Import/export HS code 56031310: Coated heavyweight nonwovens

Heavyweight nonwoven fabrics that are coated or covered for added durability

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 £
United States 7,029,012
Germany 3,803,955
China 2,620,226
Netherlands 2,372,253
Poland 2,127,327

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 £
United States 4,849,591 2,179,421 -2,670,170
Germany 1,753,890 2,050,065 +296,175
China 1,367,965 1,252,261 -115,704
Netherlands 990,842 1,381,411 +390,569
Poland 824,309 1,303,018 +478,709
Luxembourg 638,745 670,152 +31,407
Ireland 538,119 458,273 -79,846
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 282,119 309,574 +27,455
France 289,509 229,294 -60,215
Canada 502,203 0 -502,203

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 £
United States 9,378,110
China 3,453,232
Germany 2,702,446
Poland 2,174,237
Belgium 1,438,914

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 £
United States 6,166,825 3,211,285 -2,955,540
China 1,858,883 1,594,349 -264,534
Germany 1,343,086 1,359,360 +16,274
Poland 845,144 1,329,093 +483,949
Belgium 817,297 621,617 -195,680
Luxembourg 356,076 338,493 -17,583
Netherlands 325,708 200,804 -124,904
Norway 320,573 165,089 -155,484
India 183,966 264,340 +80,374
Turkey 131,151 278,598 +147,447

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Greater Manchester 11
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 9
West Yorkshire 9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 7
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 7

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
Greater Manchester 10 7 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 9 6 -3
West Yorkshire 6 7 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 6 4 -2
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 5 5 +0
Inner London - West 5 5 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 3 6 +3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 4 2 -2
Kent 5 3 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 3 3 +0

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) 10,984,863
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,806,025
Air transport 2,031,362
Other 1,836,344
Road transport 225,979

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) 5,309,334 5,675,529 +366,195
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,007,615 3,798,410 -2,209,205
Air transport 1,372,360 659,002 -713,358
Other 779,438 1,056,906 +277,468
Road transport 82,275 143,704 +61,429

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 4,298,702
Dover 3,462,683
Felixstowe 3,216,870
Immingham Docks 2,230,732
Belfast Port 1,879,370

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 £
Liverpool Docks 3,255,644 1,043,058 -2,212,586
Dover 1,467,644 1,995,039 +527,395
Felixstowe 1,769,906 1,446,964 -322,942
Immingham Docks 895,334 1,335,398 +440,064
Belfast Port 958,999 920,371 -38,628
000 779,438 1,056,906 +277,468
Harwich 674,967 642,898 -32,069
London Heathrow Airport 864,481 417,132 -447,349
Eurotunnel 437,523 393,265 -44,258
London Gateway Port 119,205 595,699 +476,494

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
30
Other manufacturing
29
Manufacture of textiles
13
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
9
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
8

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 20
2026-04 31
2026-03 25
2026-02 28
2026-01 21

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 68
54m+ 33
15m-54m 24
0-1m 7
Other 5

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 £
China 19,256,523
France 12,353,038
Germany 11,098,072
Malaysia 10,385,228
United States 7,382,702

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 £
China 10,535,889 8,720,634 -1,815,255
France 5,627,027 6,726,011 +1,098,984
Germany 5,327,341 5,770,731 +443,390
Malaysia 10,199,122 186,106 -10,013,016
United States 4,493,287 2,889,415 -1,603,872
Ireland 2,452,166 4,357,328 +1,905,162
South Korea 1,745,487 1,899,106 +153,619
Finland 1,735,647 1,740,355 +4,708
Italy 1,287,246 2,006,258 +719,012
Taiwan 1,467,689 1,291,891 -175,798

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 18,483,555
Luxembourg 13,294,228
United States 1,183,732
Germany 41,944
China 20,408

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 3,554,649 14,928,906 +11,374,257
Luxembourg 10,786,835 2,507,393 -8,279,442
United States 972,920 210,812 -762,108
Germany 11,447 30,497 +19,050
China 5,030 15,378 +10,348
Austria 4,633 1,687 -2,946
Switzerland 322 147 -175
Israel 253 116 -137
Taiwan 0 30 +30

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 49,587,808
Other 37,784,267
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,419,975
Air transport 1,984,834

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 30,019,411 19,568,397 -10,451,014
Other 18,259,530 19,524,737 +1,265,207
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,699,109 5,720,866 +3,021,757
Air transport 1,551,874 432,960 -1,118,914

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 37,784,267
Belfast Port 26,778,823
Southampton 13,806,478
London Gateway Port 5,827,271
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,668,107

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 £
000 18,259,530 19,524,737 +1,265,207
Belfast Port 20,468,649 6,310,174 -14,158,475
Southampton 5,996,328 7,810,150 +1,813,822
London Gateway Port 2,134,501 3,692,770 +1,558,269
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,331,396 2,336,711 +1,005,315
Felixstowe 1,236,445 1,776,203 +539,758
Fishguard 798,545 1,700,091 +901,546
London Heathrow Airport 699,349 331,322 -368,027
Manchester Airport 798,549 11,199 -787,350
Milford 184,205 556,600 +372,395

Quick facts

HS code: 56031310

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

Description: Heavyweight nonwoven fabrics that are coated or covered for added durability