Import/export HS code 391739: Various plastic tubes, pipes, and hoses

Other types of plastic tubes, pipes, and hoses not listed elsewhere

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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 34,130,685
China 27,117,121
United States 18,198,107
France 17,246,511
Poland 15,866,136

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 19,028,192 15,102,493 -3,925,699
China 14,816,397 12,300,724 -2,515,673
United States 8,700,154 9,497,953 +797,799
France 10,417,343 6,829,168 -3,588,175
Poland 9,861,871 6,004,265 -3,857,606
Spain 7,859,969 3,938,014 -3,921,955
Italy 6,707,319 5,036,711 -1,670,608
Netherlands 5,806,325 4,510,846 -1,295,479
Ireland 4,381,303 1,291,842 -3,089,461
Tunisia 3,113,224 1,926,227 -1,186,997

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 31,736,513
China 30,234,941
United States 22,331,268
Poland 17,706,660
Italy 12,543,158

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 17,731,642 14,004,871 -3,726,771
China 16,712,267 13,522,674 -3,189,593
United States 11,032,531 11,298,737 +266,206
Poland 10,752,906 6,953,754 -3,799,152
Italy 7,121,652 5,421,506 -1,700,146
France 6,929,645 4,919,180 -2,010,465
Spain 3,954,374 2,661,236 -1,293,138
Morocco 4,075,823 1,183,059 -2,892,764
Tunisia 3,200,321 2,035,912 -1,164,409
India 1,753,749 1,299,484 -454,265

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 75
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 53
Surrey, East and West Sussex 50
Inner London - West 49
West Midlands 48

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 59 53 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 41 35 -6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 40 36 -4
Inner London - West 31 35 +4
West Midlands 37 34 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 34 30 -4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 30 29 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 30 29 -1
Greater Manchester 32 21 -11
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 20 19 -1

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) 98,244,143
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 41,525,167
Air transport 35,643,066
Other 4,678,749
Rail transport 2,635,659

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) 57,163,025 41,081,118 -16,081,907
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,769,093 18,756,074 -4,013,019
Air transport 18,086,675 17,556,391 -530,284
Other 3,896,943 781,806 -3,115,137
Rail transport 2,553,361 82,298 -2,471,063
Road transport 1,103,722 586,441 -517,281

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 38,683,675
Felixstowe 18,199,475
Harwich 13,077,255
Eurotunnel 12,532,674
London Heathrow Airport 11,731,828

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 22,073,252 16,610,423 -5,462,829
Felixstowe 11,057,960 7,141,515 -3,916,445
Harwich 8,637,387 4,439,868 -4,197,519
Eurotunnel 6,544,409 5,988,265 -556,144
London Heathrow Airport 5,626,115 6,105,713 +479,598
East Midlands Airport 6,620,278 4,526,490 -2,093,788
London 6,752,676 2,856,129 -3,896,547
Immingham Docks 4,248,874 3,582,898 -665,976
Purfleet 3,380,017 2,593,774 -786,243
Southampton 3,752,572 2,194,477 -1,558,095

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 250
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 76
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 59
Other manufacturing 58
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 53

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 199
2025-11 215
2025-10 213
2025-09 201
2025-08 200

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+ 443
1m-15m 274
15m-54m 103
Other 74
0-1m 43

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 35,557,575
France 19,316,803
Germany 16,623,782
Netherlands 14,207,661
Ireland 14,113,466

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 20,219,017 15,338,558 -4,880,459
France 10,695,261 8,621,542 -2,073,719
Germany 10,051,501 6,572,281 -3,479,220
Netherlands 7,636,279 6,571,382 -1,064,897
Ireland 7,838,017 6,275,449 -1,562,568
India 7,569,790 5,363,474 -2,206,316
China 6,531,583 4,537,891 -1,993,692
Brazil 5,870,174 3,325,874 -2,544,300
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,967,765 3,339,682 -628,083
Angola 5,590,205 731,267 -4,858,938

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 4,926,110
China 1,882,276
Ireland 361,368
Italy 120,753
Poland 58,662

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 2,671,073 2,255,037 -416,036
China 1,074,738 807,538 -267,200
Ireland 208,322 153,046 -55,276
Italy 95,868 24,885 -70,983
Poland 36,795 21,867 -14,928
Spain 12,088 3,310 -8,778
Germany 3,468 4,016 +548
Taiwan 1,409 4,539 +3,130
Sweden 3,420 1,495 -1,925
United States 1,293 1,544 +251

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 81,830,976
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 77,787,463
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 60,268,238
Other 7,446,156
Road transport 7,215

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 £
Air transport 46,832,546 34,998,430 -11,834,116
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 43,308,424 34,479,039 -8,829,385
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 39,696,318 20,571,920 -19,124,398
Other 4,147,674 3,298,482 -849,192
Road transport 7,215 0 -7,215

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 53,029,201
London Heathrow Airport 50,062,660
London Gateway Port 20,377,014
East Midlands Airport 12,318,913
Southampton 9,577,289

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 30,120,568 22,908,633 -7,211,935
London Heathrow Airport 28,506,374 21,556,286 -6,950,088
London Gateway Port 15,060,236 5,316,778 -9,743,458
East Midlands Airport 7,075,251 5,243,662 -1,831,589
Southampton 3,464,680 6,112,609 +2,647,929
Immingham Docks 4,932,810 4,515,915 -416,895
Liverpool Docks 4,796,475 3,750,238 -1,046,237
Felixstowe 4,698,600 3,502,810 -1,195,790
000 4,147,674 3,298,482 -849,192
Aberdeen Docks 6,006,075 665,224 -5,340,851

Quick facts

HS code: 391739

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

Description: Other types of plastic tubes, pipes, and hoses not listed elsewhere