Import/export HS code 321410: Sealing and filling compounds

Products like glaziers' putty, grafting putty, and resin cements used for sealing and repairing surfaces

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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 132,684,604
Germany 96,315,593
Netherlands 85,792,287
France 51,894,051
United States 44,072,145

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 67,506,940 65,177,664 -2,329,276
Germany 47,968,390 48,347,203 +378,813
Netherlands 45,354,733 40,437,554 -4,917,179
France 30,625,238 21,268,813 -9,356,425
United States 25,114,415 18,957,730 -6,156,685
Switzerland 18,706,979 9,644,113 -9,062,866
Poland 9,284,419 11,797,077 +2,512,658
Italy 7,647,783 8,101,261 +453,478
Turkey 8,600,620 6,426,925 -2,173,695
Austria 8,008,825 5,934,421 -2,074,404

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 117,993,222
Germany 112,578,476
Netherlands 78,595,798
United States 55,903,925
France 43,508,138

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 65,142,585 52,850,637 -12,291,948
Germany 61,077,562 51,500,914 -9,576,648
Netherlands 40,791,129 37,804,669 -2,986,460
United States 31,049,887 24,854,038 -6,195,849
France 23,161,861 20,346,277 -2,815,584
Poland 10,362,263 14,106,383 +3,744,120
Italy 11,324,188 11,742,613 +418,425
Switzerland 10,048,384 9,519,673 -528,711
Turkey 10,036,184 8,384,645 -1,651,539
China 3,737,292 1,181,740 -2,555,552

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 35
West Midlands 28
Greater Manchester 25
Outer London - West and North West 24
Surrey, East and West Sussex 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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 25 28 +3
West Midlands 23 22 -1
Greater Manchester 22 17 -5
Outer London - West and North West 17 19 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 17 15 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 17 17 +0
Essex 13 19 +6
Inner London - West 17 13 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 14 16 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14 12 -2

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) 408,112,193
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 69,254,566
Air transport 45,319,487
Other 8,464,242
Road transport 1,021,294

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) 219,402,375 188,709,818 -30,692,557
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 32,793,576 36,460,990 +3,667,414
Air transport 26,298,846 19,020,641 -7,278,205
Other 4,457,466 4,006,776 -450,690
Road transport 699,406 321,888 -377,518
Rail transport 234,236 39,870 -194,366

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 172,849,397
Eurotunnel 74,642,117
Immingham Docks 66,116,842
Felixstowe 29,122,910
London 28,946,174

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 £
Dover 93,186,983 79,662,414 -13,524,569
Eurotunnel 42,358,021 32,284,096 -10,073,925
Immingham Docks 33,521,694 32,595,148 -926,546
Felixstowe 14,859,957 14,262,953 -597,004
London 9,725,371 19,220,803 +9,495,432
Harwich 10,194,004 11,055,420 +861,416
Hull 10,770,051 10,048,541 -721,510
Liverpool Docks 8,180,383 6,947,931 -1,232,452
Manchester Airport 7,644,756 5,733,983 -1,910,773
Killingholme 7,088,845 3,692,639 -3,396,206

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 153
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 52
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 44
Specialised construction activities 43
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 23

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 116
2025-11 134
2025-10 125
2025-09 141
2025-08 138

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
54m+ 193
1m-15m 156
0-1m 63
15m-54m 51
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 £
United States 46,934,171
France 40,559,773
Ireland 26,873,533
Germany 20,523,627
Netherlands 19,273,681

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 24,872,999 22,061,172 -2,811,827
France 24,142,467 16,417,306 -7,725,161
Ireland 13,621,870 13,251,663 -370,207
Germany 11,067,748 9,455,879 -1,611,869
Netherlands 12,102,098 7,171,583 -4,930,515
Spain 8,207,907 6,237,292 -1,970,615
Sweden 6,938,864 6,423,287 -515,577
United Arab Emirates 7,370,513 5,905,632 -1,464,881
Australia 6,348,282 5,533,497 -814,785
Switzerland 1,193,839 9,056,453 +7,862,614

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 £
France 1,253,380
XI 768,292
Belgium 574,821
Germany 318,188
Ireland 109,140

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 £
France 607,195 646,185 +38,990
XI 480,029 288,263 -191,766
Belgium 304,057 270,764 -33,293
Germany 211,811 106,377 -105,434
Ireland 80,744 28,396 -52,348
Netherlands 32,038 23,533 -8,505
Poland 19,993 17,121 -2,872
Switzerland 5,789 10,414 +4,625
Nicaragua 10,377 87 -10,290
Spain 4,456 3,489 -967

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) 182,890,295
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 159,693,261
Air transport 40,927,008
Other 3,670,657
Road transport 199,358

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) 92,149,364 90,740,931 -1,408,433
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 92,531,745 67,161,516 -25,370,229
Air transport 20,703,386 20,223,622 -479,764
Other 2,030,477 1,640,180 -390,297
Road transport 123,328 76,030 -47,298
Rail transport 98,820 43,930 -54,890

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 99,345,519
London Gateway Port 70,016,196
Immingham Docks 45,160,546
Southampton 40,535,027
Felixstowe 28,230,034

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 51,825,728 47,519,791 -4,305,937
London Gateway Port 40,183,634 29,832,562 -10,351,072
Immingham Docks 23,133,117 22,027,429 -1,105,688
Southampton 20,636,734 19,898,293 -738,441
Felixstowe 15,434,127 12,795,907 -2,638,220
London Heathrow Airport 9,962,442 9,293,331 -669,111
Holyhead 6,594,277 7,662,372 +1,068,095
Liverpool Docks 7,796,911 6,133,459 -1,663,452
Dover 6,741,092 2,886,974 -3,854,118
East Midlands Airport 2,965,739 2,662,094 -303,645

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 321410

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

Description: Products like glaziers' putty, grafting putty, and resin cements used for sealing and repairing surfaces