Import/export HS code 4010: Rubber conveyor or transmission belts

Belts made of vulcanized rubber, used for moving or transmitting power in machines and equipment

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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 41,861,188
Italy 31,730,060
China 17,453,269
India 10,705,845
Netherlands 9,624,603

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 23,614,784 18,246,404 -5,368,380
Italy 15,330,996 16,399,064 +1,068,068
China 9,423,468 8,029,801 -1,393,667
India 5,561,914 5,143,931 -417,983
Netherlands 5,565,071 4,059,532 -1,505,539
Belgium 3,854,888 2,064,173 -1,790,715
France 3,333,008 2,418,341 -914,667
Spain 2,461,061 1,593,538 -867,523
Hungary 2,527,315 1,158,812 -1,368,503
Sweden 1,834,402 1,715,704 -118,698

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 £
Italy 36,118,571
Germany 30,580,921
China 21,282,433
India 11,504,453
Spain 7,960,265

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 £
Italy 16,376,050 19,742,521 +3,366,471
Germany 18,499,386 12,081,535 -6,417,851
China 11,470,356 9,812,077 -1,658,279
India 5,972,598 5,531,855 -440,743
Spain 4,492,603 3,467,662 -1,024,941
Romania 3,873,567 3,013,554 -860,013
United States 4,062,252 2,039,671 -2,022,581
Netherlands 2,193,233 1,956,663 -236,570
Japan 2,213,538 1,876,334 -337,204
Hungary 2,546,671 1,169,199 -1,377,472

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 76
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 60
West Yorkshire 56
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 46
Surrey, East and West Sussex 46

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 55 60 +5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 46 41 -5
West Yorkshire 40 39 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 36 33 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 33 33 +0
West Midlands 36 33 -3
Inner London - West 31 33 +2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 32 30 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 30 28 -2
Greater Manchester 30 27 -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) 67,506,363
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 66,116,045
Air transport 20,053,052
Other 2,347,829
Rail transport 1,432,879

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) 36,464,494 31,041,869 -5,422,625
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 37,222,652 28,893,393 -8,329,259
Air transport 10,614,960 9,438,092 -1,176,868
Other 1,358,864 988,965 -369,899
Rail transport 623,809 809,070 +185,261
Road transport 210,420 262,070 +51,650

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 28,752,314
Dover 26,897,771
London 25,385,159
Eurotunnel 10,917,680
Harwich 10,317,238

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 £
Felixstowe 16,591,629 12,160,685 -4,430,944
Dover 16,067,642 10,830,129 -5,237,513
London 12,494,762 12,890,397 +395,635
Eurotunnel 5,108,214 5,809,466 +701,252
Harwich 5,786,680 4,530,558 -1,256,122
Immingham Docks 4,628,282 3,521,497 -1,106,785
Birmingham Airport 3,726,293 4,354,349 +628,056
Thamesport 3,601,182 2,750,504 -850,678
East Midlands Airport 3,219,709 2,402,605 -817,104
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,334,825 1,741,350 -593,475

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 218
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 107
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 87
Manufacture of food products 76
Other manufacturing 66

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 221
2025-11 215
2025-10 234
2025-09 211
2025-08 220

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+ 502
1m-15m 287
15m-54m 113
Other 84
0-1m 51

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 £
Poland 63,584,653
Germany 56,738,195
Belgium 33,690,320
France 11,747,536
United States 9,686,332

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 £
Poland 34,237,292 29,347,361 -4,889,931
Germany 31,717,134 25,021,061 -6,696,073
Belgium 18,985,843 14,704,477 -4,281,366
France 5,994,974 5,752,562 -242,412
United States 5,988,034 3,698,298 -2,289,736
Ireland 3,105,982 2,799,182 -306,800
Turkey 3,175,030 1,769,600 -1,405,430
Brazil 2,438,697 1,730,044 -708,653
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,630,440 288,144 -3,342,296
India 2,090,679 1,329,879 -760,800

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 6,689,158
Turkey 267,818
China 209,961
Poland 128,347
Germany 107,256

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 3,226,930 3,462,228 +235,298
Turkey 98,801 169,017 +70,216
China 95,897 114,064 +18,167
Poland 59,806 68,541 +8,735
Germany 71,253 36,003 -35,250
India 35,340 20,204 -15,136
Italy 34,217 20,380 -13,837
Spain 32,697 9,211 -23,486
United States 15,319 20,075 +4,756
Ireland 2,221 24,668 +22,447

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) 173,645,019
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 35,287,642
Air transport 25,191,759
Other 9,118,806
Road transport 96,211

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) 92,470,658 81,174,361 -11,296,297
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,592,194 9,695,448 -15,896,746
Air transport 15,330,268 9,861,491 -5,468,777
Other 4,417,018 4,701,788 +284,770
Road transport 92,998 3,213 -89,785

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 111,390,717
Immingham Docks 64,078,785
London Gateway Port 10,284,521
000 9,118,806
East Midlands Airport 8,082,785

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 59,261,308 52,129,409 -7,131,899
Immingham Docks 38,756,965 25,321,820 -13,435,145
London Gateway Port 6,036,011 4,248,510 -1,787,501
000 4,417,018 4,701,788 +284,770
East Midlands Airport 5,306,357 2,776,428 -2,529,929
London Heathrow Airport 4,451,179 3,238,612 -1,212,567
Felixstowe 4,964,625 559,701 -4,404,924
ZLC 3,105,202 1,952,810 -1,152,392
Southampton 1,827,434 2,293,000 +465,566
London 2,341,450 1,610,446 -731,004

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 4010

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

Description: Belts made of vulcanized rubber, used for moving or transmitting power in machines and equipment