Import/export HS code 39209990: Various plastic products

Other plastic products not classified elsewhere

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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 £
France 20,274,506
Germany 13,649,673
United States 12,527,416
Italy 12,087,657
China 10,370,883

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 £
France 10,244,704 10,029,802 -214,902
Germany 5,954,790 7,694,883 +1,740,093
United States 6,904,583 5,622,833 -1,281,750
Italy 6,829,200 5,258,457 -1,570,743
China 5,195,791 5,175,092 -20,699
Turkey 3,992,779 4,136,791 +144,012
Israel 2,280,264 1,040,205 -1,240,059
Ireland 1,595,980 1,253,449 -342,531
Austria 667,236 2,121,756 +1,454,520
Belgium 1,343,098 1,359,318 +16,220

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 £
France 18,131,365
Italy 14,206,657
United States 14,143,732
Germany 13,363,396
China 11,043,413

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 £
France 8,843,883 9,287,482 +443,599
Italy 8,187,793 6,018,864 -2,168,929
United States 7,701,338 6,442,394 -1,258,944
Germany 5,831,467 7,531,929 +1,700,462
China 5,417,996 5,625,417 +207,421
Turkey 3,956,586 4,147,524 +190,938
Israel 2,280,264 1,040,205 -1,240,059
Denmark 1,277,276 1,279,025 +1,749
Austria 692,459 1,350,532 +658,073
South Korea 885,811 822,847 -62,964

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 53
Inner London - West 38
Greater Manchester 35
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 34
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 32

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 35 -1
Inner London - West 26 21 -5
Greater Manchester 24 23 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 24 21 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 25 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 17 20 +3
West Midlands 19 17 -2
West Yorkshire 19 18 -1
Essex 13 14 +1
Outer London - West and North West 11 11 +0

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) 56,741,239
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,014,428
Air transport 19,653,090
Other 2,512,191
Road transport 2,355,679

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) 26,999,808 29,741,431 +2,741,623
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,315,348 10,699,080 -616,268
Air transport 11,785,491 7,867,599 -3,917,892
Other 1,210,750 1,301,441 +90,691
Road transport 1,223,663 1,132,016 -91,647

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 32,973,045
Felixstowe 12,577,536
London Heathrow Airport 5,553,163
Eurotunnel 5,348,741
Immingham Docks 4,460,433

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 15,824,406 17,148,639 +1,324,233
Felixstowe 5,680,951 6,896,585 +1,215,634
London Heathrow Airport 3,480,582 2,072,581 -1,408,001
Eurotunnel 2,221,204 3,127,537 +906,333
Immingham Docks 1,942,940 2,517,493 +574,553
London Gateway Port 2,482,380 1,394,162 -1,088,218
Southampton 1,850,207 1,786,921 -63,286
London Stansted Airport 2,030,990 1,456,760 -574,230
East Midlands Airport 1,616,036 1,681,170 +65,134
ZLC 1,604,377 1,457,120 -147,257

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 149
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 65
Other manufacturing 59
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 45
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 39

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 102
2026-03 105
2026-02 86
2026-01 82
2025-12 93

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+ 233
1m-15m 224
15m-54m 85
0-1m 58
Other 51

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 15,592,635
Germany 15,005,132
Denmark 9,224,324
Ireland 8,013,192
China 7,977,255

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 7,670,471 7,922,164 +251,693
Germany 6,836,764 8,168,368 +1,331,604
Denmark 3,888,285 5,336,039 +1,447,754
Ireland 3,331,472 4,681,720 +1,350,248
China 4,265,020 3,712,235 -552,785
Poland 4,292,126 3,487,266 -804,860
Netherlands 3,525,473 3,456,346 -69,127
France 3,347,094 2,882,639 -464,455
Luxembourg 2,715,248 2,776,467 +61,219
Italy 2,071,252 2,914,052 +842,800

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 £
Ireland 1,073,736
XI 65,098
Nicaragua 39,337
Italy 11,746
Finland 5,749

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 £
Ireland 425,676 648,060 +222,384
XI 22,822 42,276 +19,454
Nicaragua 0 39,337 +39,337
Italy 9,218 2,528 -6,690
Finland 5,749 0 -5,749
Turkey 5,531 0 -5,531
Switzerland 4,047 0 -4,047
Denmark 1,137 2,529 +1,392
China 495 357 -138
Germany 84 0 -84

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) 61,748,133
Air transport 33,404,180
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,788,964
Other 1,236,941
Road transport 16,212

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) 29,441,794 32,306,339 +2,864,545
Air transport 16,594,610 16,809,570 +214,960
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,211,755 12,577,209 +3,365,454
Other 499,727 737,214 +237,487
Road transport 15,326 886 -14,440

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 41,232,830
East Midlands Airport 14,249,942
London Heathrow Airport 11,264,795
Felixstowe 7,046,374
Southampton 6,908,068

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 17,976,911 23,255,919 +5,279,008
East Midlands Airport 6,859,090 7,390,852 +531,762
London Heathrow Airport 5,216,815 6,047,980 +831,165
Felixstowe 4,022,468 3,023,906 -998,562
Southampton 2,709,802 4,198,266 +1,488,464
London Gateway Port 2,680,486 3,399,901 +719,415
Dover 2,693,653 2,043,400 -650,253
Immingham Docks 2,409,921 2,315,437 -94,484
Harwich 2,769,425 1,349,320 -1,420,105
ZLC 2,239,695 1,536,768 -702,927

Quick facts

HS code: 39209990

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

Description: Other plastic products not classified elsewhere