Import/export HS code 400911: Rubber tubes and pipes without fittings

Plain rubber tubes and pipes, without any connectors or attachments

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* 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 12,739,238
Japan 10,454,197
Netherlands 5,597,980
France 5,503,407
Spain 5,398,008

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 7,316,276 5,422,962 -1,893,314
Japan 4,879,641 5,574,556 +694,915
Netherlands 2,153,714 3,444,266 +1,290,552
France 2,941,847 2,561,560 -380,287
Spain 3,115,622 2,282,386 -833,236
Poland 2,300,696 2,087,415 -213,281
Italy 2,351,807 1,890,831 -460,976
China 1,383,335 1,692,671 +309,336
Turkey 1,302,179 1,702,845 +400,666
Belgium 809,729 1,331,434 +521,705

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 14,922,272
Japan 9,996,776
Spain 6,415,546
France 5,852,188
Poland 4,579,275

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 7,814,293 7,107,979 -706,314
Japan 4,650,579 5,346,197 +695,618
Spain 3,251,568 3,163,978 -87,590
France 3,257,405 2,594,783 -662,622
Poland 2,383,157 2,196,118 -187,039
Italy 1,918,599 1,803,215 -115,384
China 1,911,368 1,792,504 -118,864
Turkey 1,355,115 1,763,609 +408,494
Czechia 951,238 2,023,484 +1,072,246
United States 959,204 1,043,567 +84,363

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 36
West Midlands 22
Shropshire and Staffordshire 20
Surrey, East and West Sussex 20
Greater Manchester 18

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 27 23 -4
West Midlands 16 12 -4
Shropshire and Staffordshire 14 15 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 15 16 +1
Greater Manchester 8 14 +6
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 11 15 +4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 10 13 +3
West Yorkshire 10 11 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 8 11 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 10 12 +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) 30,758,131
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,947,705
Other 5,168,254
Air transport 4,201,872
Rail transport 678,693

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) 15,991,492 14,766,639 -1,224,853
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,842,807 13,104,898 +2,262,091
Other 3,334,403 1,833,851 -1,500,552
Air transport 2,097,861 2,104,011 +6,150
Rail transport 594,073 84,620 -509,453
Road transport 145,825 421,865 +276,040

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 15,165,137
Felixstowe 10,311,165
Immingham Docks 9,823,699
Southampton 7,112,519
000 5,168,254

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 7,850,625 7,314,512 -536,113
Felixstowe 5,653,285 4,657,880 -995,405
Immingham Docks 5,019,697 4,804,002 -215,695
Southampton 3,230,384 3,882,135 +651,751
000 3,334,403 1,833,851 -1,500,552
Eurotunnel 1,388,545 1,103,292 -285,253
499 25,314 2,282,133 +2,256,819
London 387,112 1,282,250 +895,138
London Gateway Port 826,613 756,731 -69,882
London Heathrow Airport 779,127 702,364 -76,763

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 91
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 34
Other manufacturing 34
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 34
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 23

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 77
2025-11 61
2025-10 69
2025-09 67
2025-08 72

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+ 181
1m-15m 120
15m-54m 36
0-1m 18
Other 18

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 £
Saudi Arabia 6,005,018
United States 5,401,547
Ireland 3,334,853
France 3,014,780
Germany 1,880,646

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 £
Saudi Arabia 3,455,140 2,549,878 -905,262
United States 3,109,310 2,292,237 -817,073
Ireland 1,458,017 1,876,836 +418,819
France 2,361,240 653,540 -1,707,700
Germany 1,026,231 854,415 -171,816
Turkey 731,565 977,246 +245,681
Belgium 981,516 679,243 -302,273
United Arab Emirates 698,688 821,428 +122,740
Colombia 1,302,525 2,557 -1,299,968
Australia 542,398 473,249 -69,149

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 114,270
Poland 14,229
Ireland 5,797
Norway 4,671
China 4,191

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 56,527 57,743 +1,216
Poland 11,021 3,208 -7,813
Ireland 85 5,712 +5,627
Norway 478 4,193 +3,715
China 2,103 2,088 -15
Pakistan 2,096 1,437 -659
Turkey 805 2,278 +1,473
Italy 243 2,693 +2,450
Portugal 172 1,402 +1,230
Nicaragua 551 660 +109

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 14,306,961
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,893,891
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,625,879
Other 228,746
Road transport 28,669

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 8,254,841 6,052,120 -2,202,721
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,973,740 5,920,151 -1,053,589
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,238,821 3,387,058 -1,851,763
Other 107,663 121,083 +13,420
Road transport 28,669 0 -28,669

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,372,087
London Heathrow Airport 5,514,963
London Gateway Port 4,627,106
Warton Aerodrome 4,236,232
Southampton 2,395,419

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 4,379,113 2,992,974 -1,386,139
London Heathrow Airport 2,955,278 2,559,685 -395,593
London Gateway Port 2,862,310 1,764,796 -1,097,514
Warton Aerodrome 2,298,216 1,938,016 -360,200
Southampton 1,258,630 1,136,789 -121,841
East Midlands Airport 1,146,555 570,162 -576,393
Immingham Docks 920,232 676,041 -244,191
Manchester Airport 954,950 512,349 -442,601
Holyhead 585,505 644,508 +59,003
Heysham 475,321 740,120 +264,799

Quick facts

HS code: 400911

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

Description: Plain rubber tubes and pipes, without any connectors or attachments