Import/export HS code 400931: Rubber tubes and pipes (reinforced, without fittings)

Strong, reinforced rubber tubes and pipes, without any fittings

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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 £
Turkey 9,924,045
Germany 9,371,890
India 6,405,005
Belgium 6,220,421
Japan 5,912,385

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 £
Turkey 5,450,691 4,473,354 -977,337
Germany 5,456,980 3,914,910 -1,542,070
India 3,797,810 2,607,195 -1,190,615
Belgium 3,910,524 2,309,897 -1,600,627
Japan 3,677,369 2,235,016 -1,442,353
Italy 3,734,879 1,870,886 -1,863,993
Spain 2,834,037 2,145,629 -688,408
China 2,222,351 1,889,459 -332,892
Poland 1,988,863 1,845,199 -143,664
France 2,750,183 971,278 -1,778,905

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 £
Turkey 13,669,299
Spain 7,282,227
India 6,534,226
Japan 5,987,635
China 5,956,205

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 £
Turkey 7,296,526 6,372,773 -923,753
Spain 4,158,162 3,124,065 -1,034,097
India 3,883,968 2,650,258 -1,233,710
Japan 3,734,857 2,252,778 -1,482,079
China 3,266,496 2,689,709 -576,787
Italy 3,866,014 1,819,655 -2,046,359
Germany 3,198,007 2,257,983 -940,024
United States 2,564,856 2,426,522 -138,334
France 2,380,723 1,729,845 -650,878
Bulgaria 1,784,675 1,488,572 -296,103

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 26
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 25
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 19
Shropshire and Staffordshire 18
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 17

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
West Midlands 20 20 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 19 18 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 13 13 +0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 16 12 -4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 14 12 -2
Greater Manchester 13 7 -6
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 11 13 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 9 -3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 11 8 -3
Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear 10 7 -3

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 30,420,840
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 27,545,956
Air transport 10,294,144
Other 8,332,077
Road transport 470,268

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,866,030 14,554,810 -1,311,220
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,772,803 11,773,153 -3,999,650
Air transport 6,171,967 4,122,177 -2,049,790
Other 6,727,058 1,605,019 -5,122,039
Road transport 172,074 298,194 +126,120
Rail transport 124,364 0 -124,364

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 14,678,613
Felixstowe 10,678,214
Southampton 9,405,860
000 8,332,077
Eurotunnel 6,100,433

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 9,176,606 5,502,007 -3,674,599
Felixstowe 6,374,118 4,304,096 -2,070,022
Southampton 5,259,865 4,145,995 -1,113,870
000 6,727,058 1,605,019 -5,122,039
Eurotunnel 3,277,412 2,823,021 -454,391
London Gateway Port 1,378,577 1,895,993 +517,416
Birmingham Airport 1,638,318 1,404,372 -233,946
Immingham Docks 1,599,997 1,437,554 -162,443
London 1,283,297 1,094,544 -188,753
499 7,546 2,145,395 +2,137,849

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 81
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 43
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 39
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 25
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 24

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 74
2025-11 91
2025-10 86
2025-09 78
2025-08 78

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+ 143
1m-15m 134
15m-54m 32
Other 29
0-1m 15

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 16,776,630
Belgium 5,396,038
Canada 5,366,086
Germany 3,564,000
France 1,975,691

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 10,982,722 5,793,908 -5,188,814
Belgium 3,464,835 1,931,203 -1,533,632
Canada 2,729,028 2,637,058 -91,970
Germany 1,685,381 1,878,619 +193,238
France 1,246,108 729,583 -516,525
India 769,981 1,004,412 +234,431
Ireland 887,586 672,318 -215,268
Spain 782,139 499,537 -282,602
Sweden 631,208 639,966 +8,758
Brazil 685,964 566,870 -119,094

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 177,868
Italy 82,209
Georgia 18,402
Turkey 7,507
Malaysia 5,398

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 128,333 49,535 -78,798
Italy 33,194 49,015 +15,821
Georgia 0 18,402 +18,402
Turkey 5,197 2,310 -2,887
Malaysia 3,866 1,532 -2,334
Portugal 2,599 0 -2,599
Ireland 499 757 +258
Denmark 385 620 +235
Taiwan 565 421 -144
China 414 391 -23

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 19,329,702
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,491,084
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,810,025
Other 304,124
Road transport 49,200

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 11,386,620 7,943,082 -3,443,538
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,884,282 6,606,802 -4,277,480
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,862,602 5,947,423 -1,915,179
Other 177,986 126,138 -51,848
Road transport 49,200 0 -49,200

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,370,651
London Gateway Port 7,366,040
East Midlands Airport 7,154,126
London Heathrow Airport 6,047,256
Liverpool Docks 3,914,968

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 6,653,639 4,717,012 -1,936,627
London Gateway Port 5,388,280 1,977,760 -3,410,520
East Midlands Airport 4,346,540 2,807,586 -1,538,954
London Heathrow Airport 3,436,049 2,611,207 -824,842
Liverpool Docks 2,169,072 1,745,896 -423,176
Southampton 2,066,299 1,359,676 -706,623
ZLC 1,857,023 1,554,868 -302,155
Felixstowe 404,878 1,576,575 +1,171,697
London Stansted Airport 1,228,692 335,709 -892,983
Manchester Airport 543,578 613,182 +69,604

Quick facts

HS code: 400931

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

Description: Strong, reinforced rubber tubes and pipes, without any fittings