Import/export HS code 392020: Plastic sheets made of propylene

Sheets, films, and foils made from propylene 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 £
Turkey 149,870,548
France 74,531,700
Germany 63,523,986
Belgium 45,297,251
Italy 44,650,607

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 75,252,294 74,618,254 -634,040
France 44,729,982 29,801,718 -14,928,264
Germany 30,639,902 32,884,084 +2,244,182
Belgium 23,815,724 21,481,527 -2,334,197
Italy 19,716,543 24,934,064 +5,217,521
India 17,906,740 17,599,174 -307,566
Netherlands 16,081,946 17,826,834 +1,744,888
Poland 15,010,599 16,517,851 +1,507,252
Egypt 12,512,572 15,298,270 +2,785,698
Portugal 13,519,157 12,880,300 -638,857

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 153,646,249
Germany 67,640,032
Italy 56,222,471
France 43,842,159
India 36,666,608

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 77,086,774 76,559,475 -527,299
Germany 34,894,692 32,745,340 -2,149,352
Italy 26,723,067 29,499,404 +2,776,337
France 23,531,118 20,311,041 -3,220,077
India 18,262,429 18,404,179 +141,750
Poland 17,148,662 19,388,733 +2,240,071
Portugal 15,332,496 13,633,867 -1,698,629
Egypt 12,858,682 15,936,320 +3,077,638
Belgium 12,584,236 11,991,146 -593,090
Spain 10,397,539 10,702,495 +304,956

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 42
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 37
Greater Manchester 35
West Yorkshire 32
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 29

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 36 27 -9
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 30 30 +0
Greater Manchester 31 23 -8
West Yorkshire 26 26 +0
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 19 21 +2
Inner London - West 20 20 +0
West Midlands 15 20 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 23 20 -3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 17 19 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 15 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) 353,675,456
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 261,987,644
Road transport 46,658,925
Other 16,462,884
Air transport 7,238,901

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) 175,324,304 178,351,152 +3,026,848
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 131,635,326 130,352,318 -1,283,008
Road transport 24,684,462 21,974,463 -2,709,999
Other 7,727,473 8,735,411 +1,007,938
Air transport 3,634,716 3,604,185 -30,531
Rail transport 1,418 0 -1,418

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 146,019,905
Felixstowe 99,532,994
Eurotunnel 67,563,797
Immingham Docks 59,853,407
London Gateway Port 54,671,572

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 73,989,169 72,030,736 -1,958,433
Felixstowe 52,655,439 46,877,555 -5,777,884
Eurotunnel 33,995,910 33,567,887 -428,023
Immingham Docks 28,754,847 31,098,560 +2,343,713
London Gateway Port 26,251,610 28,419,962 +2,168,352
ZLC 26,931,820 22,396,525 -4,535,295
Thamesport 11,638,881 14,723,682 +3,084,801
Liverpool Docks 12,905,991 11,468,591 -1,437,400
London 8,215,645 12,602,263 +4,386,618
Southampton 8,871,590 9,801,485 +929,895

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 169
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 99
Other manufacturing 64
Manufacture of food products 60
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 48

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 165
2026-03 190
2026-02 187
2026-01 187
2025-12 146

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 259
54m+ 242
15m-54m 106
Other 52
0-1m 39

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 £
United States 89,663,889
Germany 59,955,143
France 37,072,321
Poland 26,903,715
Luxembourg 25,721,766

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 £
United States 43,980,569 45,683,320 +1,702,751
Germany 26,864,260 33,090,883 +6,226,623
France 18,413,848 18,658,473 +244,625
Poland 13,592,185 13,311,530 -280,655
Luxembourg 11,651,095 14,070,671 +2,419,576
Ireland 13,076,941 11,964,572 -1,112,369
Netherlands 12,671,113 11,970,534 -700,579
Romania 11,363,192 12,354,301 +991,109
Turkey 9,820,920 11,524,771 +1,703,851
Egypt 653,548 17,658,397 +17,004,849

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 £
Nicaragua 15,462,867
XI 7,273,782
United States 719,280
Turkey 476,355
Finland 185,299

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 £
Nicaragua 6,909,462 8,553,405 +1,643,943
XI 4,238,262 3,035,520 -1,202,742
United States 433,330 285,950 -147,380
Turkey 197,804 278,551 +80,747
Finland 73,890 111,409 +37,519
Bulgaria 68,332 94,881 +26,549
Ireland 47,129 63,620 +16,491
Netherlands 35,638 45,526 +9,888
Sweden 35,467 0 -35,467
Germany 3,621 6,381 +2,760

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) 317,263,772
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 184,077,386
Other 25,211,418
Air transport 24,429,866

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) 152,887,828 164,375,944 +11,488,116
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 82,030,479 102,046,907 +20,016,428
Other 12,292,465 12,918,953 +626,488
Air transport 11,708,878 12,720,988 +1,012,110

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 218,446,294
Southampton 70,337,316
London Gateway Port 45,950,904
Felixstowe 36,082,433
Immingham Docks 33,694,543

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 104,090,622 114,355,672 +10,265,050
Southampton 25,914,846 44,422,470 +18,507,624
London Gateway Port 21,344,586 24,606,318 +3,261,732
Felixstowe 17,645,007 18,437,426 +792,419
Immingham Docks 15,283,598 18,410,945 +3,127,347
000 12,292,465 12,918,953 +626,488
Hull 10,959,292 8,708,794 -2,250,498
Liverpool Docks 10,909,269 8,562,419 -2,346,850
Manchester Airport 6,099,467 8,343,440 +2,243,973
London 5,841,245 6,114,099 +272,854

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 392020

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

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