Import/export HS code 392590: Various plastic building items

Miscellaneous plastic products used in construction

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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 162,695,453
Germany 82,772,379
Ireland 68,830,741
Netherlands 33,681,479
Belgium 25,241,011

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 79,703,519 82,991,934 +3,288,415
Germany 44,413,875 38,358,504 -6,055,371
Ireland 35,642,041 33,188,700 -2,453,341
Netherlands 17,104,107 16,577,372 -526,735
Belgium 13,199,400 12,041,611 -1,157,789
Poland 13,343,395 11,509,908 -1,833,487
Italy 11,260,918 10,526,874 -734,044
France 7,508,545 8,521,861 +1,013,316
Canada 7,705,784 8,009,295 +303,511
Denmark 6,505,738 4,628,132 -1,877,606

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 168,751,125
Germany 85,972,801
Ireland 47,026,444
Poland 28,753,549
Belgium 25,197,170

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 83,193,306 85,557,819 +2,364,513
Germany 44,175,361 41,797,440 -2,377,921
Ireland 24,284,245 22,742,199 -1,542,046
Poland 15,221,684 13,531,865 -1,689,819
Belgium 13,635,479 11,561,691 -2,073,788
United States 12,402,021 11,484,278 -917,743
Italy 11,821,427 11,322,688 -498,739
Netherlands 7,521,960 7,958,482 +436,522
Denmark 6,224,906 4,173,927 -2,050,979
France 4,934,574 4,505,503 -429,071

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 98
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 91
Greater Manchester 84
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 70
Outer London - West and North West 68

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 73 70 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 66 70 +4
Greater Manchester 57 67 +10
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 54 56 +2
Outer London - West and North West 46 45 -1
West Yorkshire 46 47 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 50 46 -4
Inner London - West 40 35 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 40 43 +3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 39 44 +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) 269,754,511
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 236,573,004
Other 27,006,032
Air transport 15,550,662
Road transport 3,977,390

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) 144,227,151 125,527,360 -18,699,791
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 116,039,261 120,533,743 +4,494,482
Other 14,249,252 12,756,780 -1,492,472
Air transport 7,451,957 8,098,705 +646,748
Road transport 1,684,826 2,292,564 +607,738
Rail transport 6,804 0 -6,804

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 111,695,195
Dover 88,460,911
Immingham Docks 54,560,819
London Gateway Port 46,177,891
Southampton 42,115,211

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 62,024,498 49,670,697 -12,353,801
Dover 46,113,799 42,347,112 -3,766,687
Immingham Docks 28,020,513 26,540,306 -1,480,207
London Gateway Port 14,743,107 31,434,784 +16,691,677
Southampton 21,813,273 20,301,938 -1,511,335
Holyhead 14,195,517 13,183,157 -1,012,360
000 14,249,252 12,756,780 -1,492,472
Liverpool Docks 12,910,099 10,980,096 -1,930,003
Harwich 8,068,935 9,689,898 +1,620,963
Eurotunnel 8,350,084 7,638,621 -711,463

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
520
Specialised construction activities
208
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
206
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
95
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
95

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 354
2026-04 343
2026-03 355
2026-02 361
2026-01 319

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 639
54m+ 349
0-1m 262
15m-54m 190
Other 98

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 97,076,021
United States 40,314,260
France 35,988,540
Netherlands 23,086,365
Sweden 13,961,132

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 48,649,681 48,426,340 -223,341
United States 24,822,989 15,491,271 -9,331,718
France 18,680,581 17,307,959 -1,372,622
Netherlands 15,769,997 7,316,368 -8,453,629
Sweden 7,590,437 6,370,695 -1,219,742
Australia 7,334,360 3,991,111 -3,343,249
Germany 5,454,888 5,184,679 -270,209
Italy 3,935,196 3,324,748 -610,448
United Arab Emirates 4,347,034 2,774,852 -1,572,182
Spain 3,238,098 3,491,358 +253,260

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 10,077,185
Ireland 2,823,982
China 1,913,850
Australia 1,272,495
Germany 843,882

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 4,905,792 5,171,393 +265,601
Ireland 1,421,688 1,402,294 -19,394
China 998,155 915,695 -82,460
Australia 751,925 520,570 -231,355
Germany 527,550 316,332 -211,218
Netherlands 194,916 197,860 +2,944
Finland 0 194,278 +194,278
Belgium 58,092 70,428 +12,336
Italy 67,508 56,838 -10,670
Norway 53,338 24,400 -28,938

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) 184,082,102
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 78,782,122
Other 39,451,462
Air transport 21,561,404
Rail transport 27,368

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) 96,897,863 87,184,239 -9,713,624
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 47,557,060 31,225,062 -16,331,998
Other 20,233,765 19,217,697 -1,016,068
Air transport 13,577,415 7,983,989 -5,593,426
Rail transport 0 27,368 +27,368
Road transport 11,404 0 -11,404

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 76,386,319
000 39,451,462
Holyhead 33,077,681
Immingham Docks 30,018,941
London Gateway Port 27,467,637

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 36,244,685 40,141,634 +3,896,949
000 20,233,765 19,217,697 -1,016,068
Holyhead 15,198,213 17,879,468 +2,681,255
Immingham Docks 19,000,952 11,017,989 -7,982,963
London Gateway Port 17,654,098 9,813,539 -7,840,559
Liverpool Docks 13,169,542 13,986,610 +817,068
Southampton 15,620,968 8,240,069 -7,380,899
Felixstowe 8,501,209 3,264,817 -5,236,392
London Heathrow Airport 7,565,184 3,311,355 -4,253,829
Portsmouth 4,881,492 2,955,216 -1,926,276

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 392590

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

Description: Miscellaneous plastic products used in construction