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 18,118,427
Poland 15,830,618
Germany 9,063,771
Turkey 6,219,425
France 4,019,859

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 9,471,399 8,647,028 -824,371
Poland 8,815,790 7,014,828 -1,800,962
Germany 4,693,420 4,370,351 -323,069
Turkey 3,179,358 3,040,067 -139,291
France 2,761,347 1,258,512 -1,502,835
United States 1,537,837 1,785,091 +247,254
China 1,917,495 1,167,993 -749,502
Belgium 948,226 1,838,354 +890,128
Romania 1,255,151 1,488,208 +233,057
Italy 764,679 1,640,703 +876,024

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 18,405,470
Czechia 12,760,302
Turkey 8,845,061
Germany 6,201,368
China 4,176,110

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 10,238,441 8,167,029 -2,071,412
Czechia 6,766,761 5,993,541 -773,220
Turkey 4,367,025 4,478,036 +111,011
Germany 3,013,222 3,188,146 +174,924
China 2,432,982 1,743,128 -689,854
France 2,307,662 1,667,596 -640,066
United States 1,545,982 1,821,067 +275,085
Romania 1,573,871 1,510,640 -63,231
Italy 963,808 1,864,309 +900,501
India 1,384,676 1,158,655 -226,021

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 41
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 23
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 21
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 19
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 35 32 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 21 17 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 17 16 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 12 -1
Inner London - West 15 7 -8
West Yorkshire 10 11 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 13 11 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 9 10 +1
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 11 9 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 12 10 -2

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) 46,326,555
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,530,435
Air transport 9,671,118
Other 1,366,775
Rail transport 365,915

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) 24,636,343 21,690,212 -2,946,131
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,742,384 7,788,051 -1,954,333
Air transport 4,392,233 5,278,885 +886,652
Other 895,785 470,990 -424,795
Rail transport 200,271 165,644 -34,627
Road transport 161,383 58,193 -103,190

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Hull 13,150,136
Dover 9,099,316
Felixstowe 7,508,200
Immingham Docks 7,176,266
Harwich 6,989,133

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 6,856,500 6,293,636 -562,864
Dover 4,646,543 4,452,773 -193,770
Felixstowe 4,227,166 3,281,034 -946,132
Immingham Docks 2,927,635 4,248,631 +1,320,996
Harwich 4,282,178 2,706,955 -1,575,223
Eurotunnel 2,590,043 2,789,434 +199,391
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,980,959 1,109,241 -1,871,718
Oxford Airport 1,769,936 2,063,173 +293,237
Southampton 1,866,597 1,248,009 -618,588
Killingholme 1,557,323 1,050,493 -506,830

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 100
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 60
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 50
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 25
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 24

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 81
2025-11 85
2025-10 97
2025-09 94
2025-08 86

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+ 181
1m-15m 111
15m-54m 37
Other 32
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 3,400,493
Morocco 3,026,509
France 2,641,999
United States 2,582,775
Poland 2,460,070

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 1,502,532 1,897,961 +395,429
Morocco 1,720,139 1,306,370 -413,769
France 1,664,738 977,261 -687,477
United States 1,823,787 758,988 -1,064,799
Poland 1,179,588 1,280,482 +100,894
Netherlands 1,441,747 307,794 -1,133,953
India 1,084,349 299,482 -784,867
China 772,807 398,513 -374,294
Germany 801,899 303,658 -498,241
Ireland 698,810 368,948 -329,862

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 23,804
Turkey 22,362
China 19,470
Germany 16,132
India 11,616

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 13,451 10,353 -3,098
Turkey 10,535 11,827 +1,292
China 8,543 10,927 +2,384
Germany 9,704 6,428 -3,276
India 6,002 5,614 -388
Italy 4,404 3,509 -895
Taiwan 1,109 2,603 +1,494
Czechia 2,375 1,269 -1,106
United States 1,888 1,687 -201
Netherlands 3,100 425 -2,675

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) 16,890,620
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,877,897
Air transport 4,773,658
Other 143,603
Road transport 7,991

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) 9,390,135 7,500,485 -1,889,650
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,893,714 1,984,183 -2,909,531
Air transport 3,288,002 1,485,656 -1,802,346
Other 77,532 66,071 -11,461
Road transport 7,991 0 -7,991

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,769,186
London Gateway Port 2,345,572
East Midlands Airport 2,259,677
Immingham Docks 2,072,422
London Heathrow Airport 1,497,045

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 7,260,318 6,508,868 -751,450
London Gateway Port 1,751,769 593,803 -1,157,966
East Midlands Airport 1,749,959 509,718 -1,240,241
Immingham Docks 1,490,577 581,845 -908,732
London Heathrow Airport 913,463 583,582 -329,881
Southampton 477,701 631,802 +154,101
Felixstowe 627,361 287,441 -339,920
Dover 671,731 105,036 -566,695
Holyhead 456,900 245,278 -211,622
Portsmouth 658,614 26,124 -632,490

Quick facts

HS code: 40169957

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

Description: Additional rubber products not covered by specific categories