Import/export HS code 321490: Various construction materials

Other materials used for sealing, filling, or repairing surfaces in construction

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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 £
Poland 31,809,438
Germany 30,481,451
Netherlands 21,430,969
France 21,003,515
United States 14,270,968

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 £
Poland 18,693,402 13,116,036 -5,577,366
Germany 15,733,418 14,748,033 -985,385
Netherlands 11,716,504 9,714,465 -2,002,039
France 10,356,143 10,647,372 +291,229
United States 7,944,443 6,326,525 -1,617,918
Italy 4,180,382 4,522,238 +341,856
Ireland 2,288,818 1,883,695 -405,123
Turkey 1,711,821 1,882,915 +171,094
Austria 1,729,158 1,518,494 -210,664
Spain 1,626,427 1,381,982 -244,445

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 £
Germany 34,727,408
Poland 33,994,994
United States 19,956,808
France 17,401,790
Netherlands 11,149,528

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 £
Germany 18,710,900 16,016,508 -2,694,392
Poland 19,952,792 14,042,202 -5,910,590
United States 10,428,362 9,528,446 -899,916
France 8,434,083 8,967,707 +533,624
Netherlands 6,523,187 4,626,341 -1,896,846
Italy 4,446,632 4,876,828 +430,196
Turkey 1,656,225 1,894,083 +237,858
Spain 1,723,377 1,387,555 -335,822
Austria 1,228,749 1,495,427 +266,678
Ireland 1,403,648 1,017,563 -386,085

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Outer London - West and North West 27
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 26
West Midlands 21
Inner London - West 18
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 18

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
Outer London - West and North West 20 21 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 19 21 +2
West Midlands 16 15 -1
Inner London - West 13 11 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14 13 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 10 13 +3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 14 12 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 8 -5
Greater Manchester 12 10 -2
Inner London - East 11 6 -5

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) 114,945,512
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,741,960
Air transport 14,271,139
Other 2,848,569
Road transport 1,626,344

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) 63,024,853 51,920,659 -11,104,194
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,431,486 9,310,474 +1,878,988
Air transport 8,033,394 6,237,745 -1,795,649
Other 1,500,542 1,348,027 -152,515
Road transport 825,338 801,006 -24,332
Rail transport 8,420 0 -8,420

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 47,209,912
Immingham Docks 13,819,582
London 12,857,327
Harwich 12,664,138
Felixstowe 8,916,222

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 24,877,487 22,332,425 -2,545,062
Immingham Docks 7,307,879 6,511,703 -796,176
London 6,880,707 5,976,620 -904,087
Harwich 7,113,130 5,551,008 -1,562,122
Felixstowe 4,357,114 4,559,108 +201,994
Eurotunnel 3,458,569 3,050,431 -408,138
London Heathrow Airport 2,849,515 3,015,007 +165,492
Killingholme 3,030,691 2,120,397 -910,294
London Stansted Airport 2,415,989 1,718,929 -697,060
Hull 2,532,106 1,593,835 -938,271

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 131
Specialised construction activities 60
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 45
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 39
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 21

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 115
2025-10 106
2025-09 116
2025-08 106
2025-07 122

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 153
54m+ 101
0-1m 96
15m-54m 32
Other 19

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 16,128,324
United States 13,155,291
Germany 12,471,735
France 8,522,408
Netherlands 6,866,317

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 7,046,682 9,081,642 +2,034,960
United States 8,677,387 4,477,904 -4,199,483
Germany 5,958,030 6,513,705 +555,675
France 4,591,056 3,931,352 -659,704
Netherlands 4,834,352 2,031,965 -2,802,387
Turkey 2,717,518 4,138,002 +1,420,484
Belgium 2,261,362 3,257,666 +996,304
United Arab Emirates 1,857,992 3,601,145 +1,743,153
Spain 2,113,714 2,412,767 +299,053
Poland 2,075,371 2,185,835 +110,464

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 £
XU 1,372,616
Germany 910,317
XI 108,514
Ireland 60,675
Netherlands 9,479

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 £
XU 743,388 629,228 -114,160
Germany 341,595 568,722 +227,127
XI 53,806 54,708 +902
Ireland 43,195 17,480 -25,715
Netherlands 7,663 1,816 -5,847
Belgium 2,663 5,079 +2,416
Nicaragua 7,450 0 -7,450
Poland 2,396 1,957 -439
France 744 2,314 +1,570
United States 1,485 1,391 -94

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) 76,442,517
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 44,576,501
Air transport 29,337,626
Other 2,494,777
Road transport 17,968

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) 35,958,042 40,484,475 +4,526,433
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 24,686,102 19,890,399 -4,795,703
Air transport 14,486,159 14,851,467 +365,308
Other 1,208,487 1,286,290 +77,803
Road transport 16,381 1,587 -14,794

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 44,743,477
London Gateway Port 23,307,260
London Heathrow Airport 14,398,178
Felixstowe 12,152,706
Southampton 10,020,195

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 21,909,981 22,833,496 +923,515
London Gateway Port 12,204,175 11,103,085 -1,101,090
London Heathrow Airport 5,933,129 8,465,049 +2,531,920
Felixstowe 7,102,734 5,049,972 -2,052,762
Southampton 5,088,702 4,931,493 -157,209
Holyhead 3,749,942 4,079,709 +329,767
Immingham Docks 3,366,683 4,432,841 +1,066,158
ZLC 4,944,179 2,586,856 -2,357,323
Liverpool Docks 3,578,609 3,100,570 -478,039
Manchester Airport 1,067,486 1,571,356 +503,870

Quick facts

HS code: 321490

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

Description: Other materials used for sealing, filling, or repairing surfaces in construction