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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* 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 10,719,454
France 4,877,173
China 4,492,244
United States 3,706,821
Germany 2,637,042

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 10,509,892 209,562 -10,300,330
France 2,508,718 2,368,455 -140,263
China 2,474,302 2,017,942 -456,360
United States 1,585,523 2,121,298 +535,775
Germany 1,262,012 1,375,030 +113,018
South Africa 1,054,128 1,498,050 +443,922
Netherlands 1,271,960 658,905 -613,055
Italy 875,420 788,540 -86,880
Spain 697,188 640,890 -56,298
Czechia 623,680 620,761 -2,919

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 10,452,801
China 5,121,166
United States 3,627,754
South Africa 2,552,178
Czechia 2,272,589

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 10,348,461 104,340 -10,244,121
China 2,810,119 2,311,047 -499,072
United States 1,588,933 2,038,821 +449,888
South Africa 1,054,128 1,498,050 +443,922
Czechia 1,143,520 1,129,069 -14,451
Germany 976,725 1,091,849 +115,124
France 769,468 953,621 +184,153
Italy 869,781 813,637 -56,144
Spain 887,000 733,232 -153,768
Madagascar 760,576 498,213 -262,363

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 32
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 23
Surrey, East and West Sussex 23
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 21
West Midlands 21

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 23 22 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 15 15 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 14 17 +3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 11 18 +7
West Midlands 15 14 -1
Essex 12 15 +3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 13 13 +0
Outer London - West and North West 13 8 -5
West Yorkshire 11 13 +2
Greater Manchester 13 10 -3

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) 22,332,529
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,014,777
Air transport 8,012,692
Other 748,977
Road transport 316,345

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) 16,014,987 6,317,542 -9,697,445
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,871,349 5,143,428 -1,727,921
Air transport 3,801,288 4,211,404 +410,116
Other 368,795 380,182 +11,387
Road transport 109,780 206,565 +96,785

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Lerwick 9,600,014
Dover 4,257,429
London Gateway Port 3,400,906
Felixstowe 3,328,705
Eurotunnel 2,924,153

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 9,600,014 0 -9,600,014
Dover 2,101,446 2,155,983 +54,537
London Gateway Port 1,379,931 2,020,975 +641,044
Felixstowe 1,917,828 1,410,877 -506,951
Eurotunnel 1,664,836 1,259,317 -405,519
London Heathrow Airport 1,395,753 1,207,889 -187,864
Southampton 969,584 1,211,757 +242,173
Immingham Docks 1,302,347 814,179 -488,168
East Midlands Airport 928,802 893,365 -35,437
London Stansted Airport 869,224 598,618 -270,606

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
146
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
80
Other manufacturing
50
Manufacture of textiles
29
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
24

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 80
2026-04 93
2026-03 97
2026-02 90
2026-01 83

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 211
54m+ 133
15m-54m 60
0-1m 58
Other 42

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 12,116,907
Netherlands 6,097,066
Spain 3,733,387
France 3,196,076
Italy 1,587,691

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 5,209,200 6,907,707 +1,698,507
Netherlands 2,275,232 3,821,834 +1,546,602
Spain 3,403,577 329,810 -3,073,767
France 2,452,465 743,611 -1,708,854
Italy 723,552 864,139 +140,587
United Arab Emirates 688,250 711,656 +23,406
Norway 802,578 401,600 -400,978
Angola 496,962 649,144 +152,182
Germany 470,320 541,293 +70,973
Canada 584,764 422,716 -162,048

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 105,668
XI 77,815
Nicaragua 37,102
France 30,986
Germany 11,662

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 53,773 51,895 -1,878
XI 66,469 11,346 -55,123
Nicaragua 4,050 33,052 +29,002
France 24,522 6,464 -18,058
Germany 9,681 1,981 -7,700
South Africa 1,881 2,737 +856
Sweden 812 2,509 +1,697
Netherlands 1,505 1,154 -351
United States 1,167 1,113 -54
Ireland 509 1,165 +656

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 19,309,302
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,144,955
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,369,149
Other 363,256
Road transport 890

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 9,263,153 10,046,149 +782,996
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,686,425 6,458,530 -4,227,895
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,904,517 7,464,632 +1,560,115
Other 196,972 166,284 -30,688
Road transport 890 0 -890

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 9,997,444
Grangemouth Docks 9,115,198
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,331,289
London Stansted Airport 3,066,023
East Midlands Airport 2,712,361

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 4,446,372 5,551,072 +1,104,700
Grangemouth Docks 7,157,713 1,957,485 -5,200,228
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,580,508 3,750,781 +170,273
London Stansted Airport 1,699,870 1,366,153 -333,717
East Midlands Airport 1,591,677 1,120,684 -470,993
ZLC 1,086,503 1,461,275 +374,772
Felixstowe 982,539 1,437,045 +454,506
London Gateway Port 1,616,109 608,009 -1,008,100
Immingham Docks 388,613 1,695,844 +1,307,231
Liverpool Docks 539,973 976,191 +436,218

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