Import/export HS code 3925: Plastic building products

Various plastic items used in construction, not listed elsewhere

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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 £
China 235,903,670
Ireland 116,400,687
Germany 103,839,511
South Korea 47,984,328
France 47,365,497

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 £
China 126,635,087 109,268,583 -17,366,504
Ireland 63,628,953 52,771,734 -10,857,219
Germany 56,695,771 47,143,740 -9,552,031
South Korea 26,058,522 21,925,806 -4,132,716
France 28,692,788 18,672,709 -10,020,079
Netherlands 24,060,223 23,287,299 -772,924
Poland 21,592,346 19,521,703 -2,070,643
Belgium 19,746,642 18,999,451 -747,191
Taiwan 20,618,388 15,837,029 -4,781,359
Italy 15,214,473 12,029,432 -3,185,041

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 £
China 243,943,034
Germany 107,964,258
Ireland 72,508,617
South Korea 48,251,381
Poland 45,622,976

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 £
China 132,021,540 111,921,494 -20,100,046
Germany 58,156,208 49,808,050 -8,348,158
Ireland 39,824,286 32,684,331 -7,139,955
South Korea 26,268,634 21,982,747 -4,285,887
Poland 23,330,824 22,292,152 -1,038,672
Taiwan 21,302,068 16,376,657 -4,925,411
Belgium 18,219,542 18,064,302 -155,240
Romania 19,208,937 14,945,116 -4,263,821
Italy 15,801,755 13,751,158 -2,050,597
United States 16,396,549 12,774,301 -3,622,248

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 109
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 106
Greater Manchester 95
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 88
West Yorkshire 82

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
West Midlands 82 77 -5
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 82 80 -2
Greater Manchester 74 63 -11
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 67 68 +1
West Yorkshire 65 56 -9
Surrey, East and West Sussex 60 53 -7
Inner London - West 53 46 -7
Shropshire and Staffordshire 58 49 -9
Outer London - West and North West 48 43 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 50 40 -10

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) 421,009,270
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 419,767,163
Other 53,206,179
Air transport 35,973,783
Road transport 4,609,489

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) 228,744,328 192,264,942 -36,479,386
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 225,959,831 193,807,332 -32,152,499
Other 29,117,637 24,088,542 -5,029,095
Air transport 18,920,098 17,053,685 -1,866,413
Road transport 2,090,677 2,518,812 +428,135
Rail transport 9,888 0 -9,888

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 220,597,543
Dover 156,556,257
Southampton 76,073,245
Immingham Docks 69,899,849
London Gateway Port 59,064,407

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 £
Felixstowe 130,314,946 90,282,597 -40,032,349
Dover 81,915,799 74,640,458 -7,275,341
Southampton 46,542,715 29,530,530 -17,012,185
Immingham Docks 35,830,730 34,069,119 -1,761,611
London Gateway Port 14,111,282 44,953,125 +30,841,843
000 29,117,637 24,088,542 -5,029,095
Holyhead 21,258,869 21,289,432 +30,563
Eurotunnel 18,862,032 13,590,696 -5,271,336
Liverpool Docks 17,933,915 10,721,132 -7,212,783
Belfast Port 14,426,800 9,493,750 -4,933,050

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 582
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 233
Specialised construction activities 223
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 108
Other manufacturing 108

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 383
2025-11 440
2025-10 455
2025-09 446
2025-08 427

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 762
54m+ 449
0-1m 295
15m-54m 225
Other 119

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 217,204,350
United States 71,630,945
France 44,568,199
Netherlands 30,251,439
Australia 19,234,939

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 112,735,009 104,469,341 -8,265,668
United States 39,147,832 32,483,113 -6,664,719
France 23,503,789 21,064,410 -2,439,379
Netherlands 18,138,273 12,113,166 -6,025,107
Australia 12,231,481 7,003,458 -5,228,023
Sweden 11,203,862 6,273,777 -4,930,085
Germany 9,790,361 6,363,174 -3,427,187
United Arab Emirates 6,327,371 4,743,783 -1,583,588
Spain 4,587,424 4,653,351 +65,927
Italy 4,632,843 3,903,896 -728,947

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 82,278,885
Ireland 11,259,190
China 8,460,395
Poland 2,121,168
Australia 1,235,718

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 42,813,466 39,465,419 -3,348,047
Ireland 5,132,749 6,126,441 +993,692
China 4,942,741 3,517,654 -1,425,087
Poland 2,108,336 12,832 -2,095,504
Australia 652,910 582,808 -70,102
Germany 487,364 397,494 -89,870
Indonesia 212,978 218,954 +5,976
Netherlands 190,656 180,419 -10,237
Italy 85,667 55,575 -30,092
Taiwan 81,205 59,606 -21,599

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) 245,516,681
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 136,614,774
Other 132,209,307
Air transport 37,179,046
Road transport 110,738

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) 129,997,551 115,519,130 -14,478,421
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 78,259,804 58,354,970 -19,904,834
Other 70,302,238 61,907,069 -8,395,169
Air transport 21,905,213 15,273,833 -6,631,380
Road transport 110,738 0 -110,738
Rail transport 0 27,368 +27,368

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 132,209,307
Dover / Eurotunnel 88,792,355
Holyhead 53,954,573
Liverpool Docks 52,762,483
London Gateway Port 40,572,158

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 £
000 70,302,238 61,907,069 -8,395,169
Dover / Eurotunnel 45,234,437 43,557,918 -1,676,519
Holyhead 27,140,506 26,814,067 -326,439
Liverpool Docks 26,515,440 26,247,043 -268,397
London Gateway Port 24,145,074 16,427,084 -7,717,990
Immingham Docks 22,178,557 14,320,780 -7,857,777
Southampton 19,928,581 15,024,488 -4,904,093
London Heathrow Airport 12,499,150 7,135,523 -5,363,627
Felixstowe 11,753,622 5,252,585 -6,501,037
Dover 8,182,555 4,825,662 -3,356,893

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 3925

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

Description: Various plastic items used in construction, not listed elsewhere