Import/export HS code 34012090: Various soap forms

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Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • 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 £
Thailand 7,062,881
China 6,007,090
Poland 4,968,902
Germany 4,556,700
United States 4,337,441

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 £
Thailand 3,045,204 4,017,677 +972,473
China 2,568,457 3,438,633 +870,176
Poland 3,128,445 1,840,457 -1,287,988
Germany 2,252,220 2,304,480 +52,260
United States 2,037,313 2,300,128 +262,815
Belgium 2,094,313 2,234,360 +140,047
Sweden 1,943,356 1,939,360 -3,996
Netherlands 2,122,209 1,579,444 -542,765
Spain 1,390,484 1,502,301 +111,817
Israel 2,214,164 373,712 -1,840,452

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 £
Thailand 6,991,921
Poland 6,818,315
China 6,458,050
United States 4,409,487
Germany 4,221,591

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 £
Thailand 2,974,244 4,017,677 +1,043,433
Poland 4,216,203 2,602,112 -1,614,091
China 2,926,608 3,531,442 +604,834
United States 2,106,947 2,302,540 +195,593
Germany 2,104,806 2,116,785 +11,979
Sweden 1,861,545 1,991,337 +129,792
Spain 1,488,482 1,602,015 +113,533
Netherlands 1,938,595 999,120 -939,475
Israel 2,210,200 374,665 -1,835,535
Belgium 780,228 1,571,035 +790,807

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 34
Inner London - East 24
Greater Manchester 23
Outer London - West and North West 23
Surrey, East and West Sussex 19

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 - West 23 24 +1
Inner London - East 20 15 -5
Greater Manchester 18 16 -2
Outer London - West and North West 13 15 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 14 15 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 14 12 -2
Outer London - East and North East 12 11 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 10 12 +2
West Yorkshire 8 10 +2
West Midlands 7 8 +1

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) 26,777,783
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 24,163,723
Air transport 2,199,810
Other 1,681,549
Road transport 51,638

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) 14,300,383 12,477,400 -1,822,983
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,590,346 12,573,377 +983,031
Air transport 1,201,722 998,088 -203,634
Other 958,438 723,111 -235,327
Road transport 36,798 14,840 -21,958

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 10,305,524
Felixstowe 9,215,575
Southampton 7,507,278
Harwich 3,827,220
London Gateway Port 3,758,608

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 £
Immingham Docks 5,200,290 5,105,234 -95,056
Felixstowe 4,407,723 4,807,852 +400,129
Southampton 3,003,906 4,503,372 +1,499,466
Harwich 2,563,712 1,263,508 -1,300,204
London Gateway Port 2,600,492 1,158,116 -1,442,376
Dover 1,646,117 1,562,934 -83,183
Grangemouth Docks 854,685 1,548,203 +693,518
Middlesbrough 806,955 1,080,083 +273,128
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,001,368 695,289 -306,079
000 958,438 723,111 -235,327

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
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 98
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 20
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 11
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 10

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 55
2025-10 68
2025-09 56
2025-08 61
2025-07 51

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 101
54m+ 82
0-1m 67
15m-54m 41
Other 18

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 5,093,209
Poland 4,403,108
Ireland 3,389,499
Netherlands 2,335,877
Saudi Arabia 2,028,057

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 2,705,194 2,388,015 -317,179
Poland 2,284,273 2,118,835 -165,438
Ireland 1,855,464 1,534,035 -321,429
Netherlands 1,725,245 610,632 -1,114,613
Saudi Arabia 290,631 1,737,426 +1,446,795
Germany 686,794 802,499 +115,705
France 786,199 545,724 -240,475
Canada 524,834 565,105 +40,271
Belgium 547,418 437,025 -110,393
Australia 396,381 236,332 -160,049

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 £
XI 292,682
XU 274,391
Italy 105,496
Netherlands 71,501
Sweden 70,133

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 £
XI 229,057 63,625 -165,432
XU 85,665 188,726 +103,061
Italy 78,099 27,397 -50,702
Netherlands 55,831 15,670 -40,161
Sweden 52,840 17,293 -35,547
China 5,874 57,767 +51,893
India 11,864 12,605 +741
Ireland 22,678 1,494 -21,184
France 14,071 114 -13,957
United States 9,798 4,377 -5,421

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) 16,664,005
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,385,244
Air transport 1,013,410
Other 989,865
Road transport 112,127

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) 8,671,384 7,992,621 -678,763
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,373,421 7,011,823 -361,598
Air transport 627,037 386,373 -240,664
Other 588,289 401,576 -186,713
Road transport 112,127 0 -112,127

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,245,494
London Gateway Port 5,177,565
Immingham Docks 4,609,543
Southampton 4,585,493
Liverpool Docks 3,245,818

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 5,234,846 4,010,648 -1,224,198
London Gateway Port 2,300,899 2,876,666 +575,767
Immingham Docks 2,154,130 2,455,413 +301,283
Southampton 2,221,836 2,363,657 +141,821
Liverpool Docks 1,776,700 1,469,118 -307,582
Felixstowe 956,088 460,676 -495,412
000 588,289 401,576 -186,713
Holyhead 403,083 365,359 -37,724
Dover 335,142 302,410 -32,732
London Heathrow Airport 386,573 242,621 -143,952

Quick facts

HS code: 34012090

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

Description: Soap in shapes or forms not listed elsewhere, such as blocks or molded pieces