Import/export HS code 401039: Various rubber transmission belts

Rubber belts used for power transmission, not covered by other codes

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 11,191,376
Italy 6,122,737
France 2,370,200
India 2,316,642
China 2,179,546

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 6,053,480 5,137,896 -915,584
Italy 2,255,814 3,866,923 +1,611,109
France 1,479,888 890,312 -589,576
India 1,301,045 1,015,597 -285,448
China 1,057,034 1,122,512 +65,478
Netherlands 927,882 923,968 -3,914
Switzerland 686,271 834,572 +148,301
United States 658,145 724,632 +66,487
Belgium 730,391 263,595 -466,796
Sweden 323,881 253,944 -69,937

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 7,786,656
Italy 5,173,511
China 3,512,679
India 2,594,275
United States 2,335,515

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 4,127,331 3,659,325 -468,006
Italy 1,766,297 3,407,214 +1,640,917
China 1,837,500 1,675,179 -162,321
India 1,439,801 1,154,474 -285,327
United States 1,225,511 1,110,004 -115,507
Japan 1,111,013 976,956 -134,057
France 1,117,220 654,240 -462,980
Spain 900,283 774,948 -125,335
Romania 741,141 661,327 -79,814
Switzerland 645,823 544,376 -101,447

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 51
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 38
Surrey, East and West Sussex 37
West Yorkshire 36
West Midlands 35

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 35 42 +7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 31 24 -7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 19 28 +9
West Yorkshire 24 23 -1
West Midlands 28 23 -5
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 18 18 +0
Inner London - West 18 19 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20 19 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 16 18 +2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 19 18 -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) 11,822,407
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,755,605
Air transport 9,494,258
Other 696,899
Road transport 451,691

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) 5,544,886 6,277,521 +732,635
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,253,493 5,502,112 -751,381
Air transport 4,841,951 4,652,307 -189,644
Other 405,816 291,083 -114,733
Road transport 206,167 245,524 +39,357
Rail transport 66,538 37,399 -29,139

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 4,814,674
Dover 4,764,823
East Midlands Airport 3,750,673
London 3,646,235
Thamesport 3,180,873

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 2,580,432 2,234,242 -346,190
Dover 2,661,595 2,103,228 -558,367
East Midlands Airport 2,061,864 1,688,809 -373,055
London 1,084,511 2,561,724 +1,477,213
Thamesport 1,711,269 1,469,604 -241,665
Eurotunnel 1,507,126 1,069,444 -437,682
Birmingham Airport 906,310 1,372,633 +466,323
London Heathrow Airport 732,208 668,522 -63,686
Dover / Eurotunnel 603,411 513,945 -89,466
Immingham Docks 641,269 414,662 -226,607

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 138
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 73
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 46
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 44
Manufacture of food products 42

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 114
2025-11 124
2025-10 127
2025-09 111
2025-08 118

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+ 335
1m-15m 153
15m-54m 69
Other 54
0-1m 34

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 £
Germany 13,837,683
Poland 8,331,226
Belgium 5,995,620
United States 4,138,660
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,108,194

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 £
Germany 7,687,694 6,149,989 -1,537,705
Poland 4,202,493 4,128,733 -73,760
Belgium 3,270,970 2,724,650 -546,320
United States 2,889,868 1,248,792 -1,641,076
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,828,443 279,751 -3,548,692
India 1,485,307 1,135,543 -349,764
Austria 2,061,455 228,670 -1,832,785
Hungary 869,685 1,207,965 +338,280
South Korea 1,247,984 641,578 -606,406
Romania 1,279,424 215,951 -1,063,473

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 270,567
China 102,087
Germany 88,351
Poland 78,364
Italy 52,824

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 111,358 159,209 +47,851
China 47,598 54,489 +6,891
Germany 63,157 25,194 -37,963
Poland 42,113 36,251 -5,862
Italy 32,120 20,704 -11,416
United States 14,742 16,364 +1,622
India 10,744 12,164 +1,420
Switzerland 6,107 12,683 +6,576
Taiwan 2,351 5,104 +2,753
France 884 2,466 +1,582

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) 31,589,050
Air transport 14,805,643
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,422,255
Other 709,250
Road transport 148,611

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) 16,906,725 14,682,325 -2,224,400
Air transport 8,520,374 6,285,269 -2,235,105
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,472,332 2,949,923 -6,522,409
Other 351,779 357,471 +5,692
Road transport 146,730 1,881 -144,849

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 20,584,201
Immingham Docks 9,123,661
East Midlands Airport 4,841,820
ZLC 4,309,993
London Heathrow Airport 3,821,210

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 11,483,663 9,100,538 -2,383,125
Immingham Docks 5,340,815 3,782,846 -1,557,969
East Midlands Airport 2,976,786 1,865,034 -1,111,752
ZLC 2,668,548 1,641,445 -1,027,103
London Heathrow Airport 1,896,215 1,924,995 +28,780
Felixstowe 3,499,103 207,137 -3,291,966
London 1,906,177 1,513,339 -392,838
London Gateway Port 1,946,444 1,110,117 -836,327
Southampton 1,067,275 661,423 -405,852
Liverpool Docks 460,094 561,965 +101,871

Quick facts

HS code: 401039

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

Description: Rubber belts used for power transmission, not covered by other codes