Import/export HS code 32082090: Various acrylic or vinyl-based products

Other acrylic or vinyl-based paints and varnishes not classified as solutions

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 32,325,378
France 30,657,770
Germany 28,171,416
Spain 11,736,770
Belgium 9,752,335

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 16,688,048 15,637,330 -1,050,718
France 15,610,087 15,047,683 -562,404
Germany 15,593,957 12,577,459 -3,016,498
Spain 8,321,635 3,415,135 -4,906,500
Belgium 6,252,103 3,500,232 -2,751,871
Italy 4,201,287 4,186,131 -15,156
Poland 3,834,091 2,703,858 -1,130,233
Sweden 2,600,305 2,313,956 -286,349
Denmark 212,444 4,484,491 +4,272,047
Slovenia 1,861,766 1,539,470 -322,296

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 £
Germany 44,185,533
Netherlands 19,690,148
Spain 16,157,181
France 13,904,167
Italy 12,171,622

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 £
Germany 23,836,310 20,349,223 -3,487,087
Netherlands 9,962,326 9,727,822 -234,504
Spain 9,365,708 6,791,473 -2,574,235
France 6,648,407 7,255,760 +607,353
Italy 6,619,279 5,552,343 -1,066,936
Switzerland 5,508,780 4,880,175 -628,605
Poland 4,273,323 3,586,374 -686,949
Belgium 3,785,100 1,792,496 -1,992,604
Sweden 2,481,890 2,290,337 -191,553
Slovenia 1,789,168 1,533,124 -256,044

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 24
Greater Manchester 14
West Midlands 14
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 13
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 10

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 22 20 -2
Greater Manchester 10 10 +0
West Midlands 10 11 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 10 11 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 9 6 -3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 6 8 +2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 7 10 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 7 7 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 6 8 +2
Inner London - West 6 6 +0

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) 126,633,261
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,030,051
Air transport 5,211,462
Road transport 1,775,259
Other 990,424

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) 67,657,817 58,975,444 -8,682,373
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,078,461 8,951,590 -2,126,871
Air transport 2,946,209 2,265,253 -680,956
Road transport 551,297 1,223,962 +672,665
Other 557,803 432,621 -125,182

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 67,955,014
Harwich 15,159,215
Immingham Docks 13,875,090
Felixstowe 11,278,534
Middlesbrough 8,496,009

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 36,885,439 31,069,575 -5,815,864
Harwich 8,267,933 6,891,282 -1,376,651
Immingham Docks 7,094,387 6,780,703 -313,684
Felixstowe 5,038,477 6,240,057 +1,201,580
Middlesbrough 4,725,903 3,770,106 -955,797
London 3,422,150 2,561,324 -860,826
Eurotunnel 3,214,904 2,659,908 -554,996
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,301,399 2,683,091 +381,692
Killingholme 2,773,100 1,196,894 -1,576,206
Birmingham Airport 1,427,264 1,147,930 -279,334

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 59
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 48
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 22
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 17
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 10

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 69
2025-11 77
2025-10 73
2025-09 70
2025-08 72

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+ 93
1m-15m 72
0-1m 26
15m-54m 25
Other 7

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 £
Belgium 41,983,905
Italy 31,341,193
Netherlands 28,610,758
Spain 19,443,855
United States 19,300,246

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 £
Belgium 19,121,048 22,862,857 +3,741,809
Italy 17,797,437 13,543,756 -4,253,681
Netherlands 19,180,708 9,430,050 -9,750,658
Spain 10,831,127 8,612,728 -2,218,399
United States 12,641,126 6,659,120 -5,982,006
France 7,573,044 6,677,182 -895,862
Ireland 6,688,154 6,067,805 -620,349
Germany 4,519,463 6,747,439 +2,227,976
Turkey 6,097,710 4,231,790 -1,865,920
Sweden 5,479,159 4,646,025 -833,134

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 £
Spain 133,971
XI 111,766
China 24,931
Netherlands 22,117
Ireland 9,717

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 £
Spain 58,626 75,345 +16,719
XI 40,667 71,099 +30,432
China 12,902 12,029 -873
Netherlands 11,392 10,725 -667
Ireland 1,668 8,049 +6,381
United States 3,791 4,350 +559
Italy 1,228 569 -659
Germany 393 357 -36
France 245 248 +3
Denmark 295 153 -142

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) 199,746,161
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 64,317,569
Air transport 6,077,153
Other 648,167
Road transport 3,067

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) 105,830,170 93,915,991 -11,914,179
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 41,368,873 22,948,696 -18,420,177
Air transport 2,855,917 3,221,236 +365,319
Other 321,546 326,621 +5,075
Road transport 3,067 0 -3,067

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 101,717,596
Immingham Docks 54,927,151
London 24,765,278
London Gateway Port 22,912,116
Southampton 22,685,589

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 57,512,719 44,204,877 -13,307,842
Immingham Docks 27,647,467 27,279,684 -367,783
London 12,918,432 11,846,846 -1,071,586
London Gateway Port 13,454,261 9,457,855 -3,996,406
Southampton 14,664,310 8,021,279 -6,643,031
Felixstowe 6,995,778 5,881,771 -1,114,007
Dover 5,717,962 2,796,883 -2,921,079
Holyhead 3,636,325 4,043,664 +407,339
Liverpool Docks 2,901,871 1,527,967 -1,373,904
London Heathrow Airport 1,075,207 903,170 -172,037

Quick facts

HS code: 32082090

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

Description: Other acrylic or vinyl-based paints and varnishes not classified as solutions