Import/export HS code 3918: Plastic floor and wall coverings

Plastic floor coverings, wall coverings, or ceiling coverings, available in rolls or tiles. These can be self-adhesive or non-adhesive

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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 £
China 394,219,859
Belgium 162,454,439
Germany 57,211,615
Netherlands 43,470,782
France 38,269,262

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 £
China 217,476,370 176,743,489 -40,732,881
Belgium 85,404,667 77,049,772 -8,354,895
Germany 28,618,550 28,593,065 -25,485
Netherlands 22,157,533 21,313,249 -844,284
France 18,352,454 19,916,808 +1,564,354
Slovenia 15,710,539 15,158,427 -552,112
Viet Nam 15,208,210 7,036,326 -8,171,884
South Korea 12,166,977 8,844,519 -3,322,458
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 6,553,548 12,059,927 +5,506,379
Luxembourg 10,969,696 7,449,102 -3,520,594

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 £
China 432,585,147
Belgium 124,146,783
Germany 49,324,424
France 43,564,883
Slovenia 35,996,307

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 £
China 234,880,434 197,704,713 -37,175,721
Belgium 63,726,695 60,420,088 -3,306,607
Germany 25,346,232 23,978,192 -1,368,040
France 21,643,857 21,921,026 +277,169
Slovenia 18,716,198 17,280,109 -1,436,089
Luxembourg 18,650,800 13,664,073 -4,986,727
Netherlands 15,779,791 15,068,272 -711,519
South Korea 16,321,522 11,735,185 -4,586,337
Viet Nam 15,951,915 8,629,150 -7,322,765
United States 9,411,214 8,505,772 -905,442

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 44
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 35
Greater Manchester 34
Outer London - West and North West 33
West Midlands 32

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
Inner London - West 28 28 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 27 24 -3
Greater Manchester 25 23 -2
Outer London - West and North West 22 23 +1
West Midlands 24 22 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 23 23 +0
Inner London - East 19 18 -1
West Yorkshire 21 19 -2
Essex 16 20 +4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 17 9 -8

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) 523,542,126
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 331,986,335
Other 25,823,385
Air transport 22,914,577
Rail transport 4,808,442

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) 276,003,300 247,538,826 -28,464,474
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 176,883,412 155,102,923 -21,780,489
Other 18,419,619 7,403,766 -11,015,853
Air transport 12,386,072 10,528,505 -1,857,567
Rail transport 3,385,268 1,423,174 -1,962,094
Road transport 88,391 145,233 +56,842

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 205,951,481
Southampton 134,541,206
London Gateway Port 97,176,343
Dover 87,865,574
Immingham Docks 59,024,481

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 £
Felixstowe 116,791,042 89,160,439 -27,630,603
Southampton 83,010,681 51,530,525 -31,480,156
London Gateway Port 37,563,554 59,612,789 +22,049,235
Dover 43,901,700 43,963,874 +62,174
Immingham Docks 28,507,109 30,517,372 +2,010,263
London 25,806,807 22,196,986 -3,609,821
Eurotunnel 26,055,881 19,812,224 -6,243,657
Killingholme 20,793,427 19,547,281 -1,246,146
Hull 19,819,035 17,696,159 -2,122,876
Purfleet 14,977,272 13,572,742 -1,404,530

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
223
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
167
Specialised construction activities
53
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
25
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
24

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 117
2026-04 109
2026-03 122
2026-02 98
2026-01 98

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 250
54m+ 152
15m-54m 83
0-1m 78
Other 66

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 £
United States 64,167,757
Germany 40,531,828
Ireland 36,766,552
France 31,016,571
Australia 18,573,196

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 £
United States 28,988,177 35,179,580 +6,191,403
Germany 20,282,331 20,249,497 -32,834
Ireland 18,429,036 18,337,516 -91,520
France 15,812,530 15,204,041 -608,489
Australia 8,907,485 9,665,711 +758,226
Canada 7,048,656 7,297,117 +248,461
Poland 2,791,746 7,751,748 +4,960,002
Spain 4,342,042 4,409,795 +67,753
Netherlands 3,008,994 5,388,184 +2,379,190
United Arab Emirates 3,241,517 5,044,841 +1,803,324

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 £
Czechia 18,833,447
XI 3,468,269
China 3,296,380
Belgium 1,593,717
Switzerland 1,351,790

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 £
Czechia 10,389,536 8,443,911 -1,945,625
XI 2,074,967 1,393,302 -681,665
China 1,007,058 2,289,322 +1,282,264
Belgium 804,898 788,819 -16,079
Switzerland 1,224,755 127,035 -1,097,720
Ireland 439,990 67,230 -372,760
Viet Nam 114,214 100,115 -14,099
Slovenia 76,732 73,609 -3,123
Germany 16,810 75,738 +58,928
Slovakia 27,392 6,284 -21,108

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) 154,738,770
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 144,840,823
Other 31,759,159
Air transport 16,989,176
Road transport 78,862

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) 71,987,985 82,750,785 +10,762,800
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 68,794,701 76,046,122 +7,251,421
Other 17,087,959 14,671,200 -2,416,759
Air transport 9,442,888 7,546,288 -1,896,600
Road transport 78,862 0 -78,862

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 87,982,112
London Gateway Port 50,077,718
Southampton 39,823,997
Felixstowe 34,951,889
000 31,759,159

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 42,443,707 45,538,405 +3,094,698
London Gateway Port 20,903,658 29,174,060 +8,270,402
Southampton 18,612,735 21,211,262 +2,598,527
Felixstowe 17,234,214 17,717,675 +483,461
000 17,087,959 14,671,200 -2,416,759
Liverpool Docks 13,463,244 11,787,534 -1,675,710
Holyhead 7,915,040 8,926,038 +1,010,998
Dover 6,779,420 6,360,725 -418,695
Immingham Docks 4,875,555 6,874,755 +1,999,200
London Heathrow Airport 5,913,346 4,523,961 -1,389,385

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 3918

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

Description: Plastic floor coverings, wall coverings, or ceiling coverings, available in rolls or tiles. These can be self-adhesive or non-adhesive