Import/export HS code 56031310: Coated heavyweight nonwovens

Heavyweight nonwoven fabrics that are coated or covered for added durability

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 £
United States 8,696,404
Germany 3,253,739
China 2,336,285
Netherlands 2,191,600
Poland 1,561,191

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 £
United States 4,505,088 4,191,316 -313,772
Germany 1,391,035 1,862,704 +471,669
China 1,274,772 1,061,513 -213,259
Netherlands 900,542 1,291,058 +390,516
Poland 761,702 799,489 +37,787
Canada 1,128,325 27,379 -1,100,946
Ireland 602,291 384,874 -217,417
Luxembourg 758,582 211,820 -546,762
France 333,318 276,421 -56,897
Norway 341,806 229,406 -112,400

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 £
United States 11,441,785
China 3,025,336
Germany 2,241,876
Poland 1,656,004
Belgium 1,325,203

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 £
United States 6,552,362 4,889,423 -1,662,939
China 1,338,431 1,686,905 +348,474
Germany 931,442 1,310,434 +378,992
Poland 853,354 802,650 -50,704
Belgium 643,179 682,024 +38,845
Luxembourg 386,669 269,838 -116,831
Norway 334,110 229,406 -104,704
Netherlands 269,248 285,112 +15,864
Ireland 192,672 166,296 -26,376
Austria 215,310 139,436 -75,874

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 11
Greater Manchester 11
West Yorkshire 9
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 7
Inner London - West 7

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 10 8 -2
Greater Manchester 7 9 +2
West Yorkshire 6 9 +3
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 3 6 +3
Inner London - West 7 3 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 5 3 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 3 3 +0
Kent 4 4 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 2 4 +2
Suffolk 5 5 +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) 11,357,642
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,581,455
Air transport 2,183,836
Other 1,521,103
Road transport 299,279

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) 5,991,027 5,366,615 -624,412
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,869,424 4,712,031 -157,393
Air transport 1,117,780 1,066,056 -51,724
Other 761,664 759,439 -2,225
Road transport 159,981 139,298 -20,683

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 6,209,787
Felixstowe 2,844,302
Dover 2,730,287
Belfast Port 1,940,976
Immingham Docks 1,727,015

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 £
Liverpool Docks 3,959,686 2,250,101 -1,709,585
Felixstowe 1,388,160 1,456,142 +67,982
Dover 1,231,155 1,499,132 +267,977
Belfast Port 722,893 1,218,083 +495,190
Immingham Docks 644,019 1,082,996 +438,977
000 761,664 759,439 -2,225
Harwich 461,736 638,261 +176,525
London Heathrow Airport 274,459 801,233 +526,774
Eurotunnel 413,752 489,289 +75,537
Killingholme 746,396 86,229 -660,167

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 31
Other manufacturing 30
Manufacture of textiles 14
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 9
Retail 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 24
2025-10 30
2025-09 23
2025-08 28
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
1m-15m 68
54m+ 33
15m-54m 25
0-1m 9
Other 5

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 £
China 17,450,096
Malaysia 14,593,937
France 11,420,045
Germany 10,899,073
United States 7,243,068

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 £
China 7,789,360 9,660,736 +1,871,376
Malaysia 13,297,054 1,296,883 -12,000,171
France 5,324,471 6,095,574 +771,103
Germany 5,228,354 5,670,719 +442,365
United States 2,212,951 5,030,117 +2,817,166
Ireland 2,485,680 3,176,749 +691,069
South Korea 1,473,959 1,937,928 +463,969
Italy 1,404,306 1,466,693 +62,387
Finland 434,133 2,207,777 +1,773,644
Taiwan 884,739 1,236,823 +352,084

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 £
Luxembourg 20,312,119
XI 8,926,921
XU 4,819,772
United States 1,044,127
Germany 32,939

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 £
Luxembourg 13,546,909 6,765,210 -6,781,699
XI 67,552 8,859,369 +8,791,817
XU 1,787,212 3,032,560 +1,245,348
United States 17,815 1,026,312 +1,008,497
Germany 9,301 23,638 +14,337
China 347 14,833 +14,486
Austria 5,211 3,414 -1,797
Israel 139 230 +91
Switzerland 161 161 +0

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 48,019,299
Other 35,160,374
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,929,841
Air transport 2,008,173
Road transport 1,598

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,895,162 21,124,137 -5,771,025
Other 15,434,647 19,725,727 +4,291,080
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,017,090 3,912,751 +895,661
Air transport 684,854 1,323,319 +638,465
Road transport 1,598 0 -1,598

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 35,160,374
Belfast Port 30,251,873
Southampton 11,419,656
London Gateway Port 3,405,831
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,961,013

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 £
000 15,434,647 19,725,727 +4,291,080
Belfast Port 20,698,709 9,553,164 -11,145,545
Southampton 4,861,025 6,558,631 +1,697,606
London Gateway Port 1,022,284 2,383,547 +1,361,263
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,410,738 1,550,275 +139,537
Felixstowe 267,371 2,475,871 +2,208,500
Fishguard 736,011 1,109,226 +373,215
London Heathrow Airport 273,524 717,864 +444,340
Milford 519,221 408,385 -110,836
Manchester Airport 267,979 541,376 +273,397

Quick facts

HS code: 56031310

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

Description: Heavyweight nonwoven fabrics that are coated or covered for added durability