Import/export HS code 39219090: Various plastic materials

Other plastic materials and products not listed in specific categories

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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 £
Italy 39,190,525
Germany 34,768,721
United States 34,416,010
Ireland 27,214,040
China 26,289,097

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 £
Italy 19,658,223 19,532,302 -125,921
Germany 19,945,716 14,823,005 -5,122,711
United States 18,511,610 15,904,400 -2,607,210
Ireland 15,433,177 11,780,863 -3,652,314
China 14,507,896 11,781,201 -2,726,695
Netherlands 15,699,232 10,386,206 -5,313,026
Poland 12,970,372 11,211,569 -1,758,803
India 13,091,114 10,071,695 -3,019,419
France 11,730,368 9,531,288 -2,199,080
Greece 8,099,954 8,363,671 +263,717

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 £
Italy 45,839,089
Germany 41,517,520
United States 37,641,088
China 26,612,070
Poland 23,662,435

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 £
Italy 23,745,437 22,093,652 -1,651,785
Germany 25,331,893 16,185,627 -9,146,266
United States 20,084,380 17,556,708 -2,527,672
China 14,758,043 11,854,027 -2,904,016
Poland 13,019,627 10,642,808 -2,376,819
Ireland 13,338,693 10,135,657 -3,203,036
India 13,094,778 10,097,604 -2,997,174
Greece 8,747,958 8,489,480 -258,478
Switzerland 10,437,868 4,737,139 -5,700,729
Netherlands 8,050,392 7,120,210 -930,182

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 77
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 76
Greater Manchester 75
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 75
West Yorkshire 53

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 49 51 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 61 50 -11
Greater Manchester 59 53 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 55 47 -8
West Yorkshire 45 43 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 35 38 +3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 34 29 -5
West Midlands 31 36 +5
Outer London - West and North West 35 30 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 34 34 +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) 227,494,919
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 125,095,462
Air transport 33,213,396
Road transport 16,399,252
Other 12,080,844

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) 125,969,610 101,525,309 -24,444,301
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 68,765,237 56,330,225 -12,435,012
Air transport 15,867,792 17,345,604 +1,477,812
Road transport 9,454,373 6,944,879 -2,509,494
Other 6,288,398 5,792,446 -495,952
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 102,894,137
Felixstowe 44,196,097
Immingham Docks 42,353,679
Southampton 35,729,904
Eurotunnel 22,855,030

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 53,887,649 49,006,488 -4,881,161
Felixstowe 26,041,165 18,154,932 -7,886,233
Immingham Docks 21,530,771 20,822,908 -707,863
Southampton 16,805,024 18,924,880 +2,119,856
Eurotunnel 11,877,373 10,977,657 -899,716
London Gateway Port 10,542,919 9,345,019 -1,197,900
ZLC 10,156,533 6,834,660 -3,321,873
London Heathrow Airport 6,666,631 7,626,853 +960,222
Holyhead 8,202,895 5,578,425 -2,624,470
Killingholme 10,066,551 3,134,256 -6,932,295

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 319
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 137
Other manufacturing 121
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 85
Manufacture of food products 77

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 248
2025-11 265
2025-10 284
2025-09 283
2025-08 274

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 484
54m+ 458
15m-54m 165
0-1m 103
Other 92

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 33,686,574
United States 30,135,808
France 22,648,328
China 20,346,214
Ireland 16,629,916

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 16,487,432 17,199,142 +711,710
United States 14,369,418 15,766,390 +1,396,972
France 14,128,817 8,519,511 -5,609,306
China 11,868,057 8,478,157 -3,389,900
Ireland 8,119,018 8,510,898 +391,880
Hungary 4,482,424 6,329,788 +1,847,364
Italy 5,014,108 2,888,141 -2,125,967
Belgium 4,588,375 1,963,889 -2,624,486
Netherlands 3,365,005 2,093,724 -1,271,281
Malaysia 2,733,183 2,435,435 -297,748

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 1,238,121
Viet Nam 385,424
South Korea 88,637
Ireland 42,295
Poland 37,610

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 605,478 632,643 +27,165
Viet Nam 183,349 202,075 +18,726
South Korea 50,626 38,011 -12,615
Ireland 19,655 22,640 +2,985
Poland 12,945 24,665 +11,720
Portugal 752 36,459 +35,707
Netherlands 19,412 15,668 -3,744
China 17,832 10,161 -7,671
Turkey 11,629 8,351 -3,278
Nicaragua 16,070 971 -15,099

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) 119,070,421
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 58,582,906
Air transport 51,332,967
Other 2,364,220
Road transport 4,253

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) 63,709,665 55,360,756 -8,348,909
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 30,187,715 28,395,191 -1,792,524
Air transport 27,450,451 23,882,516 -3,567,935
Other 1,199,387 1,164,833 -34,554
Road transport 2,999 1,254 -1,745
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 82,408,799
London Heathrow Airport 37,307,339
Immingham Docks 23,234,601
Southampton 22,090,866
London Gateway Port 14,184,139

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 44,371,146 38,037,653 -6,333,493
London Heathrow Airport 21,013,294 16,294,045 -4,719,249
Immingham Docks 12,898,317 10,336,284 -2,562,033
Southampton 8,608,928 13,481,938 +4,873,010
London Gateway Port 7,894,753 6,289,386 -1,605,367
Felixstowe 6,037,888 2,304,128 -3,733,760
Holyhead 1,709,330 4,318,879 +2,609,549
Harwich 2,804,277 2,649,999 -154,278
Liverpool Docks 2,625,578 2,394,303 -231,275
Manchester Airport 1,924,457 2,953,285 +1,028,828

Quick facts

HS code: 39219090

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

Description: Other plastic materials and products not listed in specific categories