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 35,946,735
China 28,685,277
United States 18,884,126
France 18,082,979
Poland 16,689,385

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 19,049,275 16,897,460 -2,151,815
China 14,314,761 14,370,516 +55,755
United States 8,180,796 10,703,330 +2,522,534
France 10,165,430 7,917,549 -2,247,881
Poland 9,834,659 6,854,726 -2,979,933
Spain 7,745,791 4,666,946 -3,078,845
Italy 6,618,006 5,610,359 -1,007,647
Netherlands 5,771,016 4,952,676 -818,340
Ireland 4,302,955 1,502,563 -2,800,392
Tunisia 3,249,331 2,083,217 -1,166,114

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 33,264,667
China 31,980,006
United States 23,097,347
Poland 18,636,926
Italy 13,064,315

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 17,879,828 15,384,839 -2,494,989
China 16,130,147 15,849,859 -280,288
United States 10,456,370 12,640,977 +2,184,607
Poland 10,751,599 7,885,327 -2,866,272
Italy 6,972,914 6,091,401 -881,513
France 6,901,701 5,579,321 -1,322,380
Spain 3,887,941 3,060,507 -827,434
Morocco 4,043,151 1,522,036 -2,521,115
Tunisia 3,331,678 2,198,566 -1,133,112
India 1,674,570 1,420,044 -254,526

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 77
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 54
Surrey, East and West Sussex 50
Inner London - West 49
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 48

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 60 53 -7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 40 36 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 37 37 +0
Inner London - West 28 36 +8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 35 31 -4
West Midlands 37 36 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 30 29 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 30 29 -1
Greater Manchester 32 22 -10
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 20 22 +2

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) 103,116,536
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 43,881,450
Air transport 36,737,057
Other 4,815,434
Rail transport 2,651,695

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) 56,527,683 46,588,853 -9,938,830
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,470,172 21,411,278 -1,058,894
Air transport 17,165,387 19,571,670 +2,406,283
Other 3,868,136 947,298 -2,920,838
Rail transport 2,569,397 82,298 -2,487,099
Road transport 1,476,988 589,391 -887,597

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 40,741,437
Felixstowe 19,515,869
Harwich 13,768,107
Eurotunnel 13,154,440
London Heathrow Airport 12,023,757

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 21,793,217 18,948,220 -2,844,997
Felixstowe 10,928,019 8,587,850 -2,340,169
Harwich 8,717,879 5,050,228 -3,667,651
Eurotunnel 6,754,710 6,399,730 -354,980
London Heathrow Airport 5,316,635 6,707,122 +1,390,487
East Midlands Airport 6,503,811 5,050,459 -1,453,352
London 6,894,028 3,299,785 -3,594,243
Immingham Docks 4,287,223 3,962,981 -324,242
Southampton 3,689,096 2,771,993 -917,103
Purfleet 3,115,600 3,043,045 -72,555

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. 77
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 60
Other manufacturing 59
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 53

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+ 454
1m-15m 280
15m-54m 104
Other 73
0-1m 45

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 37,899,252
France 20,267,653
Germany 17,230,708
Netherlands 15,342,900
Ireland 14,580,335

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 20,788,421 17,110,831 -3,677,590
France 10,363,673 9,903,980 -459,693
Germany 9,510,770 7,719,938 -1,790,832
Netherlands 7,975,359 7,367,541 -607,818
Ireland 7,404,538 7,175,797 -228,741
India 7,273,479 5,878,066 -1,395,413
China 5,899,540 5,462,938 -436,602
Brazil 5,906,605 3,363,448 -2,543,157
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,966,244 3,532,051 -434,193
Sweden 3,711,530 2,944,132 -767,398

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 5,195,755
China 1,885,932
Ireland 376,044
Italy 121,713
Poland 62,186

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 2,713,390 2,482,365 -231,025
China 801,408 1,084,524 +283,116
Ireland 204,118 171,926 -32,192
Italy 96,158 25,555 -70,603
Poland 33,688 28,498 -5,190
Spain 16,643 3,310 -13,333
Germany 2,154 5,352 +3,198
Taiwan 1,403 4,569 +3,166
Sweden 3,420 1,495 -1,925
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 85,504,135
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 80,916,806
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 64,100,857
Other 7,746,999
Road transport 38,220

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 45,794,511 39,709,624 -6,084,887
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 41,051,530 39,865,276 -1,186,254
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 41,688,175 22,412,682 -19,275,493
Other 3,911,949 3,835,050 -76,899
Road transport 38,220 0 -38,220

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 55,493,310
London Heathrow Airport 52,210,739
London Gateway Port 21,501,621
East Midlands Airport 12,822,024
Southampton 9,859,693

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 29,333,555 26,159,755 -3,173,800
London Heathrow Airport 27,696,083 24,514,656 -3,181,427
London Gateway Port 15,783,688 5,717,933 -10,065,755
East Midlands Airport 7,002,238 5,819,786 -1,182,452
Southampton 3,299,986 6,559,707 +3,259,721
Immingham Docks 4,552,374 5,281,125 +728,751
Felixstowe 4,954,495 3,785,011 -1,169,484
Liverpool Docks 4,581,074 4,100,160 -480,914
000 3,911,949 3,835,050 -76,899
ZLC 4,041,736 2,904,259 -1,137,477

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