
Dover 3,503,005 3,628,861 +125,856
Liverpool Docks 4,056,214 2,936,544 -1,119,670
Felixstowe 4,897,454 1,005,445 -3,892,009
000 2,778,529 2,040,825 -737,704
ZLC 2,122,218 1,465,268 -656,950

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