Import/export HS code 39011090: Various lightweight polyethylene

Other types of lightweight polyethylene not specified elsewhere

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 £
Belgium 81,621,020
Netherlands 71,017,845
Germany 41,718,469
United States 25,941,778
France 22,971,286

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 £
Belgium 39,684,123 41,936,897 +2,252,774
Netherlands 35,511,515 35,506,330 -5,185
Germany 22,326,517 19,391,952 -2,934,565
United States 13,453,371 12,488,407 -964,964
France 11,765,195 11,206,091 -559,104
Israel 12,205,210 8,469,610 -3,735,600
Turkey 3,724,051 8,133,343 +4,409,292
Sweden 6,894,117 4,558,235 -2,335,882
South Korea 3,726,130 4,361,860 +635,730
Austria 4,216,482 3,790,225 -426,257

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 £
Belgium 84,314,779
Netherlands 46,106,237
Germany 45,633,901
United States 25,484,094
Israel 20,753,089

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 £
Belgium 41,161,373 43,153,406 +1,992,033
Netherlands 25,542,297 20,563,940 -4,978,357
Germany 22,701,311 22,932,590 +231,279
United States 12,237,751 13,246,343 +1,008,592
Israel 12,283,479 8,469,610 -3,813,869
France 7,859,392 10,328,886 +2,469,494
Turkey 3,814,758 8,106,663 +4,291,905
Sweden 7,089,794 4,468,181 -2,621,613
Italy 5,312,966 4,338,478 -974,488
South Korea 3,810,161 4,526,921 +716,760

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Shropshire and Staffordshire 11
Greater Manchester 10
Inner London - West 10
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 10
Merseyside 9

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
Shropshire and Staffordshire 9 9 +0
Greater Manchester 5 9 +4
Inner London - West 6 9 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 10 9 -1
Merseyside 5 6 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 6 5 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 5 6 +1
East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 5 4 -1
Lancashire 3 3 +0
West Midlands 2 5 +3

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) 177,682,314
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 141,899,911
Other 18,928,623
Road transport 4,872,834
Air transport 911,240

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) 83,818,801 93,863,513 +10,044,712
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 76,987,454 64,912,457 -12,074,997
Other 13,286,758 5,641,865 -7,644,893
Road transport 340,371 4,532,463 +4,192,092
Air transport 396,368 514,872 +118,504

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 82,317,927
London 47,048,932
Dover 41,387,763
Felixstowe 24,894,325
Middlesbrough 19,109,053

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 £
Immingham Docks 40,546,853 41,771,074 +1,224,221
London 21,971,593 25,077,339 +3,105,746
Dover 24,715,349 16,672,414 -8,042,935
Felixstowe 10,674,776 14,219,549 +3,544,773
Middlesbrough 12,492,807 6,616,246 -5,876,561
000 13,286,758 5,641,865 -7,644,893
Hull 8,512,207 7,262,401 -1,249,806
Southampton 5,778,229 9,886,856 +4,108,627
Thamesport 4,787,034 7,817,622 +3,030,588
Liverpool Docks 6,110,593 5,686,100 -424,493

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
50
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
31
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
25
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
11
Other manufacturing
9

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 38
2026-04 40
2026-03 41
2026-02 43
2026-01 46

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+ 84
1m-15m 33
15m-54m 17
Other 11
0-1m 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 £
Netherlands 171,529,146
Belgium 149,672,464
Germany 17,282,402
Italy 15,964,041
France 11,048,585

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 £
Netherlands 89,989,048 81,540,098 -8,448,950
Belgium 82,270,362 67,402,102 -14,868,260
Germany 12,822,891 4,459,511 -8,363,380
Italy 12,903,526 3,060,515 -9,843,011
France 9,072,640 1,975,945 -7,096,695
Lithuania 6,008,829 4,563,423 -1,445,406
Poland 6,469,657 1,918,217 -4,551,440
Ireland 4,552,995 3,414,737 -1,138,258
Spain 3,444,916 2,318,459 -1,126,457
Greece 3,518,213 1,896,928 -1,621,285

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 £
South Korea 1,828,472
XI 505,564
Belgium 90,024
Ireland 30,757
Portugal 14,637

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 £
South Korea 927,862 900,610 -27,252
XI 303,645 201,919 -101,726
Belgium 42,251 47,773 +5,522
Ireland 16,463 14,294 -2,169
Portugal 14,637 0 -14,637
Netherlands 5,060 0 -5,060
China 829 2,309 +1,480
Turkey 20 31 +11
Denmark 1 0 -1

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) 393,151,185
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 47,854,453
Air transport 2,707,744
Other 2,485,111

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) 229,400,534 163,750,651 -65,649,883
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 26,268,116 21,586,337 -4,681,779
Air transport 1,080,471 1,627,273 +546,802
Other 1,314,763 1,170,348 -144,415

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Middlesbrough 238,354,504
Immingham Docks 123,855,842
Dover / Eurotunnel 26,720,185
London Gateway Port 10,217,286
Tyne 8,743,813

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 £
Middlesbrough 140,021,982 98,332,522 -41,689,460
Immingham Docks 71,728,202 52,127,640 -19,600,562
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,757,363 11,962,822 -2,794,541
London Gateway Port 4,951,828 5,265,458 +313,630
Tyne 4,315,303 4,428,510 +113,207
London 2,708,970 3,852,614 +1,143,644
Harwich 3,342,590 1,874,336 -1,468,254
Hull 3,640,919 1,402,282 -2,238,637
Felixstowe 3,523,373 300,526 -3,222,847
Liverpool Docks 1,825,104 785,907 -1,039,197

Quick facts

HS code: 39011090

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

Description: Other types of lightweight polyethylene not specified elsewhere