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 11,234,066
Italy 5,935,527
France 2,454,456
India 2,252,178
China 2,202,219

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 5,966,756 5,267,310 -699,446
Italy 2,279,253 3,656,274 +1,377,021
France 1,542,158 912,298 -629,860
India 1,203,504 1,048,674 -154,830
China 1,028,157 1,174,062 +145,905
Netherlands 928,924 862,337 -66,587
Switzerland 680,105 816,097 +135,992
United States 631,970 736,398 +104,428
Belgium 745,521 264,782 -480,739
Sweden 323,848 260,689 -63,159

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 7,777,452
Italy 5,053,088
China 3,550,211
India 2,549,337
United States 2,334,049

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 4,016,389 3,761,063 -255,326
Italy 1,814,016 3,239,072 +1,425,056
China 1,791,006 1,759,205 -31,801
India 1,357,565 1,191,772 -165,793
United States 1,205,276 1,128,773 -76,503
Japan 1,097,288 1,007,281 -90,007
France 1,155,071 626,352 -528,719
Spain 898,634 741,078 -157,556
Romania 722,905 661,816 -61,089
Switzerland 666,257 518,799 -147,458

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 Midlands 37
West Yorkshire 36

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 33 43 +10
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 31 23 -8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21 26 +5
West Midlands 30 23 -7
West Yorkshire 22 25 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22 20 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 16 17 +1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 16 17 +1
Inner London - West 15 19 +4
Shropshire and Staffordshire 21 17 -4

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) 11,694,314
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,684,008
Air transport 9,421,524
Other 706,611
Road transport 456,100

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) 6,237,209 5,457,105 -780,104
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,451,019 6,232,989 +781,970
Air transport 4,725,147 4,696,377 -28,770
Other 401,221 305,390 -95,831
Road transport 218,567 237,533 +18,966
Rail transport 66,546 37,211 -29,335

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 4,784,444
Dover 4,751,539
East Midlands Airport 3,776,214
London 3,554,777
Thamesport 3,181,213

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 2,433,497 2,350,947 -82,550
Dover 2,699,942 2,051,597 -648,345
East Midlands Airport 2,113,602 1,662,612 -450,990
London 1,101,328 2,453,449 +1,352,121
Thamesport 1,697,968 1,483,245 -214,723
Eurotunnel 1,505,417 1,128,246 -377,171
Birmingham Airport 884,200 1,320,405 +436,205
London Heathrow Airport 699,855 703,805 +3,950
Immingham Docks 663,991 400,951 -263,040
Dover / Eurotunnel 587,136 470,790 -116,346

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 139
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 43
Manufacture of food products 39

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 124
2025-10 127
2025-09 111
2025-08 118
2025-07 127

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+ 333
1m-15m 154
15m-54m 71
Other 55
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 14,057,979
Poland 8,435,849
Belgium 5,887,440
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,849,953
United States 4,282,525

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 7,827,342 6,230,637 -1,596,705
Poland 4,220,054 4,215,795 -4,259
Belgium 3,134,995 2,752,445 -382,550
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,365,846 484,107 -3,881,739
United States 3,002,602 1,279,923 -1,722,679
India 1,575,625 1,229,998 -345,627
Austria 2,101,506 209,119 -1,892,387
Hungary 876,509 1,062,977 +186,468
South Korea 1,296,815 629,482 -667,333
Romania 1,249,486 303,418 -946,068

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 234,395
China 103,408
Germany 88,528
Poland 78,907
Italy 53,710

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 98,024 136,371 +38,347
China 46,006 57,402 +11,396
Germany 52,816 35,712 -17,104
Poland 39,323 39,584 +261
Italy 31,164 22,546 -8,618
United States 12,648 18,670 +6,022
XU 15,695 10,150 -5,545
India 10,528 13,555 +3,027
Switzerland 6,174 13,372 +7,198
Taiwan 2,351 5,104 +2,753

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) 31,192,257
Air transport 14,904,075
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,876,828
Other 680,870
Road transport 224,015

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) 16,413,645 14,778,612 -1,635,033
Air transport 8,686,707 6,217,368 -2,469,339
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,732,527 3,144,301 -7,588,226
Other 321,827 359,043 +37,216
Road transport 222,134 1,881 -220,253

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 20,519,398
Immingham Docks 9,195,222
East Midlands Airport 4,816,629
Felixstowe 4,503,580
ZLC 4,172,135

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 11,551,509 8,967,889 -2,583,620
Immingham Docks 5,217,627 3,977,595 -1,240,032
East Midlands Airport 2,933,489 1,883,140 -1,050,349
Felixstowe 4,078,855 424,725 -3,654,130
ZLC 2,698,181 1,473,954 -1,224,227
London Heathrow Airport 1,909,395 1,940,439 +31,044
London 1,919,055 1,560,060 -358,995
London Gateway Port 1,955,298 1,214,824 -740,474
Southampton 1,097,903 628,365 -469,538
Glasgow Airport 744,694 361,922 -382,772

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