Import/export HS code 392010: Plastic sheets made of ethylene

Sheets, films, and foils made from ethylene polymers

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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 £
Germany 162,041,929
Turkey 161,056,220
France 114,791,237
Italy 73,457,705
Spain 63,104,077

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 80,055,327 81,986,602 +1,931,275
Turkey 76,326,933 84,729,287 +8,402,354
France 57,980,027 56,811,210 -1,168,817
Italy 35,470,189 37,987,516 +2,517,327
Spain 32,110,647 30,993,430 -1,117,217
Poland 29,977,322 32,292,667 +2,315,345
Belgium 26,886,220 28,517,735 +1,631,515
Ireland 26,924,405 20,746,801 -6,177,604
India 22,129,193 19,615,117 -2,514,076
Netherlands 23,201,002 17,963,901 -5,237,101

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 181,434,494
Turkey 162,274,230
France 86,712,439
Italy 80,637,569
Spain 66,870,395

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 89,084,075 92,350,419 +3,266,344
Turkey 76,883,216 85,391,014 +8,507,798
France 41,697,527 45,014,912 +3,317,385
Italy 40,587,926 40,049,643 -538,283
Spain 34,333,690 32,536,705 -1,796,985
Poland 32,132,173 33,771,172 +1,638,999
India 22,069,452 20,000,096 -2,069,356
Belgium 18,250,841 19,275,927 +1,025,086
Switzerland 18,332,701 17,966,343 -366,358
China 16,016,582 19,595,885 +3,579,303

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 74
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 73
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 71
West Yorkshire 70
Greater Manchester 69

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
West Midlands 57 50 -7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 54 54 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 51 58 +7
West Yorkshire 57 52 -5
Greater Manchester 51 55 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 51 46 -5
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 41 41 +0
Inner London - West 33 36 +3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 38 43 +5
Outer London - East and North East 37 27 -10

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) 648,485,337
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 442,697,306
Road transport 38,736,030
Other 33,748,978
Air transport 17,229,339

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) 328,639,552 319,845,785 -8,793,767
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 210,552,505 232,144,801 +21,592,296
Road transport 19,538,614 19,197,416 -341,198
Other 18,029,543 15,719,435 -2,310,108
Air transport 8,518,745 8,710,594 +191,849
Rail transport 20,518 29,123 +8,605

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 271,719,283
Felixstowe 206,252,011
Immingham Docks 94,050,275
Eurotunnel 79,083,593
London Gateway Port 76,705,903

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 135,479,937 136,239,346 +759,409
Felixstowe 109,392,515 96,859,496 -12,533,019
Immingham Docks 45,875,533 48,174,742 +2,299,209
Eurotunnel 39,922,057 39,161,536 -760,521
London Gateway Port 35,459,070 41,246,833 +5,787,763
Southampton 23,076,084 35,593,106 +12,517,022
ZLC 24,461,448 24,895,414 +433,966
London 18,291,775 23,340,587 +5,048,812
Liverpool Docks 18,166,409 23,343,148 +5,176,739
Harwich 18,979,795 22,350,914 +3,371,119

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 419
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 144
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 132
Other manufacturing 126
Manufacture of food products 103

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 362
2026-03 374
2026-02 321
2026-01 322
2025-12 287

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 551
54m+ 467
15m-54m 186
0-1m 128
Other 104

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 £
Ireland 119,746,081
United States 69,292,308
Belgium 67,025,470
France 52,895,323
Switzerland 47,853,937

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 £
Ireland 60,935,788 58,810,293 -2,125,495
United States 36,828,735 32,463,573 -4,365,162
Belgium 39,762,747 27,262,723 -12,500,024
France 24,604,208 28,291,115 +3,686,907
Switzerland 23,948,880 23,905,057 -43,823
Germany 15,357,672 25,633,234 +10,275,562
Poland 17,692,451 22,030,980 +4,338,529
Netherlands 14,767,276 15,205,603 +438,327
Spain 11,499,358 13,558,797 +2,059,439
Denmark 9,141,477 8,526,795 -614,682

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 20,857,025
United States 1,882,036
France 590,749
Ireland 450,676
Germany 219,502

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 10,208,588 10,648,437 +439,849
United States 1,151,121 730,915 -420,206
France 434,171 156,578 -277,593
Ireland 241,485 209,191 -32,294
Germany 123,085 96,417 -26,668
Finland 129,078 60,169 -68,909
Portugal 135,915 50,678 -85,237
Spain 107,027 71,674 -35,353
Netherlands 115,969 16,320 -99,649
Turkey 47,494 56,170 +8,676

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) 483,021,402
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 122,663,457
Air transport 64,780,607
Other 33,828,474
Road transport 26,798

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) 227,427,067 255,594,335 +28,167,268
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 59,966,817 62,696,640 +2,729,823
Air transport 32,137,194 32,643,413 +506,219
Other 17,859,550 15,968,924 -1,890,626
Road transport 26,798 0 -26,798
Rail transport 16,821 0 -16,821

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 306,536,167
Immingham Docks 57,924,985
London Heathrow Airport 46,624,040
Liverpool Docks 41,241,784
Southampton 37,169,396

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 142,875,456 163,660,711 +20,785,255
Immingham Docks 26,647,391 31,277,594 +4,630,203
London Heathrow Airport 24,836,287 21,787,753 -3,048,534
Liverpool Docks 21,189,035 20,052,749 -1,136,286
Southampton 12,579,463 24,589,933 +12,010,470
London Gateway Port 20,719,487 15,770,658 -4,948,829
000 17,859,550 15,968,924 -1,890,626
Holyhead 15,005,418 13,624,737 -1,380,681
Dover 9,883,112 10,913,837 +1,030,725
Felixstowe 11,918,460 6,960,753 -4,957,707

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 392010

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

Description: Sheets, films, and foils made from ethylene polymers