Import/export HS code 392190: Various plastic products

Miscellaneous plastic products, including sheets, films, and strips

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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 £
Germany 190,170,135
France 122,571,425
Italy 113,879,542
India 82,729,555
Poland 80,152,705

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 94,353,747 95,816,388 +1,462,641
France 56,092,925 66,478,500 +10,385,575
Italy 55,799,967 58,079,575 +2,279,608
India 40,696,139 42,033,416 +1,337,277
Poland 35,952,842 44,199,863 +8,247,021
Netherlands 35,558,841 30,538,859 -5,019,982
United States 28,096,511 28,558,719 +462,208
Turkey 23,953,958 23,487,096 -466,862
China 21,737,407 23,304,167 +1,566,760
Ireland 19,040,928 14,777,692 -4,263,236

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 199,295,491
Italy 136,327,683
France 90,575,139
India 85,720,564
Poland 77,201,649

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 102,105,047 97,190,444 -4,914,603
Italy 63,834,119 72,493,564 +8,659,445
France 42,182,486 48,392,653 +6,210,167
India 40,998,917 44,721,647 +3,722,730
Poland 37,195,964 40,005,685 +2,809,721
United States 30,182,369 31,111,791 +929,422
Turkey 24,043,770 23,739,514 -304,256
China 22,372,798 24,137,438 +1,764,640
Netherlands 20,391,748 21,146,736 +754,988
Belgium 15,565,807 16,685,734 +1,119,927

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 105
Inner London - West 102
Greater Manchester 101
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 101
West Midlands 76

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 76 73 -3
Inner London - West 70 68 -2
Greater Manchester 78 77 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 80 73 -7
West Midlands 44 59 +15
West Yorkshire 62 65 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 52 59 +7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 48 57 +9
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 51 43 -8
Essex 43 43 +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) 684,209,748
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 311,977,741
Air transport 65,021,100
Road transport 27,529,605
Other 17,821,862

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) 338,755,235 345,454,513 +6,699,278
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 148,503,665 163,474,076 +14,970,411
Air transport 32,885,957 32,135,143 -750,814
Road transport 14,530,938 12,998,667 -1,532,271
Other 10,580,917 7,240,945 -3,339,972
Rail transport 0 58,647 +58,647

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 364,268,244
Felixstowe 114,995,382
Immingham Docks 113,371,991
Southampton 64,177,985
Eurotunnel 61,961,857

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 168,405,131 195,863,113 +27,457,982
Felixstowe 62,125,879 52,869,503 -9,256,376
Immingham Docks 52,861,748 60,510,243 +7,648,495
Southampton 25,568,971 38,609,014 +13,040,043
Eurotunnel 33,393,229 28,568,628 -4,824,601
Killingholme 31,902,150 22,383,025 -9,519,125
London Gateway Port 18,880,143 19,689,836 +809,693
London Heathrow Airport 15,967,749 12,599,445 -3,368,304
ZLC 15,282,645 12,563,591 -2,719,054
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,707,017 13,788,236 +81,219

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
462
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
188
Other manufacturing
181
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
116
Manufacture of food products
97

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 420
2026-04 429
2026-03 453
2026-02 441
2026-01 393

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 718
54m+ 627
15m-54m 239
0-1m 138
Other 131

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 £
Germany 57,686,251
United States 48,352,332
Ireland 43,490,908
China 42,870,679
France 40,028,063

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 £
Germany 28,586,343 29,099,908 +513,565
United States 23,510,607 24,841,725 +1,331,118
Ireland 23,464,120 20,026,788 -3,437,332
China 21,752,445 21,118,234 -634,211
France 23,014,930 17,013,133 -6,001,797
Netherlands 12,714,949 11,580,672 -1,134,277
Sweden 7,011,799 15,305,666 +8,293,867
Belgium 10,734,031 4,486,160 -6,247,871
Spain 5,608,010 8,577,960 +2,969,950
Hungary 5,493,802 8,607,402 +3,113,600

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 5,796,990
United States 1,779,067
Viet Nam 477,670
Germany 155,826
South Korea 102,849

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 2,896,548 2,900,442 +3,894
United States 1,381,476 397,591 -983,885
Viet Nam 217,059 260,611 +43,552
Germany 72,219 83,607 +11,388
South Korea 67,911 34,938 -32,973
Poland 14,720 32,125 +17,405
Ireland 23,307 18,242 -5,065
Portugal 6,032 31,231 +25,199
Netherlands 18,777 17,324 -1,453
China 17,089 15,082 -2,007

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) 260,427,974
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 103,426,165
Air transport 98,262,214
Other 9,349,068
Road transport 362,800

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) 131,638,628 128,789,346 -2,849,282
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 55,086,771 48,339,394 -6,747,377
Air transport 46,027,516 52,234,698 +6,207,182
Other 5,122,575 4,226,493 -896,082
Road transport 169,248 193,552 +24,304
Rail transport 0 2,053 +2,053

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 163,480,356
London Heathrow Airport 67,758,122
Immingham Docks 47,493,733
Southampton 31,883,907
London Gateway Port 28,618,027

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 86,977,942 76,502,414 -10,475,528
London Heathrow Airport 31,568,569 36,189,553 +4,620,984
Immingham Docks 19,977,145 27,516,588 +7,539,443
Southampton 14,998,454 16,885,453 +1,886,999
London Gateway Port 15,493,387 13,124,640 -2,368,747
Felixstowe 14,768,073 8,382,305 -6,385,768
Holyhead 7,582,701 8,456,993 +874,292
Heysham 4,946,789 6,579,240 +1,632,451
Liverpool Docks 5,767,908 4,693,923 -1,073,985
000 5,122,575 4,226,493 -896,082

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 392190

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

Description: Miscellaneous plastic products, including sheets, films, and strips