Import/export HS code 400942: Rubber hoses (reinforced, with fittings)

Reinforced rubber hoses that include fittings for easy and secure use

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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 £
Poland 17,295,824
China 9,552,141
Germany 6,132,286
United States 6,074,723
France 5,840,680

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 £
Poland 7,611,848 9,683,976 +2,072,128
China 4,509,513 5,042,628 +533,115
Germany 3,137,225 2,995,061 -142,164
United States 3,187,649 2,887,074 -300,575
France 2,910,667 2,930,013 +19,346
Netherlands 3,350,663 1,836,042 -1,514,621
Spain 1,933,281 2,178,339 +245,058
Czechia 1,307,812 1,601,552 +293,740
Italy 1,858,293 1,005,137 -853,156
Hungary 1,784,980 729,154 -1,055,826

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 18,339,928
China 10,448,985
United States 7,298,248
Czechia 6,778,915
United Kingdom 4,917,714

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 8,927,169 9,412,759 +485,590
China 5,184,374 5,264,611 +80,237
United States 3,723,926 3,574,322 -149,604
Czechia 2,998,862 3,780,053 +781,191
United Kingdom 2,012,048 2,905,666 +893,618
Hungary 3,035,962 990,763 -2,045,199
Germany 1,454,852 1,719,556 +264,704
Italy 1,834,605 1,176,692 -657,913
Bulgaria 1,562,937 1,065,995 -496,942
Turkey 1,435,569 974,675 -460,894

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 47
Inner London - West 31
West Midlands 29
Surrey, East and West Sussex 26
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 24

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 31 32 +1
Inner London - West 22 20 -2
West Midlands 17 24 +7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21 19 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 18 13 -5
Greater Manchester 14 16 +2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 14 14 +0
Essex 19 16 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 15 11 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 12 +0

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) 46,859,728
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,542,739
Air transport 11,370,800
Other 2,674,099
Road transport 587,963

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) 22,675,136 24,184,592 +1,509,456
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,270,441 8,272,298 -998,143
Air transport 6,183,535 5,187,265 -996,270
Other 1,737,937 936,162 -801,775
Road transport 418,985 168,978 -250,007
Rail transport 234,615 319,173 +84,558
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 26,229 +26,229

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 25,221,227
Felixstowe 7,290,924
Eurotunnel 6,309,208
Harwich 6,223,368
London Heathrow Airport 2,954,332

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 11,836,645 13,384,582 +1,547,937
Felixstowe 3,600,226 3,690,698 +90,472
Eurotunnel 3,155,592 3,153,616 -1,976
Harwich 3,410,050 2,813,318 -596,732
London Heathrow Airport 1,409,720 1,544,612 +134,892
Aberdeen Docks 2,178,202 633,014 -1,545,188
Immingham Docks 1,444,140 1,296,548 -147,592
000 1,737,937 936,162 -801,775
Southampton 1,310,722 1,182,889 -127,833
Tyne 1,303,413 1,037,176 -266,237

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
106
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
52
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
49
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
41
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
33

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 89
2026-04 86
2026-03 104
2026-02 92
2026-01 91

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+ 259
1m-15m 160
15m-54m 55
Other 49
0-1m 29

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 19,553,889
United Arab Emirates 17,226,196
Ghana 16,149,149
Saudi Arabia 12,847,987
China 11,261,328

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 10,026,208 9,527,681 -498,527
United Arab Emirates 6,683,044 10,543,152 +3,860,108
Ghana 16,086,538 62,611 -16,023,927
Saudi Arabia 9,088,419 3,759,568 -5,328,851
China 9,005,240 2,256,088 -6,749,152
Thailand 5,602,661 4,906,942 -695,719
Nigeria 5,400,415 4,173,376 -1,227,039
Qatar 6,060,425 3,181,252 -2,879,173
Spain 3,923,404 5,039,530 +1,116,126
Malaysia 3,712,357 4,008,032 +295,675

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 £
China 279,220
XI 71,934
Germany 6,626
Romania 5,698
Turkey 2,626

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 £
China 94,604 184,616 +90,012
XI 68,512 3,422 -65,090
Germany 3,752 2,874 -878
Romania 5,038 660 -4,378
Turkey 2,093 533 -1,560
France 1,217 1,127 -90
Czechia 1,027 1,144 +117
Indonesia 838 1,252 +414
Sweden 647 713 +66
India 231 1,110 +879

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) 174,315,705
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 26,864,835
Air transport 19,325,142
Other 385,650
Road transport 3,577

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) 94,347,907 79,967,798 -14,380,109
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,368,426 14,496,409 +2,127,983
Air transport 10,427,729 8,897,413 -1,530,316
Other 181,701 203,949 +22,248
Road transport 3,577 0 -3,577

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 71,850,798
Felixstowe 44,502,764
Southampton 26,996,984
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,060,022
Immingham Docks 12,077,029

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 £
London Gateway Port 29,831,447 42,019,351 +12,187,904
Felixstowe 35,491,119 9,011,645 -26,479,474
Southampton 10,093,236 16,903,748 +6,810,512
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,515,573 7,544,449 +2,028,876
Immingham Docks 5,638,890 6,438,139 +799,249
London Heathrow Airport 6,356,904 4,714,374 -1,642,530
Aberdeen Docks 6,443,375 2,721,587 -3,721,788
London 2,636,155 2,534,435 -101,720
Middlesbrough 2,781,151 1,659,431 -1,121,720
Portsmouth 1,073,267 2,175,222 +1,101,955

Quick facts

HS code: 400942

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

Description: Reinforced rubber hoses that include fittings for easy and secure use