Import/export HS code 392350: Plastic caps, lids, and stoppers

Plastic closures like caps, lids, and stoppers for bottles or containers

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 £
Germany 107,434,021
China 76,681,821
France 60,368,007
Netherlands 48,689,840
Spain 34,101,176

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 61,187,187 46,246,834 -14,940,353
China 43,234,377 33,447,444 -9,786,933
France 34,190,804 26,177,203 -8,013,601
Netherlands 28,211,910 20,477,930 -7,733,980
Spain 21,428,105 12,673,071 -8,755,034
Italy 20,682,115 11,599,748 -9,082,367
United States 14,596,166 10,813,693 -3,782,473
Poland 12,314,659 10,951,159 -1,363,500
Belgium 9,302,953 7,220,468 -2,082,485
Ireland 8,925,811 6,581,592 -2,344,219

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 110,936,396
China 86,952,540
France 47,495,157
Italy 38,479,448
Spain 37,145,390

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 64,149,941 46,786,455 -17,363,486
China 49,859,851 37,092,689 -12,767,162
France 27,774,093 19,721,064 -8,053,029
Italy 24,759,858 13,719,590 -11,040,268
Spain 23,352,766 13,792,624 -9,560,142
United States 17,497,971 12,867,703 -4,630,268
Netherlands 15,680,850 12,893,205 -2,787,645
Poland 13,126,033 12,029,245 -1,096,788
Turkey 7,912,366 7,198,141 -714,225
Slovenia 9,668,163 3,268,168 -6,399,995

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 164
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 129
Greater Manchester 128
Surrey, East and West Sussex 90
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 89

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 126 100 -26
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 100 89 -11
Greater Manchester 104 84 -20
Surrey, East and West Sussex 69 58 -11
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 77 65 -12
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 75 56 -19
West Yorkshire 60 58 -2
Inner London - East 53 51 -2
West Midlands 57 54 -3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 62 48 -14

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) 289,702,851
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 138,284,699
Other 60,592,263
Air transport 35,387,174
Road transport 7,677,045

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) 167,374,804 122,328,047 -45,046,757
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 76,496,992 61,787,707 -14,709,285
Other 42,636,468 17,955,795 -24,680,673
Air transport 19,880,481 15,506,693 -4,373,788
Road transport 1,765,006 5,912,039 +4,147,033
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 613,050 +613,050
Rail transport 367,303 178,780 -188,523

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 124,211,901
000 60,592,263
Felixstowe 58,532,938
Immingham Docks 56,687,952
Eurotunnel 40,183,341

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 74,626,513 49,585,388 -25,041,125
000 42,636,468 17,955,795 -24,680,673
Felixstowe 35,511,304 23,021,634 -12,489,670
Immingham Docks 29,994,169 26,693,783 -3,300,386
Eurotunnel 22,845,621 17,337,720 -5,507,901
Southampton 16,504,298 13,937,668 -2,566,630
Harwich 8,297,299 6,956,958 -1,340,341
London Gateway Port 7,809,463 6,212,626 -1,596,837
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,349,748 6,288,210 -1,061,538
London Heathrow Airport 7,630,826 5,521,917 -2,108,909

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 617
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 256
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 237
Manufacture of food products 196
Other manufacturing 180

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 553
2025-11 580
2025-10 586
2025-09 591
2025-08 576

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 819
54m+ 724
15m-54m 292
0-1m 228
Other 150

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 £
Ireland 49,881,150
Germany 48,970,249
Netherlands 32,252,360
Poland 27,239,005
France 24,016,970

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 £
Ireland 24,857,454 25,023,696 +166,242
Germany 26,592,273 22,377,976 -4,214,297
Netherlands 18,609,121 13,643,239 -4,965,882
Poland 12,678,261 14,560,744 +1,882,483
France 14,333,567 9,683,403 -4,650,164
United States 10,427,485 8,448,344 -1,979,141
Italy 7,229,225 5,133,931 -2,095,294
Malaysia 7,876,980 2,902,094 -4,974,886
Denmark 6,825,745 3,420,159 -3,405,586
Spain 4,916,949 4,608,160 -308,789

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 2,984,479
Turkey 148,205
Ireland 90,792
China 56,951
Viet Nam 37,615

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 1,640,833 1,343,646 -297,187
Turkey 81,176 67,029 -14,147
Ireland 41,302 49,490 +8,188
China 21,841 35,110 +13,269
Viet Nam 5,946 31,669 +25,723
Germany 14,791 18,192 +3,401
Poland 11,506 6,095 -5,411
Nicaragua 253 12,772 +12,519
United States 6,296 5,576 -720
Lithuania 9,027 704 -8,323

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) 247,456,016
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 72,683,008
Air transport 23,517,406
Other 3,580,985
Road transport 49,457

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) 135,177,636 112,278,380 -22,899,256
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 44,116,204 28,566,804 -15,549,400
Air transport 13,160,572 10,356,834 -2,803,738
Other 1,880,779 1,700,206 -180,573
Road transport 41,095 8,362 -32,733
Rail transport 1,095 0 -1,095

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 129,860,361
Felixstowe 33,504,997
Immingham Docks 32,974,775
Holyhead 28,629,307
London Gateway Port 26,575,238

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 72,634,401 57,225,960 -15,408,441
Felixstowe 23,584,866 9,920,131 -13,664,735
Immingham Docks 17,717,329 15,257,446 -2,459,883
Holyhead 12,798,175 15,831,132 +3,032,957
London Gateway Port 14,555,599 12,019,639 -2,535,960
Liverpool Docks 8,248,720 5,594,716 -2,654,004
Southampton 6,207,153 5,705,026 -502,127
Harwich 5,642,904 5,301,203 -341,701
London Heathrow Airport 6,211,760 4,289,998 -1,921,762
East Midlands Airport 4,465,343 3,442,713 -1,022,630

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 392350

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

Description: Plastic closures like caps, lids, and stoppers for bottles or containers