Import/export HS code 9619: Sanitary and hygiene products

Sanitary towels, tampons, diapers, and similar hygiene products made from any material

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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 373,034,898
Netherlands 207,294,710
Czechia 174,015,456
Germany 168,436,858
Sweden 107,879,362

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 191,081,026 181,953,872 -9,127,154
Netherlands 118,047,917 89,246,793 -28,801,124
Czechia 92,367,149 81,648,307 -10,718,842
Germany 79,001,147 89,435,711 +10,434,564
Sweden 54,133,592 53,745,770 -387,822
China 40,399,497 43,506,067 +3,106,570
Hungary 32,078,981 34,154,000 +2,075,019
Slovakia 29,962,833 26,682,799 -3,280,034
France 20,177,889 19,708,104 -469,785
Poland 18,110,446 21,330,872 +3,220,426

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 £
Czechia 340,898,706
Netherlands 173,456,125
Germany 163,812,823
Belgium 117,547,051
Sweden 107,275,835

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 £
Czechia 180,577,316 160,321,390 -20,255,926
Netherlands 97,983,248 75,472,877 -22,510,371
Germany 79,814,040 83,998,783 +4,184,743
Belgium 65,485,828 52,061,223 -13,424,605
Sweden 52,800,485 54,475,350 +1,674,865
China 45,920,672 45,450,786 -469,886
Hungary 33,722,180 36,034,342 +2,312,162
Spain 23,321,859 39,753,999 +16,432,140
Slovakia 30,338,132 27,306,237 -3,031,895
Poland 24,905,891 27,508,642 +2,602,751

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Greater Manchester 34
Inner London - West 34
Outer London - West and North West 34
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 30
Inner London - East 22

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 23 27 +4
Inner London - West 27 21 -6
Outer London - West and North West 29 22 -7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20 25 +5
Inner London - East 16 14 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 18 13 -5
West Yorkshire 13 16 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 12 11 -1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 11 10 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 8 12 +4

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) 1,116,957,523
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 277,852,627
Other 24,656,482
Air transport 5,469,643
Road transport 335,442

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) 579,064,883 537,892,640 -41,172,243
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 130,024,745 147,827,882 +17,803,137
Other 13,464,010 11,192,472 -2,271,538
Air transport 2,468,269 3,001,374 +533,105
Road transport 133,231 202,211 +68,980

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 353,695,957
London 280,702,595
Purfleet 177,013,213
Dover 98,750,978
Felixstowe 94,881,734

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 £
Immingham Docks 174,917,061 178,778,896 +3,861,835
London 143,435,220 137,267,375 -6,167,845
Purfleet 95,183,624 81,829,589 -13,354,035
Dover 47,965,755 50,785,223 +2,819,468
Felixstowe 49,000,443 45,881,291 -3,119,152
Dover / Eurotunnel 49,507,803 37,876,367 -11,631,436
Killingholme 39,252,641 35,641,116 -3,611,525
Middlesbrough 20,834,166 18,070,048 -2,764,118
Hull 22,800,661 12,499,676 -10,300,985
London Gateway Port 7,748,487 24,007,088 +16,258,601

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
171
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
163
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
26
Other manufacturing
25
Manufacture of paper and paper products
13

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 112
2026-04 99
2026-03 105
2026-02 97
2026-01 98

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 193
0-1m 78
54m+ 76
15m-54m 36
Other 30

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 £
Ireland 51,095,968
Germany 11,814,494
Iceland 2,648,889
Belgium 1,790,039
France 1,610,243

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 £
Ireland 25,483,008 25,612,960 +129,952
Germany 2,342,537 9,471,957 +7,129,420
Iceland 1,362,828 1,286,061 -76,767
Belgium 694,852 1,095,187 +400,335
France 781,243 829,000 +47,757
Gibraltar 813,950 785,309 -28,641
United States 976,673 600,105 -376,568
Netherlands 1,047,159 447,009 -600,150
Poland 1,020,447 260,285 -760,162
Turkey 1,099,174 133,636 -965,538

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 £
Germany 847,182
XI 816,296
Hungary 343,859
China 159,884
Slovakia 82,056

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 £
Germany 477,042 370,140 -106,902
XI 455,793 360,503 -95,290
Hungary 231,291 112,568 -118,723
China 88,546 71,338 -17,208
Slovakia 48,072 33,984 -14,088
Bangladesh 28,209 30,655 +2,446
Netherlands 29,337 21,593 -7,744
Czechia 19,716 30,802 +11,086
Poland 6,246 23,860 +17,614
Sweden 17,530 11,410 -6,120

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) 44,877,349
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 38,850,878
Other 3,709,342
Air transport 1,663,216

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) 16,691,160 28,186,189 +11,495,029
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 22,645,896 16,204,982 -6,440,914
Other 2,038,887 1,670,455 -368,432
Air transport 1,071,363 591,853 -479,510

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 30,963,392
Holyhead 13,752,685
Immingham Docks 10,056,531
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,653,026
Dover 4,269,335

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 £
Liverpool Docks 15,616,720 15,346,672 -270,048
Holyhead 7,033,597 6,719,088 -314,509
Immingham Docks 4,230,673 5,825,858 +1,595,185
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,236,625 4,416,401 +179,776
Dover 1,080,658 3,188,677 +2,108,019
London Gateway Port 2,241,453 1,791,035 -450,418
000 2,038,887 1,670,455 -368,432
Heysham 1,193,321 2,171,943 +978,622
London 757,045 2,077,392 +1,320,347
Hull 810,691 1,034,937 +224,246

Quick facts

HS code: 9619

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

Description: Sanitary towels, tampons, diapers, and similar hygiene products made from any material