Import/export HS code 4016: Rubber products (not hard rubber)

Various items made from vulcanized rubber, excluding hard rubber

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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 194,721,698
China 169,454,349
United States 161,882,513
Poland 123,449,053
France 103,478,246

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 106,952,783 87,768,915 -19,183,868
China 97,520,652 71,933,697 -25,586,955
United States 82,997,708 78,884,805 -4,112,903
Poland 70,937,968 52,511,085 -18,426,883
France 57,203,429 46,274,817 -10,928,612
Netherlands 53,424,719 44,810,163 -8,614,556
India 31,591,596 22,879,513 -8,712,083
Italy 21,769,223 16,890,073 -4,879,150
Japan 15,603,781 19,186,809 +3,583,028
Belgium 17,368,314 15,702,298 -1,666,016

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 207,120,997
Poland 170,868,180
United States 170,021,627
Germany 147,999,589
France 78,684,409

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 117,837,345 89,283,652 -28,553,693
Poland 96,110,480 74,757,700 -21,352,780
United States 92,564,689 77,456,938 -15,107,751
Germany 81,184,960 66,814,629 -14,370,331
France 43,459,652 35,224,757 -8,234,895
India 34,902,816 25,304,516 -9,598,300
Italy 25,035,527 21,592,664 -3,442,863
Turkey 21,879,754 21,114,098 -765,656
Japan 17,974,318 22,290,850 +4,316,532
Czechia 14,916,703 14,406,741 -509,962

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 375
West Midlands 269
Inner London - West 238
Greater Manchester 234
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 226

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 299 263 -36
West Midlands 215 204 -11
Inner London - West 176 170 -6
Greater Manchester 180 170 -10
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 190 172 -18
Surrey, East and West Sussex 167 157 -10
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 152 144 -8
West Yorkshire 144 147 +3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 153 134 -19
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 139 151 +12

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 509,448,927
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 403,070,544
Air transport 310,261,736
Other 51,520,753
Rail transport 15,408,654

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 285,937,250 223,511,677 -62,425,573
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 210,375,516 192,695,028 -17,680,488
Air transport 162,669,950 147,591,786 -15,078,164
Other 34,152,880 17,367,873 -16,785,007
Rail transport 10,113,714 5,294,940 -4,818,774
Road transport 2,131,349 1,854,703 -276,646

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 157,961,146
Felixstowe 144,547,538
Southampton 127,429,419
East Midlands Airport 94,350,341
Eurotunnel 77,496,510

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 £
Dover 82,390,845 75,570,301 -6,820,544
Felixstowe 89,157,664 55,389,874 -33,767,790
Southampton 65,629,568 61,799,851 -3,829,717
East Midlands Airport 51,489,642 42,860,699 -8,628,943
Eurotunnel 42,822,422 34,674,088 -8,148,334
London Heathrow Airport 37,321,193 35,582,043 -1,739,150
Harwich 38,683,903 25,702,737 -12,981,166
Immingham Docks 28,242,583 29,628,859 +1,386,276
Dover / Eurotunnel 34,157,575 19,474,841 -14,682,734
000 34,152,880 17,367,873 -16,785,007

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 1269
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 512
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 365
Other manufacturing 325
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 281

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 1185
2025-11 1254
2025-10 1391
2025-09 1240
2025-08 1301

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
1m-15m 2009
54m+ 1716
15m-54m 616
0-1m 440
Other 347

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 £
United States 160,291,568
Germany 105,036,955
France 70,561,619
China 53,208,732
Netherlands 46,855,459

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 £
United States 91,829,489 68,462,079 -23,367,410
Germany 57,159,419 47,877,536 -9,281,883
France 38,672,596 31,889,023 -6,783,573
China 27,905,820 25,302,912 -2,602,908
Netherlands 26,821,216 20,034,243 -6,786,973
Saudi Arabia 19,194,050 13,390,517 -5,803,533
India 18,867,427 13,382,993 -5,484,434
Ireland 16,685,383 13,275,509 -3,409,874
Italy 14,435,206 12,405,907 -2,029,299
Norway 14,843,572 10,765,248 -4,078,324

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 5,574,632
United States 1,515,487
China 912,259
Poland 620,876
Ireland 451,790

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 2,980,720 2,593,912 -386,808
United States 743,197 772,290 +29,093
China 472,087 440,172 -31,915
Poland 318,996 301,880 -17,116
Ireland 23,451 428,339 +404,888
Germany 146,425 162,051 +15,626
Nicaragua 61,431 83,485 +22,054
Switzerland 108,996 29,173 -79,823
Denmark 65,807 35,813 -29,994
Costa Rica 54,629 40,929 -13,700

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 564,647,386
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 297,266,479
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 156,245,618
Other 11,034,029
Road transport 1,313,758

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 £
Air transport 307,807,943 256,839,443 -50,968,500
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 159,674,903 137,591,576 -22,083,327
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 91,857,705 64,387,913 -27,469,792
Other 5,685,081 5,348,948 -336,133
Road transport 1,245,965 67,793 -1,178,172

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 239,975,283
Dover / Eurotunnel 213,671,372
London Heathrow Airport 168,325,899
London Gateway Port 58,735,091
ZLC 54,109,720

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 £
East Midlands Airport 135,975,798 103,999,485 -31,976,313
Dover / Eurotunnel 114,223,970 99,447,402 -14,776,568
London Heathrow Airport 86,132,000 82,193,899 -3,938,101
London Gateway Port 36,908,844 21,826,247 -15,082,597
ZLC 28,190,294 25,919,426 -2,270,868
London Stansted Airport 24,141,139 18,905,556 -5,235,583
Immingham Docks 20,641,902 15,992,308 -4,649,594
Southampton 17,750,831 17,341,492 -409,339
Liverpool Docks 9,733,444 12,393,528 +2,660,084
Felixstowe 11,756,868 6,417,562 -5,339,306

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 4016

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

Description: Various items made from vulcanized rubber, excluding hard rubber