Import/export HS code 391733: Non-reinforced plastic tubes, pipes, and hoses with fittings

Plastic tubes, pipes, and hoses without reinforcement but with connectors

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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 £
India 22,271,672
Germany 16,322,714
France 11,683,565
Ireland 11,314,877
Poland 9,880,088

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 £
India 210,910 22,060,762 +21,849,852
Germany 10,222,217 6,100,497 -4,121,720
France 5,740,854 5,942,711 +201,857
Ireland 6,185,735 5,129,142 -1,056,593
Poland 5,334,197 4,545,891 -788,306
Netherlands 4,924,050 4,219,530 -704,520
China 3,688,735 3,299,515 -389,220
United States 2,412,215 2,515,418 +103,203
Slovakia 1,764,262 1,780,864 +16,602
Belgium 1,321,536 1,152,313 -169,223

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 £
India 22,267,631
Poland 10,072,586
China 9,678,314
Ireland 8,282,386
United States 7,901,709

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 £
India 207,764 22,059,867 +21,852,103
Poland 5,428,596 4,643,990 -784,606
China 4,796,044 4,882,270 +86,226
Ireland 4,571,807 3,710,579 -861,228
United States 3,787,359 4,114,350 +326,991
Germany 3,690,732 3,465,367 -225,365
France 3,206,140 2,627,673 -578,467
Dominican Republic 4,364,853 1,251,541 -3,113,312
Netherlands 3,054,582 2,378,294 -676,288
Slovakia 1,921,407 1,795,777 -125,630

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 41
Surrey, East and West Sussex 31
Inner London - West 23
Greater Manchester 22
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 21

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 31 30 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 16 25 +9
Inner London - West 11 16 +5
Greater Manchester 18 16 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14 16 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 17 12 -5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 10 15 +5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 17 7 -10
West Midlands 14 14 +0
Essex 10 10 +0

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) 61,575,579
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,877,048
Air transport 14,423,354
Other 10,637,506
Road transport 831,120

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) 33,814,799 27,760,780 -6,054,019
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,180,549 18,696,499 +13,515,950
Air transport 7,441,566 6,981,788 -459,778
Other 1,633,369 9,004,137 +7,370,768
Road transport 551,717 279,403 -272,314
Rail transport 233,884 76,203 -157,681

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 25,538,040
499 14,354,961
000 10,637,506
Eurotunnel 8,386,803
Harwich 6,972,550

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 13,716,958 11,821,082 -1,895,876
499 309,754 14,045,207 +13,735,453
000 1,633,369 9,004,137 +7,370,768
Eurotunnel 3,770,540 4,616,263 +845,723
Harwich 4,261,629 2,710,921 -1,550,708
Holyhead 3,369,709 3,073,082 -296,627
Felixstowe 3,290,627 2,443,833 -846,794
East Midlands Airport 2,630,927 2,599,650 -31,277
Immingham Docks 2,737,912 1,435,326 -1,302,586
London Heathrow Airport 1,776,579 2,196,153 +419,574

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 110
Other manufacturing 37
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 33
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 24
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 22

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 90
2025-10 92
2025-09 88
2025-08 86
2025-07 94

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+ 249
1m-15m 86
15m-54m 39
Other 36
0-1m 8

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 £
Ireland 26,884,530
United States 19,995,716
Switzerland 9,420,179
Denmark 8,731,757
Italy 8,322,105

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 £
Ireland 12,844,619 14,039,911 +1,195,292
United States 11,234,275 8,761,441 -2,472,834
Switzerland 3,454,017 5,966,162 +2,512,145
Denmark 3,679,506 5,052,251 +1,372,745
Italy 4,026,315 4,295,790 +269,475
Netherlands 2,923,817 4,701,864 +1,778,047
Germany 5,093,776 2,392,886 -2,700,890
France 3,514,371 3,906,489 +392,118
China 2,483,071 2,826,605 +343,534
Iceland 1,169,819 1,460,342 +290,523

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 926,559
Ireland 569,415
Spain 537,802
XU 79,907
XI 66,432

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 442,022 484,537 +42,515
Ireland 0 569,415 +569,415
Spain 537,521 281 -537,240
XU 37,206 42,701 +5,495
XI 37,984 28,448 -9,536
Italy 53,283 0 -53,283
China 24,561 16,522 -8,039
United States 4,236 6,832 +2,596
Poland 3,678 3,334 -344
Taiwan 2,422 2,587 +165

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) 65,462,435
Air transport 48,698,583
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,255,375
Other 2,301,313
Road transport 854,388

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) 28,691,736 36,770,699 +8,078,963
Air transport 25,301,968 23,396,615 -1,905,353
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,177,524 5,077,851 -2,099,673
Other 1,146,141 1,155,172 +9,031
Road transport 854,388 0 -854,388

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 32,559,012
London Heathrow Airport 27,307,122
Holyhead 13,991,291
ZLC 9,573,182
East Midlands Airport 9,466,156

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 14,188,322 18,370,690 +4,182,368
London Heathrow Airport 14,861,280 12,445,842 -2,415,438
Holyhead 6,839,432 7,151,859 +312,427
ZLC 4,473,958 5,099,224 +625,266
East Midlands Airport 5,064,231 4,401,925 -662,306
Immingham Docks 3,892,831 4,623,201 +730,370
Dover 3,249,193 4,574,368 +1,325,175
London Gateway Port 2,329,388 1,546,128 -783,260
000 1,146,141 1,155,172 +9,031
Southampton 916,857 1,313,129 +396,272

Quick facts

HS code: 391733

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

Description: Plastic tubes, pipes, and hoses without reinforcement but with connectors