Import/export HS code 320910: Acrylic or vinyl-based aqueous paints

Water-based paints and varnishes made primarily from acrylic or vinyl polymers

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  • 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 £
Germany 56,106,076
France 53,102,750
Netherlands 50,948,893
Belgium 29,042,034
Italy 19,747,996

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 31,307,345 24,798,731 -6,508,614
France 27,308,624 25,794,126 -1,514,498
Netherlands 23,387,519 27,561,374 +4,173,855
Belgium 15,115,653 13,926,381 -1,189,272
Italy 8,187,947 11,560,049 +3,372,102
Poland 7,764,568 8,990,643 +1,226,075
Sweden 6,351,023 8,013,442 +1,662,419
Ireland 8,244,320 3,523,774 -4,720,546
United States 5,088,262 3,512,945 -1,575,317
Canada 2,083,000 3,980,635 +1,897,635

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 65,009,948
Netherlands 39,794,509
France 31,999,793
Italy 29,969,402
Poland 26,086,029

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 34,901,042 30,108,906 -4,792,136
Netherlands 16,411,418 23,383,091 +6,971,673
France 17,731,591 14,268,202 -3,463,389
Italy 13,939,388 16,030,014 +2,090,626
Poland 12,609,571 13,476,458 +866,887
Belgium 11,876,736 8,989,435 -2,887,301
Sweden 6,845,012 8,644,408 +1,799,396
United States 6,935,448 7,560,596 +625,148
Spain 3,558,069 4,045,887 +487,818
Finland 2,422,100 2,796,655 +374,555

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 31
Inner London - West 20
West Midlands 19
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 17
Outer London - West and North 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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 23 27 +4
Inner London - West 15 15 +0
West Midlands 17 16 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14 14 +0
Outer London - West and North West 16 14 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 12 -1
Greater Manchester 10 13 +3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 11 10 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 10 14 +4
West Yorkshire 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) 241,231,943
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 37,847,078
Other 12,714,416
Air transport 5,122,488
Road transport 1,782,752

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) 121,828,923 119,403,020 -2,425,903
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,263,087 21,583,991 +5,320,904
Other 7,803,702 4,910,714 -2,892,988
Air transport 2,181,390 2,941,098 +759,708
Road transport 616,066 1,166,686 +550,620

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 96,026,873
Immingham Docks 67,712,276
Eurotunnel 20,312,460
London 17,041,304
Felixstowe 15,583,536

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 48,542,742 47,484,131 -1,058,611
Immingham Docks 30,096,130 37,616,146 +7,520,016
Eurotunnel 10,737,815 9,574,645 -1,163,170
London 8,118,588 8,922,716 +804,128
Felixstowe 7,451,866 8,131,670 +679,804
Killingholme 7,150,433 7,294,510 +144,077
000 7,803,702 4,910,714 -2,892,988
Harwich 6,840,121 5,652,937 -1,187,184
Liverpool Docks 4,037,826 2,726,429 -1,311,397
Hull 2,948,834 2,485,793 -463,041

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 111
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 55
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 51
Specialised construction activities 40
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 17

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 116
2026-03 103
2026-02 105
2026-01 84
2025-12 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
1m-15m 154
54m+ 111
0-1m 79
15m-54m 20
Other 14

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 £
Ireland 67,680,717
Germany 27,206,074
France 12,574,622
United States 7,847,214
Turkey 7,303,296

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 £
Ireland 30,891,095 36,789,622 +5,898,527
Germany 13,237,195 13,968,879 +731,684
France 5,709,442 6,865,180 +1,155,738
United States 3,529,794 4,317,420 +787,626
Turkey 4,170,548 3,132,748 -1,037,800
Canada 2,980,860 3,049,804 +68,944
United Arab Emirates 2,714,423 2,413,181 -301,242
Netherlands 2,056,248 2,292,766 +236,518
Poland 2,243,504 1,644,430 -599,074
Belgium 1,822,760 1,921,287 +98,527

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 1,642,633
Netherlands 529,302
Poland 314,528
Ireland 150,372
Germany 107,275

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 449,783 1,192,850 +743,067
Netherlands 216,828 312,474 +95,646
Poland 139,330 175,198 +35,868
Ireland 20,218 130,154 +109,936
Germany 88,029 19,246 -68,783
France 35,886 22,759 -13,127
Denmark 17,199 16,585 -614
China 7,383 6,492 -891
Hungary 640 3,612 +2,972
United States 2,272 0 -2,272

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) 129,961,393
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,727,631
Other 14,649,370
Air transport 5,755,628
Road transport 3,450

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) 61,635,576 68,325,817 +6,690,241
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,012,237 21,715,394 +703,157
Other 7,664,367 6,985,003 -679,364
Air transport 3,086,152 2,669,476 -416,676
Road transport 3,450 0 -3,450

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 63,178,077
Holyhead 22,978,975
Heysham 20,187,873
Southampton 17,193,585
London Gateway Port 14,683,562

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 32,398,886 30,779,191 -1,619,695
Holyhead 10,023,377 12,955,598 +2,932,221
Heysham 7,015,396 13,172,477 +6,157,081
Southampton 8,092,975 9,100,610 +1,007,635
London Gateway Port 7,895,514 6,788,048 -1,107,466
000 7,664,367 6,985,003 -679,364
Liverpool Docks 6,769,670 5,193,918 -1,575,752
Immingham Docks 3,488,389 5,314,908 +1,826,519
Felixstowe 3,086,815 3,307,806 +220,991
Manchester Airport 1,285,227 1,317,784 +32,557

Quick facts

HS code: 320910

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

Description: Water-based paints and varnishes made primarily from acrylic or vinyl polymers