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 131,812,859
Germany 96,053,501
Netherlands 86,557,918
France 52,055,000
United States 44,620,757

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 67,261,528 64,551,331 -2,710,197
Germany 48,703,034 47,350,467 -1,352,567
Netherlands 46,523,370 40,034,548 -6,488,822
France 31,576,138 20,478,862 -11,097,276
United States 24,650,333 19,970,424 -4,679,909
Switzerland 18,937,796 10,490,637 -8,447,159
Poland 8,844,023 11,852,201 +3,008,178
Italy 7,830,240 7,724,871 -105,369
Turkey 8,138,214 6,943,207 -1,195,007
Austria 7,969,354 6,041,364 -1,927,990

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 118,683,878
Germany 113,064,151
Netherlands 79,140,970
United States 56,440,289
France 42,966,703

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 66,187,726 52,496,152 -13,691,574
Germany 61,619,928 51,444,223 -10,175,705
Netherlands 41,817,940 37,323,030 -4,494,910
United States 30,533,202 25,907,087 -4,626,115
France 23,353,450 19,613,253 -3,740,197
Poland 9,979,513 13,993,081 +4,013,568
Italy 11,460,090 11,462,892 +2,802
Switzerland 10,109,430 9,410,783 -698,647
Turkey 9,568,278 8,733,729 -834,549
China 3,541,251 1,353,356 -2,187,895

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 36
West Midlands 28
Outer London - West and North West 24
Greater Manchester 23
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 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 27 28 +1
West Midlands 23 22 -1
Outer London - West and North West 17 20 +3
Greater Manchester 21 16 -5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 17 17 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 16 16 +0
Essex 13 17 +4
Inner London - West 18 13 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 14 16 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 13 13 +0

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) 409,363,427
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 68,885,622
Air transport 45,298,382
Other 8,582,590
Road transport 1,015,704

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) 222,570,015 186,793,412 -35,776,603
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,798,571 37,087,051 +5,288,480
Air transport 25,695,350 19,603,032 -6,092,318
Other 4,445,735 4,136,855 -308,880
Road transport 676,429 339,275 -337,154
Rail transport 233,924 40,781 -193,143

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 172,427,683
Eurotunnel 76,686,085
Immingham Docks 66,121,043
Felixstowe 28,951,933
London 26,446,278

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 92,663,912 79,763,771 -12,900,141
Eurotunnel 44,507,811 32,178,274 -12,329,537
Immingham Docks 33,884,332 32,236,711 -1,647,621
Felixstowe 14,502,990 14,448,943 -54,047
London 9,559,572 16,886,706 +7,327,134
Harwich 10,325,845 11,052,429 +726,584
Hull 10,756,796 10,441,785 -315,011
Liverpool Docks 7,923,167 7,916,710 -6,457
Manchester Airport 7,616,109 5,838,067 -1,778,042
Killingholme 7,102,394 3,800,146 -3,302,248

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 151
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 53
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 44
Specialised construction activities 44
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
2025-11 134
2025-10 125
2025-09 141
2025-08 138
2025-07 149

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+ 195
1m-15m 156
0-1m 63
15m-54m 50
Other 31

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 46,961,867
France 40,692,086
Ireland 27,044,111
Germany 20,827,031
Netherlands 19,797,864

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 24,934,874 22,026,993 -2,907,881
France 24,363,717 16,328,369 -8,035,348
Ireland 13,917,388 13,126,723 -790,665
Germany 10,874,412 9,952,619 -921,793
Netherlands 13,006,337 6,791,527 -6,214,810
Spain 8,215,604 6,364,033 -1,851,571
Sweden 6,897,279 6,562,861 -334,418
United Arab Emirates 7,472,784 5,903,360 -1,569,424
Australia 6,189,281 5,857,478 -331,803
Italy 6,316,522 4,023,473 -2,293,049

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 1,292,318
XI 758,701
Belgium 584,559
XU 507,728
Germany 326,307

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 595,484 696,834 +101,350
XI 474,271 284,430 -189,841
Belgium 294,595 289,964 -4,631
XU 261,899 245,829 -16,070
Germany 214,655 111,652 -103,003
Ireland 82,771 29,005 -53,766
Netherlands 31,178 25,013 -6,165
Poland 19,739 17,833 -1,906
Switzerland 3,967 9,237 +5,270
Nicaragua 12,767 87 -12,680

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) 181,490,155
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 163,919,549
Air transport 40,832,852
Other 3,730,673
Road transport 226,359

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) 91,493,649 89,996,506 -1,497,143
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 96,581,896 67,337,653 -29,244,243
Air transport 20,600,174 20,232,678 -367,496
Other 2,005,299 1,725,374 -279,925
Road transport 152,492 73,867 -78,625
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 98,934,779
London Gateway Port 71,321,056
Immingham Docks 44,969,210
Southampton 40,850,321
Felixstowe 28,346,142

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 51,350,006 47,584,773 -3,765,233
London Gateway Port 41,152,041 30,169,015 -10,983,026
Immingham Docks 23,207,429 21,761,781 -1,445,648
Southampton 20,942,808 19,907,513 -1,035,295
Felixstowe 15,914,151 12,431,991 -3,482,160
London Heathrow Airport 9,869,211 9,258,653 -610,558
Holyhead 6,891,689 7,435,875 +544,186
Liverpool Docks 7,563,242 6,434,057 -1,129,185
Dover 8,159,696 2,792,465 -5,367,231
East Midlands Airport 2,901,383 2,683,448 -217,935

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