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 121,169,818
China 88,546,729
France 68,823,817
Netherlands 54,601,456
Spain 35,712,776

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 60,496,492 60,673,326 +176,834
China 43,714,155 44,832,574 +1,118,419
France 33,986,434 34,837,383 +850,949
Netherlands 27,510,853 27,090,603 -420,250
Spain 19,703,423 16,009,353 -3,694,070
Italy 19,416,882 15,015,217 -4,401,665
Poland 12,725,352 15,072,219 +2,346,867
United States 13,899,034 13,429,425 -469,609
Belgium 9,574,358 10,193,506 +619,148
Turkey 8,213,020 9,555,584 +1,342,564

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 123,097,161
China 99,731,540
France 53,177,346
Italy 40,670,459
Spain 39,669,145

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 62,489,814 60,607,347 -1,882,467
China 49,906,939 49,824,601 -82,338
France 27,524,540 25,652,806 -1,871,734
Italy 22,910,435 17,760,024 -5,150,411
Spain 21,886,660 17,782,485 -4,104,175
Netherlands 16,014,678 17,726,714 +1,712,036
United States 16,812,651 15,928,370 -884,281
Poland 13,567,470 16,344,815 +2,777,345
Turkey 8,256,554 9,761,392 +1,504,838
Belgium 5,538,702 6,055,904 +517,202

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 175
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 139
Greater Manchester 130
Surrey, East and West Sussex 93
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 91

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 129 115 -14
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 99 104 +5
Greater Manchester 96 97 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 63 68 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 70 68 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 75 68 -7
Inner London - East 57 66 +9
West Yorkshire 66 59 -7
West Midlands 61 61 +0
Outer London - West and North West 55 53 -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) 325,171,275
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 164,215,727
Other 55,841,565
Air transport 40,150,643
Road transport 12,038,546

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) 166,098,353 159,072,922 -7,025,431
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 75,644,234 88,571,493 +12,927,259
Other 39,512,104 16,329,461 -23,182,643
Air transport 20,038,079 20,112,564 +74,485
Road transport 2,054,843 9,983,703 +7,928,860
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 1,138,481 +1,138,481
Rail transport 368,476 319,983 -48,493

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 136,960,238
Felixstowe 66,937,542
Immingham Docks 65,275,512
000 55,841,565
Eurotunnel 45,488,355

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 72,598,402 64,361,836 -8,236,566
Felixstowe 34,879,978 32,057,564 -2,822,414
Immingham Docks 29,939,022 35,336,490 +5,397,468
000 39,512,104 16,329,461 -23,182,643
Eurotunnel 23,113,183 22,375,172 -738,011
Southampton 16,368,944 18,027,431 +1,658,487
499 117,408 19,162,321 +19,044,913
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,673,756 9,216,875 +1,543,119
Harwich 8,756,677 7,895,822 -860,855
London Gateway Port 7,642,525 8,692,826 +1,050,301

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
653
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
283
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
245
Manufacture of food products
208
Other manufacturing
191

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 613
2026-04 593
2026-03 597
2026-02 591
2026-01 553

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 860
54m+ 760
15m-54m 313
0-1m 255
Other 166

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 60,790,572
Germany 55,706,959
Netherlands 36,525,364
Poland 32,369,395
France 25,873,999

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 26,448,860 34,341,712 +7,892,852
Germany 27,537,258 28,169,701 +632,443
Netherlands 18,470,822 18,054,542 -416,280
Poland 13,710,453 18,658,942 +4,948,489
France 13,618,266 12,255,733 -1,362,533
United States 10,376,422 11,238,761 +862,339
Malaysia 8,024,163 5,546,507 -2,477,656
Italy 7,592,586 5,956,473 -1,636,113
Denmark 6,848,950 5,010,700 -1,838,250
Spain 4,929,208 6,856,204 +1,926,996

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 3,634,145
Turkey 200,328
Ireland 105,828
China 84,315
Viet Nam 64,356

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 1,609,106 2,025,039 +415,933
Turkey 94,933 105,395 +10,462
Ireland 43,911 61,917 +18,006
China 27,420 56,895 +29,475
Viet Nam 12,015 52,341 +40,326
France 2,725 18,579 +15,854
Germany 700 18,599 +17,899
Lithuania 9,338 8,202 -1,136
Poland 10,931 6,233 -4,698
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 0 15,235 +15,235

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) 287,922,224
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 80,246,131
Air transport 28,774,279
Other 4,533,472
Road transport 43,700

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) 141,234,188 146,688,036 +5,453,848
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,415,981 37,830,150 -4,585,831
Air transport 12,762,961 16,011,318 +3,248,357
Other 1,889,265 2,644,207 +754,942
Road transport 36,474 7,226 -29,248
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 146,638,908
Immingham Docks 40,491,230
Felixstowe 37,659,465
Holyhead 35,314,803
London Gateway Port 29,219,799

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 74,079,345 72,559,563 -1,519,782
Immingham Docks 18,584,031 21,907,199 +3,323,168
Felixstowe 21,836,463 15,823,002 -6,013,461
Holyhead 14,238,587 21,076,216 +6,837,629
London Gateway Port 16,132,909 13,086,890 -3,046,019
Liverpool Docks 8,160,119 8,032,417 -127,702
Southampton 6,464,373 7,315,059 +850,686
London Heathrow Airport 5,827,140 7,325,923 +1,498,783
Harwich 5,775,049 6,299,748 +524,699
East Midlands Airport 4,383,677 4,942,487 +558,810

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