Import/export HS code 401110: Car tires

Rubber tires designed for cars, including station wagons and racing cars

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 £
China 1,010,442,159
Belgium 293,090,610
Germany 229,106,261
France 222,690,072
South Korea 142,546,519

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 £
China 593,459,661 416,982,498 -176,477,163
Belgium 155,102,492 137,988,118 -17,114,374
Germany 121,170,181 107,936,080 -13,234,101
France 127,472,518 95,217,554 -32,254,964
South Korea 92,037,513 50,509,006 -41,528,507
Italy 76,696,190 61,556,777 -15,139,413
Romania 79,064,879 59,009,371 -20,055,508
Hungary 58,088,818 53,405,480 -4,683,338
Turkey 62,984,089 47,697,133 -15,286,956
Netherlands 65,028,418 40,432,038 -24,596,380

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 £
China 1,036,465,313
Germany 275,843,095
Hungary 203,397,687
Poland 177,445,643
Spain 164,869,675

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 £
China 607,342,132 429,123,181 -178,218,951
Germany 152,503,111 123,339,984 -29,163,127
Hungary 106,877,467 96,520,220 -10,357,247
Poland 97,494,710 79,950,933 -17,543,777
Spain 93,481,057 71,388,618 -22,092,439
Romania 89,475,012 68,254,125 -21,220,887
South Korea 95,335,776 54,207,740 -41,128,036
Turkey 68,608,351 58,093,353 -10,514,998
Italy 69,042,204 57,171,127 -11,871,077
France 60,247,758 45,503,654 -14,744,104

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 17
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 12
West Midlands 10
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 6
Inner London - West 6

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 16 11 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 10 7 -3
West Midlands 8 6 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 5 6 +1
Inner London - West 4 4 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 5 4 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 4 4 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 3 1 -2
Greater Manchester 1 3 +2
Norfolk 3 3 +0

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) 1,652,220,508
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,423,828,688
Other 92,197,238
Road transport 28,604,228
Rail transport 18,844,064

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) 943,296,959 708,923,549 -234,373,410
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 787,971,253 635,857,435 -152,113,818
Other 61,439,717 30,757,521 -30,682,196
Road transport 18,104,753 10,499,475 -7,605,278
Rail transport 10,486,723 8,357,341 -2,129,382
Air transport 5,916,641 5,177,234 -739,407

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 730,504,880
Dover 611,773,500
Southampton 514,571,294
Immingham Docks 240,446,585
London 214,542,098

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 438,961,951 291,542,929 -147,419,022
Dover 339,215,816 272,557,684 -66,658,132
Southampton 314,276,396 200,294,898 -113,981,498
Immingham Docks 142,066,728 98,379,857 -43,686,871
London 99,264,648 115,277,450 +16,012,802
Eurotunnel 75,440,442 48,637,366 -26,803,076
London Gateway Port 29,360,672 76,826,594 +47,465,922
000 61,439,717 30,757,521 -30,682,196
Belfast Port 44,831,973 34,358,588 -10,473,385
Grangemouth Docks 39,731,220 22,182,496 -17,548,724

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 44
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 14
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 9
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 8
Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities 7

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 26
2025-11 22
2025-10 17
2025-09 23
2025-08 24

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+ 56
1m-15m 20
Other 18
15m-54m 12
0-1m 8

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 £
Ireland 88,609,152
United States 56,215,717
Slovakia 42,030,614
Netherlands 39,158,006
Germany 37,500,464

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 £
Ireland 48,581,499 40,027,653 -8,553,846
United States 28,483,364 27,732,353 -751,011
Slovakia 23,469,253 18,561,361 -4,907,892
Netherlands 20,908,445 18,249,561 -2,658,884
Germany 19,114,761 18,385,703 -729,058
Belgium 17,179,403 11,861,265 -5,318,138
Italy 12,612,578 12,656,088 +43,510
France 9,428,478 7,566,426 -1,862,052
Spain 7,126,430 6,957,713 -168,717
China 7,176,878 6,097,143 -1,079,735

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 £
Switzerland 16,560,489
Ireland 10,781,698
XI 8,198,091
China 7,705,597
South Korea 5,282,254

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 £
Switzerland 8,755,506 7,804,983 -950,523
Ireland 6,552,386 4,229,312 -2,323,074
XI 4,146,596 4,051,495 -95,101
China 4,179,850 3,525,747 -654,103
South Korea 3,240,556 2,041,698 -1,198,858
Japan 2,507,424 902,914 -1,604,510
Poland 1,266,486 931,079 -335,407
Germany 837,589 696,397 -141,192
Italy 703,234 508,911 -194,323
Saudi Arabia 593,931 333,362 -260,569

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) 241,101,071
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 113,223,826
Other 65,597,723
Air transport 8,153,653
Rail transport 90,583

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) 122,989,147 118,111,924 -4,877,223
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 60,018,793 53,205,033 -6,813,760
Other 36,788,574 28,809,149 -7,979,425
Air transport 4,528,785 3,624,868 -903,917
Rail transport 0 90,583 +90,583
Road transport 31,145 1,086 -30,059

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 82,895,813
Middlesbrough 66,095,157
000 65,597,723
London Gateway Port 42,299,838
Southampton 37,340,462

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 48,750,143 34,145,670 -14,604,473
Middlesbrough 32,594,211 33,500,946 +906,735
000 36,788,574 28,809,149 -7,979,425
London Gateway Port 23,265,139 19,034,699 -4,230,440
Southampton 12,075,287 25,265,175 +13,189,888
Immingham Docks 21,750,007 13,124,901 -8,625,106
Tyne 6,504,810 13,769,069 +7,264,259
Holyhead 10,170,128 9,968,552 -201,576
Felixstowe 10,970,265 8,497,373 -2,472,892
Liverpool Docks 7,668,815 7,591,803 -77,012

Quick facts

HS code: 401110

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

Description: Rubber tires designed for cars, including station wagons and racing cars