Import/export HS code 39231010: Special plastic boxes for semiconductors

Plastic boxes designed to safely carry or pack semiconductor wafers, masks, or reticles

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* 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 £
China 14,653,919
Ireland 10,900,174
Netherlands 3,343,949
France 3,119,856
Spain 2,987,573

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 £
China 8,090,944 6,562,975 -1,527,969
Ireland 6,395,080 4,505,094 -1,889,986
Netherlands 1,989,727 1,354,222 -635,505
France 1,818,350 1,301,506 -516,844
Spain 1,569,545 1,418,028 -151,517
Turkey 781,406 1,788,540 +1,007,134
Belgium 760,719 1,497,885 +737,166
Germany 1,243,685 901,587 -342,098
United States 857,074 908,062 +50,988
Poland 709,527 749,706 +40,179

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 £
China 16,190,456
Spain 3,022,040
Germany 2,755,938
Turkey 2,620,913
Netherlands 2,342,365

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 £
China 8,799,142 7,391,314 -1,407,828
Spain 1,488,007 1,534,033 +46,026
Germany 1,666,930 1,089,008 -577,922
Turkey 815,276 1,805,637 +990,361
Netherlands 1,314,183 1,028,182 -286,001
Belgium 926,906 1,341,545 +414,639
United States 1,013,404 964,841 -48,563
Ireland 1,074,264 745,351 -328,913
France 1,069,742 592,470 -477,272
United Kingdom 818,675 754,120 -64,555

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 37
Inner London - West 33
Greater Manchester 25
West Yorkshire 25
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 23

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 26 22 -4
Inner London - West 24 19 -5
Greater Manchester 14 17 +3
West Yorkshire 18 14 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 16 14 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 17 9 -8
Outer London - West and North West 10 10 +0
West Midlands 12 13 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 8 14 +6
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 11 13 +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) 19,516,410
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,411,371
Other 9,520,764
Air transport 7,827,076
Road transport 121,088

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) 10,383,434 9,132,976 -1,250,458
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,289,989 9,121,382 -168,607
Other 5,606,310 3,914,454 -1,691,856
Air transport 4,471,379 3,355,697 -1,115,682
Road transport 104,010 17,078 -86,932

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 9,520,764
Felixstowe 9,322,731
Dover 7,799,814
Southampton 3,893,437
London Heathrow Airport 2,654,849

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 £
000 5,606,310 3,914,454 -1,691,856
Felixstowe 4,752,506 4,570,225 -182,281
Dover 4,120,790 3,679,024 -441,766
Southampton 2,202,353 1,691,084 -511,269
London Heathrow Airport 1,527,390 1,127,459 -399,931
Eurotunnel 1,524,866 714,505 -810,361
Immingham Docks 1,070,653 969,626 -101,027
London Gateway Port 641,332 1,254,731 +613,399
Liverpool Docks 1,038,063 740,888 -297,175
Harwich 866,854 696,826 -170,028

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 138
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 74
Other manufacturing 49
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 34
Manufacture of food products 29

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 60
2025-11 60
2025-10 66
2025-09 64
2025-08 59

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+ 179
1m-15m 174
15m-54m 66
0-1m 48
Other 41

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 £
Turkey 25,611,512
Ireland 10,606,501
Germany 6,302,680
Netherlands 4,865,556
France 4,534,726

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 £
Turkey 13,356,142 12,255,370 -1,100,772
Ireland 6,042,866 4,563,635 -1,479,231
Germany 3,554,598 2,748,082 -806,516
Netherlands 3,032,079 1,833,477 -1,198,602
France 1,970,492 2,564,234 +593,742
Romania 2,013,319 1,414,766 -598,553
United States 2,294,291 992,695 -1,301,596
South Africa 1,817,524 1,331,765 -485,759
Belgium 1,047,246 1,140,162 +92,916
Colombia 2,176,074 8,340 -2,167,734

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 8,771,952
China 344,912
Nicaragua 244,361
Netherlands 17,406
United States 8,014

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 4,789,825 3,982,127 -807,698
China 323,722 21,190 -302,532
Nicaragua 6,497 237,864 +231,367
Netherlands 9,468 7,938 -1,530
United States 7,475 539 -6,936
France 3,782 90 -3,692
Turkey 1,605 0 -1,605
Canada 578 0 -578
Ireland 470 38 -432
Spain 406 0 -406

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 39,140,338
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 30,938,200
Other 9,561,431
Air transport 4,570,788
Rail transport 13,894

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,921,629 16,218,709 -6,702,920
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,779,046 13,159,154 -4,619,892
Other 5,234,218 4,327,213 -907,005
Air transport 2,782,289 1,788,499 -993,790
Rail transport 13,894 0 -13,894
Road transport 1,730 0 -1,730

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 26,139,444
Dover / Eurotunnel 22,327,366
000 9,561,431
London Gateway Port 5,604,944
Southampton 4,726,978

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 £
Felixstowe 13,858,616 12,280,828 -1,577,788
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,772,562 9,554,804 -3,217,758
000 5,234,218 4,327,213 -907,005
London Gateway Port 3,399,676 2,205,268 -1,194,408
Southampton 3,851,175 875,803 -2,975,372
Liverpool Docks 1,332,554 956,812 -375,742
London Heathrow Airport 1,399,572 846,387 -553,185
Holyhead 1,171,811 903,743 -268,068
Immingham Docks 1,239,759 621,600 -618,159
Dover 734,964 502,174 -232,790

Quick facts

HS code: 39231010

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

Description: Plastic boxes designed to safely carry or pack semiconductor wafers, masks, or reticles