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 37,558,953
China 29,934,450
United States 19,928,578
France 19,057,082
Poland 17,808,420

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 19,192,446 18,366,507 -825,939
China 13,973,352 15,961,098 +1,987,746
United States 8,799,339 11,129,239 +2,329,900
France 10,154,483 8,902,599 -1,251,884
Poland 10,156,105 7,652,315 -2,503,790
Spain 7,894,677 5,239,431 -2,655,246
Italy 6,535,759 6,228,125 -307,634
Netherlands 5,805,178 5,500,175 -305,003
Ireland 4,101,020 1,884,374 -2,216,646
Tunisia 3,227,990 2,447,409 -780,581

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 34,672,273
China 33,408,525
United States 24,289,652
Poland 19,868,426
Italy 13,691,187

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 17,815,309 16,856,964 -958,345
China 15,821,500 17,587,025 +1,765,525
United States 11,083,998 13,205,654 +2,121,656
Poland 11,101,530 8,766,896 -2,334,634
Italy 6,992,758 6,698,429 -294,329
France 7,183,387 6,131,482 -1,051,905
Spain 3,934,071 3,373,119 -560,952
Tunisia 3,401,816 2,569,247 -832,569
Morocco 4,103,753 1,836,965 -2,266,788
Switzerland 1,577,053 1,672,060 +95,007

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 78
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 55
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 51
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 61 54 -7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 41 36 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 36 32 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 34 38 +4
Inner London - West 27 38 +11
West Midlands 37 36 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 31 31 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 32 29 -3
Greater Manchester 31 22 -9
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 21 22 +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) 108,380,986
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 46,011,551
Air transport 38,560,252
Other 4,981,031
Rail transport 2,685,224

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) 56,684,379 51,696,607 -4,987,772
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,374,106 23,637,445 +1,263,339
Air transport 17,900,985 20,659,267 +2,758,282
Other 3,678,132 1,302,899 -2,375,233
Rail transport 2,351,453 333,771 -2,017,682
Road transport 1,980,193 610,203 -1,369,990

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 42,947,692
Felixstowe 20,604,821
Harwich 14,892,266
Eurotunnel 13,682,476
London Heathrow Airport 12,736,878

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 21,807,342 21,140,350 -666,992
Felixstowe 11,169,051 9,435,770 -1,733,281
Harwich 9,155,250 5,737,016 -3,418,234
Eurotunnel 6,708,279 6,974,197 +265,918
London Heathrow Airport 5,659,003 7,077,875 +1,418,872
East Midlands Airport 6,910,526 5,269,968 -1,640,558
London 6,627,850 4,000,774 -2,627,076
Immingham Docks 4,533,467 4,332,216 -201,251
Southampton 3,159,495 3,470,104 +310,609
Purfleet 3,069,042 3,309,644 +240,602

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 257
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 79
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 61
Other manufacturing 59
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 54

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 199
2025-11 215
2025-10 213
2025-09 201
2025-08 200

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+ 460
1m-15m 287
15m-54m 106
Other 76
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 39,872,959
France 21,509,684
Germany 17,898,651
Netherlands 16,141,063
Ireland 15,304,389

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 21,596,716 18,276,243 -3,320,473
France 10,655,097 10,854,587 +199,490
Germany 9,478,253 8,420,398 -1,057,855
Netherlands 8,057,999 8,083,064 +25,065
Ireland 7,371,092 7,933,297 +562,205
India 7,189,038 6,479,335 -709,703
China 5,732,503 5,877,683 +145,180
Brazil 5,919,047 3,405,732 -2,513,315
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,172,250 3,691,839 -480,411
Sweden 3,819,892 3,215,636 -604,256

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 5,488,252
China 1,887,046
Ireland 388,821
Italy 121,872
Poland 72,603

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 2,772,941 2,715,311 -57,630
China 691,568 1,195,478 +503,910
Ireland 199,813 189,008 -10,805
Italy 96,202 25,670 -70,532
Poland 37,593 35,010 -2,583
Spain 16,562 3,819 -12,743
Germany 2,148 5,358 +3,210
Sweden 4,742 1,495 -3,247
Taiwan 171 5,801 +5,630
United States 1,988 1,544 -444

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 88,758,096
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 84,519,462
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 67,340,438
Other 8,068,856
Road transport 202,278

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 45,824,494 42,933,602 -2,890,892
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 40,759,366 43,760,096 +3,000,730
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,815,117 24,525,321 -18,289,796
Other 3,861,047 4,207,809 +346,762
Road transport 202,278 0 -202,278

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 58,217,871
London Heathrow Airport 53,856,351
London Gateway Port 22,394,295
East Midlands Airport 13,371,115
Immingham Docks 10,225,837

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 29,624,521 28,593,350 -1,031,171
London Heathrow Airport 27,407,655 26,448,696 -958,959
London Gateway Port 16,187,790 6,206,505 -9,981,285
East Midlands Airport 7,077,690 6,293,425 -784,265
Immingham Docks 4,453,652 5,772,185 +1,318,533
Southampton 3,394,221 6,746,648 +3,352,427
Liverpool Docks 4,998,508 4,489,087 -509,421
Felixstowe 4,666,372 4,587,135 -79,237
000 3,861,047 4,207,809 +346,762
ZLC 4,251,042 3,216,961 -1,034,081

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