Import/export HS code 39235090: Various plastic closures

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* 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 66,526,054
China 56,600,485
France 49,699,650
Netherlands 47,337,971
Italy 28,580,622

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 31,668,335 34,857,719 +3,189,384
China 26,641,670 29,958,815 +3,317,145
France 23,977,122 25,722,528 +1,745,406
Netherlands 23,134,770 24,203,201 +1,068,431
Italy 16,614,066 11,966,556 -4,647,510
Poland 9,977,688 12,847,050 +2,869,362
Spain 8,125,206 10,388,879 +2,263,673
United States 7,985,813 8,654,944 +669,131
Turkey 5,981,375 8,610,995 +2,629,620
Belgium 6,373,380 7,149,279 +775,899

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 71,997,674
China 63,223,769
France 38,838,736
Netherlands 32,732,542
Italy 31,406,201

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 35,004,242 36,993,432 +1,989,190
China 30,188,688 33,035,081 +2,846,393
France 19,311,838 19,526,898 +215,060
Netherlands 15,375,263 17,357,279 +1,982,016
Italy 17,712,233 13,693,968 -4,018,265
Poland 11,180,059 14,225,749 +3,045,690
United States 11,164,278 11,465,818 +301,540
Spain 8,538,543 11,668,018 +3,129,475
Turkey 6,027,812 8,754,644 +2,726,832
Slovenia 8,226,825 2,119,024 -6,107,801

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 126
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 117
Greater Manchester 113
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 79
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 78

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 87 83 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 83 86 +3
Greater Manchester 81 82 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 66 62 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 60 58 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 57 57 +0
West Yorkshire 53 56 +3
West Midlands 51 51 +0
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 54 51 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 49 54 +5

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) 229,757,679
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 120,830,362
Air transport 27,622,929
Other 17,845,325
Road transport 6,109,731

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) 115,266,681 114,490,998 -775,683
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 55,697,390 65,132,972 +9,435,582
Air transport 13,878,787 13,744,142 -134,645
Other 11,358,033 6,487,292 -4,870,741
Road transport 883,151 5,226,580 +4,343,429
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 747,457 +747,457
Rail transport 367,303 276,401 -90,902

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 99,288,689
Felixstowe 47,258,036
Immingham Docks 46,394,519
Eurotunnel 28,340,911
Southampton 26,313,201

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 52,345,588 46,943,101 -5,402,487
Felixstowe 24,497,511 22,760,525 -1,736,986
Immingham Docks 20,292,292 26,102,227 +5,809,935
Eurotunnel 12,875,250 15,465,661 +2,590,411
Southampton 11,933,541 14,379,660 +2,446,119
000 11,358,033 6,487,292 -4,870,741
London Gateway Port 6,971,876 6,769,295 -202,581
Harwich 6,726,601 5,594,043 -1,132,558
London 5,411,801 5,521,303 +109,502
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,442,752 6,294,894 +1,852,142

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 524
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 208
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 196
Manufacture of food products 172
Other manufacturing 162

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 478
2026-03 477
2026-02 477
2026-01 449
2025-12 422

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 690
54m+ 685
15m-54m 250
0-1m 186
Other 151

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 29,646,267
Germany 26,246,625
Poland 16,520,412
Netherlands 12,932,449
United States 12,673,087

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 14,346,373 15,299,894 +953,521
Germany 13,667,973 12,578,652 -1,089,321
Poland 5,243,522 11,276,890 +6,033,368
Netherlands 6,793,245 6,139,204 -654,041
United States 6,452,102 6,220,985 -231,117
France 6,591,362 5,767,123 -824,239
Denmark 4,400,230 2,508,508 -1,891,722
Italy 3,728,363 2,911,900 -816,463
Belgium 2,482,020 2,557,957 +75,937
Spain 1,759,268 2,187,739 +428,471

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 2,455,843
Turkey 193,763
Ireland 97,930
China 74,741
Viet Nam 58,391

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 1,132,190 1,323,653 +191,463
Turkey 89,286 104,477 +15,191
Ireland 39,895 58,035 +18,140
China 17,647 57,094 +39,447
Viet Nam 8,206 50,185 +41,979
France 2,811 17,924 +15,113
Germany 1,099 18,278 +17,179
Poland 11,233 6,733 -4,500
Nicaragua 242 12,772 +12,530
United States 5,969 6,601 +632

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) 132,313,105
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 29,746,838
Air transport 20,165,586
Other 3,212,174
Road transport 42,218

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) 63,850,822 68,462,283 +4,611,461
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,459,743 13,287,095 -3,172,648
Air transport 9,724,855 10,440,731 +715,876
Other 1,344,193 1,867,981 +523,788
Road transport 37,656 4,562 -33,094
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 77,235,793
Immingham Docks 21,130,113
Holyhead 19,587,782
London Gateway Port 10,995,823
London Heathrow Airport 9,344,993

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 36,737,428 40,498,365 +3,760,937
Immingham Docks 10,555,254 10,574,859 +19,605
Holyhead 9,557,700 10,030,082 +472,382
London Gateway Port 5,783,082 5,212,741 -570,341
London Heathrow Airport 4,652,417 4,692,576 +40,159
Liverpool Docks 4,618,032 4,048,980 -569,052
East Midlands Airport 3,260,184 3,390,633 +130,449
Southampton 2,438,779 2,278,417 -160,362
Dover 2,613,218 1,235,130 -1,378,088
000 1,344,193 1,867,981 +523,788

Quick facts

HS code: 39235090

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

Description: Plastic lids, stoppers, and closures not for bottles