Import/export HS code 390810: Specific types of polyamides

Includes polyamide-6, -11, -12, -6,6, -6,9, -6,10, and -6,12. These are used for making strong and durable plastic items

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 £
Germany 102,226,213
Canada 67,510,776
Netherlands 53,131,516
France 44,293,418
Italy 22,465,514

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 50,167,043 52,059,170 +1,892,127
Canada 37,023,237 30,487,539 -6,535,698
Netherlands 30,029,254 23,102,262 -6,926,992
France 19,024,263 25,269,155 +6,244,892
Italy 10,651,824 11,813,690 +1,161,866
Belgium 13,661,982 6,305,045 -7,356,937
United States 8,948,619 1,686,893 -7,261,726
Turkey 4,790,888 4,761,932 -28,956
Spain 3,822,425 4,224,053 +401,628
Switzerland 3,339,661 4,308,516 +968,855

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 107,368,206
Canada 67,498,052
France 38,619,066
Netherlands 34,153,469
United States 29,473,282

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 55,042,154 52,326,052 -2,716,102
Canada 37,049,578 30,448,474 -6,601,104
France 19,370,734 19,248,332 -122,402
Netherlands 19,474,436 14,679,033 -4,795,403
United States 14,808,770 14,664,512 -144,258
Italy 14,334,623 14,999,172 +664,549
Turkey 4,905,384 4,846,517 -58,867
Belgium 5,688,059 2,528,663 -3,159,396
Spain 3,946,797 4,003,746 +56,949
Poland 3,933,819 3,405,723 -528,096

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 14
Greater Manchester 13
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 13
Surrey, East and West Sussex 12
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 11

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 9 12 +3
Greater Manchester 10 11 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 9 9 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 9 7 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 9 7 -2
Inner London - West 8 11 +3
West Midlands 7 6 -1
West Yorkshire 7 6 -1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 7 4 -3
Merseyside 7 8 +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) 215,720,733
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 126,092,715
Air transport 8,818,312
Road transport 4,620,093
Other 855,613

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) 108,425,680 107,295,053 -1,130,627
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 72,492,870 53,599,845 -18,893,025
Air transport 3,578,918 5,239,394 +1,660,476
Road transport 2,007,507 2,612,586 +605,079
Other 462,298 393,315 -68,983

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 99,284,791
Southampton 70,051,693
Immingham Docks 32,146,128
Felixstowe 24,753,578
London 22,358,317

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 46,564,444 52,720,347 +6,155,903
Southampton 38,355,999 31,695,694 -6,660,305
Immingham Docks 16,518,904 15,627,224 -891,680
Felixstowe 12,691,760 12,061,818 -629,942
London 13,257,724 9,100,593 -4,157,131
Eurotunnel 9,233,562 6,830,347 -2,403,215
Newhaven 6,673,287 6,838,212 +164,925
Thamesport 6,798,036 6,045,576 -752,460
Hull 5,882,312 6,205,405 +323,093
Purfleet 5,126,768 5,174,890 +48,122

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
59
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
48
Other manufacturing
24
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
22
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
16

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 56
2026-04 55
2026-03 60
2026-02 52
2026-01 64

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+ 99
1m-15m 51
15m-54m 30
Other 15
0-1m 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 £
France 11,934,785
Germany 7,801,709
Belgium 6,543,661
United States 5,142,844
Mexico 4,423,845

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 £
France 6,149,200 5,785,585 -363,615
Germany 3,416,467 4,385,242 +968,775
Belgium 4,124,303 2,419,358 -1,704,945
United States 1,932,402 3,210,442 +1,278,040
Mexico 2,407,078 2,016,767 -390,311
China 1,750,678 1,769,352 +18,674
Italy 1,416,722 1,514,663 +97,941
Romania 1,400,726 801,276 -599,450
Denmark 347,019 1,662,750 +1,315,731
Ireland 873,254 995,569 +122,315

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 260,545
Italy 137,105
United States 48,677
Germany 24,904
India 3,170

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 13,113 247,432 +234,319
Italy 135,829 1,276 -134,553
United States 48,677 0 -48,677
Germany 9,051 15,853 +6,802
India 3,170 0 -3,170
China 0 434 +434

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) 38,615,120
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,329,572
Air transport 4,003,306
Other 484,462
Road transport 2,566

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) 19,814,963 18,800,157 -1,014,806
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,248,764 10,080,808 +832,044
Air transport 1,654,058 2,349,248 +695,190
Other 216,806 267,656 +50,850
Road transport 2,566 0 -2,566

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 27,522,324
Immingham Docks 8,887,340
Southampton 5,533,915
Felixstowe 5,349,750
London Gateway Port 3,006,909

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 13,049,488 14,472,836 +1,423,348
Immingham Docks 4,819,845 4,067,495 -752,350
Southampton 2,624,723 2,909,192 +284,469
Felixstowe 3,322,186 2,027,564 -1,294,622
London Gateway Port 1,293,283 1,713,626 +420,343
Liverpool Docks 561,578 1,323,234 +761,656
East Midlands Airport 845,690 740,550 -105,140
London 724,523 511,296 -213,227
London Heathrow Airport 453,046 678,231 +225,185
Dover 788,341 264,393 -523,948

Quick facts

HS code: 390810

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

Description: Includes polyamide-6, -11, -12, -6,6, -6,9, -6,10, and -6,12. These are used for making strong and durable plastic items