Import/export HS code 39201089: Various plastic products

Other plastic products made from ethylene polymers

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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 £
Germany 59,796,534
Switzerland 32,779,285
United States 17,051,978
Italy 15,504,781
Poland 14,503,012

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 29,957,234 29,839,300 -117,934
Switzerland 17,074,575 15,704,710 -1,369,865
United States 8,512,918 8,539,060 +26,142
Italy 7,609,690 7,895,091 +285,401
Poland 7,522,605 6,980,407 -542,198
China 5,379,845 8,982,437 +3,602,592
Lithuania 6,904,568 7,368,381 +463,813
Spain 8,217,279 5,329,537 -2,887,742
Oman 7,149,118 5,076,217 -2,072,901
Egypt 6,717,862 4,856,855 -1,861,007

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 70,199,775
Switzerland 32,225,217
United States 19,506,892
Italy 16,352,048
China 14,476,078

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 34,823,946 35,375,829 +551,883
Switzerland 16,647,149 15,578,068 -1,069,081
United States 10,181,350 9,325,542 -855,808
Italy 8,418,377 7,933,671 -484,706
China 5,421,652 9,054,426 +3,632,774
Poland 7,367,409 6,977,337 -390,072
Lithuania 7,029,467 7,291,627 +262,160
Spain 8,125,198 5,567,341 -2,557,857
Oman 7,774,648 5,524,808 -2,249,840
Egypt 6,546,554 4,856,855 -1,689,699

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 38
West Midlands 35
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 34
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 33
West Yorkshire 33

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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 31 25 -6
West Midlands 23 24 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 28 22 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 25 25 +0
West Yorkshire 27 22 -5
Greater Manchester 22 21 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 15 21 +6
Inner London - West 14 16 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 20 13 -7
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 19 17 -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) 150,827,499
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 102,655,785
Road transport 31,698,768
Air transport 7,194,568
Other 3,297,533

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) 79,306,814 71,520,685 -7,786,129
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 49,926,300 52,729,485 +2,803,185
Road transport 16,354,552 15,344,216 -1,010,336
Air transport 3,694,905 3,499,663 -195,242
Other 1,811,227 1,486,306 -324,921

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 62,476,355
Felixstowe 46,405,222
ZLC 32,527,779
London Gateway Port 27,338,983
Immingham Docks 21,739,053

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 31,444,657 31,031,698 -412,959
Felixstowe 27,900,398 18,504,824 -9,395,574
ZLC 16,811,412 15,716,367 -1,095,045
London Gateway Port 10,670,509 16,668,474 +5,997,965
Immingham Docks 12,408,279 9,330,774 -3,077,505
Eurotunnel 9,678,720 9,420,991 -257,729
Southampton 7,522,211 10,072,370 +2,550,159
Harwich 5,354,006 7,252,752 +1,898,746
Liverpool Docks 4,220,964 6,494,280 +2,273,316
London 3,234,745 4,095,038 +860,293

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 185
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 75
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 69
Other manufacturing 52
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 41

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 139
2026-03 131
2026-02 132
2026-01 117
2025-12 110

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 260
54m+ 232
15m-54m 78
0-1m 56
Other 46

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 £
Switzerland 41,214,518
United States 40,053,444
Ireland 26,121,239
Poland 17,529,039
Germany 12,247,196

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 £
Switzerland 21,000,509 20,214,009 -786,500
United States 21,958,966 18,094,478 -3,864,488
Ireland 14,394,054 11,727,185 -2,666,869
Poland 6,382,278 11,146,761 +4,764,483
Germany 6,050,917 6,196,279 +145,362
China 5,808,240 4,221,743 -1,586,497
Belgium 5,766,905 3,833,348 -1,933,557
France 5,632,256 3,964,887 -1,667,369
Italy 4,712,679 4,782,175 +69,496
India 3,284,049 5,685,872 +2,401,823

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 £
United States 1,637,788
Germany 179,626
Spain 167,409
Netherlands 105,003
Ireland 85,458

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 £
United States 1,022,126 615,662 -406,464
Germany 95,083 84,543 -10,540
Spain 112,166 55,243 -56,923
Netherlands 93,803 11,200 -82,603
Ireland 51,188 34,270 -16,918
XI 62,446 14,818 -47,628
Slovakia 42,605 17,310 -25,295
Poland 28,649 25,954 -2,695
Turkey 18,175 26,688 +8,513
China 11,060 14,261 +3,201

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) 152,262,133
Air transport 54,391,573
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,876,443
Other 3,090,515
Road transport 2,734

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) 76,638,263 75,623,870 -1,014,393
Air transport 26,987,539 27,404,034 +416,495
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,901,610 21,974,833 +1,073,223
Other 1,879,383 1,211,132 -668,251
Road transport 2,734 0 -2,734

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 101,141,132
London Heathrow Airport 40,344,334
Immingham Docks 18,235,968
London Gateway Port 14,991,992
Holyhead 14,062,120

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 49,825,513 51,315,619 +1,490,106
London Heathrow Airport 21,555,867 18,788,467 -2,767,400
Immingham Docks 10,137,501 8,098,467 -2,039,034
London Gateway Port 9,365,939 5,626,053 -3,739,886
Holyhead 8,250,769 5,811,351 -2,439,418
Liverpool Docks 5,642,681 6,832,413 +1,189,732
Southampton 3,422,933 7,248,032 +3,825,099
Manchester Airport 3,185,983 4,250,265 +1,064,282
Felixstowe 2,961,803 2,539,449 -422,354
ZLC 565,790 3,489,801 +2,924,011

Quick facts

HS code: 39201089

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

Description: Other plastic products made from ethylene polymers