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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  • 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 £
Israel 33,461,304
India 22,453,654
China 18,704,302
Poland 12,376,478
Turkey 9,943,192

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 21,434,587 12,026,717 -9,407,870
India 9,284,340 13,169,314 +3,884,974
China 6,963,593 11,740,709 +4,777,116
Poland 3,203,333 9,173,145 +5,969,812
Turkey 4,639,024 5,304,168 +665,144
United Arab Emirates 3,790,851 3,824,159 +33,308
Indonesia 2,485,223 2,260,967 -224,256
United States 757,515 1,506,490 +748,975
Italy 1,184,689 920,780 -263,909
Germany 1,073,458 637,408 -436,050

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 49,403,100
China 19,228,219
Poland 11,793,618
Turkey 9,966,367
United Arab Emirates 7,515,952

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 27,987,919 21,415,181 -6,572,738
China 7,299,006 11,929,213 +4,630,207
Poland 2,789,900 9,003,718 +6,213,818
Turkey 4,643,064 5,323,303 +680,239
United Arab Emirates 3,684,718 3,831,234 +146,516
India 3,321,516 3,795,117 +473,601
Indonesia 2,799,938 2,379,141 -420,797
Italy 1,578,187 952,889 -625,298
United States 811,307 1,701,107 +889,800
Germany 1,429,829 988,477 -441,352

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - East 35
Inner London - West 34
Greater Manchester 31
Outer London - West and North West 25
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 23 +3
Inner London - West 24 19 -5
Greater Manchester 18 20 +2
Outer London - West and North West 17 16 -1
Outer London - East and North East 17 19 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 11 17 +6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 11 14 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 12 13 +1
Outer London - South 9 8 -1
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) 104,700,605
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,977,149
Air transport 3,387,558
Other 469,653
Road transport 41,243

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) 52,005,421 52,695,184 +689,763
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,654,408 10,322,741 +3,668,333
Air transport 1,163,062 2,224,496 +1,061,434
Other 282,599 187,054 -95,545
Road transport 19,101 22,142 +3,041

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 44,008,222
Felixstowe 42,160,486
Southampton 10,778,488
London 5,978,306
Immingham Docks 4,401,778

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 28,351,325 15,656,897 -12,694,428
Felixstowe 17,282,497 24,877,989 +7,595,492
Southampton 3,799,167 6,979,321 +3,180,154
London 1,054,447 4,923,859 +3,869,412
Immingham Docks 2,480,674 1,921,104 -559,570
Dover 2,382,814 1,950,452 -432,362
Liverpool Docks 1,074,524 1,791,748 +717,224
Dover / Eurotunnel 646,383 1,816,612 +1,170,229
Thamesport 166,546 1,665,130 +1,498,584
London Heathrow Airport 407,015 923,414 +516,399

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 183
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 111
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 27
Other manufacturing 17
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 15

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 52
2025-11 53
2025-10 65
2025-09 72
2025-08 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 142
54m+ 94
0-1m 64
15m-54m 47
Other 36

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 37,084,030
Netherlands 14,914,653
France 12,238,181
Ireland 10,188,275
Denmark 6,581,978

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 19,125,747 17,958,283 -1,167,464
Netherlands 8,132,121 6,782,532 -1,349,589
France 8,429,643 3,808,538 -4,621,105
Ireland 4,797,552 5,390,723 +593,171
Denmark 3,620,920 2,961,058 -659,862
Belgium 3,525,074 2,966,648 -558,426
United States 948,342 4,607,960 +3,659,618
Sweden 2,702,445 2,683,906 -18,539
Czechia 2,361,159 1,909,455 -451,704
Italy 2,267,130 1,887,734 -379,396

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 £
China 149,837
XI 23,000
Turkey 17,076
France 13,631
Poland 9,008

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 £
China 123,350 26,487 -96,863
XI 13,154 9,846 -3,308
Turkey 12,599 4,477 -8,122
France 13,435 196 -13,239
Poland 0 9,008 +9,008
Ireland 5,639 449 -5,190
United States 3,671 1,690 -1,981
Afghanistan 258 519 +261
Australia 482 153 -329
Indonesia 0 418 +418

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) 105,411,360
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 33,032,892
Air transport 920,008
Other 435,351
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) 57,926,332 47,485,028 -10,441,304
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,787,641 17,245,251 +1,457,610
Air transport 535,239 384,769 -150,470
Other 263,902 171,449 -92,453
Rail transport 0 20,326 +20,326
Road transport 3,688 0 -3,688

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 76,546,277
Immingham Docks 16,868,560
London Gateway Port 10,452,689
Liverpool Docks 8,729,467
Southampton 7,360,242

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 42,686,292 33,859,985 -8,826,307
Immingham Docks 9,638,082 7,230,478 -2,407,604
London Gateway Port 5,622,295 4,830,394 -791,901
Liverpool Docks 3,727,830 5,001,637 +1,273,807
Southampton 1,706,612 5,653,630 +3,947,018
Dover 2,697,234 3,380,947 +683,713
Felixstowe 2,885,958 1,120,831 -1,765,127
Holyhead 927,291 1,911,632 +984,341
London 1,733,280 812,785 -920,495
Heysham 463,513 288,516 -174,997

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