Import/export HS code 401590: Various rubber products

Miscellaneous rubber items not covered in other categories

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 10,159,341
Malaysia 5,139,734
United States 1,685,493
Thailand 1,337,427
Netherlands 1,118,302

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 4,006,770 6,152,571 +2,145,801
Malaysia 1,902,084 3,237,650 +1,335,566
United States 777,902 907,591 +129,689
Thailand 371,748 965,679 +593,931
Netherlands 590,303 527,999 -62,304
Viet Nam 313,520 711,055 +397,535
Spain 370,665 321,846 -48,819
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 167,491 260,637 +93,146
France 311,989 82,666 -229,323
Italy 140,354 181,167 +40,813

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 12,403,010
Malaysia 5,208,569
Thailand 1,589,506
Cambodia 1,088,932
United States 942,212

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 5,193,825 7,209,185 +2,015,360
Malaysia 1,878,518 3,330,051 +1,451,533
Thailand 526,596 1,062,910 +536,314
Cambodia 324,345 764,587 +440,242
United States 395,013 547,199 +152,186
Italy 135,303 161,438 +26,135
Viet Nam 111,145 151,795 +40,650
Norway 221,364 18,509 -202,855
Spain 50,045 151,044 +100,999
Netherlands 107,112 93,282 -13,830

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 21
West Yorkshire 13
Inner London - East 11
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 11
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 9

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
Inner London - West 17 10 -7
West Yorkshire 12 6 -6
Inner London - East 9 5 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 10 7 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 6 6 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 7 5 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 1 6 +5
Merseyside 6 3 -3
Outer London - West and North West 6 1 -5
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 4 4 +0

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) 14,000,887
Air transport 7,570,502
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,598,551
Other 394,988
Road transport 355,418

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) 5,023,083 8,977,804 +3,954,721
Air transport 3,785,166 3,785,336 +170
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 691,662 906,889 +215,227
Other 258,069 136,919 -121,150
Road transport 73,363 282,055 +208,692

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 5,296,167
Southampton 4,916,498
East Midlands Airport 3,571,700
London Gateway Port 3,057,996
London Heathrow Airport 1,999,287

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 2,726,090 2,570,077 -156,013
Southampton 1,405,420 3,511,078 +2,105,658
East Midlands Airport 1,967,724 1,603,976 -363,748
London Gateway Port 323,852 2,734,144 +2,410,292
London Heathrow Airport 1,130,146 869,141 -261,005
London Stansted Airport 159,333 550,292 +390,959
Belfast Airport 126,090 413,440 +287,350
London 158,138 283,889 +125,751
Aberdeen Docks 297,689 131,592 -166,097
000 258,069 136,919 -121,150

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 69
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 47
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 16
Other manufacturing 16
Manufacture of wearing apparel 10

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 32
2025-10 29
2025-09 27
2025-08 33
2025-07 33

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
1m-15m 86
54m+ 66
15m-54m 19
Other 18
0-1m 17

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 £
United States 5,490,400
Netherlands 4,258,631
France 1,130,659
Nigeria 983,605
Spain 860,088

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 £
United States 3,029,364 2,461,036 -568,328
Netherlands 2,247,777 2,010,854 -236,923
France 554,098 576,561 +22,463
Nigeria 857,903 125,702 -732,201
Spain 434,637 425,451 -9,186
China 456,601 378,826 -77,775
Ireland 349,258 417,688 +68,430
Italy 471,569 268,635 -202,934
Japan 358,500 339,711 -18,789
Belgium 345,337 336,892 -8,445

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 £
XU 3,843
XI 2,977
China 1,930
Ireland 1,152
Nicaragua 873

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 £
XU 1,257 2,586 +1,329
XI 2,873 104 -2,769
China 1,797 133 -1,664
Ireland 687 465 -222
Nicaragua 687 186 -501
Malaysia 117 0 -117
Viet Nam 51 0 -51
Taiwan 22 0 -22

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 16,076,099
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,530,003
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,229,982
Road transport 16,838
Other 10,965

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 9,440,427 6,635,672 -2,804,755
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,818,376 3,711,627 -106,749
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,194,064 1,035,918 -158,146
Road transport 16,838 0 -16,838
Other 7,491 3,474 -4,017

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 7,328,829
London Heathrow Airport 6,762,744
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,208,893
ZLC 1,226,039
London Gateway Port 972,617

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 £
East Midlands Airport 3,850,973 3,477,856 -373,117
London Heathrow Airport 4,340,864 2,421,880 -1,918,984
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,635,332 2,573,561 -61,771
ZLC 791,938 434,101 -357,837
London Gateway Port 385,929 586,688 +200,759
Tyne 342,642 148,815 -193,827
Belfast Port 445,660 0 -445,660
London Stansted Airport 299,417 139,053 -160,364
Dover 238,346 199,033 -39,313
Holyhead 205,247 213,639 +8,392

Quick facts

HS code: 401590

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

Description: Miscellaneous rubber items not covered in other categories