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 41,737,538
Italy 34,025,412
China 19,723,727
India 11,362,846
Netherlands 9,030,426

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 22,964,668 18,772,870 -4,191,798
Italy 15,767,903 18,257,509 +2,489,606
China 10,402,334 9,321,393 -1,080,941
India 5,937,753 5,425,093 -512,660
Netherlands 4,998,171 4,032,255 -965,916
Belgium 3,554,063 2,698,299 -855,764
France 3,059,845 2,664,915 -394,930
Spain 2,149,113 1,822,092 -327,021
Turkey 2,056,924 1,671,174 -385,750
Romania 1,918,746 1,739,046 -179,700

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 39,949,713
Germany 28,716,480
China 23,820,159
India 12,124,950
Spain 7,998,440

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 17,611,908 22,337,805 +4,725,897
Germany 17,633,595 11,082,885 -6,550,710
China 12,358,328 11,461,831 -896,497
India 6,254,797 5,870,153 -384,644
Spain 4,068,118 3,930,322 -137,796
Romania 3,899,382 3,473,721 -425,661
United States 3,330,525 2,259,954 -1,070,571
Japan 2,141,547 2,193,590 +52,043
Netherlands 2,174,864 1,740,667 -434,197
Turkey 2,028,040 1,672,313 -355,727

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 79
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 61
West Yorkshire 56
West Midlands 48
Greater Manchester 45

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 61 58 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 51 39 -12
West Yorkshire 41 39 -2
West Midlands 31 41 +10
Greater Manchester 28 30 +2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 34 33 -1
Inner London - West 29 35 +6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 31 38 +7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 31 29 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 35 27 -8

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) 72,041,402
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 65,716,694
Air transport 21,706,175
Other 2,238,716
Rail transport 1,765,229

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) 37,122,857 34,918,545 -2,204,312
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,837,534 30,879,160 -3,958,374
Air transport 10,551,751 11,154,424 +602,673
Other 1,277,255 961,461 -315,794
Rail transport 887,821 877,408 -10,413
Road transport 253,946 291,001 +37,055

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 30,362,726
London 27,101,002
Dover 26,877,769
Eurotunnel 11,524,378
Birmingham Airport 9,473,005

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 16,920,077 13,442,649 -3,477,428
London 13,375,907 13,725,095 +349,188
Dover 13,097,719 13,780,050 +682,331
Eurotunnel 5,673,465 5,850,913 +177,448
Birmingham Airport 4,249,800 5,223,205 +973,405
Harwich 5,951,229 2,991,991 -2,959,238
Immingham Docks 4,837,780 3,573,664 -1,264,116
Thamesport 3,184,832 3,227,076 +42,244
East Midlands Airport 2,969,760 2,772,881 -196,879
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,292,893 1,776,124 -516,769

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
221
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
101
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
87
Manufacture of food products
80
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
70

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 215
2026-04 229
2026-03 241
2026-02 226
2026-01 221

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+ 508
1m-15m 298
15m-54m 116
Other 85
0-1m 55

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 60,886,300
Germany 58,557,883
Belgium 29,175,449
France 15,737,941
United States 9,357,384

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 35,019,146 25,867,154 -9,151,992
Germany 30,620,958 27,936,925 -2,684,033
Belgium 18,828,781 10,346,668 -8,482,113
France 6,268,338 9,469,603 +3,201,265
United States 4,585,445 4,771,939 +186,494
Ireland 3,205,902 3,407,310 +201,408
Turkey 2,843,843 1,296,573 -1,547,270
Brazil 2,218,727 1,830,450 -388,277
Spain 1,650,645 1,407,905 -242,740
India 1,877,212 1,149,178 -728,034

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 7,516,183
Turkey 809,777
China 254,674
Poland 151,534
Germany 86,392

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 3,796,217 3,719,966 -76,251
Turkey 111,525 698,252 +586,727
China 121,614 133,060 +11,446
Poland 88,717 62,817 -25,900
Germany 56,505 29,887 -26,618
Italy 26,822 31,065 +4,243
India 21,397 30,486 +9,089
United States 20,357 19,873 -484
Spain 31,970 5,046 -26,924
Ireland 2,834 26,558 +23,724

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) 176,834,893
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,231,078
Air transport 24,412,436
Other 10,604,094
Road transport 7,874

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) 96,439,690 80,395,203 -16,044,487
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,550,843 10,680,235 -4,870,608
Air transport 13,210,613 11,201,823 -2,008,790
Other 5,033,628 5,570,466 +536,838
Road transport 7,874 0 -7,874

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 111,066,120
Immingham Docks 58,501,057
000 10,604,094
London Gateway Port 9,548,504
London Heathrow Airport 8,527,770

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 56,112,105 54,954,015 -1,158,090
Immingham Docks 37,965,116 20,535,941 -17,429,175
000 5,033,628 5,570,466 +536,838
London Gateway Port 5,787,416 3,761,088 -2,026,328
London Heathrow Airport 4,312,283 4,215,487 -96,796
East Midlands Airport 4,391,870 3,046,846 -1,345,024
Southampton 1,866,893 2,526,443 +659,550
Liverpool Docks 1,859,579 2,209,974 +350,395
ZLC 1,995,454 1,812,135 -183,319
Felixstowe 3,051,800 724,222 -2,327,578

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