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 12,851,235
Japan 10,317,939
France 5,611,804
Netherlands 5,580,733
Spain 5,373,950

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 7,440,905 5,410,330 -2,030,575
Japan 4,811,971 5,505,968 +693,997
France 3,046,014 2,565,790 -480,224
Netherlands 2,182,049 3,398,684 +1,216,635
Spain 3,079,363 2,294,587 -784,776
Poland 2,352,784 2,095,696 -257,088
Italy 2,261,658 1,921,224 -340,434
Turkey 1,376,022 1,656,440 +280,418
China 1,387,129 1,361,525 -25,604
Belgium 814,696 1,236,835 +422,139

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 14,945,570
Japan 9,867,382
Spain 6,272,505
France 5,841,920
Poland 4,628,733

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 7,858,035 7,087,535 -770,500
Japan 4,585,440 5,281,942 +696,502
Spain 3,203,755 3,068,750 -135,005
France 3,287,073 2,554,847 -732,226
Poland 2,423,237 2,205,496 -217,741
Italy 1,827,420 1,825,836 -1,584
China 1,935,579 1,446,233 -489,346
Turkey 1,430,968 1,716,233 +285,265
Czechia 925,935 2,126,114 +1,200,179
United States 1,035,105 1,029,211 -5,894

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 35
West Midlands 22
Shropshire and Staffordshire 21
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21
Greater Manchester 19

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 22 -5
West Midlands 15 14 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 15 15 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 16 16 +0
Greater Manchester 9 14 +5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 11 13 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 8 11 +3
West Yorkshire 10 10 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 9 10 +1
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) 30,764,235
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,333,165
Other 5,401,614
Air transport 4,287,317
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) 15,900,022 14,864,213 -1,035,809
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,958,775 12,374,390 +1,415,615
Other 3,462,530 1,939,084 -1,523,446
Air transport 2,181,554 2,105,763 -75,791
Rail transport 539,009 139,684 -399,325
Road transport 138,903 380,584 +241,681

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 15,320,406
Felixstowe 10,267,966
Immingham Docks 9,846,145
Southampton 7,096,261
000 5,401,614

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 7,796,483 7,523,923 -272,560
Felixstowe 5,714,875 4,553,091 -1,161,784
Immingham Docks 5,088,528 4,757,617 -330,911
Southampton 3,186,983 3,909,278 +722,295
000 3,462,530 1,939,084 -1,523,446
Eurotunnel 1,370,735 1,136,941 -233,794
499 25,314 1,842,230 +1,816,916
London 364,994 1,244,446 +879,452
London Heathrow Airport 791,057 713,260 -77,797
London Gateway Port 821,068 493,035 -328,033

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
Other manufacturing 34
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 33
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 32
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 22

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 61
2025-10 69
2025-09 68
2025-08 72
2025-07 68

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+ 174
1m-15m 118
15m-54m 35
Other 21
0-1m 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 5,968,913
United States 5,449,147
Ireland 3,344,966
France 3,343,243
Germany 1,954,062

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 3,293,755 2,675,158 -618,597
United States 3,250,372 2,198,775 -1,051,597
Ireland 1,514,066 1,830,900 +316,834
France 2,639,495 703,748 -1,935,747
Germany 1,035,970 918,092 -117,878
Turkey 712,166 1,008,207 +296,041
Belgium 953,700 708,218 -245,482
United Arab Emirates 740,052 746,065 +6,013
Colombia 1,302,525 2,557 -1,299,968
Australia 542,398 453,930 -88,468

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 113,016
XU 70,919
Poland 14,485
Ireland 6,155
Norway 4,671

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 55,468 57,548 +2,080
XU 32,408 38,511 +6,103
Poland 10,699 3,786 -6,913
Ireland 443 5,712 +5,269
Norway 478 4,193 +3,715
China 2,066 2,221 +155
Pakistan 2,276 1,437 -839
Turkey 749 2,210 +1,461
Italy 255 2,693 +2,438
Germany 1,407 189 -1,218

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 14,147,396
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,487,035
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,741,304
Other 229,978
Road transport 41,390

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 8,081,145 6,066,251 -2,014,894
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,441,573 6,045,462 -1,396,111
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,435,008 3,306,296 -2,128,712
Other 108,220 121,758 +13,538
Road transport 41,390 0 -41,390

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,970,701
London Heathrow Airport 5,313,931
London Gateway Port 4,567,615
Warton Aerodrome 4,206,909
Southampton 2,411,414

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 4,877,583 3,093,118 -1,784,465
London Heathrow Airport 2,933,901 2,380,030 -553,871
London Gateway Port 2,883,394 1,684,221 -1,199,173
Warton Aerodrome 2,143,197 2,063,712 -79,485
Southampton 1,254,687 1,156,727 -97,960
East Midlands Airport 1,149,497 611,423 -538,074
Immingham Docks 915,748 714,143 -201,605
Manchester Airport 968,404 541,539 -426,865
Heysham 532,877 769,927 +237,050
Holyhead 579,337 635,851 +56,514

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