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 10,700,661
Italy 5,810,564
France 2,292,023
India 2,227,214
China 2,085,301

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 6,026,543 4,674,118 -1,352,425
Italy 2,164,468 3,646,096 +1,481,628
France 1,474,184 817,839 -656,345
India 1,343,208 884,006 -459,202
China 1,073,066 1,012,235 -60,831
Netherlands 940,837 855,033 -85,804
Switzerland 739,335 723,220 -16,115
United States 663,659 683,305 +19,646
Belgium 709,308 246,230 -463,078
Sweden 326,961 236,004 -90,957

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 7,476,771
Italy 4,949,700
China 3,349,952
India 2,502,439
United States 2,250,037

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 4,123,675 3,353,096 -770,579
Italy 1,710,144 3,239,556 +1,529,412
China 1,833,784 1,516,168 -317,616
India 1,484,679 1,017,760 -466,919
United States 1,241,344 1,008,693 -232,651
Japan 1,102,620 902,932 -199,688
France 1,113,418 604,375 -509,043
Spain 847,775 698,224 -149,551
Romania 766,225 586,785 -179,440
Switzerland 674,323 470,223 -204,100

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 50
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 37
Surrey, East and West Sussex 35
West Yorkshire 34
West Midlands 32

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 35 41 +6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 31 23 -8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 18 26 +8
West Yorkshire 22 23 +1
West Midlands 26 21 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20 19 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 17 17 +0
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 19 15 -4
Inner London - West 16 19 +3
Greater Manchester 17 16 -1

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) 11,286,569
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,270,143
Air transport 9,179,665
Other 668,798
Road transport 414,043

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) 5,512,168 5,774,401 +262,233
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,167,672 5,102,471 -1,065,201
Air transport 4,969,690 4,209,975 -759,715
Other 387,957 280,841 -107,116
Road transport 195,376 218,667 +23,291
Rail transport 72,806 29,853 -42,953

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 4,610,984
Dover 4,461,767
East Midlands Airport 3,611,439
London 3,529,415
Thamesport 3,022,396

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 2,625,996 1,984,988 -641,008
Dover 2,550,812 1,910,955 -639,857
East Midlands Airport 2,068,186 1,543,253 -524,933
London 1,126,373 2,403,042 +1,276,669
Thamesport 1,650,226 1,372,170 -278,056
Eurotunnel 1,455,002 1,001,926 -453,076
Birmingham Airport 997,192 1,206,136 +208,944
London Heathrow Airport 725,193 642,076 -83,117
Dover / Eurotunnel 634,021 478,067 -155,954
Immingham Docks 627,022 383,870 -243,152

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 133
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 70
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 45
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 44
Manufacture of food products 42

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 114
2025-11 124
2025-10 127
2025-09 111
2025-08 118

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+ 321
1m-15m 150
15m-54m 67
Other 54
0-1m 33

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 13,022,239
Poland 7,635,069
Belgium 5,611,026
United States 3,954,410
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,881,250

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 7,472,672 5,549,567 -1,923,105
Poland 3,806,023 3,829,046 +23,023
Belgium 3,084,188 2,526,838 -557,350
United States 2,806,652 1,147,758 -1,658,894
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,603,300 277,950 -3,325,350
India 1,537,920 976,475 -561,445
Austria 2,053,734 208,523 -1,845,211
Hungary 902,850 1,122,081 +219,231
South Korea 1,172,789 563,547 -609,242
Romania 1,218,250 128,080 -1,090,170

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 269,066
China 100,518
Germany 80,691
Poland 73,241
Italy 51,350

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 121,032 148,034 +27,002
China 52,802 47,716 -5,086
Germany 57,782 22,909 -34,873
Poland 37,062 36,179 -883
Italy 32,667 18,683 -13,984
United States 14,001 16,130 +2,129
India 10,943 11,644 +701
Switzerland 5,739 12,683 +6,944
Taiwan 2,351 5,104 +2,753
France 988 2,327 +1,339

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) 30,208,316
Air transport 14,221,668
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,213,918
Other 687,699
Road transport 67,018

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) 16,820,827 13,387,489 -3,433,338
Air transport 8,515,683 5,705,985 -2,809,698
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,527,007 2,686,911 -5,840,096
Other 354,957 332,742 -22,215
Road transport 65,137 1,881 -63,256

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 19,298,987
Immingham Docks 8,585,296
East Midlands Airport 4,625,731
ZLC 4,146,409
London Heathrow Airport 3,703,590

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 10,823,472 8,475,515 -2,347,957
Immingham Docks 5,314,949 3,270,347 -2,044,602
East Midlands Airport 2,928,524 1,697,207 -1,231,317
ZLC 2,640,164 1,506,245 -1,133,919
London Heathrow Airport 1,932,234 1,771,356 -160,878
Felixstowe 3,407,937 168,827 -3,239,110
London 1,877,261 1,367,803 -509,458
London Gateway Port 1,941,279 1,038,202 -903,077
Southampton 925,136 575,363 -349,773
Liverpool Docks 470,761 513,095 +42,334

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