Import/export HS code 340590: Various polishes and cleaning products

All other polishes, creams, and cleaning preparations not listed in specific subcategories

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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 £
Germany 5,985,529
United States 5,817,125
Portugal 2,073,351
France 1,661,564
Japan 1,013,168

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 3,424,198 2,561,331 -862,867
United States 3,083,811 2,733,314 -350,497
Portugal 1,100,649 972,702 -127,947
France 873,002 788,562 -84,440
Japan 433,572 579,596 +146,024
Netherlands 413,940 367,766 -46,174
China 373,420 277,448 -95,972
Norway 1,674 583,086 +581,412
Ireland 436,218 103,972 -332,246
Italy 217,421 267,079 +49,658

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 6,895,253
Germany 3,376,407
China 2,430,611
Portugal 2,324,746
Japan 1,075,641

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 3,592,184 3,303,069 -289,115
Germany 2,073,132 1,303,275 -769,857
China 1,247,278 1,183,333 -63,945
Portugal 1,285,076 1,039,670 -245,406
Japan 462,392 613,249 +150,857
France 388,493 429,476 +40,983
Italy 430,043 311,987 -118,056
Spain 402,507 251,701 -150,806
Norway 0 583,086 +583,086
Denmark 282,285 213,716 -68,569

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 19
Greater Manchester 19
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 11
Inner London - West 11
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 9

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 13 15 +2
Greater Manchester 17 13 -4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 8 5 -3
Inner London - West 9 7 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 7 7 +0
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 7 6 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 4 6 +2
West Yorkshire 6 7 +1
Outer London - West and North West 6 3 -3
Inner London - East 4 5 +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) 8,671,793
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,419,370
Air transport 4,889,073
Other 201,465
Road transport 84,427

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) 5,247,082 3,424,711 -1,822,371
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,779,459 4,639,911 +860,452
Air transport 2,364,152 2,524,921 +160,769
Other 177,946 23,519 -154,427
Road transport 71,905 12,522 -59,383
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 67,583 +67,583

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 3,740,701
Dover 2,056,945
London Heathrow Airport 1,950,802
London Gateway Port 1,905,332
Southampton 1,558,923

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 £
Eurotunnel 2,248,253 1,492,448 -755,805
Dover 1,092,734 964,211 -128,523
London Heathrow Airport 1,151,800 799,002 -352,798
London Gateway Port 858,253 1,047,079 +188,826
Southampton 764,755 794,168 +29,413
Liverpool Docks 692,374 490,894 -201,480
Belfast Port 526,034 586,923 +60,889
Immingham Docks 556,683 399,812 -156,871
London 608,855 316,373 -292,482
Grangemouth Docks 391,409 519,494 +128,085

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 67
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 39
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 26
Other manufacturing 13
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 11

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 48
2025-11 40
2025-10 47
2025-09 34
2025-08 40

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 85
54m+ 58
0-1m 34
15m-54m 25
Other 15

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 £
Italy 3,992,847
France 3,791,431
Germany 3,750,166
Azerbaijan 2,822,164
Ireland 2,691,008

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 £
Italy 2,435,989 1,556,858 -879,131
France 2,090,542 1,700,889 -389,653
Germany 1,865,108 1,885,058 +19,950
Azerbaijan 1,504,353 1,317,811 -186,542
Ireland 1,215,735 1,475,273 +259,538
Poland 1,081,308 488,685 -592,623
Netherlands 775,805 614,178 -161,627
United States 687,508 654,785 -32,723
Sweden 625,114 527,239 -97,875
Turkey 615,111 412,942 -202,169

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 £
United States 182,299
Portugal 103,671
XI 45,002
Spain 6,892
Germany 4,162

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 £
United States 98,170 84,129 -14,041
Portugal 2,857 100,814 +97,957
XI 29,203 15,799 -13,404
Spain 2,593 4,299 +1,706
Germany 2,966 1,196 -1,770
Belgium 3,017 337 -2,680
Netherlands 1,105 943 -162
China 194 255 +61
Nicaragua 149 0 -149
South Korea 0 71 +71

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) 24,776,177
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,238,961
Air transport 4,737,778
Other 593,994
Road transport 42,970

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) 13,958,722 10,817,455 -3,141,267
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,335,135 3,903,826 +568,691
Air transport 2,440,063 2,297,715 -142,348
Other 262,764 331,230 +68,466
Road transport 29,520 13,450 -16,070
Rail transport 0 1,165 +1,165

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,779,394
London Gateway Port 2,779,071
Dover 2,730,468
Immingham Docks 2,577,592
Southampton 2,133,924

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 9,743,961 7,035,433 -2,708,528
London Gateway Port 1,463,125 1,315,946 -147,179
Dover 1,628,721 1,101,747 -526,974
Immingham Docks 1,353,420 1,224,172 -129,248
Southampton 676,994 1,456,930 +779,936
London Heathrow Airport 789,896 1,032,076 +242,180
East Midlands Airport 886,218 679,483 -206,735
Liverpool Docks 525,446 604,696 +79,250
Felixstowe 534,692 436,860 -97,832
Holyhead 401,964 459,095 +57,131

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 340590

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

Description: All other polishes, creams, and cleaning preparations not listed in specific subcategories