Import/export HS code 391732: Non-reinforced plastic tubes, pipes, and hoses without fittings

Plastic tubes, pipes, and hoses without reinforcement or additional materials, and no connectors

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 £
Germany 33,631,175
United States 24,756,194
Czechia 21,734,070
France 9,159,814
China 8,995,526

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 15,627,835 18,003,340 +2,375,505
United States 10,938,548 13,817,646 +2,879,098
Czechia 10,704,736 11,029,334 +324,598
France 4,136,618 5,023,196 +886,578
China 5,304,759 3,690,767 -1,613,992
Poland 4,368,251 3,965,303 -402,948
Belgium 3,606,514 3,883,120 +276,606
Netherlands 3,740,593 2,829,221 -911,372
Sweden 4,401,934 1,834,911 -2,567,023
Italy 2,681,583 2,827,751 +146,168

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 27,018,316
Czechia 23,767,044
Germany 22,607,179
China 10,857,882
Sweden 7,636,176

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 12,113,141 14,905,175 +2,792,034
Czechia 11,692,021 12,075,023 +383,002
Germany 10,970,519 11,636,660 +666,141
China 6,062,775 4,795,107 -1,267,668
Sweden 5,154,273 2,481,903 -2,672,370
Poland 3,490,230 3,159,754 -330,476
France 2,569,429 4,018,594 +1,449,165
Belgium 2,934,612 3,377,291 +442,679
Italy 2,516,250 2,475,792 -40,458
Ireland 2,755,442 1,871,025 -884,417

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 63
Surrey, East and West Sussex 52
Greater Manchester 45
Inner London - West 41
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 35

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 43 46 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 35 35 +0
Greater Manchester 33 32 -1
Inner London - West 22 32 +10
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 26 28 +2
West Midlands 23 20 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 20 24 +4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 17 22 +5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 19 15 -4
West Yorkshire 18 15 -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) 85,948,835
Air transport 36,696,870
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,859,604
Other 10,667,589
Road transport 1,406,305

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) 44,383,083 41,565,752 -2,817,331
Air transport 17,403,617 19,293,253 +1,889,636
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,711,931 10,147,673 -1,564,258
Other 4,782,536 5,885,053 +1,102,517
Road transport 549,885 856,420 +306,535
Rail transport 7,423 15,031 +7,608

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 42,746,692
Eurotunnel 20,325,930
East Midlands Airport 11,686,140
000 10,667,589
Felixstowe 9,582,066

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 20,707,930 22,038,762 +1,330,832
Eurotunnel 9,936,830 10,389,100 +452,270
East Midlands Airport 6,165,161 5,520,979 -644,182
000 4,782,536 5,885,053 +1,102,517
Felixstowe 5,487,791 4,094,275 -1,393,516
Manchester Airport 3,398,548 5,338,763 +1,940,215
London Heathrow Airport 3,517,167 3,335,423 -181,744
Immingham Docks 3,826,325 2,844,376 -981,949
Southampton 2,163,104 2,216,292 +53,188
Hull 2,993,772 1,281,040 -1,712,732

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 176
Other manufacturing 75
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 53
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 48
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 35

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 146
2025-11 137
2025-10 158
2025-09 169
2025-08 136

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+ 353
1m-15m 244
15m-54m 76
Other 54
0-1m 24

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 £
United States 32,222,401
Poland 32,199,055
Hungary 22,469,191
France 15,188,980
Germany 13,581,854

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 £
United States 15,799,533 16,422,868 +623,335
Poland 16,466,172 15,732,883 -733,289
Hungary 11,794,634 10,674,557 -1,120,077
France 7,441,560 7,747,420 +305,860
Germany 7,049,605 6,532,249 -517,356
China 7,793,243 3,133,237 -4,660,006
Ireland 4,702,358 4,890,836 +188,478
Netherlands 3,512,258 3,747,673 +235,415
India 4,912,765 2,309,661 -2,603,104
Italy 2,561,888 2,536,671 -25,217

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 2,931,914
Poland 678,786
Germany 563,606
United States 245,385
Denmark 119,636

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 1,402,854 1,529,060 +126,206
Poland 338,847 339,939 +1,092
Germany 268,916 294,690 +25,774
United States 189,557 55,828 -133,729
Denmark 67,311 52,325 -14,986
Ireland 27,495 27,507 +12
Nicaragua 36,222 1,229 -34,993
China 18,334 14,125 -4,209
France 77 26,427 +26,350
Italy 17,141 7,086 -10,055

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) 111,407,855
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 47,747,327
Air transport 44,526,332
Other 5,214,475
Road transport 124,368

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) 54,660,296 56,747,559 +2,087,263
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,456,208 21,291,119 -5,165,089
Air transport 24,524,696 20,001,636 -4,523,060
Other 2,670,299 2,544,176 -126,123
Road transport 124,368 0 -124,368

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 93,962,074
London Heathrow Airport 22,707,186
London Gateway Port 19,020,675
East Midlands Airport 12,570,049
Southampton 10,126,241

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 47,301,222 46,660,852 -640,370
London Heathrow Airport 11,815,986 10,891,200 -924,786
London Gateway Port 11,388,295 7,632,380 -3,755,915
East Midlands Airport 7,853,450 4,716,599 -3,136,851
Southampton 4,888,375 5,237,866 +349,491
Dover 3,379,211 4,436,275 +1,057,064
Liverpool Docks 3,232,533 4,067,701 +835,168
Felixstowe 5,351,710 1,688,138 -3,663,572
000 2,670,299 2,544,176 -126,123
ZLC 1,970,403 1,858,421 -111,982

Quick facts

HS code: 391732

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

Description: Plastic tubes, pipes, and hoses without reinforcement or additional materials, and no connectors