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 211,566,346
China 184,501,546
United States 176,206,901
Poland 136,234,365
France 112,412,254

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 107,351,620 104,214,726 -3,136,894
China 96,471,121 88,030,425 -8,440,696
United States 83,097,563 93,109,338 +10,011,775
Poland 71,008,976 65,225,389 -5,783,587
France 57,721,004 54,691,250 -3,029,754
Netherlands 52,268,037 54,611,004 +2,342,967
India 32,004,082 26,659,523 -5,344,559
Italy 22,109,683 20,787,554 -1,322,129
Japan 17,596,060 18,428,673 +832,613
Turkey 16,806,389 18,718,127 +1,911,738

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 226,636,890
Poland 188,053,690
United States 182,660,129
Germany 159,991,838
France 86,684,951

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 117,076,822 109,560,068 -7,516,754
Poland 95,641,230 92,412,460 -3,228,770
United States 92,269,316 90,390,813 -1,878,503
Germany 80,802,859 79,188,979 -1,613,880
France 43,409,584 43,275,367 -134,217
India 35,525,114 29,520,947 -6,004,167
Italy 25,297,170 26,418,348 +1,121,178
Turkey 22,757,478 24,952,031 +2,194,553
Japan 20,195,190 21,698,581 +1,503,391
Czechia 15,617,624 15,205,496 -412,128

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 376
West Midlands 268
Greater Manchester 260
Inner London - West 249
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 229

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 283 288 +5
West Midlands 211 207 -4
Greater Manchester 182 198 +16
Inner London - West 177 191 +14
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 181 183 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 166 176 +10
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 158 154 -4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 158 144 -14
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 150 153 +3
West Yorkshire 136 161 +25

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) 555,161,827
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 442,134,108
Air transport 344,486,744
Other 47,996,052
Rail transport 14,984,795

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) 286,801,313 268,360,514 -18,440,799
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 212,069,077 230,065,031 +17,995,954
Air transport 165,711,278 178,775,466 +13,064,188
Other 33,232,878 14,763,174 -18,469,704
Rail transport 10,351,734 4,633,061 -5,718,673
Road transport 2,008,613 2,946,639 +938,026

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 174,259,338
Felixstowe 147,566,212
Southampton 141,331,940
East Midlands Airport 102,704,739
Eurotunnel 83,907,829

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 85,351,511 88,907,827 +3,556,316
Felixstowe 87,050,888 60,515,324 -26,535,564
Southampton 67,975,689 73,356,251 +5,380,562
East Midlands Airport 50,986,049 51,718,690 +732,641
Eurotunnel 43,305,981 40,601,848 -2,704,133
London Heathrow Airport 37,705,030 41,616,770 +3,911,740
Harwich 37,713,009 31,174,243 -6,538,766
Immingham Docks 28,640,503 36,660,388 +8,019,885
Dover / Eurotunnel 32,981,822 23,690,301 -9,291,521
London Gateway Port 21,185,297 32,620,449 +11,435,152

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 1319
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 552
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 371
Other manufacturing 337
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 285

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 1317
2026-03 1320
2026-02 1316
2026-01 1186
2025-12 1141

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 2063
54m+ 1756
15m-54m 641
0-1m 484
Other 375

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 169,748,520
Germany 112,284,029
France 76,030,923
China 59,168,243
Netherlands 49,709,989

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 87,396,323 82,352,197 -5,044,126
Germany 57,713,755 54,570,274 -3,143,481
France 37,696,888 38,334,035 +637,147
China 28,760,362 30,407,881 +1,647,519
Netherlands 27,036,634 22,673,355 -4,363,279
Saudi Arabia 20,011,768 15,741,737 -4,270,031
India 18,411,946 16,058,221 -2,353,725
Ireland 16,426,379 15,564,971 -861,408
Italy 14,508,034 14,559,801 +51,767
Norway 14,409,015 13,312,750 -1,096,265

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 5,740,696
United States 1,604,906
China 1,048,022
Poland 710,394
Ireland 701,870

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 2,792,419 2,948,277 +155,858
United States 1,275,227 329,679 -945,548
China 471,277 576,745 +105,468
Poland 336,950 373,444 +36,494
Ireland 60,120 641,750 +581,630
Germany 169,904 181,765 +11,861
Nicaragua 43,016 89,398 +46,382
Switzerland 107,346 16,431 -90,915
Denmark 67,069 52,345 -14,724
Costa Rica 43,438 62,818 +19,380

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 613,678,746
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 322,188,706
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 164,899,761
Other 11,886,077
Road transport 500,067

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 305,474,967 308,203,779 +2,728,812
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 161,938,553 160,250,153 -1,688,400
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 85,996,704 78,903,057 -7,093,647
Other 6,054,528 5,831,549 -222,979
Road transport 409,104 90,963 -318,141

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 254,003,097
Dover / Eurotunnel 229,112,847
London Heathrow Airport 187,801,222
ZLC 59,374,344
London Gateway Port 58,508,016

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 131,723,078 122,280,019 -9,443,059
Dover / Eurotunnel 112,728,382 116,384,465 +3,656,083
London Heathrow Airport 87,068,224 100,732,998 +13,664,774
ZLC 28,111,207 31,263,137 +3,151,930
London Gateway Port 35,075,492 23,432,524 -11,642,968
London Stansted Airport 24,351,969 22,280,796 -2,071,173
Southampton 18,179,999 23,101,233 +4,921,234
Immingham Docks 20,414,386 19,857,308 -557,078
Liverpool Docks 10,770,489 17,325,382 +6,554,893
Dover 10,225,277 7,884,053 -2,341,224

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