Import/export HS code 39201024: Stretch film

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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 £
Turkey 108,828,866
India 24,353,619
Ireland 23,601,749
France 18,211,156
Poland 17,955,762

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 57,486,035 51,342,831 -6,143,204
India 11,753,681 12,599,938 +846,257
Ireland 13,318,257 10,283,492 -3,034,765
France 10,326,945 7,884,211 -2,442,734
Poland 9,524,422 8,431,340 -1,093,082
Saudi Arabia 9,510,122 8,220,283 -1,289,839
Belgium 8,157,786 6,885,056 -1,272,730
Italy 7,747,594 7,202,826 -544,768
Netherlands 7,114,666 4,894,722 -2,219,944
Portugal 5,222,485 4,783,067 -439,418

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 109,437,547
India 24,446,064
Poland 19,038,119
Saudi Arabia 17,202,943
Italy 15,216,136

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 57,816,217 51,621,330 -6,194,887
India 11,781,173 12,664,891 +883,718
Poland 10,054,644 8,983,475 -1,071,169
Saudi Arabia 9,059,272 8,143,671 -915,601
Italy 7,869,398 7,346,738 -522,660
France 8,261,460 6,552,491 -1,708,969
Belgium 7,068,034 6,552,568 -515,466
Ireland 7,753,751 5,640,606 -2,113,145
Netherlands 6,433,144 4,002,904 -2,430,240
Germany 6,622,506 3,248,630 -3,373,876

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 23
West Midlands 21
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 18
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 17
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 16

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 18 13 -5
West Midlands 15 15 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 16 14 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 13 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 12 10 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 11 10 -1
Inner London - West 9 9 +0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 14 12 -2
Greater Manchester 10 12 +2
West Yorkshire 10 7 -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) 196,310,716
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 108,700,144
Other 11,782,554
Air transport 1,999,313
Road transport 558,677

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) 101,018,838 95,291,878 -5,726,960
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 60,661,964 48,038,180 -12,623,784
Other 6,468,527 5,314,027 -1,154,500
Air transport 1,285,389 713,924 -571,465
Road transport 265,070 293,607 +28,537

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 105,363,276
Dover 38,703,976
London Gateway Port 38,166,145
Southampton 24,225,038
Immingham Docks 21,772,613

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 56,807,999 48,555,277 -8,252,722
Dover 21,398,140 17,305,836 -4,092,304
London Gateway Port 21,480,659 16,685,486 -4,795,173
Southampton 9,949,616 14,275,422 +4,325,806
Immingham Docks 11,589,684 10,182,929 -1,406,755
000 6,468,527 5,314,027 -1,154,500
Liverpool Docks 5,935,113 5,234,017 -701,096
Harwich 4,998,713 4,516,494 -482,219
Eurotunnel 5,067,770 3,690,815 -1,376,955
London 3,366,758 3,667,826 +301,068

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
130
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
41
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
31
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
24
Manufacture of food products
23

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 70
2026-04 77
2026-03 93
2026-02 73
2026-01 76

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 148
54m+ 109
15m-54m 49
0-1m 32
Other 20

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 22,695,270
Belgium 14,924,129
France 6,896,364
Germany 6,830,017
Norway 6,562,496

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 11,328,928 11,366,342 +37,414
Belgium 9,975,972 4,948,157 -5,027,815
France 3,225,417 3,670,947 +445,530
Germany 2,732,776 4,097,241 +1,364,465
Norway 450,538 6,111,958 +5,661,420
Austria 1,618,280 3,965,062 +2,346,782
New Zealand 1,622,858 3,773,561 +2,150,703
Australia 404,075 3,567,955 +3,163,880
Netherlands 1,233,520 2,520,789 +1,287,269
Japan 1,329,357 1,515,459 +186,102

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 516,593
France 318,246
Ireland 179,023
Portugal 171,550
Israel 88,951

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 233,831 282,762 +48,931
France 210,474 107,772 -102,702
Ireland 85,183 93,840 +8,657
Portugal 131,331 40,219 -91,112
Israel 50,686 38,265 -12,421
Malaysia 43,982 27,109 -16,873
Turkey 28,626 23,787 -4,839
Finland 0 34,633 +34,633
Poland 8,408 9,028 +620
Italy 7,582 0 -7,582

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) 70,856,779
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,812,416
Other 5,950,049
Air transport 484,273
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) 32,108,777 38,748,002 +6,639,225
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,482,056 12,330,360 +2,848,304
Other 2,908,302 3,041,747 +133,445
Air transport 384,674 99,599 -285,075
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 37,316,803
Immingham Docks 13,383,722
Southampton 8,295,216
London Gateway Port 7,814,881
000 5,950,049

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 17,528,823 19,787,980 +2,259,157
Immingham Docks 4,528,674 8,855,048 +4,326,374
Southampton 2,461,170 5,834,046 +3,372,876
London Gateway Port 4,007,395 3,807,486 -199,909
000 2,908,302 3,041,747 +133,445
Holyhead 3,092,428 2,250,493 -841,935
Liverpool Docks 2,187,094 2,341,054 +153,960
Fishguard 1,069,412 2,567,413 +1,498,001
Felixstowe 1,686,111 1,604,657 -81,454
Dover 1,662,382 1,367,231 -295,151

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