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 11,059,889
Italy 6,757,419
India 2,204,236
France 2,203,860
China 2,162,069

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 5,772,491 5,287,398 -485,093
Italy 2,795,015 3,962,404 +1,167,389
India 1,485,114 719,122 -765,992
France 1,088,252 1,115,608 +27,356
China 1,256,421 905,648 -350,773
Netherlands 950,606 793,613 -156,993
United States 705,706 841,254 +135,548
Switzerland 675,018 820,108 +145,090
Belgium 593,609 304,737 -288,872
Ukraine 392,770 289,287 -103,483

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 7,911,761
Italy 5,925,773
China 3,534,615
India 2,458,622
United States 2,403,743

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 3,994,518 3,917,243 -77,275
Italy 2,320,363 3,605,410 +1,285,047
China 2,011,318 1,523,297 -488,021
India 1,561,230 897,392 -663,838
United States 1,240,628 1,163,115 -77,513
Japan 1,026,529 1,025,384 -1,145
Spain 839,160 759,368 -79,792
France 856,530 652,094 -204,436
Romania 735,793 700,889 -34,904
Switzerland 507,570 568,554 +60,984

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 55
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 36
West Yorkshire 35
Surrey, East and West Sussex 34
West Midlands 29

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 42 40 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 30 22 -8
West Yorkshire 23 24 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 24 20 -4
West Midlands 20 25 +5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 17 20 +3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 18 22 +4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 24 11 -13
Greater Manchester 15 17 +2
Inner London - West 15 21 +6

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) 12,416,659
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,078,056
Air transport 10,147,000
Other 612,606
Road transport 421,986

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) 5,929,241 6,487,418 +558,177
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,093,645 4,984,411 -1,109,234
Air transport 4,950,102 5,196,898 +246,796
Other 403,392 209,214 -194,178
Road transport 227,009 194,977 -32,032
Rail transport 54,208 31,120 -23,088

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 4,528,304
London 4,428,776
Dover 4,211,609
East Midlands Airport 3,788,013
Thamesport 3,258,533

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 2,887,632 1,640,672 -1,246,960
London 1,722,528 2,706,248 +983,720
Dover 2,377,877 1,833,732 -544,145
East Midlands Airport 1,917,198 1,870,815 -46,383
Thamesport 1,433,754 1,824,779 +391,025
Birmingham Airport 1,139,366 1,737,894 +598,528
Eurotunnel 1,321,305 1,071,888 -249,417
London Heathrow Airport 678,085 745,468 +67,383
Dover / Eurotunnel 612,991 448,132 -164,859
Immingham Docks 544,911 392,265 -152,646

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
138
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
66
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
52
Manufacture of food products
44
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
43

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 115
2026-04 113
2026-03 123
2026-02 127
2026-01 114

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+ 322
1m-15m 160
15m-54m 69
Other 52
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 13,129,591
Poland 8,121,962
Belgium 5,023,737
United States 2,969,353
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,245,129

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 7,121,369 6,008,222 -1,113,147
Poland 3,769,122 4,352,840 +583,718
Belgium 3,030,922 1,992,815 -1,038,107
United States 1,711,874 1,257,479 -454,395
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,116,027 129,102 -1,986,925
India 1,499,713 733,695 -766,018
Hungary 1,011,715 1,174,407 +162,692
South Korea 813,593 611,499 -202,094
Mexico 69,001 945,816 +876,815
Switzerland 438,335 553,855 +115,520

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 287,998
China 118,887
Poland 80,502
Germany 63,077
Italy 54,744

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 172,471 115,527 -56,944
China 54,082 64,805 +10,723
Poland 38,484 42,018 +3,534
Germany 49,294 13,783 -35,511
Italy 25,035 29,709 +4,674
United States 18,550 15,082 -3,468
India 12,428 11,563 -865
Switzerland 9,148 11,990 +2,842
Taiwan 7,049 731 -6,318
France 1,736 1,638 -98

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) 29,819,988
Air transport 13,043,263
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,651,832
Other 728,871
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) 15,316,400 14,503,588 -812,812
Air transport 7,090,546 5,952,717 -1,137,829
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,744,022 2,907,810 -2,836,212
Other 405,587 323,284 -82,303
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 18,563,533
Immingham Docks 7,688,946
East Midlands Airport 4,374,494
London Heathrow Airport 4,130,260
London 3,133,984

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 8,206,396 10,357,137 +2,150,741
Immingham Docks 5,354,887 2,334,059 -3,020,828
East Midlands Airport 2,577,891 1,796,603 -781,288
London Heathrow Airport 2,166,927 1,963,333 -203,594
London 1,902,855 1,231,129 -671,726
ZLC 1,466,670 1,331,055 -135,615
London Gateway Port 1,822,800 732,484 -1,090,316
Felixstowe 1,977,071 304,585 -1,672,486
Southampton 589,640 772,794 +183,154
Liverpool Docks 549,719 595,638 +45,919

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