Import/export HS code 340119: Various soaps

Soaps and cleaning products not for personal use, such as industrial or household cleaning

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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 £
Israel 36,259,916
India 21,976,530
China 17,769,131
Poland 11,946,353
Turkey 10,087,780

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 £
Israel 23,401,390 12,858,526 -10,542,864
India 7,312,689 14,663,841 +7,351,152
China 6,852,440 10,916,691 +4,064,251
Poland 2,644,111 9,302,242 +6,658,131
Turkey 4,825,473 5,262,307 +436,834
United Arab Emirates 3,560,800 3,893,418 +332,618
Indonesia 2,231,690 2,444,862 +213,172
United States 691,283 1,475,214 +783,931
Italy 1,223,012 893,118 -329,894
Germany 1,161,026 670,531 -490,495

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 £
Israel 51,759,498
China 18,281,999
Poland 11,363,563
Turkey 10,120,105
United Arab Emirates 7,436,046

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 £
Israel 28,545,816 23,213,682 -5,332,134
China 7,165,686 11,116,313 +3,950,627
Poland 2,227,349 9,136,214 +6,908,865
Turkey 4,838,663 5,281,442 +442,779
United Arab Emirates 3,535,553 3,900,493 +364,940
India 2,770,407 4,311,316 +1,540,909
Indonesia 2,465,519 2,528,141 +62,622
Italy 1,601,707 941,673 -660,034
Germany 1,502,432 1,012,475 -489,957
United States 741,575 1,664,702 +923,127

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - East 33
Inner London - West 33
Greater Manchester 32
Outer London - West and North West 26
Outer London - East and North East 24

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
Inner London - East 20 22 +2
Inner London - West 23 18 -5
Greater Manchester 20 19 -1
Outer London - West and North West 17 16 -1
Outer London - East and North East 17 19 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 10 18 +8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 11 14 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 11 12 +1
West Midlands 10 8 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 9 6 -3

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 105,864,806
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,690,747
Air transport 3,323,035
Other 485,916
Road transport 41,106

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 51,354,948 54,509,858 +3,154,910
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,502,380 10,188,367 +3,685,987
Air transport 1,112,882 2,210,153 +1,097,271
Other 281,673 204,243 -77,430
Road transport 13,430 27,676 +14,246

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 46,005,414
Felixstowe 42,539,340
Southampton 10,215,288
London 5,650,520
Dover 4,390,277

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 £
London Gateway Port 28,820,749 17,184,665 -11,636,084
Felixstowe 16,821,355 25,717,985 +8,896,630
Southampton 3,322,927 6,892,361 +3,569,434
London 856,833 4,793,687 +3,936,854
Dover 2,480,902 1,909,375 -571,527
Immingham Docks 2,164,346 2,218,461 +54,115
Dover / Eurotunnel 628,074 1,835,253 +1,207,179
Liverpool Docks 1,051,801 1,282,219 +230,418
Thamesport 155,529 1,521,324 +1,365,795
London Heathrow Airport 351,184 945,451 +594,267

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 181
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 112
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 24
Other manufacturing 17
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 14

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 53
2025-10 65
2025-09 72
2025-08 68
2025-07 68

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 139
54m+ 91
0-1m 63
15m-54m 47
Other 37

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 £
Germany 36,637,924
Netherlands 15,299,260
France 12,479,980
Ireland 9,817,512
Denmark 6,746,474

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 £
Germany 18,459,525 18,178,399 -281,126
Netherlands 8,229,373 7,069,887 -1,159,486
France 8,077,107 4,402,873 -3,674,234
Ireland 4,726,043 5,091,469 +365,426
Denmark 3,694,528 3,051,946 -642,582
Belgium 3,383,729 3,218,745 -164,984
Sweden 2,668,122 2,802,482 +134,360
United States 929,963 4,226,664 +3,296,701
Czechia 2,339,963 2,120,358 -219,605
Italy 2,246,903 1,982,040 -264,863

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 213,911
China 149,735
XI 22,836
Turkey 17,116
France 13,631

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 87,761 126,150 +38,389
China 123,268 26,467 -96,801
XI 10,032 12,804 +2,772
Turkey 11,522 5,594 -5,928
France 13,435 196 -13,239
Poland 268 9,008 +8,740
Ireland 6,695 467 -6,228
United States 3,440 1,913 -1,527
Australia 695 153 -542
Afghanistan 232 504 +272

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) 105,399,401
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 33,874,162
Air transport 920,222
Other 442,299
Rail transport 20,326

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) 55,808,732 49,590,669 -6,218,063
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,021,623 16,852,539 -169,084
Air transport 548,591 371,631 -176,960
Other 257,986 184,313 -73,673
Rail transport 0 20,326 +20,326
Road transport 5,435 0 -5,435

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 77,300,594
Immingham Docks 17,275,438
London Gateway Port 10,771,766
Liverpool Docks 8,474,904
Southampton 6,951,976

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 41,743,575 35,557,019 -6,186,556
Immingham Docks 9,541,262 7,734,176 -1,807,086
London Gateway Port 5,799,285 4,972,481 -826,804
Liverpool Docks 3,711,740 4,763,164 +1,051,424
Southampton 1,697,766 5,254,210 +3,556,444
Dover 2,585,999 3,414,736 +828,737
Felixstowe 2,952,066 1,152,911 -1,799,155
Holyhead 929,402 1,653,398 +723,996
London 1,565,270 948,630 -616,640
Heysham 477,863 330,320 -147,543

Quick facts

HS code: 340119

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

Description: Soaps and cleaning products not for personal use, such as industrial or household cleaning