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 391,839,437
Netherlands 219,639,007
Czechia 185,933,681
Germany 168,880,487
Sweden 112,308,898

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 193,440,825 198,398,612 +4,957,787
Netherlands 119,684,848 99,954,159 -19,730,689
Czechia 91,887,903 94,045,778 +2,157,875
Germany 79,457,059 89,423,428 +9,966,369
Sweden 53,630,825 58,678,073 +5,047,248
China 39,694,585 46,545,538 +6,850,953
Hungary 31,244,630 36,666,348 +5,421,718
Slovakia 29,760,445 29,358,004 -402,441
France 19,685,231 21,878,898 +2,193,667
Poland 18,719,738 20,834,747 +2,115,009

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 358,230,152
Netherlands 184,132,971
Germany 167,394,992
Belgium 127,477,216
Sweden 111,338,403

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 181,108,848 177,121,304 -3,987,544
Netherlands 99,336,210 84,796,761 -14,539,449
Germany 79,414,779 87,980,213 +8,565,434
Belgium 70,330,803 57,146,413 -13,184,390
Sweden 52,445,283 58,893,120 +6,447,837
China 44,603,746 49,443,843 +4,840,097
Hungary 32,864,738 38,704,211 +5,839,473
Spain 22,645,645 40,876,883 +18,231,238
Slovakia 29,907,549 30,167,987 +260,438
Italy 26,270,711 28,123,418 +1,852,707

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Greater Manchester 35
Outer London - West and North West 35
Inner London - West 33
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 31
Inner London - East 23

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 22 27 +5
Outer London - West and North West 25 26 +1
Inner London - West 25 22 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 24 +3
Inner London - East 16 19 +3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 18 13 -5
West Yorkshire 13 16 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 9 13 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 11 12 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 12 11 -1

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) 1,171,295,236
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 281,983,025
Other 25,628,450
Air transport 5,591,677
Road transport 393,235

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) 583,751,491 587,543,745 +3,792,254
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 127,203,302 154,779,723 +27,576,421
Other 12,846,361 12,782,089 -64,272
Air transport 2,268,421 3,323,256 +1,054,835
Road transport 168,461 224,774 +56,313

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 364,648,697
London 292,568,628
Purfleet 185,478,001
Dover 101,512,352
Felixstowe 99,978,928

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 169,534,715 195,113,982 +25,579,267
London 142,707,117 149,861,511 +7,154,394
Purfleet 96,814,068 88,663,933 -8,150,135
Dover 45,769,489 55,742,863 +9,973,374
Felixstowe 53,327,431 46,651,497 -6,675,934
Dover / Eurotunnel 52,124,516 41,895,266 -10,229,250
Killingholme 40,839,630 36,976,774 -3,862,856
Middlesbrough 20,439,720 19,919,262 -520,458
Hull 25,547,821 13,187,466 -12,360,355
Harwich 17,649,157 14,434,309 -3,214,848

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 179
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 167
Other manufacturing 27
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 26
Manufacture of paper and paper products 14

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 99
2026-03 105
2026-02 97
2026-01 98
2025-12 100

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 199
0-1m 79
54m+ 79
15m-54m 39
Other 35

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 54,273,238
Germany 12,967,487
Iceland 2,705,830
Belgium 1,903,523
United States 1,703,388

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 26,782,567 27,490,671 +708,104
Germany 2,363,261 10,604,226 +8,240,965
Iceland 1,346,341 1,359,489 +13,148
Belgium 726,028 1,177,495 +451,467
United States 1,052,092 651,296 -400,796
France 852,104 844,537 -7,567
Gibraltar 802,547 862,192 +59,645
Netherlands 1,071,932 531,435 -540,497
Turkey 1,102,625 287,685 -814,940
Poland 1,064,416 247,168 -817,248

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 872,812
XI 855,710
Hungary 369,765
China 157,387
Slovakia 86,548

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 476,601 396,211 -80,390
XI 489,824 365,886 -123,938
Hungary 234,017 135,748 -98,269
China 80,994 76,393 -4,601
Slovakia 50,271 36,277 -13,994
Bangladesh 28,157 30,552 +2,395
Netherlands 29,741 21,082 -8,659
Czechia 20,081 9,995 -10,086
Sweden 17,530 11,410 -6,120
Poland 6,067 20,185 +14,118

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) 45,185,604
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 44,098,446
Other 3,881,912
Air transport 1,824,626

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) 27,537,679 17,647,925 -9,889,754
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,337,213 30,761,233 +17,424,020
Other 2,064,421 1,817,491 -246,930
Air transport 1,158,745 665,881 -492,864

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 32,785,309
Holyhead 14,932,334
Immingham Docks 10,670,018
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,501,379
London Gateway Port 4,340,604

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 16,231,234 16,554,075 +322,841
Holyhead 7,737,568 7,194,766 -542,802
Immingham Docks 4,373,270 6,296,748 +1,923,478
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,919,925 4,581,454 -338,471
London Gateway Port 2,280,884 2,059,720 -221,164
Dover 410,109 3,866,692 +3,456,583
000 2,064,421 1,817,491 -246,930
Heysham 1,035,728 2,177,083 +1,141,355
London 290,171 2,569,623 +2,279,452
Hull 1,147,768 1,079,130 -68,638

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