Import/export HS code 39235010: Bottle caps and capsules

Plastic caps and seals specifically designed for bottles

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 51,122,769
China 30,288,942
France 17,513,821
Spain 15,536,246
United States 10,273,224

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 27,172,956 23,949,813 -3,223,143
China 16,808,057 13,480,885 -3,327,172
France 9,376,515 8,137,306 -1,239,209
Spain 10,667,111 4,869,135 -5,797,976
United States 5,769,179 4,504,045 -1,265,134
Netherlands 4,016,310 2,783,952 -1,232,358
Italy 3,186,989 2,905,373 -281,616
Belgium 2,804,005 2,935,470 +131,465
Ireland 2,388,004 2,517,855 +129,851
Poland 2,699,031 2,010,830 -688,201

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 47,926,958
China 34,706,113
Spain 17,463,883
France 13,314,207
United States 9,838,442

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 26,290,507 21,636,451 -4,654,056
China 19,480,071 15,226,042 -4,254,029
Spain 12,117,445 5,346,438 -6,771,007
France 7,484,321 5,829,886 -1,654,435
United States 5,615,878 4,222,564 -1,393,314
Italy 5,360,962 3,748,510 -1,612,452
Poland 2,214,622 1,995,886 -218,736
Belgium 1,815,126 1,938,287 +123,161
Austria 1,514,352 1,516,089 +1,737
Denmark 1,087,173 1,828,921 +741,748

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 71
Greater Manchester 54
Inner London - East 42
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 37
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 36

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 56 45 -11
Greater Manchester 46 38 -8
Inner London - East 30 25 -5
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 27 27 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 27 29 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 24 18 -6
West Yorkshire 25 17 -8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 20 17 -3
Kent 25 15 -10
Outer London - West and North West 13 16 +3

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) 89,988,678
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 40,346,251
Other 35,686,589
Air transport 12,037,760
Road transport 5,503,603

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) 47,896,453 42,092,225 -5,804,228
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,347,994 20,998,257 +1,650,263
Other 27,773,649 7,912,940 -19,860,709
Air transport 5,754,375 6,283,385 +529,010
Road transport 836,622 4,666,981 +3,830,359
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 312,235 +312,235

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 35,686,589
Dover 35,583,526
Felixstowe 18,190,798
Immingham Docks 17,641,652
Eurotunnel 15,920,152

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 27,773,649 7,912,940 -19,860,709
Dover 19,315,210 16,268,316 -3,046,894
Felixstowe 10,187,958 8,002,840 -2,185,118
Immingham Docks 8,833,413 8,808,239 -25,174
Eurotunnel 9,291,345 6,628,807 -2,662,538
499 78,130 9,266,882 +9,188,752
Southampton 4,729,167 3,101,707 -1,627,460
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,796,110 2,986,987 +190,877
Harwich 2,100,050 2,168,684 +68,634
London Heathrow Airport 2,156,624 1,788,733 -367,891

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
231
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
143
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
114
Other manufacturing
70
Manufacture of food products
58

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 191
2026-04 191
2026-03 213
2026-02 193
2026-01 186

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 309
54m+ 235
15m-54m 127
0-1m 93
Other 54

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 30,246,377
Germany 28,600,055
Netherlands 22,379,023
Poland 14,359,678
Malaysia 13,214,196

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 12,390,852 17,855,525 +5,464,673
Germany 13,576,359 15,023,696 +1,447,337
Netherlands 11,514,114 10,864,909 -649,205
Poland 7,446,980 6,912,698 -534,282
Malaysia 8,373,137 4,841,059 -3,532,078
France 7,019,734 6,044,826 -974,908
United States 3,940,845 4,530,981 +590,136
Spain 3,191,255 4,316,956 +1,125,701
Mexico 4,261,212 3,115,565 -1,145,647
Italy 3,470,487 2,969,703 -500,784

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 1,148,680
Lithuania 17,540
Ireland 6,816
China 6,633
Netherlands 1,112

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 430,875 717,805 +286,930
Lithuania 9,731 7,809 -1,922
Ireland 4,684 2,132 -2,552
China 6,619 14 -6,605
Netherlands 822 290 -532
Italy 0 137 +137
Switzerland 22 57 +35
Germany 62 15 -47
Poland 45 0 -45
Canada 0 5 +5

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) 148,098,934
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 48,036,964
Air transport 8,151,450
Other 1,245,891
Road transport 2,664

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) 74,874,893 73,224,041 -1,650,852
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,519,323 21,517,641 -5,001,682
Air transport 3,083,455 5,067,995 +1,984,540
Other 483,674 762,217 +278,543
Road transport 2,664 0 -2,664

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 65,596,900
Felixstowe 32,858,966
Immingham Docks 17,805,607
London Gateway Port 17,464,536
Holyhead 15,582,701

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 35,209,883 30,387,017 -4,822,866
Felixstowe 20,210,159 12,648,807 -7,561,352
Immingham Docks 7,727,157 10,078,450 +2,351,293
London Gateway Port 10,912,765 6,551,771 -4,360,994
Holyhead 4,925,592 10,657,109 +5,731,517
Harwich 4,625,370 4,629,818 +4,448
Southampton 4,049,086 4,657,591 +608,505
Liverpool Docks 3,605,971 3,560,611 -45,360
Heysham 3,736,440 2,049,583 -1,686,857
Dover 1,820,423 1,701,530 -118,893

Quick facts

HS code: 39235010

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

Description: Plastic caps and seals specifically designed for bottles