Import/export HS code 400932: Rubber tubes and pipes (reinforced, with fittings)

Reinforced rubber tubes and pipes that come with fittings for secure connections

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  • 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 £
France 11,848,221
Poland 10,140,375
India 9,858,331
China 8,871,086
Netherlands 7,929,092

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 £
France 6,597,406 5,250,815 -1,346,591
Poland 5,730,495 4,409,880 -1,320,615
India 4,444,188 5,414,143 +969,955
China 4,303,233 4,567,853 +264,620
Netherlands 2,628,323 5,300,769 +2,672,446
Germany 4,634,116 3,123,440 -1,510,676
Bulgaria 3,809,742 2,766,735 -1,043,007
Czechia 3,619,210 2,775,370 -843,840
Belgium 3,321,355 2,717,996 -603,359
Turkey 2,334,571 1,478,463 -856,108

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 £
Poland 11,549,787
France 10,368,437
China 9,965,902
Germany 9,962,777
India 9,882,659

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 £
Poland 6,473,114 5,076,673 -1,396,441
France 5,732,606 4,635,831 -1,096,775
China 4,795,755 5,170,147 +374,392
Germany 5,004,712 4,958,065 -46,647
India 4,447,726 5,434,933 +987,207
Bulgaria 4,352,075 3,549,763 -802,312
Czechia 4,061,255 3,148,510 -912,745
Spain 3,175,432 2,158,079 -1,017,353
Turkey 2,509,639 1,789,152 -720,487
Portugal 2,316,922 1,815,297 -501,625

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 24
West Midlands 22
Inner London - West 19
Surrey, East and West Sussex 19
Shropshire and Staffordshire 15

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 20 16 -4
West Midlands 14 18 +4
Inner London - West 12 15 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 16 13 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 11 11 +0
Essex 10 12 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 9 9 +0
Greater Manchester 7 9 +2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 7 9 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 9 6 -3

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) 46,648,665
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 29,053,340
Other 8,464,105
Air transport 8,227,822
Rail transport 3,896,368

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) 25,594,623 21,054,042 -4,540,581
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,172,140 19,881,200 +10,709,060
Other 7,808,506 655,599 -7,152,907
Air transport 4,469,841 3,757,981 -711,860
Rail transport 3,518,809 377,559 -3,141,250
Road transport 114,388 60,247 -54,141

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 25,072,962
000 8,464,105
499 7,893,177
Felixstowe 6,798,923
London Gateway Port 5,785,006

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 12,774,378 12,298,584 -475,794
000 7,808,506 655,599 -7,152,907
499 16,569 7,876,608 +7,860,039
Felixstowe 4,573,681 2,225,242 -2,348,439
London Gateway Port 1,352,571 4,432,435 +3,079,864
Harwich 3,517,565 1,997,033 -1,520,532
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,068,879 1,124,822 -1,944,057
NGO 3,518,809 377,559 -3,141,250
London 1,754,847 1,920,041 +165,194
Immingham Docks 1,035,464 2,630,420 +1,594,956

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
69
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
37
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
30
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
25
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
20

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 72
2026-04 62
2026-03 66
2026-02 72
2026-01 58

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+ 142
1m-15m 79
15m-54m 37
Other 25
0-1m 14

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 2,965,474
France 2,033,692
Germany 1,958,399
China 1,781,842
Poland 1,373,946

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 1,673,411 1,292,063 -381,348
France 1,082,368 951,324 -131,044
Germany 885,106 1,073,293 +188,187
China 1,444,420 337,422 -1,106,998
Poland 716,988 656,958 -60,030
Singapore 192,458 1,134,120 +941,662
Brazil 680,842 397,336 -283,506
Guyana 672,260 332,247 -340,013
Netherlands 372,759 575,799 +203,040
Ireland 302,690 273,130 -29,560

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 £
Italy 81,774
China 13,422
XI 10,923
Indonesia 7,092
Turkey 3,632

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 £
Italy 47,573 34,201 -13,372
China 8,560 4,862 -3,698
XI 8,434 2,489 -5,945
Indonesia 5,839 1,253 -4,586
Turkey 1,803 1,829 +26
Hungary 426 571 +145
India 183 620 +437
United States 118 428 +310
Poland 65 367 +302
Belgium 198 86 -112

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,372,388
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,380,383
Air transport 5,735,286
Other 132,291

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,426,081 3,946,307 -479,774
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,351,542 4,028,841 +677,299
Air transport 3,319,429 2,415,857 -903,572
Other 78,657 53,634 -25,023

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,090,017
London Heathrow Airport 3,709,962
London Gateway Port 3,297,625
Southampton 2,046,543
Immingham Docks 1,542,480

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 1,885,673 2,204,344 +318,671
London Heathrow Airport 2,092,652 1,617,310 -475,342
London Gateway Port 1,922,113 1,375,512 -546,601
Southampton 972,379 1,074,164 +101,785
Immingham Docks 531,171 1,011,309 +480,138
Felixstowe 676,267 544,968 -131,299
East Midlands Airport 593,238 287,697 -305,541
Dover 343,714 269,169 -74,545
Portsmouth 224,304 295,920 +71,616
Grangemouth Docks 375,044 72,519 -302,525

Quick facts

HS code: 400932

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

Description: Reinforced rubber tubes and pipes that come with fittings for secure connections