Import/export HS code 4016: Rubber products (not hard rubber)

Various items made from vulcanized rubber, excluding hard rubber

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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 205,200,597
China 177,440,582
United States 163,117,635
Poland 130,701,502
France 110,599,246

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 108,815,963 96,384,634 -12,431,329
China 95,486,694 81,953,888 -13,532,806
United States 83,690,448 79,427,187 -4,263,261
Poland 71,933,569 58,767,933 -13,165,636
France 59,503,341 51,095,905 -8,407,436
Netherlands 56,899,215 48,437,881 -8,461,334
India 30,815,462 25,016,415 -5,799,047
Italy 21,743,038 18,324,933 -3,418,105
Japan 15,433,961 20,204,185 +4,770,224
Belgium 17,510,477 16,966,634 -543,843

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 216,740,972
Poland 181,054,635
United States 175,472,524
Germany 157,095,625
France 83,443,940

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 116,052,354 100,688,618 -15,363,736
Poland 98,402,633 82,652,002 -15,750,631
United States 92,828,118 82,644,406 -10,183,712
Germany 84,016,622 73,079,003 -10,937,619
France 44,901,563 38,542,377 -6,359,186
India 34,249,437 27,622,621 -6,626,816
Italy 25,297,049 23,540,675 -1,756,374
Turkey 22,200,866 22,580,345 +379,479
Japan 18,064,855 23,459,846 +5,394,991
Czechia 15,669,448 15,745,893 +76,445

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 376
West Midlands 266
Greater Manchester 236
Inner London - West 236
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 234

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 292 272 -20
West Midlands 202 215 +13
Greater Manchester 173 183 +10
Inner London - West 173 172 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 188 173 -15
Surrey, East and West Sussex 173 166 -7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 155 147 -8
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 152 140 -12
West Yorkshire 141 145 +4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 143 149 +6

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) 537,697,746
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 413,542,484
Air transport 321,468,368
Other 58,583,691
Rail transport 16,709,228

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) 289,588,761 248,108,985 -41,479,776
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 207,907,144 205,635,340 -2,271,804
Air transport 165,009,094 156,459,274 -8,549,820
Other 35,443,610 23,140,081 -12,303,529
Rail transport 9,924,461 6,784,767 -3,139,694
Road transport 2,389,862 1,778,032 -611,830

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 165,091,704
Felixstowe 154,012,498
Southampton 129,537,346
East Midlands Airport 98,398,232
Eurotunnel 82,495,861

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 £
Dover 84,214,491 80,877,213 -3,337,278
Felixstowe 89,270,787 64,741,711 -24,529,076
Southampton 63,251,748 66,285,598 +3,033,850
East Midlands Airport 51,793,630 46,604,602 -5,189,028
Eurotunnel 44,184,102 38,311,759 -5,872,343
London Heathrow Airport 37,806,772 38,549,125 +742,353
Harwich 40,108,886 29,297,238 -10,811,648
Immingham Docks 28,458,227 31,754,360 +3,296,133
000 35,443,610 23,140,081 -12,303,529
Dover / Eurotunnel 32,544,495 23,858,430 -8,686,065

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 1283
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 530
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 360
Other manufacturing 333
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 287

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 1252
2025-10 1389
2025-09 1239
2025-08 1300
2025-07 1386

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 2037
54m+ 1753
15m-54m 618
0-1m 447
Other 363

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 170,851,617
Germany 110,565,626
France 74,428,259
China 54,649,094
Netherlands 49,793,144

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 96,062,104 74,789,513 -21,272,591
Germany 55,815,744 54,749,882 -1,065,862
France 38,839,921 35,588,338 -3,251,583
China 26,697,442 27,951,652 +1,254,210
Netherlands 27,256,579 22,536,565 -4,720,014
Saudi Arabia 19,743,836 14,798,775 -4,945,061
India 18,658,138 14,852,579 -3,805,559
Ireland 16,811,047 14,706,944 -2,104,103
Italy 15,230,432 13,139,750 -2,090,682
Norway 14,914,388 12,310,324 -2,604,064

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 5,756,331
United States 1,535,751
China 948,173
XU 766,975
Poland 630,679

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 2,712,812 3,043,519 +330,707
United States 305,426 1,230,325 +924,899
China 476,755 471,418 -5,337
XU 499,604 267,371 -232,233
Poland 307,131 323,548 +16,417
Ireland 21,689 390,355 +368,666
Germany 138,801 174,018 +35,217
Nicaragua 156,822 100,125 -56,697
Switzerland 97,272 53,110 -44,162
Costa Rica 57,664 52,578 -5,086

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 588,505,649
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 308,737,417
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 170,370,551
Other 11,471,190
Road transport 4,206,114

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 310,274,150 278,231,499 -32,042,651
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 154,669,909 154,067,508 -602,401
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 98,781,077 71,589,474 -27,191,603
Other 5,052,887 6,418,303 +1,365,416
Road transport 4,172,278 33,836 -4,138,442

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 253,086,013
Dover / Eurotunnel 224,634,876
London Heathrow Airport 173,926,890
London Gateway Port 62,465,106
ZLC 56,261,043

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 140,181,480 112,904,533 -27,276,947
Dover / Eurotunnel 115,876,806 108,758,070 -7,118,736
London Heathrow Airport 85,595,010 88,331,880 +2,736,870
London Gateway Port 36,881,113 25,583,993 -11,297,120
ZLC 28,183,990 28,077,053 -106,937
London Stansted Airport 24,627,950 20,954,380 -3,673,570
Immingham Docks 20,166,316 18,125,665 -2,040,651
Southampton 17,896,812 18,242,594 +345,782
Liverpool Docks 9,708,676 13,274,895 +3,566,219
Felixstowe 14,882,412 6,752,041 -8,130,371

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 4016

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

Description: Various items made from vulcanized rubber, excluding hard rubber