Import/export HS code 39201024: Stretch film

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  • 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 £
Turkey 112,928,069
Ireland 28,305,510
India 27,026,101
France 19,176,243
Poland 18,579,246

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 £
Turkey 55,598,809 57,329,260 +1,730,451
Ireland 15,321,169 12,984,341 -2,336,828
India 13,366,069 13,660,032 +293,963
France 9,729,040 9,447,203 -281,837
Poland 8,681,981 9,897,265 +1,215,284
Saudi Arabia 8,597,294 9,580,444 +983,150
Belgium 8,040,846 7,664,571 -376,275
Italy 7,436,911 7,984,374 +547,463
Netherlands 7,368,235 5,440,153 -1,928,082
Portugal 4,566,157 5,561,066 +994,909

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 £
Turkey 113,647,411
India 27,082,760
Poland 19,585,174
Saudi Arabia 17,592,414
Ireland 16,048,623

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 £
Turkey 56,011,843 57,635,568 +1,623,725
India 13,358,740 13,724,020 +365,280
Poland 9,136,275 10,448,899 +1,312,624
Saudi Arabia 8,088,582 9,503,832 +1,415,250
Ireland 8,877,427 7,171,196 -1,706,231
Italy 7,522,637 7,951,297 +428,660
France 7,532,172 7,741,121 +208,949
Belgium 6,921,746 7,202,091 +280,345
Germany 8,344,925 3,614,304 -4,730,621
Netherlands 6,755,590 4,670,256 -2,085,334

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Outer London - East and North East 24
West Midlands 23
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 19
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 18
Inner London - West 17

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
Outer London - East and North East 19 12 -7
West Midlands 17 15 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 15 14 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 16 15 -1
Inner London - West 11 10 -1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 10 11 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 12 9 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 14 12 -2
Greater Manchester 12 11 -1
West Yorkshire 11 10 -1

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) 204,095,046
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 115,880,266
Other 13,814,064
Air transport 2,703,760
Road transport 549,561

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) 98,696,555 105,398,491 +6,701,936
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 60,236,712 55,643,554 -4,593,158
Other 7,410,379 6,403,685 -1,006,694
Air transport 1,639,809 1,063,951 -575,858
Road transport 254,120 295,441 +41,321

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 109,182,905
Dover 41,648,775
London Gateway Port 39,526,000
Southampton 25,787,411
Immingham Docks 22,624,590

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 56,574,210 52,608,695 -3,965,515
Dover 20,580,185 21,068,590 +488,405
London Gateway Port 21,468,509 18,057,491 -3,411,018
Southampton 8,085,128 17,702,283 +9,617,155
Immingham Docks 11,422,563 11,202,027 -220,536
000 7,410,379 6,403,685 -1,006,694
Liverpool Docks 7,202,007 5,631,992 -1,570,015
Harwich 4,907,937 4,983,810 +75,873
Eurotunnel 4,766,425 4,354,043 -412,382
London 3,036,783 3,940,845 +904,062

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 137
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 42
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 34
Manufacture of food products 26
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 23

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 77
2026-03 93
2026-02 73
2026-01 76
2025-12 70

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 155
54m+ 117
15m-54m 48
0-1m 34
Other 22

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 26,248,150
Belgium 15,796,792
Germany 6,748,800
France 6,736,302
Austria 4,994,253

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 11,464,292 14,783,858 +3,319,566
Belgium 11,144,534 4,652,258 -6,492,276
Germany 2,795,373 3,953,427 +1,158,054
France 3,165,397 3,570,905 +405,508
Austria 1,479,718 3,514,535 +2,034,817
New Zealand 1,264,149 3,421,562 +2,157,413
Norway 275,082 4,173,111 +3,898,029
Australia 141,294 3,837,777 +3,696,483
Netherlands 1,165,589 2,809,614 +1,644,025
Japan 1,329,353 1,517,000 +187,647

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 £
France 587,781
XI 541,652
Ireland 206,236
Portugal 182,698
Israel 92,271

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 £
France 432,254 155,527 -276,727
XI 220,552 321,100 +100,548
Ireland 96,296 109,940 +13,644
Portugal 133,080 49,618 -83,462
Israel 52,204 40,067 -12,137
Malaysia 0 71,091 +71,091
Turkey 27,676 26,489 -1,187
Germany 31,457 0 -31,457
Finland 0 29,877 +29,877
Poland 9,024 9,689 +665

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) 70,883,856
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,646,472
Other 6,834,870
Air transport 624,534
Road transport 24,064

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) 31,175,649 39,708,207 +8,532,558
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,954,968 12,691,504 +2,736,536
Other 3,478,862 3,356,008 -122,854
Air transport 530,063 94,471 -435,592
Road transport 24,064 0 -24,064

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 37,389,219
Immingham Docks 11,821,751
London Gateway Port 8,223,795
Southampton 7,677,951
000 6,834,870

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 17,655,554 19,733,665 +2,078,111
Immingham Docks 4,254,575 7,567,176 +3,312,601
London Gateway Port 3,993,923 4,229,872 +235,949
Southampton 2,304,290 5,373,661 +3,069,371
000 3,478,862 3,356,008 -122,854
Holyhead 2,581,036 3,281,226 +700,190
Liverpool Docks 1,977,568 3,379,234 +1,401,666
Fishguard 1,477,298 2,770,135 +1,292,837
Felixstowe 1,706,058 1,619,434 -86,624
Milford 1,526,996 1,635,055 +108,059

Quick facts

HS code: 39201024

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

Description: Plastic stretch film, not printed, used for wrapping and packaging