Import/export HS code 39181090: Various PVC coverings

Other types of plastic coverings made from PVC, not specified above

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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 212,028,414
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 16,455,283
South Korea 15,601,514
Viet Nam 14,636,342
France 12,789,709

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 122,594,067 89,434,347 -33,159,720
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 5,805,874 10,649,409 +4,843,535
South Korea 9,289,551 6,311,963 -2,977,588
Viet Nam 10,038,679 4,597,663 -5,441,016
France 6,721,699 6,068,010 -653,689
Germany 6,636,451 5,694,568 -941,883
Belgium 8,116,275 3,378,354 -4,737,921
Luxembourg 3,941,583 3,575,840 -365,743
Taiwan 2,992,503 2,503,081 -489,422
Turkey 2,989,087 1,909,943 -1,079,144

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 244,032,885
South Korea 17,691,414
Viet Nam 15,885,085
France 12,372,697
Luxembourg 6,320,973

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 136,703,924 107,328,961 -29,374,963
South Korea 10,354,747 7,336,667 -3,018,080
Viet Nam 10,363,134 5,521,951 -4,841,183
France 6,758,407 5,614,290 -1,144,117
Luxembourg 3,375,265 2,945,708 -429,557
Belgium 5,391,221 632,305 -4,758,916
Turkey 2,995,368 1,929,729 -1,065,639
Germany 2,024,769 2,386,605 +361,836
United States 2,336,411 1,308,281 -1,028,130
Poland 1,179,807 1,773,968 +594,161

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 21
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 21
Outer London - West and North West 20
Greater Manchester 18
West Midlands 18

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 13 15 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 16 14 -2
Outer London - West and North West 11 14 +3
Greater Manchester 11 13 +2
West Midlands 12 12 +0
West Yorkshire 14 10 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 11 -1
Inner London - East 9 9 +0
Essex 8 8 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 6 8 +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) 256,051,392
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 53,807,724
Other 14,937,991
Air transport 8,080,799
Road transport 75,391

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) 141,151,795 114,899,597 -26,252,198
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 30,557,472 23,250,252 -7,307,220
Other 12,683,629 2,254,362 -10,429,267
Air transport 4,486,398 3,594,401 -891,997
Road transport 50,442 24,949 -25,493

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 104,415,641
Southampton 71,380,184
London Gateway Port 61,460,532
Dover 17,690,079
000 14,937,991

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 60,899,060 43,516,581 -17,382,479
Southampton 50,160,012 21,220,172 -28,939,840
London Gateway Port 24,549,518 36,911,014 +12,361,496
Dover 9,036,900 8,653,179 -383,721
000 12,683,629 2,254,362 -10,429,267
Eurotunnel 6,558,029 5,144,719 -1,413,310
499 163,999 8,355,687 +8,191,688
Belfast Port 2,793,805 3,429,071 +635,266
Grangemouth Docks 3,167,469 2,552,094 -615,375
Hull 3,773,691 858,057 -2,915,634

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
116
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
90
Specialised construction activities
27
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities
13
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
13

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 49
2026-04 55
2026-03 62
2026-02 52
2026-01 47

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 132
54m+ 79
15m-54m 37
0-1m 36
Other 34

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 21,037,029
Ireland 17,230,563
United States 11,100,969
France 8,910,952
Australia 6,895,236

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 10,993,632 10,043,397 -950,235
Ireland 7,700,192 9,530,371 +1,830,179
United States 5,609,222 5,491,747 -117,475
France 4,246,234 4,664,718 +418,484
Australia 3,517,584 3,377,652 -139,932
Canada 2,183,565 2,230,480 +46,915
United Arab Emirates 1,611,092 2,636,692 +1,025,600
Spain 1,800,215 2,038,311 +238,096
Belgium 1,861,246 1,975,288 +114,042
Saudi Arabia 1,505,851 1,999,155 +493,304

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 3,254,885
China 1,391,107
Switzerland 1,089,066
Belgium 244,074
Viet Nam 210,507

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 1,977,480 1,277,405 -700,075
China 209,404 1,181,703 +972,299
Switzerland 986,655 102,411 -884,244
Belgium 126,627 117,447 -9,180
Viet Nam 110,510 99,997 -10,513
Ireland 47,563 153 -47,410
Turkey 1,430 3,062 +1,632
Netherlands 1,369 1,954 +585
Germany 0 2,919 +2,919
Sweden 0 2,794 +2,794

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) 64,463,583
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 55,547,570
Other 6,297,667
Air transport 3,130,983
Road transport 25,732

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) 31,865,625 32,597,958 +732,333
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,676,123 27,871,447 +195,324
Other 3,486,263 2,811,404 -674,859
Air transport 1,577,589 1,553,394 -24,195
Road transport 25,732 0 -25,732

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 38,308,570
London Gateway Port 23,795,211
Southampton 10,382,338
Liverpool Docks 10,366,908
Felixstowe 8,903,918

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 20,228,627 18,079,943 -2,148,684
London Gateway Port 10,254,680 13,540,531 +3,285,851
Southampton 5,597,308 4,785,030 -812,278
Liverpool Docks 5,640,992 4,725,916 -915,076
Felixstowe 5,666,240 3,237,678 -2,428,562
Holyhead 3,036,210 5,313,128 +2,276,918
Immingham Docks 2,912,769 4,056,973 +1,144,204
Dover 2,245,362 4,336,253 +2,090,891
000 3,486,263 2,811,404 -674,859
London Heathrow Airport 806,572 887,232 +80,660

Quick facts

HS code: 39181090

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

Description: Other types of plastic coverings made from PVC, not specified above