Import/export HS code 560750: Synthetic fiber ropes and cords

Ropes and cords made from synthetic fibers like nylon or polyester, used for durability

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  • 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 £
Belgium 10,613,935
France 4,566,342
China 4,150,906
United States 2,899,234
Germany 2,419,457

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 £
Belgium 2,548,606 8,065,329 +5,516,723
France 2,562,236 2,004,106 -558,130
China 2,628,046 1,522,860 -1,105,186
United States 1,502,395 1,396,839 -105,556
Germany 1,376,777 1,042,680 -334,097
South Africa 1,074,698 1,303,265 +228,567
Netherlands 1,345,478 507,552 -837,926
Italy 725,426 781,889 +56,463
Spain 660,000 586,306 -73,694
Czechia 675,435 442,912 -232,523

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 £
Belgium 10,379,330
China 4,730,628
United States 2,827,607
South Africa 2,538,266
Czechia 2,063,810

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 £
Belgium 2,421,992 7,957,338 +5,535,346
China 3,004,608 1,726,020 -1,278,588
United States 1,547,027 1,280,580 -266,447
South Africa 1,235,001 1,303,265 +68,264
Czechia 1,218,268 845,542 -372,726
Germany 1,112,828 841,635 -271,193
Spain 808,923 716,115 -92,808
Italy 723,856 779,778 +55,922
France 795,806 698,103 -97,703
Madagascar 773,231 585,793 -187,438

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 29
Surrey, East and West Sussex 23
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 21
West Midlands 18
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 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
Inner London - West 19 19 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 16 14 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 12 15 +3
West Midlands 14 11 -3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 15 12 -3
Essex 9 13 +4
Greater Manchester 15 9 -6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 11 13 +2
North Eastern Scotland 12 7 -5
Outer London - West and North West 12 10 -2

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,961,486
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,345,686
Air transport 6,655,353
Other 728,287
Road transport 163,973

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,686,449 12,275,037 +2,588,588
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,479,441 4,866,245 -1,613,196
Air transport 3,396,065 3,259,288 -136,777
Other 381,767 346,520 -35,247
Road transport 84,454 79,519 -4,935

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Lerwick 9,600,014
Dover 4,069,338
Felixstowe 3,420,314
London Gateway Port 3,160,123
Eurotunnel 2,794,061

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 £
Lerwick 2,389,963 7,210,051 +4,820,088
Dover 2,328,792 1,740,546 -588,246
Felixstowe 2,330,350 1,089,964 -1,240,386
London Gateway Port 1,482,089 1,678,034 +195,945
Eurotunnel 1,717,545 1,076,516 -641,029
London Heathrow Airport 1,153,726 1,123,338 -30,388
Southampton 1,140,378 840,295 -300,083
Immingham Docks 1,333,784 597,768 -736,016
East Midlands Airport 758,017 821,818 +63,801
Thamesport 968,044 501,893 -466,151

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 135
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 67
Other manufacturing 43
Manufacture of textiles 28
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 22

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 83
2025-11 79
2025-10 97
2025-09 81
2025-08 93

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 189
54m+ 128
15m-54m 58
0-1m 51
Other 36

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 10,141,914
Netherlands 4,130,682
Spain 3,665,626
France 3,154,662
Norway 1,642,166

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 5,121,962 5,019,952 -102,010
Netherlands 2,244,305 1,886,377 -357,928
Spain 3,364,425 301,201 -3,063,224
France 748,495 2,406,167 +1,657,672
Norway 1,197,752 444,414 -753,338
Italy 744,060 736,412 -7,648
Angola 501,479 519,454 +17,975
Germany 482,614 428,464 -54,150
United Arab Emirates 707,207 171,174 -536,033
Canada 584,208 291,682 -292,526

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 £
China 97,775
XI 76,400
France 36,453
Nicaragua 24,036
Germany 11,459

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 £
China 62,513 35,262 -27,251
XI 70,085 6,315 -63,770
France 23,170 13,283 -9,887
Nicaragua 0 24,036 +24,036
Germany 3,012 8,447 +5,435
South Africa 1,014 1,761 +747
Netherlands 1,427 1,092 -335
United States 1,231 762 -469
Sweden 934 619 -315
Ukraine 282 657 +375

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 16,742,303
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,798,594
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,816,522
Other 315,075
Road transport 3,893

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 8,855,069 7,887,234 -967,835
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,160,738 7,637,856 -522,882
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,638,245 5,178,277 -1,459,968
Other 196,156 118,919 -77,237
Road transport 3,003 890 -2,113

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Grangemouth Docks 8,871,578
London Heathrow Airport 8,300,286
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,342,321
London Stansted Airport 2,901,844
East Midlands Airport 2,541,773

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 £
Grangemouth Docks 5,000,398 3,871,180 -1,129,218
London Heathrow Airport 3,860,793 4,439,493 +578,700
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,780,902 2,561,419 -1,219,483
London Stansted Airport 1,858,642 1,043,202 -815,440
East Midlands Airport 1,397,667 1,144,106 -253,561
Immingham Docks 1,097,841 1,200,377 +102,536
Felixstowe 952,636 1,272,021 +319,385
ZLC 1,256,360 859,586 -396,774
London Gateway Port 1,471,709 600,523 -871,186
Liverpool Docks 366,460 779,157 +412,697

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 560750

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

Description: Ropes and cords made from synthetic fibers like nylon or polyester, used for durability