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 53,900,040
China 31,858,902
France 18,572,530
Spain 17,298,498
United States 10,929,129

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 28,057,179 25,842,861 -2,214,318
China 17,186,269 14,672,633 -2,513,636
France 9,692,370 8,880,160 -812,210
Spain 11,629,228 5,669,270 -5,959,958
United States 5,934,108 4,995,021 -939,087
Netherlands 4,129,561 3,051,700 -1,077,861
Italy 3,406,701 3,073,001 -333,700
Belgium 2,965,152 3,110,061 +144,909
Ireland 2,185,561 2,878,998 +693,437
Poland 2,583,184 2,283,806 -299,378

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 50,751,272
China 36,589,299
Spain 19,533,755
France 14,170,567
United States 10,378,377

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 27,112,031 23,639,241 -3,472,790
China 20,037,330 16,551,969 -3,485,361
Spain 13,341,289 6,192,466 -7,148,823
France 7,819,312 6,351,255 -1,468,057
United States 5,662,520 4,715,857 -946,663
Italy 5,699,806 3,978,369 -1,721,437
Poland 2,119,729 2,209,929 +90,200
Belgium 1,958,194 2,038,228 +80,034
Austria 1,647,391 1,597,915 -49,476
Denmark 1,140,686 1,947,387 +806,701

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 55
Inner London - East 42
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 38
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 38

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 52 47 -5
Greater Manchester 46 39 -7
Inner London - East 29 28 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 28 28 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 30 29 -1
West Yorkshire 27 16 -11
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 24 19 -5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21 17 -4
Kent 25 17 -8
Outer London - West and North West 14 16 +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) 95,537,232
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,490,188
Other 38,690,219
Air transport 12,504,948
Road transport 5,664,557

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) 49,960,679 45,576,553 -4,384,126
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,307,746 22,182,442 +1,874,696
Other 28,437,539 10,252,680 -18,184,859
Air transport 5,818,368 6,686,580 +868,212
Road transport 980,051 4,684,506 +3,704,455
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 38,690,219
Dover 38,188,015
Felixstowe 19,396,389
Immingham Docks 18,605,565
Eurotunnel 16,838,203

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 28,437,539 10,252,680 -18,184,859
Dover 20,464,368 17,723,647 -2,740,721
Felixstowe 10,759,176 8,637,213 -2,121,963
Immingham Docks 9,125,037 9,480,528 +355,491
Eurotunnel 9,676,389 7,161,814 -2,514,575
499 89,651 9,269,049 +9,179,398
Southampton 4,736,480 3,349,686 -1,386,794
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,061,799 3,161,969 +100,170
Harwich 2,002,969 2,406,617 +403,648
London Heathrow Airport 2,199,313 1,895,923 -303,390

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
233
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
144
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
116
Other manufacturing
70
Manufacture of food products
60

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 191
2026-04 191
2026-03 212
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 315
54m+ 240
15m-54m 126
0-1m 94
Other 55

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 31,193,349
Germany 29,717,803
Netherlands 23,546,207
Poland 15,328,080
France 13,856,960

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 11,922,464 19,270,885 +7,348,421
Germany 13,348,648 16,369,155 +3,020,507
Netherlands 11,671,385 11,874,822 +203,437
Poland 7,669,395 7,658,685 -10,710
France 7,250,794 6,606,166 -644,628
Malaysia 8,007,662 5,507,297 -2,500,365
United States 3,953,251 4,852,603 +899,352
Spain 3,095,575 4,630,094 +1,534,519
Mexico 4,071,389 3,401,864 -669,525
Italy 3,638,279 3,228,914 -409,365

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 1,182,457
Lithuania 17,540
China 7,567
Ireland 7,470
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 410,211 772,246 +362,035
Lithuania 9,338 8,202 -1,136
China 7,553 14 -7,539
Ireland 4,745 2,725 -2,020
Netherlands 822 290 -532
Greece 289 0 -289
Italy 0 137 +137
Switzerland 11 68 +57
Germany 61 17 -44
Poland 45 0 -45

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) 154,963,806
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 49,781,060
Air transport 8,350,741
Other 1,281,703
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) 75,354,921 79,608,885 +4,253,964
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,044,157 23,736,903 -2,307,254
Air transport 2,980,007 5,370,734 +2,390,727
Other 459,861 821,842 +361,981
Road transport 0 2,664 +2,664

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 69,060,993
Felixstowe 34,363,154
Immingham Docks 18,527,693
London Gateway Port 18,046,298
Holyhead 15,914,256

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 35,716,630 33,344,363 -2,372,267
Felixstowe 20,869,975 13,493,179 -7,376,796
Immingham Docks 7,801,638 10,726,055 +2,924,417
London Gateway Port 10,153,953 7,892,345 -2,261,608
Holyhead 4,559,169 11,355,087 +6,795,918
Harwich 4,607,311 5,121,191 +513,880
Southampton 4,087,178 5,009,803 +922,625
Liverpool Docks 3,497,054 3,892,109 +395,055
Heysham 3,676,471 2,411,818 -1,264,653
Dover 1,883,526 1,841,920 -41,606

Quick facts

HS code: 39235010

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

Description: Plastic caps and seals specifically designed for bottles