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 16,955,949
Poland 15,110,844
Germany 8,665,024
Turkey 5,897,181
France 3,597,544

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 9,088,310 7,867,639 -1,220,671
Poland 8,767,857 6,342,987 -2,424,870
Germany 4,838,859 3,826,165 -1,012,694
Turkey 2,935,919 2,961,262 +25,343
France 2,497,946 1,099,598 -1,398,348
United States 1,623,981 1,677,028 +53,047
Belgium 1,028,920 1,722,520 +693,600
China 1,897,119 849,560 -1,047,559
Romania 1,313,690 1,330,850 +17,160
Italy 832,436 1,521,746 +689,310

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 17,471,683
Czechia 11,892,325
Turkey 8,428,230
Germany 5,892,354
China 3,762,991

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 10,088,084 7,383,599 -2,704,485
Czechia 6,450,827 5,441,498 -1,009,329
Turkey 4,220,974 4,207,256 -13,718
Germany 3,056,594 2,835,760 -220,834
China 2,311,253 1,451,738 -859,515
France 2,210,149 1,475,460 -734,689
United States 1,664,176 1,684,698 +20,522
Romania 1,621,811 1,339,372 -282,439
Italy 1,067,565 1,702,001 +634,436
India 1,410,702 1,026,661 -384,041

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 41
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 23
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 21
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 19
Inner London - West 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 34 31 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 21 17 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 18 15 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 12 -1
Inner London - West 16 6 -10
West Yorkshire 12 9 -3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 15 8 -7
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 12 9 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 8 10 +2
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 13 8 -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) 43,895,358
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,403,458
Air transport 9,325,546
Other 1,122,306
Rail transport 348,440

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) 24,468,723 19,426,635 -5,042,088
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,250,303 7,153,155 -2,097,148
Air transport 4,473,191 4,852,355 +379,164
Other 745,458 376,848 -368,610
Rail transport 209,659 138,781 -70,878
Road transport 145,230 54,038 -91,192

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Hull 12,306,876
Dover 8,823,671
Immingham Docks 7,023,676
Felixstowe 6,881,539
Harwich 6,415,484

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 6,586,837 5,720,039 -866,798
Dover 4,905,914 3,917,757 -988,157
Immingham Docks 3,015,589 4,008,087 +992,498
Felixstowe 4,001,104 2,880,435 -1,120,669
Harwich 3,869,329 2,546,155 -1,323,174
Eurotunnel 2,517,149 2,602,497 +85,348
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,825,634 932,788 -1,892,846
Oxford Airport 1,788,745 1,851,430 +62,685
Southampton 1,917,847 1,125,385 -792,462
Killingholme 1,928,078 679,738 -1,248,340

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 51
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 25
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 23

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 81
2025-11 85
2025-10 97
2025-09 94
2025-08 86

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+ 177
1m-15m 110
15m-54m 36
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 3,299,523
Morocco 2,887,014
France 2,503,429
United States 2,415,429
Poland 2,384,753

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 1,556,673 1,742,850 +186,177
Morocco 1,736,446 1,150,568 -585,878
France 1,708,766 794,663 -914,103
United States 1,709,005 706,424 -1,002,581
Poland 1,223,121 1,161,632 -61,489
Netherlands 1,394,699 272,087 -1,122,612
India 1,010,824 291,570 -719,254
China 728,068 364,556 -363,512
Germany 747,499 291,161 -456,338
Ireland 696,486 328,150 -368,336

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 £
Poland 23,783
Turkey 22,115
China 18,589
Germany 15,976
India 11,353

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 £
Poland 13,586 10,197 -3,389
Turkey 11,560 10,555 -1,005
China 8,697 9,892 +1,195
Germany 9,725 6,251 -3,474
India 6,153 5,200 -953
Italy 4,534 3,069 -1,465
Czechia 2,404 1,211 -1,193
Taiwan 1,108 2,468 +1,360
United States 1,976 1,599 -377
Netherlands 3,204 321 -2,883

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) 16,247,303
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,413,683
Air transport 4,517,715
Other 140,584
Road transport 2,715

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) 9,494,128 6,753,175 -2,740,953
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,582,397 1,831,286 -2,751,111
Air transport 3,192,508 1,325,207 -1,867,301
Other 79,337 61,247 -18,090
Road transport 2,715 0 -2,715

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,199,704
London Gateway Port 2,203,370
East Midlands Airport 2,093,706
Immingham Docks 1,928,092
London Heathrow Airport 1,442,417

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 7,375,863 5,823,841 -1,552,022
London Gateway Port 1,646,884 556,486 -1,090,398
East Midlands Airport 1,627,714 465,992 -1,161,722
Immingham Docks 1,367,195 560,897 -806,298
London Heathrow Airport 920,533 521,884 -398,649
Southampton 514,727 567,940 +53,213
Felixstowe 596,839 251,382 -345,457
Dover 644,296 99,174 -545,122
Portsmouth 658,387 24,221 -634,166
Holyhead 467,043 213,127 -253,916

Quick facts

HS code: 40169957

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

Description: Additional rubber products not covered by specific categories