Import/export HS code 40169957: Various rubber items

Additional rubber products not covered by specific categories

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 £
Netherlands 18,168,628
Poland 16,273,428
Germany 9,869,236
Turkey 7,123,066
United States 4,002,359

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 £
Netherlands 9,089,918 9,078,710 -11,208
Poland 8,662,695 7,610,733 -1,051,962
Germany 4,861,334 5,007,902 +146,568
Turkey 3,163,528 3,959,538 +796,010
United States 1,670,519 2,331,840 +661,321
Belgium 1,150,762 2,319,749 +1,168,987
France 2,542,214 903,141 -1,639,073
Italy 875,743 2,279,999 +1,404,256
China 1,935,144 1,116,159 -818,985
Romania 1,466,836 1,574,687 +107,851

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 £
Poland 18,721,434
Czechia 12,575,129
Turkey 9,903,232
Germany 6,608,851
China 4,243,444

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 £
Poland 9,980,750 8,740,684 -1,240,066
Czechia 6,451,504 6,123,625 -327,879
Turkey 4,491,083 5,412,149 +921,066
Germany 2,983,947 3,624,904 +640,957
China 2,612,100 1,631,344 -980,756
France 2,050,595 1,978,421 -72,174
United States 1,732,096 2,290,970 +558,874
Italy 1,112,400 2,484,305 +1,371,905
Romania 1,723,818 1,611,202 -112,616
India 1,473,609 1,149,265 -324,344

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 42
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 24
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 21
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 18
West Yorkshire 18

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
West Midlands 36 30 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 18 19 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 18 18 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 11 -2
West Yorkshire 11 11 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 15 8 -7
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 13 10 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 10 8 -2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 11 10 -1
Inner London - West 12 7 -5

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) 48,801,029
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,970,981
Air transport 10,598,316
Other 1,042,332
Rail transport 432,493

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) 24,616,864 24,184,165 -432,699
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,268,863 8,702,118 -566,745
Air transport 4,804,498 5,793,818 +989,320
Other 715,095 327,237 -387,858
Rail transport 236,891 195,602 -41,289
Road transport 141,184 46,623 -94,561

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Hull 13,065,861
Dover 10,333,477
Immingham Docks 8,034,308
Felixstowe 7,194,745
Harwich 6,410,460

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 £
Hull 6,626,645 6,439,216 -187,429
Dover 5,019,382 5,314,095 +294,713
Immingham Docks 3,051,725 4,982,583 +1,930,858
Felixstowe 4,150,931 3,043,814 -1,107,117
Harwich 3,346,668 3,063,792 -282,876
Eurotunnel 2,550,932 3,427,021 +876,089
Oxford Airport 2,040,012 2,230,955 +190,943
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,584,138 1,103,822 -1,480,316
Southampton 1,988,145 1,621,226 -366,919
Birmingham Airport 1,206,810 1,473,220 +266,410

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 100
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 58
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 53
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 26
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 22

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 89
2026-03 79
2026-02 93
2026-01 81
2025-12 76

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+ 173
1m-15m 113
15m-54m 38
Other 29
0-1m 21

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 £
Slovakia 4,054,228
Morocco 2,905,567
Poland 2,646,700
France 2,528,311
United States 2,221,146

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 £
Slovakia 1,690,588 2,363,640 +673,052
Morocco 1,530,968 1,374,599 -156,369
Poland 1,205,546 1,441,154 +235,608
France 1,663,784 864,527 -799,257
United States 1,672,938 548,208 -1,124,730
Netherlands 1,275,602 306,386 -969,216
India 903,903 209,851 -694,052
China 769,111 319,423 -449,688
Ireland 685,184 390,825 -294,359
Spain 559,859 404,648 -155,211

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 £
Turkey 26,659
Poland 25,367
China 21,843
Germany 16,809
India 13,724

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 £
Turkey 13,809 12,850 -959
Poland 17,798 7,569 -10,229
China 9,086 12,757 +3,671
Germany 8,179 8,630 +451
India 6,626 7,098 +472
Italy 4,554 4,092 -462
Taiwan 931 3,784 +2,853
Czechia 2,283 2,280 -3
Netherlands 3,229 479 -2,750
United States 2,256 1,413 -843

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) 17,420,489
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,900,553
Air transport 4,309,118
Other 157,762
Road transport 1,650

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) 9,271,105 8,149,384 -1,121,721
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,402,349 1,498,204 -2,904,145
Air transport 2,810,010 1,499,108 -1,310,902
Other 84,113 73,649 -10,464
Road transport 1,650 0 -1,650

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,016,762
Immingham Docks 2,054,749
London Gateway Port 1,961,742
East Midlands Airport 1,849,685
London Heathrow Airport 1,437,985

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 7,213,687 6,803,075 -410,612
Immingham Docks 1,179,197 875,552 -303,645
London Gateway Port 1,467,381 494,361 -973,020
East Midlands Airport 1,340,901 508,784 -832,117
London Heathrow Airport 886,071 551,914 -334,157
Southampton 769,452 363,974 -405,478
Felixstowe 653,004 159,776 -493,228
Holyhead 472,904 268,135 -204,769
Portsmouth 662,205 22,876 -639,329
Dover 541,590 107,157 -434,433

Quick facts

HS code: 40169957

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

Description: Additional rubber products not covered by specific categories