Import/export HS code 391739: Various plastic tubes, pipes, and hoses

Other types of plastic tubes, pipes, and hoses not listed elsewhere

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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 37,770,423
China 29,029,388
United States 20,460,323
France 19,274,989
Poland 17,885,682

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 19,586,286 18,184,137 -1,402,149
China 13,657,296 15,372,092 +1,714,796
United States 9,489,485 10,970,838 +1,481,353
France 10,086,017 9,188,972 -897,045
Poland 10,373,970 7,511,712 -2,862,258
Spain 8,151,298 5,461,790 -2,689,508
Italy 6,708,155 5,950,367 -757,788
Netherlands 6,106,251 5,374,205 -732,046
Ireland 4,050,740 2,090,700 -1,960,040
Tunisia 3,203,851 2,425,554 -778,297

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 £
Germany 34,904,197
China 32,568,783
United States 24,402,602
Poland 19,955,926
Italy 13,827,495

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 £
Germany 18,133,256 16,770,941 -1,362,315
China 15,566,256 17,002,527 +1,436,271
United States 11,470,205 12,932,397 +1,462,192
Poland 11,390,045 8,565,881 -2,824,164
Italy 7,233,056 6,594,439 -638,617
France 7,156,607 6,340,168 -816,439
Spain 4,102,700 3,317,900 -784,800
Morocco 4,185,938 2,098,531 -2,087,407
Tunisia 3,361,900 2,554,928 -806,972
Switzerland 1,612,632 1,653,569 +40,937

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 79
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 54
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 52
Surrey, East and West Sussex 50
Inner London - West 49

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 63 52 -11
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 38 37 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 38 32 -6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 34 37 +3
Inner London - West 27 38 +11
West Midlands 36 36 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 30 31 +1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 32 29 -3
Greater Manchester 28 24 -4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 22 22 +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) 109,659,291
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 45,412,946
Air transport 38,710,145
Other 5,075,619
Road transport 2,752,877

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) 57,621,324 52,037,967 -5,583,357
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,687,782 22,725,164 +37,382
Air transport 18,199,567 20,510,578 +2,311,011
Other 3,618,957 1,456,662 -2,162,295
Road transport 2,455,268 297,609 -2,157,659
Rail transport 2,119,371 560,940 -1,558,431

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 43,201,729
Felixstowe 20,409,919
Harwich 15,458,083
Eurotunnel 13,641,920
London Heathrow Airport 12,894,659

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 22,038,669 21,163,060 -875,609
Felixstowe 11,091,915 9,318,004 -1,773,911
Harwich 9,693,121 5,764,962 -3,928,159
Eurotunnel 6,679,941 6,961,979 +282,038
London Heathrow Airport 5,691,499 7,203,160 +1,511,661
East Midlands Airport 7,112,045 5,223,809 -1,888,236
London 6,517,816 4,344,932 -2,172,884
Immingham Docks 4,723,043 4,072,554 -650,489
Southampton 3,452,133 3,463,610 +11,477
Purfleet 3,066,627 3,384,949 +318,322

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 254
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 79
Other manufacturing 64
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 61
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 57

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 215
2025-10 213
2025-09 201
2025-08 200
2025-07 210

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+ 470
1m-15m 285
15m-54m 101
Other 75
0-1m 48

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 40,226,312
France 20,982,486
Germany 17,839,521
Netherlands 16,456,339
Ireland 15,154,165

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 21,089,970 19,136,342 -1,953,628
France 10,321,672 10,660,814 +339,142
Germany 8,978,278 8,861,243 -117,035
Netherlands 8,404,228 8,052,111 -352,117
Ireland 7,252,011 7,902,154 +650,143
India 7,121,130 6,472,141 -648,989
China 5,628,597 6,010,114 +381,517
Brazil 5,914,910 3,393,209 -2,521,701
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,113,335 3,627,887 -485,448
Sweden 3,899,780 3,320,848 -578,932

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 5,624,997
China 1,887,605
Ireland 389,813
Italy 122,111
Poland 73,514

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 2,900,287 2,724,710 -175,577
China 591,849 1,295,756 +703,907
Ireland 199,722 190,091 -9,631
Italy 96,325 25,786 -70,539
Poland 35,679 37,835 +2,156
XU 34,326 32,918 -1,408
Spain 16,570 4,182 -12,388
Germany 2,136 5,370 +3,234
Sweden 4,742 1,495 -3,247
Taiwan 165 5,815 +5,650

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 88,145,343
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 83,699,490
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 69,059,658
Other 8,213,494
Road transport 328,101

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 £
Air transport 45,122,758 43,022,585 -2,100,173
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 40,349,405 43,350,085 +3,000,680
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,483,785 26,575,873 -15,907,912
Other 3,885,545 4,327,949 +442,404
Road transport 328,101 0 -328,101

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 57,915,711
London Heathrow Airport 53,522,666
London Gateway Port 22,348,798
East Midlands Airport 13,214,763
Southampton 10,339,924

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 29,452,773 28,462,938 -989,835
London Heathrow Airport 26,982,186 26,540,480 -441,706
London Gateway Port 16,005,539 6,343,259 -9,662,280
East Midlands Airport 7,169,411 6,045,352 -1,124,059
Southampton 3,736,506 6,603,418 +2,866,912
Immingham Docks 4,466,917 5,696,958 +1,230,041
Felixstowe 5,416,820 4,417,872 -998,948
Liverpool Docks 4,539,220 4,781,750 +242,530
000 3,885,545 4,327,949 +442,404
ZLC 4,222,371 3,377,937 -844,434

Quick facts

HS code: 391739

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

Description: Other types of plastic tubes, pipes, and hoses not listed elsewhere