Import/export HS code 39201025: Various plastic films

Other types of plastic films made from ethylene polymers

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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 £
Germany 53,067,049
France 41,696,796
Turkey 28,424,460
Poland 21,163,484
Finland 17,739,298

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 30,480,827 22,586,222 -7,894,605
France 25,472,527 16,224,269 -9,248,258
Turkey 14,788,697 13,635,763 -1,152,934
Poland 11,766,259 9,397,225 -2,369,034
Finland 10,327,011 7,412,287 -2,914,724
Greece 9,487,841 6,903,635 -2,584,206
Italy 7,246,891 6,219,868 -1,027,023
Belgium 5,951,293 5,004,533 -946,760
Portugal 5,044,293 4,958,267 -86,026
Ireland 5,414,922 2,934,004 -2,480,918

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 53,329,860
France 32,150,473
Turkey 28,687,986
Poland 23,779,331
Finland 17,965,006

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 31,117,271 22,212,589 -8,904,682
France 18,139,229 14,011,244 -4,127,985
Turkey 14,953,941 13,734,045 -1,219,896
Poland 13,533,752 10,245,579 -3,288,173
Finland 10,467,266 7,497,740 -2,969,526
Greece 9,434,021 6,938,739 -2,495,282
Italy 7,649,954 6,249,589 -1,400,365
Belgium 6,147,732 4,833,518 -1,314,214
Portugal 5,452,543 5,049,073 -403,470
Spain 5,696,697 4,065,413 -1,631,284

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Shropshire and Staffordshire 20
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 19
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 17
Outer London - West and North West 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
Shropshire and Staffordshire 17 16 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14 14 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 14 14 +0
Outer London - West and North West 13 11 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 12 12 +0
Greater Manchester 15 14 -1
Lancashire 12 9 -3
West Midlands 10 9 -1
West Yorkshire 12 11 -1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 10 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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 181,866,153
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 64,006,768
Other 8,357,593
Air transport 2,950,073
Road transport 2,462,799

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) 107,221,049 74,645,104 -32,575,945
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 34,180,619 29,826,149 -4,354,470
Other 5,376,937 2,980,656 -2,396,281
Air transport 1,531,101 1,418,972 -112,129
Road transport 1,340,615 1,122,184 -218,431
Rail transport 0 45,159 +45,159

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 72,388,748
Eurotunnel 24,022,372
Felixstowe 23,857,293
Immingham Docks 19,785,721
London 15,369,840

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 43,873,232 28,515,516 -15,357,716
Eurotunnel 14,205,573 9,816,799 -4,388,774
Felixstowe 13,289,507 10,567,786 -2,721,721
Immingham Docks 10,507,488 9,278,233 -1,229,255
London 8,306,829 7,063,011 -1,243,818
Harwich 6,643,133 5,586,860 -1,056,273
Middlesbrough 6,185,729 4,647,522 -1,538,207
ZLC 5,220,238 5,019,916 -200,322
Newhaven 5,708,715 3,674,237 -2,034,478
000 5,376,937 2,980,656 -2,396,281

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 100
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 50
Other manufacturing 47
Manufacture of food products 33
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 26

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 100
2025-11 102
2025-10 104
2025-09 87
2025-08 95

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
54m+ 161
1m-15m 120
15m-54m 61
Other 25
0-1m 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 30,454,032
United States 10,496,481
Spain 7,252,241
Denmark 6,655,183
Germany 5,736,893

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 19,191,160 11,262,872 -7,928,288
United States 6,324,555 4,171,926 -2,152,629
Spain 3,976,410 3,275,831 -700,579
Denmark 4,101,482 2,553,701 -1,547,781
Germany 1,230,575 4,506,318 +3,275,743
France 2,058,349 2,153,624 +95,275
China 2,201,466 1,136,415 -1,065,051
Austria 471,010 2,635,391 +2,164,381
South Africa 2,177,385 813,407 -1,363,978
Portugal 1,512,920 1,409,438 -103,482

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 5,828,455
United States 152,185
Finland 148,489
Ireland 139,835
Netherlands 14,728

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 3,893,481 1,934,974 -1,958,507
United States 118,647 33,538 -85,109
Finland 134,124 14,365 -119,759
Ireland 96,575 43,260 -53,315
Netherlands 11,623 3,105 -8,518
India 5,070 3,010 -2,060
France 1,962 623 -1,339
Belgium 1,993 306 -1,687
Turkey 0 994 +994
Italy 619 0 -619

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) 61,153,962
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 24,210,136
Other 8,745,045
Air transport 858,281

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) 32,281,360 28,872,602 -3,408,758
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,178,618 9,031,518 -6,147,100
Other 5,565,807 3,179,238 -2,386,569
Air transport 494,661 363,620 -131,041

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 26,369,272
Liverpool Docks 12,778,591
Immingham Docks 9,017,783
000 8,745,045
Southampton 7,376,498

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 10,900,948 15,468,324 +4,567,376
Liverpool Docks 8,687,067 4,091,524 -4,595,543
Immingham Docks 5,376,520 3,641,263 -1,735,257
000 5,565,807 3,179,238 -2,386,569
Southampton 2,836,349 4,540,149 +1,703,800
London Gateway Port 5,205,941 1,938,859 -3,267,082
Felixstowe 5,228,538 1,162,865 -4,065,673
Holyhead 2,168,017 1,977,915 -190,102
Portsmouth 1,438,101 1,628,790 +190,689
Fishguard 1,917,495 837,154 -1,080,341

Quick facts

HS code: 39201025

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

Description: Other types of plastic films made from ethylene polymers