Import/export HS code 40169957: Various rubber items

Additional rubber products not covered by specific 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 £
Netherlands 18,691,264
Poland 15,814,628
Germany 9,192,526
Turkey 6,394,361
France 4,241,158

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 £
Netherlands 9,970,911 8,720,353 -1,250,558
Poland 8,926,605 6,888,023 -2,038,582
Germany 4,792,388 4,400,138 -392,250
Turkey 3,356,753 3,037,608 -319,145
France 2,930,385 1,310,773 -1,619,612
China 1,987,010 1,211,352 -775,658
United States 1,541,127 1,405,890 -135,237
Romania 1,278,028 1,454,076 +176,048
Belgium 935,410 1,703,821 +768,411
Italy 723,623 1,541,562 +817,939

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 £
Poland 18,513,563
Czechia 13,232,068
Turkey 8,985,999
Germany 6,352,641
China 4,280,898

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 £
Poland 10,483,781 8,029,782 -2,453,999
Czechia 7,193,530 6,038,538 -1,154,992
Turkey 4,537,112 4,448,887 -88,225
Germany 3,171,003 3,181,638 +10,635
China 2,463,591 1,817,307 -646,284
France 2,435,081 1,603,355 -831,726
Romania 1,602,506 1,486,341 -116,165
United States 1,549,002 1,440,833 -108,169
Italy 923,480 1,764,204 +840,724
India 1,476,394 1,128,122 -348,272

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 43
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 24
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 20
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 18
Inner London - West 17

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
West Midlands 36 34 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 22 18 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 17 14 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 11 11 +0
Inner London - West 15 7 -8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 10 11 +1
West Yorkshire 12 11 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 14 9 -5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 12 11 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 11 10 -1

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) 46,992,920
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,962,956
Air transport 9,288,214
Other 1,551,236
Rail transport 356,656

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) 25,300,520 21,692,400 -3,608,120
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,264,311 7,698,645 -2,565,666
Air transport 4,471,466 4,816,748 +345,282
Other 1,045,249 505,987 -539,262
Rail transport 180,945 175,711 -5,234
Road transport 158,591 71,877 -86,714

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Hull 13,649,133
Dover 9,228,658
Felixstowe 8,077,668
Harwich 7,190,476
Immingham Docks 6,748,101

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 £
Hull 7,268,423 6,380,710 -887,713
Dover 4,775,083 4,453,575 -321,508
Felixstowe 4,666,523 3,411,145 -1,255,378
Harwich 4,493,099 2,697,377 -1,795,722
Immingham Docks 2,867,655 3,880,446 +1,012,791
Eurotunnel 2,543,859 2,817,303 +273,444
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,172,638 1,172,638 -2,000,000
Oxford Airport 1,868,431 1,966,737 +98,306
Southampton 1,837,739 1,278,702 -559,037
Killingholme 1,410,012 1,200,015 -209,997

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 101
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 62
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 50
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 25
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 25

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 84
2025-10 96
2025-09 94
2025-08 85
2025-07 91

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+ 183
1m-15m 110
15m-54m 39
Other 31
0-1m 20

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 £
Slovakia 3,315,138
Morocco 3,014,489
France 2,687,190
United States 2,635,613
Poland 2,343,397

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 £
Slovakia 1,485,734 1,829,404 +343,670
Morocco 1,723,266 1,291,223 -432,043
France 1,702,127 985,063 -717,064
United States 1,880,217 755,396 -1,124,821
Poland 1,158,798 1,184,599 +25,801
Netherlands 1,440,886 334,805 -1,106,081
India 1,167,959 299,694 -868,265
China 798,481 413,235 -385,246
Germany 797,746 322,840 -474,906
Ireland 715,236 371,865 -343,371

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 £
Poland 22,923
Turkey 21,462
China 19,928
Germany 15,545
India 11,743

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 £
Poland 12,402 10,521 -1,881
Turkey 9,778 11,684 +1,906
China 7,908 12,020 +4,112
Germany 9,033 6,512 -2,521
India 5,862 5,881 +19
XU 6,663 4,106 -2,557
Italy 4,547 3,712 -835
Taiwan 932 2,855 +1,923
Czechia 1,779 1,994 +215
United States 1,696 1,879 +183

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) 16,918,083
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,025,568
Air transport 4,971,343
Other 142,825
Road transport 12,327

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) 9,489,148 7,428,935 -2,060,213
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,018,632 2,006,936 -3,011,696
Air transport 3,419,586 1,551,757 -1,867,829
Other 72,487 70,338 -2,149
Road transport 12,327 0 -12,327

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,867,411
London Gateway Port 2,412,945
East Midlands Airport 2,388,245
Immingham Docks 1,988,756
London Heathrow Airport 1,557,366

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 7,349,156 6,518,255 -830,901
London Gateway Port 1,755,374 657,571 -1,097,803
East Midlands Airport 1,864,864 523,381 -1,341,483
Immingham Docks 1,488,345 500,411 -987,934
London Heathrow Airport 943,311 614,055 -329,256
Southampton 486,514 611,030 +124,516
Felixstowe 643,447 294,800 -348,647
Dover 703,034 99,664 -603,370
Holyhead 473,030 237,813 -235,217
Portsmouth 650,986 32,161 -618,825

Quick facts

HS code: 40169957

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

Description: Additional rubber products not covered by specific categories