Import/export HS code 340319: Various lubricating preparations

Other lubricants not specified in other categories

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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
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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 £
Belgium 52,624,854
Germany 52,357,025
Netherlands 40,284,978
France 21,708,928
United States 6,852,715

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 £
Belgium 24,419,001 28,205,853 +3,786,852
Germany 26,419,469 25,937,556 -481,913
Netherlands 22,910,168 17,374,810 -5,535,358
France 13,312,499 8,396,429 -4,916,070
United States 3,427,671 3,425,044 -2,627
Switzerland 3,035,800 2,420,837 -614,963
Spain 2,296,880 1,981,331 -315,549
Italy 1,840,756 1,978,111 +137,355
Denmark 1,023,255 1,356,716 +333,461
Poland 226,206 714,204 +487,998

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 50,082,882
France 42,694,870
Netherlands 34,449,551
Belgium 30,851,801
United States 10,661,391

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 25,189,708 24,893,174 -296,534
France 20,700,673 21,994,197 +1,293,524
Netherlands 20,245,379 14,204,172 -6,041,207
Belgium 16,193,277 14,658,524 -1,534,753
United States 5,529,017 5,132,374 -396,643
Spain 3,405,924 2,846,586 -559,338
Italy 2,656,853 2,556,839 -100,014
Switzerland 2,258,765 2,234,397 -24,368
Denmark 858,753 936,129 +77,376
United Kingdom 661,316 716,790 +55,474

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 40
Inner London - West 27
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 24
West Midlands 23
Greater Manchester 20

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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 30 29 -1
Inner London - West 19 21 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 18 17 -1
West Midlands 15 21 +6
Greater Manchester 17 17 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 16 13 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 14 12 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 15 11 -4
Shropshire and Staffordshire 12 12 +0
West Yorkshire 11 12 +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) 142,602,788
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,280,780
Air transport 4,807,008
Road transport 2,521,637
Other 1,725,586

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) 74,125,611 68,477,177 -5,648,434
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,767,841 20,512,939 -1,254,902
Air transport 2,581,283 2,225,725 -355,558
Road transport 1,160,466 1,361,171 +200,705
Other 938,702 786,884 -151,818
Rail transport 242,739 81,183 -161,556

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 46,890,977
Immingham Docks 39,977,848
Eurotunnel 18,440,929
Felixstowe 18,129,256
London 13,610,077

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 25,069,400 21,821,577 -3,247,823
Immingham Docks 20,491,558 19,486,290 -1,005,268
Eurotunnel 8,833,907 9,607,022 +773,115
Felixstowe 11,512,445 6,616,811 -4,895,634
London 6,852,957 6,757,120 -95,837
Portsmouth 5,924,976 5,971,654 +46,678
Harwich 4,189,717 5,627,676 +1,437,959
Newhaven 1,974,142 3,206,326 +1,232,184
London Gateway Port 1,956,741 1,996,623 +39,882
Purfleet 1,647,470 1,471,103 -176,367

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 132
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 49
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 31
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 27
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 23

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 122
2025-11 137
2025-10 133
2025-09 126
2025-08 125

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+ 188
1m-15m 126
Other 42
15m-54m 40
0-1m 27

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 £
Belgium 21,363,112
Turkey 19,197,529
India 18,173,861
Singapore 15,485,491
Saudi Arabia 11,683,319

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 £
Belgium 10,785,499 10,577,613 -207,886
Turkey 11,516,749 7,680,780 -3,835,969
India 10,115,729 8,058,132 -2,057,597
Singapore 9,270,439 6,215,052 -3,055,387
Saudi Arabia 7,826,060 3,857,259 -3,968,801
Czechia 5,305,307 5,092,241 -213,066
Ireland 5,259,446 5,135,886 -123,560
United States 5,149,061 4,824,603 -324,458
United Arab Emirates 6,495,017 2,601,914 -3,893,103
Germany 4,059,959 3,945,354 -114,605

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 £
Germany 204,760
XI 132,194
Denmark 126,410
Belgium 25,595
Netherlands 11,835

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 £
Germany 82,180 122,580 +40,400
XI 63,951 68,243 +4,292
Denmark 62,693 63,717 +1,024
Belgium 10,988 14,607 +3,619
Netherlands 5,808 6,027 +219
France 209 10,786 +10,577
Ireland 4,739 4,488 -251
Italy 7,027 568 -6,459
United States 5,015 673 -4,342
China 3,992 840 -3,152

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 123,743,668
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 115,630,422
Air transport 6,882,541
Other 916,302
Road transport 27,058

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 73,527,958 50,215,710 -23,312,248
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 59,954,890 55,675,532 -4,279,358
Air transport 3,651,144 3,231,397 -419,747
Other 455,003 461,299 +6,296
Road transport 27,058 0 -27,058

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 80,745,879
London Gateway Port 65,644,450
Immingham Docks 25,032,722
Felixstowe 21,361,034
Southampton 17,378,458

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 44,347,759 36,398,120 -7,949,639
London Gateway Port 39,965,310 25,679,140 -14,286,170
Immingham Docks 11,299,742 13,732,980 +2,433,238
Felixstowe 16,312,684 5,048,350 -11,264,334
Southampton 7,606,572 9,771,886 +2,165,314
Liverpool Docks 4,848,779 7,679,403 +2,830,624
Holyhead 3,369,061 3,073,915 -295,146
London Heathrow Airport 2,359,666 1,513,114 -846,552
London 1,272,766 1,037,346 -235,420
Dover 1,249,078 638,633 -610,445

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 340319

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

Description: Other lubricants not specified in other categories