Import/export HS code 401039: Various rubber transmission belts

Rubber belts used for power transmission, not covered by other codes

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • 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 £
Germany 11,696,720
Italy 6,834,768
France 2,481,285
India 2,433,097
China 2,212,208

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 6,026,115 5,670,605 -355,510
Italy 2,432,319 4,402,449 +1,970,130
France 1,321,321 1,159,964 -161,357
India 1,483,350 949,747 -533,603
China 1,101,957 1,110,251 +8,294
Netherlands 892,931 949,139 +56,208
Switzerland 724,444 855,016 +130,572
United States 682,651 866,915 +184,264
Belgium 686,476 331,484 -354,992
Ukraine 339,128 340,004 +876

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 £
Germany 8,313,187
Italy 5,897,887
China 3,705,788
India 2,711,242
United States 2,458,744

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 £
Germany 4,084,838 4,228,349 +143,511
Italy 1,974,910 3,922,977 +1,948,067
China 1,883,477 1,822,311 -61,166
India 1,624,871 1,086,371 -538,500
United States 1,256,330 1,202,414 -53,916
Japan 1,068,845 1,104,010 +35,165
France 1,063,253 691,793 -371,460
Spain 849,855 854,665 +4,810
Romania 784,784 723,713 -61,071
Switzerland 612,835 582,542 -30,293

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 56
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 39
Surrey, East and West Sussex 36
West Yorkshire 35
West Midlands 31

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 37 47 +10
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 32 22 -10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 24 22 -2
West Yorkshire 23 23 +0
West Midlands 22 25 +3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 17 21 +4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 21 15 -6
Shropshire and Staffordshire 19 20 +1
Greater Manchester 16 17 +1
Inner London - West 17 19 +2

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) 12,759,609
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,950,798
Air transport 10,563,579
Other 660,921
Road transport 432,329

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) 5,638,812 7,120,797 +1,481,985
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,359,127 5,591,671 -767,456
Air transport 5,025,721 5,537,858 +512,137
Other 344,159 316,762 -27,397
Road transport 206,161 226,168 +20,007
Rail transport 75,449 37,069 -38,380

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 4,820,741
Dover 4,629,872
London 4,347,225
East Midlands Airport 3,972,214
Thamesport 3,376,088

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 2,836,370 1,984,371 -851,999
Dover 2,648,661 1,981,211 -667,450
London 1,435,363 2,911,862 +1,476,499
East Midlands Airport 1,984,302 1,987,912 +3,610
Thamesport 1,517,431 1,858,657 +341,226
Birmingham Airport 1,098,799 1,816,067 +717,268
Eurotunnel 1,365,831 1,229,702 -136,129
London Heathrow Airport 737,596 764,691 +27,095
Dover / Eurotunnel 630,967 508,391 -122,576
Immingham Docks 582,434 457,960 -124,474

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 139
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 69
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 50
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 45
Manufacture of food products 44

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 113
2026-03 123
2026-02 127
2026-01 114
2025-12 112

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+ 332
1m-15m 161
15m-54m 75
Other 61
0-1m 34

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 £
Germany 13,691,227
Poland 8,226,235
Belgium 5,524,456
United States 4,244,030
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,951,603

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 £
Germany 7,049,014 6,642,213 -406,801
Poland 3,634,746 4,591,489 +956,743
Belgium 3,079,706 2,444,750 -634,956
United States 2,914,782 1,329,248 -1,585,534
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,822,747 128,856 -2,693,891
India 1,639,301 870,402 -768,899
Hungary 973,165 1,248,625 +275,460
South Korea 1,056,109 625,810 -430,299
Romania 1,091,775 52,032 -1,039,743
Switzerland 485,486 596,107 +110,621

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 289,352
China 121,614
Poland 76,833
Germany 68,923
Italy 62,208

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 122,713 166,639 +43,926
China 54,889 66,725 +11,836
Poland 36,443 40,390 +3,947
Germany 45,686 23,237 -22,449
Italy 31,809 30,399 -1,410
United States 13,101 19,708 +6,607
India 11,331 12,156 +825
Switzerland 6,829 13,696 +6,867
Taiwan 2,574 5,596 +3,022
France 1,289 2,279 +990

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) 31,092,406
Air transport 14,934,821
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,935,535
Other 740,899
Road transport 2,829

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) 15,225,029 15,867,377 +642,348
Air transport 8,576,895 6,357,926 -2,218,969
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,855,342 3,080,193 -3,775,149
Other 344,627 396,272 +51,645
Road transport 2,829 0 -2,829

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 19,301,440
Immingham Docks 8,228,964
East Midlands Airport 4,731,444
London Heathrow Airport 4,247,088
ZLC 4,102,363

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 8,404,889 10,896,551 +2,491,662
Immingham Docks 5,223,298 3,005,666 -2,217,632
East Midlands Airport 2,736,895 1,994,549 -742,346
London Heathrow Airport 2,299,396 1,947,692 -351,704
ZLC 2,629,006 1,473,357 -1,155,649
London 1,893,808 1,432,725 -461,083
Felixstowe 2,670,764 231,595 -2,439,169
London Gateway Port 1,902,632 929,226 -973,406
Southampton 735,550 833,274 +97,724
Liverpool Docks 613,296 622,907 +9,611

Quick facts

HS code: 401039

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

Description: Rubber belts used for power transmission, not covered by other codes