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 37,691,817
China 31,705,301
United States 20,879,901
France 18,018,644
Poland 16,959,923

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 18,943,292 18,748,525 -194,767
China 14,622,914 17,082,387 +2,459,473
United States 9,047,684 11,832,217 +2,784,533
France 10,809,026 7,209,618 -3,599,408
Poland 9,366,251 7,593,672 -1,772,579
Italy 6,793,362 6,270,945 -522,417
Spain 7,420,179 4,144,853 -3,275,326
Netherlands 6,032,101 5,236,402 -795,699
Tunisia 2,942,604 3,002,390 +59,786
Ireland 3,842,921 1,082,429 -2,760,492

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 £
China 35,450,838
Germany 34,612,552
United States 25,320,530
Poland 18,956,525
Italy 13,775,200

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 £
China 16,626,196 18,824,642 +2,198,446
Germany 17,592,386 17,020,166 -572,220
United States 11,666,862 13,653,668 +1,986,806
Poland 10,347,305 8,609,220 -1,738,085
Italy 7,400,081 6,375,119 -1,024,962
France 7,510,379 5,259,045 -2,251,334
Spain 3,732,834 3,425,054 -307,780
Tunisia 3,094,252 3,032,413 -61,839
Morocco 3,748,124 877,687 -2,870,437
United Kingdom 1,633,973 1,849,152 +215,179

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 78
Inner London - West 49
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 49
Surrey, East and West Sussex 49
West Midlands 49

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 57 57 +0
Inner London - West 33 33 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 37 34 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 41 32 -9
West Midlands 36 38 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 35 27 -8
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 34 31 -3
Greater Manchester 28 31 +3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 28 28 +0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 18 23 +5

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) 105,775,477
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 48,559,519
Air transport 40,162,591
Other 3,739,708
Rail transport 2,403,288

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) 57,766,719 48,008,758 -9,757,961
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,292,189 25,267,330 +1,975,141
Air transport 19,360,822 20,801,769 +1,440,947
Other 3,073,957 665,751 -2,408,206
Rail transport 2,141,643 261,645 -1,879,998
Road transport 146,601 1,536,163 +1,389,562

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 43,382,080
Felixstowe 19,787,265
Eurotunnel 13,841,241
London Heathrow Airport 13,339,323
Harwich 13,091,990

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 22,686,843 20,695,237 -1,991,606
Felixstowe 10,464,848 9,322,417 -1,142,431
Eurotunnel 6,616,472 7,224,769 +608,297
London Heathrow Airport 6,378,862 6,960,461 +581,599
Harwich 7,827,060 5,264,930 -2,562,130
East Midlands Airport 6,197,103 5,055,545 -1,141,558
Immingham Docks 4,314,094 4,465,349 +151,255
London 6,283,675 2,419,559 -3,864,116
Southampton 3,412,816 3,436,891 +24,075
London Gateway Port 2,080,542 4,752,311 +2,671,769

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
253
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
75
Other manufacturing
65
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
60
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
56

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 218
2026-04 201
2026-03 206
2026-02 224
2026-01 199

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+ 438
1m-15m 287
15m-54m 106
Other 74
0-1m 46

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 37,246,133
France 22,872,380
Germany 17,465,586
Netherlands 16,788,649
Ireland 15,621,372

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 18,651,971 18,594,162 -57,809
France 10,189,591 12,682,789 +2,493,198
Germany 10,231,660 7,233,926 -2,997,734
Netherlands 7,614,277 9,174,372 +1,560,095
Ireland 8,792,829 6,828,543 -1,964,286
India 7,421,182 7,084,104 -337,078
China 6,590,869 4,418,751 -2,172,118
Brazil 5,876,124 3,351,717 -2,524,407
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,902,404 4,313,697 +411,293
Sweden 3,559,944 3,310,906 -249,038

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 5,412,772
China 1,888,984
Ireland 393,063
Italy 121,224
Poland 49,912

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 2,976,073 2,436,699 -539,374
China 1,828,665 60,319 -1,768,346
Ireland 208,720 184,343 -24,377
Italy 116,241 4,983 -111,258
Poland 38,817 11,095 -27,722
Spain 10,965 3,823 -7,142
Germany 4,882 5,558 +676
Taiwan 2,969 3,003 +34
Sweden 3,661 2,089 -1,572
United States 1,870 967 -903

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) 90,542,314
Air transport 88,716,909
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 56,974,738
Other 7,970,811
Road transport 17,414

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) 43,770,984 46,771,330 +3,000,346
Air transport 44,696,045 44,020,864 -675,181
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 35,007,925 21,966,813 -13,041,112
Other 5,230,421 2,740,390 -2,490,031
Road transport 4,889 12,525 +7,636
Rail transport 0 3,604 +3,604

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 60,490,059
London Heathrow Airport 53,591,797
London Gateway Port 20,326,465
East Midlands Airport 14,378,609
Immingham Docks 11,305,051

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 28,507,312 31,982,747 +3,475,435
London Heathrow Airport 26,587,617 27,004,180 +416,563
London Gateway Port 14,238,769 6,087,696 -8,151,073
East Midlands Airport 7,083,469 7,295,140 +211,671
Immingham Docks 5,018,363 6,286,688 +1,268,325
Southampton 3,142,035 7,159,590 +4,017,555
Liverpool Docks 4,549,568 4,298,129 -251,439
Felixstowe 4,160,904 4,260,143 +99,239
000 5,230,421 2,740,390 -2,490,031
ZLC 3,465,801 3,241,373 -224,428

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