Import/export HS code 4010: Rubber conveyor or transmission belts

Belts made of vulcanized rubber, used for moving or transmitting power in machines and equipment

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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 43,621,288
Italy 33,519,062
China 18,398,343
India 11,104,003
Netherlands 10,116,507

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 23,075,042 20,546,246 -2,528,796
Italy 15,688,988 17,830,074 +2,141,086
China 9,417,324 8,981,019 -436,305
India 5,522,739 5,581,264 +58,525
Netherlands 5,728,423 4,388,084 -1,340,339
Belgium 4,003,584 2,280,960 -1,722,624
France 3,397,441 2,616,421 -781,020
Spain 2,470,012 1,765,486 -704,526
Hungary 3,070,853 1,158,812 -1,912,041
Sweden 1,809,987 1,885,645 +75,658

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 £
Italy 37,886,110
Germany 31,884,555
China 22,386,993
India 11,932,610
Spain 8,455,815

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 £
Italy 16,525,697 21,360,413 +4,834,716
Germany 18,147,559 13,736,996 -4,410,563
China 11,542,258 10,844,735 -697,523
India 5,939,316 5,993,294 +53,978
Spain 4,541,235 3,914,580 -626,655
Romania 3,692,815 3,519,553 -173,262
United States 4,275,238 2,254,626 -2,020,612
Hungary 3,168,724 1,169,199 -1,999,525
Netherlands 2,207,122 2,102,944 -104,178
Japan 2,201,892 2,089,120 -112,772

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 61
West Yorkshire 57
West Midlands 49
Surrey, East and West Sussex 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 54 63 +9
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 47 42 -5
West Yorkshire 42 40 -2
West Midlands 40 33 -7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 33 35 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 37 33 -4
Inner London - West 32 34 +2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 28 33 +5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 30 31 +1
Greater Manchester 29 30 +1

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 71,235,373
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 69,301,214
Air transport 20,768,764
Other 2,439,152
Rail transport 1,434,157

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 36,833,668 34,401,705 -2,431,963
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 37,448,954 31,852,260 -5,596,694
Air transport 10,367,176 10,401,588 +34,412
Other 1,347,297 1,091,855 -255,442
Rail transport 552,505 881,652 +329,147
Road transport 252,243 294,057 +41,814

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 30,214,350
Dover 28,680,876
London 26,991,023
Eurotunnel 11,276,306
Harwich 10,826,447

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 £
Felixstowe 16,431,653 13,782,697 -2,648,956
Dover 16,703,333 11,977,543 -4,725,790
London 12,731,325 14,259,698 +1,528,373
Eurotunnel 5,103,722 6,172,584 +1,068,862
Harwich 5,583,454 5,242,993 -340,461
Immingham Docks 4,601,869 3,811,444 -790,425
Birmingham Airport 3,499,830 4,833,901 +1,334,071
Thamesport 3,645,199 2,983,417 -661,782
East Midlands Airport 3,230,721 2,636,448 -594,273
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,280,077 1,906,797 -373,280

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 224
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 109
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 88
Manufacture of food products 77
Other manufacturing 68

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 221
2025-11 215
2025-10 234
2025-09 211
2025-08 220

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+ 516
1m-15m 290
15m-54m 115
Other 87
0-1m 50

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 £
Poland 67,724,781
Germany 60,305,285
Belgium 35,761,907
France 12,370,475
United States 10,294,001

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 £
Poland 35,300,657 32,424,124 -2,876,533
Germany 32,584,454 27,720,831 -4,863,623
Belgium 19,499,064 16,262,843 -3,236,221
France 6,159,942 6,210,533 +50,591
United States 6,128,524 4,165,477 -1,963,047
Ireland 2,995,771 3,142,840 +147,069
Turkey 3,107,879 2,100,765 -1,007,114
Brazil 2,475,789 1,925,730 -550,059
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,857,538 289,945 -3,567,593
India 2,051,138 1,554,063 -497,075

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 6,917,660
Turkey 292,549
China 224,060
Poland 133,470
Germany 116,016

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 3,080,177 3,837,483 +757,306
Turkey 121,806 170,743 +48,937
China 94,503 129,557 +35,054
Poland 63,912 69,558 +5,646
Germany 77,050 38,966 -38,084
Italy 33,617 22,555 -11,062
India 35,140 20,747 -14,393
Spain 32,004 10,255 -21,749
United States 16,118 20,381 +4,263
Ireland 2,362 24,668 +22,306

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 180,522,877
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 41,199,301
Air transport 26,285,737
Other 9,463,610
Road transport 214,868

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 90,727,169 89,795,708 -931,461
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 30,615,886 10,583,415 -20,032,471
Air transport 14,500,420 11,785,317 -2,715,103
Other 4,293,921 5,169,689 +875,768
Road transport 211,655 3,213 -208,442

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 117,765,452
Immingham Docks 67,791,144
London Gateway Port 10,718,028
000 9,463,610
East Midlands Airport 8,442,995

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 61,049,669 56,715,783 -4,333,886
Immingham Docks 38,785,116 29,006,028 -9,779,088
London Gateway Port 6,216,314 4,501,714 -1,714,600
000 4,293,921 5,169,689 +875,768
East Midlands Airport 5,354,203 3,088,792 -2,265,411
London Heathrow Airport 4,063,877 4,039,978 -23,899
Felixstowe 5,077,633 788,892 -4,288,741
ZLC 3,175,854 2,126,963 -1,048,891
Southampton 1,926,850 2,551,473 +624,623
London 2,421,361 1,771,769 -649,592

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 4010

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

Description: Belts made of vulcanized rubber, used for moving or transmitting power in machines and equipment