Import/export HS code 340399: 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.
  • 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 £
Germany 32,762,314
Netherlands 27,297,383
United States 21,537,802
Belgium 18,904,369
France 10,613,126

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 £
Germany 16,581,601 16,180,713 -400,888
Netherlands 15,679,129 11,618,254 -4,060,875
United States 11,406,925 10,130,877 -1,276,048
Belgium 9,405,721 9,498,648 +92,927
France 5,293,366 5,319,760 +26,394
Spain 2,099,289 2,352,476 +253,187
Switzerland 2,758,933 1,579,570 -1,179,363
Japan 1,611,412 985,022 -626,390
Italy 1,052,894 1,483,205 +430,311
China 932,976 916,044 -16,932

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 £
United States 51,139,072
Germany 26,135,792
Belgium 12,454,280
Netherlands 10,028,059
France 9,927,549

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 £
United States 27,823,508 23,315,564 -4,507,944
Germany 13,721,812 12,413,980 -1,307,832
Belgium 6,373,290 6,080,990 -292,300
Netherlands 5,301,767 4,726,292 -575,475
France 4,944,418 4,983,131 +38,713
Spain 2,392,326 2,226,440 -165,886
Japan 2,244,588 1,649,997 -594,591
Italy 1,053,077 1,733,414 +680,337
Switzerland 1,330,032 1,375,190 +45,158
China 1,074,448 1,030,551 -43,897

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 59
Inner London - West 45
Greater Manchester 44
West Midlands 37
West Yorkshire 33

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 52 35 -17
Inner London - West 30 34 +4
Greater Manchester 38 33 -5
West Midlands 29 29 +0
West Yorkshire 25 27 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 25 21 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 19 24 +5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 28 25 -3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 25 16 -9
Shropshire and Staffordshire 22 21 -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) 74,923,057
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,894,925
Air transport 21,385,122
Other 10,378,295
Road transport 1,084,242

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) 38,642,729 36,280,328 -2,362,401
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,708,363 13,186,562 -1,521,801
Air transport 11,259,408 10,125,714 -1,133,694
Other 6,212,919 4,165,376 -2,047,543
Road transport 452,990 631,252 +178,262
Rail transport 33,460 6,544 -26,916

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 25,277,954
Immingham Docks 19,093,505
Eurotunnel 14,328,726
000 10,378,295
Felixstowe 9,188,017

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 12,260,410 13,017,544 +757,134
Immingham Docks 9,865,276 9,228,229 -637,047
Eurotunnel 7,984,258 6,344,468 -1,639,790
000 6,212,919 4,165,376 -2,047,543
Felixstowe 5,000,066 4,187,951 -812,115
Southampton 3,091,361 3,659,275 +567,914
London 2,684,949 2,598,971 -85,978
Birmingham Airport 2,753,265 2,481,260 -272,005
East Midlands Airport 2,586,662 2,592,111 +5,449
London Heathrow Airport 3,011,486 2,038,374 -973,112

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 202
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 54
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 49
Other manufacturing 49
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 41

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 166
2025-10 185
2025-09 172
2025-08 154
2025-07 189

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+ 369
1m-15m 193
Other 77
15m-54m 70
0-1m 50

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 14,878,836
United States 8,906,504
Ireland 8,597,575
Israel 8,365,338
China 8,156,989

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 6,908,997 7,969,839 +1,060,842
United States 4,635,463 4,271,041 -364,422
Ireland 4,557,156 4,040,419 -516,737
Israel 948,792 7,416,546 +6,467,754
China 4,613,823 3,543,166 -1,070,657
Belgium 3,738,878 3,934,845 +195,967
United Arab Emirates 3,878,287 3,573,550 -304,737
France 4,106,863 3,322,158 -784,705
Netherlands 3,285,990 3,507,930 +221,940
Singapore 3,102,535 2,879,446 -223,089

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 280,376
XU 229,456
Ireland 136,991
XI 93,330
China 55,236

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 145,759 134,617 -11,142
XU 141,022 88,434 -52,588
Ireland 63,691 73,300 +9,609
XI 38,878 54,452 +15,574
China 18,574 36,662 +18,088
Austria 16,043 38,980 +22,937
Netherlands 20,714 17,047 -3,667
France 12,822 10,004 -2,818
Italy 2,600 1,428 -1,172
Belgium 1,075 2,403 +1,328

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) 69,344,254
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 55,056,989
Air transport 34,339,098
Other 923,499
Road transport 94,011

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) 34,518,680 34,825,574 +306,894
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,627,692 23,429,297 -8,198,395
Air transport 12,654,105 21,684,993 +9,030,888
Other 463,671 459,828 -3,843
Road transport 75,956 18,055 -57,901

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 44,582,860
London Gateway Port 23,007,831
London Heathrow Airport 20,437,040
Immingham Docks 14,432,603
Southampton 11,499,487

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 23,164,287 21,418,573 -1,745,714
London Gateway Port 11,726,197 11,281,634 -444,563
London Heathrow Airport 6,192,609 14,244,431 +8,051,822
Immingham Docks 6,295,278 8,137,325 +1,842,047
Southampton 6,615,719 4,883,768 -1,731,951
Felixstowe 5,398,901 3,239,669 -2,159,232
Liverpool Docks 3,276,331 3,253,667 -22,664
East Midlands Airport 2,874,147 2,866,348 -7,799
Holyhead 2,992,119 2,496,713 -495,406
Dover 2,573,339 1,433,111 -1,140,228

Quick facts

HS code: 340399

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

Description: Other lubricants not specified in other categories