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 224,866,974
South Korea 16,424,579
Viet Nam 15,831,222
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 15,377,882
Belgium 14,755,932

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 124,645,629 100,221,345 -24,424,284
South Korea 9,140,407 7,284,172 -1,856,235
Viet Nam 9,562,807 6,268,415 -3,294,392
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,636,755 10,741,127 +6,104,372
Belgium 11,004,089 3,751,843 -7,252,246
France 6,425,724 6,921,331 +495,607
Germany 6,766,965 6,257,402 -509,563
Luxembourg 3,663,666 3,950,681 +287,015
Turkey 3,729,351 1,978,400 -1,750,951
Taiwan 2,839,635 2,096,549 -743,086

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 256,155,597
South Korea 18,427,621
Viet Nam 16,699,632
France 12,853,152
Belgium 9,077,469

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 137,598,332 118,557,265 -19,041,067
South Korea 10,100,315 8,327,306 -1,773,009
Viet Nam 9,698,861 7,000,771 -2,698,090
France 6,448,534 6,404,618 -43,916
Belgium 8,403,173 674,296 -7,728,877
Luxembourg 3,135,795 3,233,896 +98,101
Turkey 3,799,230 1,970,771 -1,828,459
Germany 2,221,737 2,358,489 +136,752
United States 2,448,645 1,372,030 -1,076,615
Poland 974,702 2,011,807 +1,037,105

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Greater Manchester 21
Inner London - West 21
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 21
Outer London - West and North West 20
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
Greater Manchester 13 14 +1
Inner London - West 15 13 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 13 17 +4
Outer London - West and North West 12 13 +1
West Midlands 11 12 +1
West Yorkshire 15 11 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 11 -1
Inner London - East 8 10 +2
Essex 7 8 +1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 5 8 +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) 268,036,034
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 58,771,902
Other 17,454,629
Air transport 8,313,887
Road transport 86,929

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) 143,021,390 125,014,644 -18,006,746
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 32,307,161 26,464,741 -5,842,420
Other 13,129,672 4,324,957 -8,804,715
Air transport 4,624,200 3,689,687 -934,513
Road transport 59,426 27,503 -31,923

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 110,782,166
Southampton 80,069,866
London Gateway Port 58,467,079
Dover 19,049,871
000 17,454,629

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 63,792,354 46,989,812 -16,802,542
Southampton 59,070,560 20,999,306 -38,071,254
London Gateway Port 13,379,399 45,087,680 +31,708,281
Dover 9,186,093 9,863,778 +677,685
000 13,129,672 4,324,957 -8,804,715
Eurotunnel 6,700,921 5,612,843 -1,088,078
499 145,319 7,598,494 +7,453,175
Belfast Port 2,714,677 3,559,494 +844,817
London 4,781,331 1,279,311 -3,502,020
Grangemouth Docks 3,034,763 2,774,329 -260,434

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 115
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 93
Specialised construction activities 27
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 14
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 13

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 55
2026-03 62
2026-02 52
2026-01 47
2025-12 43

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 135
54m+ 75
0-1m 37
15m-54m 37
Other 37

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 22,450,543
Ireland 17,524,042
United States 11,967,952
France 9,087,654
Australia 7,023,096

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 11,650,893 10,799,650 -851,243
Ireland 7,200,174 10,323,868 +3,123,694
United States 5,375,725 6,592,227 +1,216,502
France 4,266,746 4,820,908 +554,162
Australia 3,329,358 3,693,738 +364,380
Canada 2,188,183 2,474,521 +286,338
Spain 1,620,603 2,346,141 +725,538
United Arab Emirates 1,538,081 2,362,663 +824,582
Belgium 1,545,924 2,347,330 +801,406
South Africa 1,737,882 1,958,162 +220,280

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 3,229,465
China 1,315,931
Switzerland 1,208,999
Belgium 271,481
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 1,572,872 1,656,593 +83,721
China 253,833 1,062,098 +808,265
Switzerland 896,673 312,326 -584,347
Belgium 145,159 126,322 -18,837
Viet Nam 110,510 99,997 -10,513
Ireland 17,699 29,966 +12,267
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) 66,116,688
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 58,622,758
Other 6,344,381
Air transport 3,108,965
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) 31,061,277 35,055,411 +3,994,134
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 28,346,008 30,276,750 +1,930,742
Other 3,025,235 3,319,146 +293,911
Air transport 1,593,183 1,515,782 -77,401
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 39,159,862
London Gateway Port 24,658,646
Liverpool Docks 11,109,804
Southampton 10,918,274
Felixstowe 9,371,230

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 19,706,037 19,453,825 -252,212
London Gateway Port 9,909,555 14,749,091 +4,839,536
Liverpool Docks 5,809,014 5,300,790 -508,224
Southampton 5,412,274 5,506,000 +93,726
Felixstowe 6,289,766 3,081,464 -3,208,302
Holyhead 2,562,349 5,684,942 +3,122,593
Immingham Docks 3,044,856 4,220,194 +1,175,338
Dover 1,870,974 4,568,883 +2,697,909
000 3,025,235 3,319,146 +293,911
Hull 1,778,230 128,256 -1,649,974

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