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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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
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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 22,289,033
Germany 16,105,372
France 11,747,191
Ireland 11,259,279
Poland 9,816,341

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 186,422 22,102,611 +21,916,189
Germany 10,344,202 5,761,170 -4,583,032
France 5,651,603 6,095,588 +443,985
Ireland 6,074,937 5,184,342 -890,595
Poland 5,308,722 4,507,619 -801,103
Netherlands 5,014,630 4,011,486 -1,003,144
China 3,728,730 3,418,612 -310,118
United States 2,375,198 2,592,770 +217,572
Slovakia 1,799,721 1,751,316 -48,405
Belgium 1,263,399 1,163,561 -99,838

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 22,284,992
Poland 10,047,042
China 9,950,549
Ireland 8,271,371
United States 7,944,708

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 183,276 22,101,716 +21,918,440
Poland 5,425,576 4,621,466 -804,110
China 4,960,989 4,989,560 +28,571
Ireland 4,492,437 3,778,934 -713,503
United States 3,784,124 4,160,584 +376,460
Germany 3,609,254 3,559,309 -49,945
France 3,105,412 2,734,319 -371,093
Dominican Republic 4,651,253 746,195 -3,905,058
Netherlands 2,928,318 2,363,169 -565,149
Slovakia 1,934,782 1,770,111 -164,671

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 30
Inner London - West 23
Greater Manchester 22
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 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 28 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 17 24 +7
Inner London - West 13 15 +2
Greater Manchester 18 16 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 17 13 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 16 16 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 16 9 -7
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 8 15 +7
West Midlands 15 14 -1
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) 61,423,106
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,954,729
Air transport 14,526,038
Other 10,564,622
Road transport 804,032

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) 34,151,358 27,271,748 -6,879,610
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,062,034 18,892,695 +13,830,661
Air transport 7,311,944 7,214,094 -97,850
Other 1,643,670 8,920,952 +7,277,282
Road transport 492,986 311,046 -181,940
Rail transport 222,287 75,296 -146,991

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 25,601,664
499 14,369,283
000 10,564,622
Eurotunnel 8,633,276
Harwich 6,667,868

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 14,064,777 11,536,887 -2,527,890
499 251,882 14,117,401 +13,865,519
000 1,643,670 8,920,952 +7,277,282
Eurotunnel 3,828,194 4,805,082 +976,888
Harwich 4,069,977 2,597,891 -1,472,086
Holyhead 3,272,856 3,097,396 -175,460
Felixstowe 3,252,366 2,481,242 -771,124
East Midlands Airport 2,602,126 2,680,269 +78,143
Immingham Docks 2,917,360 1,360,908 -1,556,452
London Heathrow Airport 1,685,840 2,325,878 +640,038

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 111
Other manufacturing 36
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 33
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 23
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 22

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 83
2025-11 90
2025-10 92
2025-09 88
2025-08 86

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+ 245
1m-15m 88
15m-54m 39
Other 35
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 26,618,964
United States 20,038,042
Switzerland 9,799,056
Denmark 8,915,728
Italy 8,355,035

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 12,376,453 14,242,511 +1,866,058
United States 11,182,455 8,855,587 -2,326,868
Switzerland 3,538,470 6,260,586 +2,722,116
Denmark 3,889,659 5,026,069 +1,136,410
Italy 4,012,644 4,342,391 +329,747
Germany 5,042,979 2,645,207 -2,397,772
France 3,444,231 4,074,123 +629,892
Netherlands 2,944,273 4,556,592 +1,612,319
China 2,386,874 3,162,376 +775,502
Spain 778,298 1,843,818 +1,065,520

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 970,922
Ireland 572,497
Spain 466,449
XI 63,265
Italy 53,283

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 492,263 478,659 -13,604
Ireland 0 572,497 +572,497
Spain 466,232 217 -466,015
XI 37,277 25,988 -11,289
Italy 53,283 0 -53,283
China 25,255 14,854 -10,401
United States 4,175 6,832 +2,657
Poland 3,883 3,129 -754
Taiwan 2,377 2,488 +111
Romania 1,571 0 -1,571

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) 65,953,854
Air transport 49,001,574
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,670,309
Other 2,270,320
Road transport 584,341

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) 28,660,217 37,293,637 +8,633,420
Air transport 25,931,205 23,070,369 -2,860,836
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,416,005 5,254,304 -1,161,701
Other 1,123,992 1,146,328 +22,336
Road transport 584,341 0 -584,341

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 32,816,683
London Heathrow Airport 27,146,441
Holyhead 14,061,960
ZLC 9,729,121
East Midlands Airport 9,549,812

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 14,244,253 18,572,430 +4,328,177
London Heathrow Airport 15,304,534 11,841,907 -3,462,627
Holyhead 6,552,762 7,509,198 +956,436
ZLC 4,437,973 5,291,148 +853,175
East Midlands Airport 5,096,452 4,453,360 -643,092
Immingham Docks 4,065,001 4,774,808 +709,807
Dover 3,208,718 4,674,444 +1,465,726
London Gateway Port 1,997,203 1,559,297 -437,906
Southampton 962,028 1,470,460 +508,432
000 1,123,992 1,146,328 +22,336

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