Import/export HS code 390210: Polypropylene plastic in raw form

A type of plastic made from propylene, commonly used in packaging, textiles, and automotive parts

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* 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 83,615,502
Germany 79,673,678
Netherlands 57,571,037
Israel 39,582,404
France 30,866,529

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 47,305,425 36,310,077 -10,995,348
Germany 42,404,210 37,269,468 -5,134,742
Netherlands 30,989,089 26,581,948 -4,407,141
Israel 25,066,314 14,516,090 -10,550,224
France 16,952,914 13,913,615 -3,039,299
Saudi Arabia 11,150,683 18,142,004 +6,991,321
South Korea 8,700,651 15,991,622 +7,290,971
United States 12,628,947 10,184,932 -2,444,015
Austria 10,876,353 9,796,428 -1,079,925
South Africa 9,512,578 5,125,277 -4,387,301

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 83,992,331
Belgium 60,432,727
South Korea 47,633,821
Israel 39,591,468
Saudi Arabia 38,311,131

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 44,305,297 39,687,034 -4,618,263
Belgium 33,491,664 26,941,063 -6,550,601
South Korea 22,348,658 25,285,163 +2,936,505
Israel 25,066,314 14,525,154 -10,541,160
Saudi Arabia 15,021,448 23,289,683 +8,268,235
Netherlands 20,220,951 15,724,323 -4,496,628
France 15,304,460 11,531,968 -3,772,492
United States 15,472,552 11,213,271 -4,259,281
Austria 11,029,008 9,842,876 -1,186,132
Spain 7,575,338 7,930,483 +355,145

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Greater Manchester 25
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 20
West Yorkshire 15
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14
Shropshire and Staffordshire 14

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
Greater Manchester 18 16 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 15 14 -1
West Yorkshire 8 9 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 12 9 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 13 11 -2
West Midlands 11 9 -2
Inner London - West 11 10 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 10 8 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 8 4 -4
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 7 9 +2

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) 307,103,342
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 151,319,537
Other 29,406,191
Road transport 14,891,315
Air transport 2,374,277

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) 164,283,092 142,820,250 -21,462,842
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 76,933,276 74,386,261 -2,547,015
Other 22,434,268 6,971,923 -15,462,345
Road transport 30,771 14,860,544 +14,829,773
Air transport 1,287,163 1,087,114 -200,049

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 65,986,076
Felixstowe 53,863,712
Middlesbrough 51,364,820
London 49,682,888
Dover 48,860,615

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 35,525,810 30,460,266 -5,065,544
Felixstowe 27,662,276 26,201,436 -1,460,840
Middlesbrough 31,128,256 20,236,564 -10,891,692
London 25,126,467 24,556,421 -570,046
Dover 25,241,584 23,619,031 -1,622,553
Hull 20,229,798 14,000,050 -6,229,748
000 22,434,268 6,971,923 -15,462,345
London Gateway Port 17,525,390 10,802,961 -6,722,429
Grangemouth Docks 9,443,024 13,523,423 +4,080,399
Southampton 7,840,496 13,792,205 +5,951,709

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
76
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
74
Other manufacturing
35
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
26
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
12

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 69
2026-04 70
2026-03 74
2026-02 57
2026-01 58

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+ 138
1m-15m 83
15m-54m 45
Other 19
0-1m 16

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 66,261,540
Germany 58,096,918
Netherlands 56,019,881
France 43,225,428
Italy 23,485,496

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 35,533,656 30,727,884 -4,805,772
Germany 26,538,956 31,557,962 +5,019,006
Netherlands 24,603,939 31,415,942 +6,812,003
France 21,291,558 21,933,870 +642,312
Italy 10,414,020 13,071,476 +2,657,456
Poland 10,839,274 7,841,007 -2,998,267
Sweden 8,246,424 8,629,670 +383,246
Ireland 7,477,079 7,532,933 +55,854
Austria 5,586,419 5,008,841 -577,578
Spain 4,028,058 6,185,800 +2,157,742

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 376,160
France 64,837
Ireland 6,926
China 6,471
Belgium 5,796

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 77,008 299,152 +222,144
France 36,338 28,499 -7,839
Ireland 764 6,162 +5,398
China 3,823 2,648 -1,175
Belgium 5,796 0 -5,796
Denmark 676 313 -363
Spain 0 82 +82
Indonesia 26 42 +16
United States 14 0 -14
India 0 3 +3

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) 236,028,648
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 147,163,209
Air transport 3,055,099
Other 532,147

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) 122,660,917 113,367,731 -9,293,186
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 63,083,662 84,079,547 +20,995,885
Air transport 1,755,166 1,299,933 -455,233
Other 173,035 359,112 +186,077

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 112,784,619
Dover / Eurotunnel 76,750,137
Middlesbrough 42,695,332
Grangemouth Docks 30,770,376
Hull 27,954,041

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 £
Immingham Docks 54,812,121 57,972,498 +3,160,377
Dover / Eurotunnel 35,638,763 41,111,374 +5,472,611
Middlesbrough 20,146,422 22,548,910 +2,402,488
Grangemouth Docks 15,771,846 14,998,530 -773,316
Hull 14,373,344 13,580,697 -792,647
London 8,905,165 12,166,684 +3,261,519
Liverpool Docks 6,112,997 7,556,148 +1,443,151
Felixstowe 7,374,108 4,017,479 -3,356,629
London Gateway Port 3,504,237 5,800,437 +2,296,200
Southampton 4,913,435 3,567,927 -1,345,508

Quick facts

HS code: 390210

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

Description: A type of plastic made from propylene, commonly used in packaging, textiles, and automotive parts