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 17,130,919
Poland 15,365,988
Germany 9,564,308
Turkey 6,774,367
United States 4,009,171

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 9,005,848 8,125,071 -880,777
Poland 8,502,386 6,863,602 -1,638,784
Germany 4,963,268 4,601,040 -362,228
Turkey 3,036,130 3,738,237 +702,107
United States 1,696,069 2,313,102 +617,033
Belgium 1,151,166 2,176,457 +1,025,291
France 2,293,548 896,474 -1,397,074
Italy 1,044,858 2,023,632 +978,774
Romania 1,430,461 1,429,669 -792
China 1,746,924 984,461 -762,463

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 17,706,658
Czechia 11,864,819
Turkey 9,477,618
Germany 6,327,845
United States 4,013,437

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 9,800,078 7,906,580 -1,893,498
Czechia 6,466,175 5,398,644 -1,067,531
Turkey 4,415,115 5,062,503 +647,388
Germany 3,039,955 3,287,890 +247,935
United States 1,706,376 2,307,061 +600,685
China 2,436,264 1,458,397 -977,867
France 1,923,359 1,969,932 +46,573
Italy 1,289,351 2,251,872 +962,521
Romania 1,636,938 1,475,392 -161,546
India 1,436,839 991,143 -445,696

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 25
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 22
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 17
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 17

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 37 28 -9
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 17 19 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 19 18 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 15 9 -6
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 13 11 -2
West Yorkshire 10 11 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 9 8 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 12 7 -5
Shropshire and Staffordshire 11 10 -1
Essex 11 10 -1

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) 46,177,920
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,020,443
Air transport 10,195,112
Other 932,033
Rail transport 419,926

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) 24,301,033 21,876,887 -2,424,146
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,919,087 8,101,356 -817,731
Air transport 4,911,369 5,283,743 +372,374
Other 699,961 232,072 -467,889
Rail transport 245,157 174,769 -70,388
Road transport 121,464 37,536 -83,928

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Hull 12,355,627
Dover 9,852,179
Immingham Docks 7,953,256
Felixstowe 6,595,209
Harwich 5,668,954

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 6,682,815 5,672,812 -1,010,003
Dover 5,090,656 4,761,523 -329,133
Immingham Docks 3,402,020 4,551,236 +1,149,216
Felixstowe 3,923,564 2,671,645 -1,251,919
Harwich 3,033,753 2,635,201 -398,552
Eurotunnel 2,425,533 3,162,237 +736,704
Oxford Airport 2,043,204 2,063,464 +20,260
Southampton 2,037,088 1,563,849 -473,239
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,402,723 1,073,426 -1,329,297
Birmingham Airport 1,289,770 1,326,752 +36,982

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
97
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
53
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
53
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
24
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
21

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 80
2026-04 90
2026-03 80
2026-02 94
2026-01 81

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+ 168
1m-15m 105
15m-54m 38
Other 29
0-1m 20

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 3,961,167
Morocco 2,811,108
Poland 2,545,976
France 2,332,439
United States 1,945,709

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 1,653,245 2,307,922 +654,677
Morocco 1,553,180 1,257,928 -295,252
Poland 1,170,829 1,375,147 +204,318
France 1,572,854 759,585 -813,269
United States 1,395,371 550,338 -845,033
Netherlands 819,723 291,082 -528,641
Spain 608,126 373,016 -235,110
China 574,710 300,310 -274,400
Ireland 471,427 403,145 -68,282
India 641,541 162,278 -479,263

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 26,587
Poland 24,770
China 21,351
Germany 16,128
India 13,024

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 14,597 11,990 -2,607
Poland 18,508 6,262 -12,246
China 10,781 10,570 -211
Germany 8,733 7,395 -1,338
India 6,789 6,235 -554
Italy 4,414 4,364 -50
Taiwan 1,584 3,511 +1,927
Czechia 2,362 1,877 -485
Netherlands 2,878 711 -2,167
United States 2,322 1,230 -1,092

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) 16,289,010
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,763,250
Air transport 3,848,625
Other 154,686
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) 8,728,947 7,560,063 -1,168,884
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,476,301 1,286,949 -2,189,352
Air transport 2,434,942 1,413,683 -1,021,259
Other 88,610 66,076 -22,534
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 13,392,167
Immingham Docks 1,722,280
London Gateway Port 1,574,511
East Midlands Airport 1,536,654
London Heathrow Airport 1,316,749

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 7,283,093 6,109,074 -1,174,019
Immingham Docks 752,013 970,267 +218,254
London Gateway Port 1,189,020 385,491 -803,529
East Midlands Airport 1,098,409 438,245 -660,164
London Heathrow Airport 800,180 516,569 -283,611
Southampton 711,552 311,643 -399,909
Felixstowe 581,249 157,906 -423,343
Portsmouth 633,338 24,850 -608,488
Holyhead 263,386 283,706 +20,320
London Stansted Airport 334,542 156,370 -178,172

Quick facts

HS code: 40169957

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

Description: Additional rubber products not covered by specific categories