Import/export HS code 320990: Various aqueous paints and varnishes

Water-based paints and varnishes made from other synthetic or modified natural 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 £
France 47,591,939
Germany 38,407,508
Netherlands 16,909,984
Belgium 15,829,087
Spain 12,314,044

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 £
France 21,145,818 26,446,121 +5,300,303
Germany 18,014,898 20,392,610 +2,377,712
Netherlands 7,229,242 9,680,742 +2,451,500
Belgium 5,297,372 10,531,715 +5,234,343
Spain 5,249,500 7,064,544 +1,815,044
Italy 5,210,370 6,245,223 +1,034,853
United States 1,537,639 1,468,194 -69,445
Denmark 1,282,639 1,346,429 +63,790
Sweden 1,580,030 974,750 -605,280
Ireland 555,497 462,838 -92,659

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 53,477,190
France 28,513,400
Italy 17,979,735
Spain 17,622,657
Netherlands 10,145,177

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 24,488,961 28,988,229 +4,499,268
France 10,820,234 17,693,166 +6,872,932
Italy 9,287,592 8,692,143 -595,449
Spain 8,081,958 9,540,699 +1,458,741
Netherlands 4,633,161 5,512,016 +878,855
Sweden 3,022,795 2,574,403 -448,392
Belgium 1,182,897 3,254,038 +2,071,141
United States 1,691,175 1,501,196 -189,979
Austria 1,671,726 1,386,702 -285,024
Denmark 1,266,118 1,397,962 +131,844

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 34
Inner London - West 24
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22
Shropshire and Staffordshire 20
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 19

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 21 12 -9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 16 17 +1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 17 12 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14 17 +3
West Midlands 14 14 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 14 13 -1
West Yorkshire 12 11 -1
Outer London - West and North West 14 9 -5
Essex 7 10 +3

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) 123,189,694
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,572,789
Air transport 5,502,648
Other 1,039,337
Road transport 183,156

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) 54,859,402 68,330,292 +13,470,890
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,596,752 15,976,037 +4,379,285
Air transport 2,892,539 2,610,109 -282,430
Other 536,881 502,456 -34,425
Road transport 142,107 41,049 -101,058

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 77,988,998
Immingham Docks 14,816,770
London 8,692,506
Hull 8,152,484
Eurotunnel 7,253,220

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 33,074,670 44,914,328 +11,839,658
Immingham Docks 7,155,517 7,661,253 +505,736
London 3,218,201 5,474,305 +2,256,104
Hull 2,497,605 5,654,879 +3,157,274
Eurotunnel 3,788,661 3,464,559 -324,102
Liverpool Docks 3,038,697 3,701,588 +662,891
Felixstowe 2,296,656 3,942,786 +1,646,130
Harwich 1,840,939 2,257,897 +416,958
Portsmouth 2,355,210 1,424,468 -930,742
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,436,155 1,211,378 -224,777

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
97
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
60
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
56
Specialised construction activities
44
Other manufacturing
24

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 91
2026-04 95
2026-03 96
2026-02 91
2026-01 81

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 139
54m+ 128
0-1m 84
15m-54m 32
Other 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 £
Germany 38,854,815
Saudi Arabia 23,374,747
Poland 22,146,374
Turkey 14,585,645
Netherlands 13,359,770

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 £
Germany 26,397,303 12,457,512 -13,939,791
Saudi Arabia 10,850,566 12,524,181 +1,673,615
Poland 12,113,943 10,032,431 -2,081,512
Turkey 8,375,846 6,209,799 -2,166,047
Netherlands 7,767,361 5,592,409 -2,174,952
Ireland 3,464,266 9,322,392 +5,858,126
Greece 8,176,567 3,745,015 -4,431,552
India 4,816,324 4,378,421 -437,903
United States 2,383,703 6,546,721 +4,163,018
Romania 3,267,588 4,629,328 +1,361,740

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 1,039,039
XI 249,134
China 17,049
Sweden 14,547
Netherlands 8,684

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 485,170 553,869 +68,699
XI 126,344 122,790 -3,554
China 12,162 4,887 -7,275
Sweden 7,701 6,846 -855
Netherlands 3,326 5,358 +2,032
New Zealand 0 3,803 +3,803
Ireland 976 2,643 +1,667
Denmark 579 1,405 +826
France 729 0 -729
Italy 561 0 -561

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) 132,790,159
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 97,479,592
Air transport 13,620,144
Other 1,560,913

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) 72,162,037 60,628,122 -11,533,915
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 53,164,044 44,315,548 -8,848,496
Air transport 5,278,286 8,341,858 +3,063,572
Other 787,425 773,488 -13,937

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 101,125,271
London Gateway Port 42,204,510
Felixstowe 24,097,023
Immingham Docks 18,690,132
Southampton 10,340,738

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 56,543,836 44,581,435 -11,962,401
London Gateway Port 21,200,146 21,004,364 -195,782
Felixstowe 14,078,299 10,018,724 -4,059,575
Immingham Docks 14,641,870 4,048,262 -10,593,608
Southampton 2,951,613 7,389,125 +4,437,512
Liverpool Docks 4,885,397 5,432,457 +547,060
Hull 6,154,995 1,815,142 -4,339,853
Holyhead 1,910,758 5,101,873 +3,191,115
London Heathrow Airport 1,468,980 3,601,487 +2,132,507
Manchester Airport 1,688,696 1,726,831 +38,135

Quick facts

HS code: 320990

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

Description: Water-based paints and varnishes made from other synthetic or modified natural polymers