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 169,826,094
France 105,661,613
Italy 98,191,704
India 73,194,384
Poland 68,007,683

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 96,286,202 73,539,892 -22,746,310
France 57,897,963 47,763,650 -10,134,313
Italy 55,575,694 42,616,010 -12,959,684
India 41,892,083 31,302,301 -10,589,782
Poland 36,017,466 31,990,217 -4,027,249
Netherlands 37,496,849 23,492,648 -14,004,201
United States 28,695,080 21,769,039 -6,926,041
Turkey 24,224,371 17,677,846 -6,546,525
China 21,516,576 16,141,775 -5,374,801
Ireland 19,207,495 12,627,677 -6,579,818

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 181,273,488
Italy 114,628,475
France 79,614,957
India 75,015,531
Poland 68,210,990

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 105,344,181 75,929,307 -29,414,874
Italy 63,037,493 51,590,982 -11,446,511
France 43,254,258 36,360,699 -6,893,559
India 42,214,449 32,801,082 -9,413,367
Poland 37,391,002 30,819,988 -6,571,014
United States 31,219,777 23,497,425 -7,722,352
Turkey 24,389,078 17,785,436 -6,603,642
China 22,258,419 16,860,361 -5,398,058
Netherlands 21,654,019 14,395,825 -7,258,194
Belgium 15,568,971 12,605,392 -2,963,579

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 102
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 101
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 99
Greater Manchester 95
Surrey, East and West Sussex 70

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
Inner London - West 73 66 -7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 78 70 -8
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 74 67 -7
Greater Manchester 79 69 -10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 56 46 -10
West Yorkshire 59 56 -3
West Midlands 44 45 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 47 49 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 48 40 -8
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 42 42 +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) 606,006,617
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 268,660,051
Air transport 55,953,987
Road transport 25,265,601
Other 17,533,314

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) 347,299,351 258,707,266 -88,592,085
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 150,818,835 117,841,216 -32,977,619
Air transport 29,525,932 26,428,055 -3,097,877
Road transport 15,323,712 9,941,889 -5,381,823
Other 10,254,786 7,278,528 -2,976,258
Rail transport 0 39,114 +39,114

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 315,633,531
Felixstowe 105,966,524
Immingham Docks 99,551,655
Eurotunnel 54,966,172
Southampton 51,720,353

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 172,866,946 142,766,585 -30,100,361
Felixstowe 66,190,613 39,775,911 -26,414,702
Immingham Docks 53,994,414 45,557,241 -8,437,173
Eurotunnel 33,478,010 21,488,162 -11,989,848
Southampton 25,350,258 26,370,095 +1,019,837
Killingholme 33,965,602 16,209,289 -17,756,313
London Gateway Port 17,777,005 14,285,779 -3,491,226
ZLC 16,319,808 9,902,415 -6,417,393
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,383,558 13,555,477 +1,171,919
London Heathrow Airport 13,524,796 11,422,571 -2,102,225

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 441
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 185
Other manufacturing 172
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 109
Manufacture of food products 97

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 393
2025-11 415
2025-10 459
2025-09 433
2025-08 414

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 667
54m+ 593
15m-54m 237
0-1m 133
Other 124

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 50,912,412
China 38,711,280
United States 38,502,802
Ireland 38,232,711
France 37,428,061

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 28,032,147 22,880,265 -5,151,882
China 22,275,516 16,435,764 -5,839,752
United States 21,010,787 17,492,015 -3,518,772
Ireland 24,142,643 14,090,068 -10,052,575
France 22,819,862 14,608,199 -8,211,663
Netherlands 12,643,262 9,135,236 -3,508,026
Belgium 11,450,816 3,832,443 -7,618,373
Sweden 7,194,797 5,315,945 -1,878,852
Italy 8,631,995 3,808,351 -4,823,644
Hungary 5,597,215 6,366,460 +769,245

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 4,562,931
United States 1,704,107
Viet Nam 379,637
Germany 145,791
South Korea 86,632

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 2,757,111 1,805,820 -951,291
United States 1,243,709 460,398 -783,311
Viet Nam 199,215 180,422 -18,793
Germany 43,347 102,444 +59,097
South Korea 54,189 32,443 -21,746
Ireland 28,179 14,977 -13,202
Poland 14,033 23,165 +9,132
Portugal 683 36,459 +35,776
Netherlands 19,753 14,180 -5,573
China 17,341 9,504 -7,837

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) 222,934,214
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 95,547,166
Air transport 82,029,922
Other 7,759,886
Road transport 326,037

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) 132,242,326 90,691,888 -41,550,438
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 54,281,399 41,265,767 -13,015,632
Air transport 47,484,418 34,545,504 -12,938,914
Other 4,789,226 2,970,660 -1,818,566
Road transport 156,567 169,470 +12,903
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 148,131,066
London Heathrow Airport 55,746,808
Immingham Docks 34,828,164
Southampton 27,344,575
London Gateway Port 26,480,976

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 87,508,644 60,622,422 -26,886,222
London Heathrow Airport 33,394,677 22,352,131 -11,042,546
Immingham Docks 20,565,351 14,262,813 -6,302,538
Southampton 12,344,623 14,999,952 +2,655,329
London Gateway Port 13,079,077 13,401,899 +322,822
Felixstowe 16,734,161 5,313,607 -11,420,554
Holyhead 7,148,330 6,653,766 -494,564
Liverpool Docks 5,685,885 3,561,992 -2,123,893
Heysham 5,353,060 3,627,877 -1,725,183
East Midlands Airport 4,768,744 3,144,213 -1,624,531

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