Import/export HS code 34025010: Retail surface-active preparations

Surface-active cleaning products sold in stores for household use

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 £
Poland 52,630,484
Germany 9,637,207
Ireland 6,681,621
Italy 5,954,089
Hungary 4,841,965

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 31,788,650 20,841,834 -10,946,816
Germany 4,227,125 5,410,082 +1,182,957
Ireland 5,110,337 1,571,284 -3,539,053
Italy 2,906,059 3,048,030 +141,971
Hungary 3,264,267 1,577,698 -1,686,569
China 1,324,169 1,933,153 +608,984
Portugal 1,253,995 1,268,642 +14,647
Spain 1,173,422 1,058,764 -114,658
Turkey 1,018,126 1,098,883 +80,757
Belgium 1,072,630 693,551 -379,079

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 £
Poland 54,770,686
Italy 9,363,579
United States 5,372,386
Hungary 4,978,248
Germany 4,419,175

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 £
Poland 34,876,539 19,894,147 -14,982,392
Italy 3,196,261 6,167,318 +2,971,057
United States 3,243,257 2,129,129 -1,114,128
Hungary 3,364,962 1,613,286 -1,751,676
Germany 2,154,236 2,264,939 +110,703
United Kingdom 1,985,900 2,321,254 +335,354
China 1,246,033 2,032,652 +786,619
Portugal 1,760,472 1,490,589 -269,883
Spain 1,180,952 1,092,541 -88,411
Turkey 1,112,337 1,106,088 -6,249

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Surrey, East and West Sussex 12
West Yorkshire 9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 8
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 8
Greater Manchester 8

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
Surrey, East and West Sussex 7 9 +2
West Yorkshire 6 7 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 5 5 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 5 6 +1
Greater Manchester 6 7 +1
Inner London - East 4 6 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 6 5 -1
Lancashire 4 2 -2
North Yorkshire 5 4 -1
Outer London - East and North East 4 4 +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) 69,095,399
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,004,377
Air transport 2,996,113
Other 1,624,576
Road transport 240,297

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) 45,522,083 23,573,316 -21,948,767
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,039,058 16,965,319 +7,926,261
Air transport 1,526,518 1,469,595 -56,923
Other 847,845 776,731 -71,114
Road transport 96,669 143,628 +46,959
Rail transport 63,332 11,162 -52,170

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Middlesbrough 21,115,551
Immingham Docks 20,760,445
Dover 15,055,392
Liverpool Docks 7,231,192
Hull 5,602,552

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 £
Middlesbrough 13,527,672 7,587,879 -5,939,793
Immingham Docks 12,375,808 8,384,637 -3,991,171
Dover 7,565,070 7,490,322 -74,748
Liverpool Docks 5,316,943 1,914,249 -3,402,694
Hull 4,144,372 1,458,180 -2,686,192
London 1,640,912 3,190,880 +1,549,968
Eurotunnel 2,251,490 1,929,181 -322,309
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,030,255 1,838,476 -191,779
Felixstowe 1,267,131 1,970,282 +703,151
Killingholme 2,246,326 552,568 -1,693,758

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 62
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 29
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 13
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 11
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 7

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 32
2025-10 26
2025-09 23
2025-08 26
2025-07 35

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+ 50
1m-15m 45
15m-54m 20
0-1m 18
Other 9

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 28,544,484
Netherlands 15,181,801
France 12,128,443
Germany 5,667,372
Poland 3,610,300

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 15,714,791 12,829,693 -2,885,098
Netherlands 9,049,940 6,131,861 -2,918,079
France 5,835,384 6,293,059 +457,675
Germany 2,873,931 2,793,441 -80,490
Poland 1,778,514 1,831,786 +53,272
Australia 1,464,275 512,798 -951,477
United States 1,166,602 553,168 -613,434
India 647,782 716,769 +68,987
Turkey 1,002,480 219,418 -783,062
United Arab Emirates 167,637 903,045 +735,408

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 651,035
XU 540,548
Poland 288,067
United States 25,058
Netherlands 16,488

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 259,988 391,047 +131,059
XU 272,666 267,882 -4,784
Poland 64,341 223,726 +159,385
United States 14,962 10,096 -4,866
Netherlands 13,366 3,122 -10,244
Ireland 4,247 3,274 -973
Italy 2,411 3,079 +668
Spain 411 1,315 +904
China 99 149 +50
Germany 14 28 +14

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) 67,191,862
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,459,461
Other 1,536,239
Air transport 1,185,539
Road transport 44,345

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) 35,546,377 31,645,485 -3,900,892
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,645,354 5,814,107 -3,831,247
Other 632,505 903,734 +271,229
Air transport 692,938 492,601 -200,337
Road transport 43,017 1,328 -41,689

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 23,165,900
Liverpool Docks 22,257,249
Dover 13,544,239
Holyhead 4,945,455
Felixstowe 4,670,357

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 13,254,381 9,911,519 -3,342,862
Liverpool Docks 12,402,863 9,854,386 -2,548,477
Dover 5,198,863 8,345,376 +3,146,513
Holyhead 2,917,827 2,027,628 -890,199
Felixstowe 3,491,872 1,178,485 -2,313,387
London Gateway Port 1,972,648 2,518,786 +546,138
Southampton 2,224,069 1,286,920 -937,149
Immingham Docks 1,722,542 1,285,890 -436,652
000 632,505 903,734 +271,229
ZLC 838,504 39,020 -799,484

Quick facts

HS code: 34025010

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

Description: Surface-active cleaning products sold in stores for household use