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 33,265,266
Netherlands 26,968,359
United States 21,386,378
Belgium 19,349,875
France 10,561,370

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 16,809,549 16,455,717 -353,832
Netherlands 14,880,916 12,087,443 -2,793,473
United States 11,212,762 10,173,616 -1,039,146
Belgium 9,406,602 9,943,273 +536,671
France 5,455,449 5,105,921 -349,528
Spain 2,197,004 2,181,070 -15,934
Switzerland 2,841,483 1,315,295 -1,526,188
Japan 1,625,625 1,014,214 -611,411
Italy 1,033,969 1,501,893 +467,924
China 927,662 941,300 +13,638

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 50,682,003
Germany 26,426,688
Belgium 12,387,467
Netherlands 10,124,591
France 9,997,988

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 27,355,061 23,326,942 -4,028,119
Germany 13,872,704 12,553,984 -1,318,720
Belgium 6,475,743 5,911,724 -564,019
Netherlands 5,225,409 4,899,182 -326,227
France 4,904,663 5,093,325 +188,662
Spain 2,324,984 2,195,893 -129,091
Japan 2,263,885 1,682,045 -581,840
Italy 1,017,881 1,863,391 +845,510
Switzerland 1,428,346 1,279,715 -148,631
China 1,066,675 1,073,460 +6,785

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 56
Inner London - West 47
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 48 34 -14
Inner London - West 31 35 +4
Greater Manchester 40 33 -7
West Midlands 28 29 +1
West Yorkshire 27 26 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22 25 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 24 22 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 28 26 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 23 17 -6
Shropshire and Staffordshire 23 20 -3

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) 75,525,539
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,670,969
Air transport 21,235,012
Other 9,981,464
Road transport 1,493,679

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) 38,769,824 36,755,715 -2,014,109
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,708,774 12,962,195 -1,746,579
Air transport 10,980,705 10,254,307 -726,398
Other 6,132,816 3,848,648 -2,284,168
Road transport 479,466 1,014,213 +534,747
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 25,467,029
Immingham Docks 19,162,524
Eurotunnel 14,571,958
000 9,981,464
Felixstowe 9,106,598

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 12,681,350 12,785,679 +104,329
Immingham Docks 9,287,591 9,874,933 +587,342
Eurotunnel 8,187,192 6,384,766 -1,802,426
000 6,132,816 3,848,648 -2,284,168
Felixstowe 5,022,739 4,083,859 -938,880
Southampton 3,100,227 3,638,089 +537,862
London 2,764,234 2,668,068 -96,166
East Midlands Airport 2,529,608 2,771,640 +242,032
Birmingham Airport 2,738,512 2,510,255 -228,257
London Heathrow Airport 2,764,052 2,079,855 -684,197

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 201
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 52
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 51
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
2026-01 163
2025-11 166
2025-10 185
2025-09 173
2025-08 154

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+ 370
1m-15m 195
Other 77
15m-54m 68
0-1m 51

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 16,025,818
United States 8,981,361
Ireland 8,446,256
Israel 8,417,316
China 7,982,512

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 7,245,355 8,780,463 +1,535,108
United States 4,617,907 4,363,454 -254,453
Ireland 4,390,677 4,055,579 -335,098
Israel 982,433 7,434,883 +6,452,450
China 4,368,138 3,614,374 -753,764
Belgium 3,709,008 3,793,054 +84,046
United Arab Emirates 4,261,520 3,132,880 -1,128,640
France 4,025,468 3,283,604 -741,864
Netherlands 3,438,780 3,338,572 -100,208
Singapore 3,080,174 3,206,107 +125,933

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 279,240
Ireland 145,030
XI 92,005
Austria 55,023
China 53,622

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 145,271 133,969 -11,302
Ireland 63,819 81,211 +17,392
XI 37,701 54,304 +16,603
Austria 16,043 38,980 +22,937
China 18,967 34,655 +15,688
Netherlands 19,826 17,527 -2,299
France 12,856 10,281 -2,575
Italy 2,783 1,225 -1,558
Belgium 939 2,672 +1,733
Spain 0 1,291 +1,291

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) 70,209,154
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 54,633,397
Air transport 35,075,451
Other 916,901
Road transport 75,676

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) 34,812,251 35,396,903 +584,652
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,454,635 23,178,762 -8,275,873
Air transport 12,895,767 22,179,684 +9,283,917
Other 456,887 460,014 +3,127
Road transport 57,621 18,055 -39,566

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 44,197,985
London Gateway Port 23,938,380
London Heathrow Airport 20,921,686
Immingham Docks 15,881,208
Southampton 11,049,776

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 22,858,486 21,339,499 -1,518,987
London Gateway Port 12,519,835 11,418,545 -1,101,290
London Heathrow Airport 6,346,568 14,575,118 +8,228,550
Immingham Docks 7,042,932 8,838,276 +1,795,344
Southampton 6,172,499 4,877,277 -1,295,222
Felixstowe 5,240,629 3,276,567 -1,964,062
Liverpool Docks 3,399,664 2,968,986 -430,678
East Midlands Airport 2,881,833 2,853,540 -28,293
Holyhead 2,875,092 2,526,909 -348,183
Dover 2,299,419 1,419,795 -879,624

Quick facts

HS code: 340399

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

Description: Other lubricants not specified in other categories