Import/export HS code 401110: Car tires

Rubber tires designed for cars, including station wagons and racing cars

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 £
China 1,037,794,895
Belgium 304,232,957
Germany 243,299,306
France 224,821,865
South Korea 149,583,403

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 £
China 585,053,012 452,741,883 -132,311,129
Belgium 153,687,931 150,545,026 -3,142,905
Germany 126,307,558 116,991,748 -9,315,810
France 116,983,226 107,838,639 -9,144,587
South Korea 90,835,103 58,748,300 -32,086,803
Romania 79,255,541 64,349,598 -14,905,943
Italy 73,167,221 68,170,964 -4,996,257
Turkey 67,362,506 52,813,217 -14,549,289
Hungary 59,105,990 57,510,271 -1,595,719
Netherlands 67,004,821 47,618,812 -19,386,009

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 £
China 1,064,663,612
Germany 288,747,673
Hungary 209,946,505
Poland 182,154,035
Spain 171,614,863

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 £
China 599,301,790 465,361,822 -133,939,968
Germany 152,892,080 135,855,593 -17,036,487
Hungary 102,791,112 107,155,393 +4,364,281
Poland 92,351,104 89,802,931 -2,548,173
Spain 94,556,533 77,058,330 -17,498,203
Romania 90,308,891 74,069,198 -16,239,693
South Korea 93,942,476 62,325,087 -31,617,389
Turkey 72,545,875 63,239,649 -9,306,226
Italy 70,005,400 61,241,659 -8,763,741
France 60,515,366 50,982,319 -9,533,047

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 16
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 12
West Midlands 9
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 7
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 6

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 15 10 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 9 9 +0
West Midlands 8 5 -3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 4 6 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 5 4 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 4 5 +1
Inner London - West 4 3 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 3 1 -2
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 2 2 +0
Greater Manchester 2 3 +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) 1,693,466,333
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,479,696,817
Other 103,765,747
Road transport 30,471,394
Rail transport 18,204,910

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) 932,803,363 760,662,970 -172,140,393
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 779,328,289 700,368,528 -78,959,761
Other 63,429,454 40,336,293 -23,093,161
Road transport 18,755,442 11,715,952 -7,039,490
Rail transport 8,985,791 9,219,119 +233,328
Air transport 5,945,136 5,924,833 -20,303

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 758,542,601
Dover 634,249,791
Southampton 529,538,127
Immingham Docks 254,025,342
London 216,661,088

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 439,582,713 318,959,888 -120,622,825
Dover 333,454,839 300,794,952 -32,659,887
Southampton 310,412,773 219,125,354 -91,287,419
Immingham Docks 144,260,799 109,764,543 -34,496,256
London 94,527,003 122,134,085 +27,607,082
Eurotunnel 69,670,724 57,036,615 -12,634,109
000 63,429,454 40,336,293 -23,093,161
London Gateway Port 28,372,816 71,390,914 +43,018,098
Belfast Port 45,298,224 37,158,661 -8,139,563
Grangemouth Docks 37,937,058 25,709,867 -12,227,191

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 45
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 14
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 10
Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities 8
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 8

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 22
2025-10 17
2025-09 23
2025-08 24
2025-07 25

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+ 54
1m-15m 20
Other 19
15m-54m 12
0-1m 9

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 £
Ireland 93,650,278
United States 58,629,012
Slovakia 42,551,853
Netherlands 39,851,413
Germany 38,329,878

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 £
Ireland 48,666,610 44,983,668 -3,682,942
United States 28,082,637 30,546,375 +2,463,738
Slovakia 22,051,864 20,499,989 -1,551,875
Netherlands 20,619,775 19,231,638 -1,388,137
Germany 17,916,754 20,413,124 +2,496,370
Belgium 16,306,284 15,401,052 -905,232
Italy 12,015,354 14,289,824 +2,274,470
France 9,270,780 8,529,960 -740,820
Spain 7,384,720 7,482,161 +97,441
China 6,598,592 6,976,349 +377,757

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 £
Switzerland 17,267,848
Ireland 11,973,219
XI 8,657,922
China 7,977,100
South Korea 5,875,787

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 £
Switzerland 8,649,115 8,618,733 -30,382
Ireland 7,063,943 4,909,276 -2,154,667
XI 4,104,788 4,553,134 +448,346
China 4,192,768 3,784,332 -408,436
South Korea 3,305,070 2,570,717 -734,353
Japan 2,277,006 1,451,304 -825,702
Poland 1,326,201 1,103,126 -223,075
XU 1,140,118 1,208,876 +68,758
Germany 885,145 820,476 -64,669
Italy 721,457 607,623 -113,834

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) 241,929,270
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 124,162,294
Other 70,170,184
Air transport 8,442,873
Road transport 99,058

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) 110,021,373 131,907,897 +21,886,524
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 65,574,702 58,587,592 -6,987,110
Other 37,320,668 32,849,516 -4,471,152
Air transport 4,445,697 3,997,176 -448,521
Road transport 97,972 1,086 -96,886
Rail transport 0 90,583 +90,583

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 90,518,481
000 70,170,184
Middlesbrough 67,956,358
London Gateway Port 43,481,626
Southampton 37,773,760

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 51,135,313 39,383,168 -11,752,145
000 37,320,668 32,849,516 -4,471,152
Middlesbrough 27,691,633 40,264,725 +12,573,092
London Gateway Port 21,757,543 21,724,083 -33,460
Southampton 11,298,687 26,475,073 +15,176,386
Immingham Docks 19,496,818 15,508,932 -3,987,886
Holyhead 10,088,736 10,604,740 +516,004
Felixstowe 11,373,847 8,289,453 -3,084,394
Tyne 5,638,883 11,434,034 +5,795,151
Liverpool Docks 7,468,276 8,595,633 +1,127,357

Quick facts

HS code: 401110

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

Description: Rubber tires designed for cars, including station wagons and racing cars