Import/export HS code 39269097: Various plastic items

Various other plastic products not specified elsewhere

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 £
China 824,671,348
Germany 509,351,353
United States 409,418,217
France 312,579,760
Netherlands 275,326,324

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 415,867,157 408,804,191 -7,062,966
Germany 240,139,697 269,211,656 +29,071,959
United States 203,782,377 205,635,840 +1,853,463
France 185,650,237 126,929,523 -58,720,714
Netherlands 135,296,400 140,029,924 +4,733,524
Italy 71,293,373 72,539,599 +1,246,226
Belgium 64,175,816 59,255,326 -4,920,490
Ireland 54,918,504 62,876,912 +7,958,408
Poland 52,944,811 52,229,946 -714,865
Spain 37,281,945 36,234,395 -1,047,550

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 1,034,850,539
United States 451,634,360
Germany 389,393,810
France 161,693,707
Italy 157,798,754

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 525,282,210 509,568,329 -15,713,881
United States 223,028,534 228,605,826 +5,577,292
Germany 189,703,116 199,690,694 +9,987,578
France 85,246,604 76,447,103 -8,799,501
Italy 77,588,652 80,210,102 +2,621,450
Poland 67,032,479 66,159,049 -873,430
Netherlands 53,554,712 52,531,996 -1,022,716
Spain 44,027,237 42,740,757 -1,286,480
Ireland 37,669,990 43,143,962 +5,473,972
Hungary 40,373,497 39,457,603 -915,894

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 686
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 648
Greater Manchester 545
West Midlands 474
Surrey, East and West Sussex 434

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 472 500 +28
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 511 508 -3
Greater Manchester 410 407 -3
West Midlands 330 355 +25
Surrey, East and West Sussex 332 327 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 299 313 +14
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 303 313 +10
West Yorkshire 284 290 +6
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 263 269 +6
Outer London - West and North West 242 251 +9

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) 1,494,119,146
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,098,099,732
Air transport 909,213,514
Other 126,723,215
Road transport 23,473,600

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) 743,217,138 750,902,008 +7,684,870
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 543,132,041 554,967,691 +11,835,650
Air transport 430,635,471 478,578,043 +47,942,572
Other 94,857,519 31,865,696 -62,991,823
Road transport 10,605,253 12,868,347 +2,263,094
Rail transport 5,100,419 1,679,875 -3,420,544
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 1,058,870 +1,058,870

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 512,257,342
Felixstowe 461,762,734
Eurotunnel 292,328,994
London Heathrow Airport 282,909,354
Southampton 255,241,348

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 244,450,594 267,806,748 +23,356,154
Felixstowe 251,002,342 210,760,392 -40,241,950
Eurotunnel 150,270,332 142,058,662 -8,211,670
London Heathrow Airport 144,294,604 138,614,750 -5,679,854
Southampton 132,752,650 122,488,698 -10,263,952
East Midlands Airport 113,579,586 124,388,251 +10,808,665
London Gateway Port 100,690,767 130,305,929 +29,615,162
Immingham Docks 78,449,976 93,254,117 +14,804,141
000 94,857,519 31,865,696 -62,991,823
London Stansted Airport 56,836,777 63,901,145 +7,064,368

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
2776
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
1637
Other manufacturing
766
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
520
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
472

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 2385
2026-04 2463
2026-03 2538
2026-02 2470
2026-01 2243

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 4245
54m+ 2803
0-1m 1276
15m-54m 1172
Other 678

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 £
Germany 400,733,754
United States 331,016,011
France 219,981,135
Netherlands 184,684,139
Ireland 135,557,504

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 £
Germany 211,031,277 189,702,477 -21,328,800
United States 158,836,856 172,179,155 +13,342,299
France 108,568,955 111,412,180 +2,843,225
Netherlands 84,327,364 100,356,775 +16,029,411
Ireland 67,162,392 68,395,112 +1,232,720
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 24,317,099 39,232,385 +14,915,286
Spain 30,368,799 32,207,386 +1,838,587
Belgium 28,852,617 33,026,268 +4,173,651
Italy 31,747,424 28,282,086 -3,465,338
Poland 27,140,454 32,826,311 +5,685,857

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 9,868,173
China 2,288,620
Ireland 846,169
France 726,233
Germany 500,077

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 3,061,475 6,806,698 +3,745,223
China 1,095,222 1,193,398 +98,176
Ireland 367,059 479,110 +112,051
France 74,406 651,827 +577,421
Germany 309,508 190,569 -118,939
United States 199,171 145,899 -53,272
Belgium 239,649 66,713 -172,936
Slovakia 83,816 112,686 +28,870
Poland 94,027 96,168 +2,141
Nicaragua 114,446 75,630 -38,816

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) 1,228,860,251
Air transport 784,233,390
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 423,298,362
Other 24,969,932
Road transport 622,546

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) 615,324,356 613,535,895 -1,788,461
Air transport 374,948,027 409,285,363 +34,337,336
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 221,839,606 201,458,756 -20,380,850
Other 10,502,354 14,467,578 +3,965,224
Road transport 361,623 260,923 -100,700
Rail transport 0 35,010 +35,010

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 794,471,817
London Heathrow Airport 300,495,737
East Midlands Airport 270,122,205
Immingham Docks 218,487,593
Liverpool Docks 116,725,380

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 401,600,881 392,870,936 -8,729,945
London Heathrow Airport 140,161,514 160,334,223 +20,172,709
East Midlands Airport 134,127,151 135,995,054 +1,867,903
Immingham Docks 111,520,217 106,967,376 -4,552,841
Liverpool Docks 53,303,535 63,421,845 +10,118,310
Southampton 33,089,761 63,165,087 +30,075,326
London Gateway Port 51,920,186 35,972,308 -15,947,878
ZLC 34,488,716 40,099,188 +5,610,472
London Stansted Airport 28,744,354 31,104,985 +2,360,631
Dover 29,840,639 27,691,008 -2,149,631

Quick facts

HS code: 39269097

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

Description: Various other plastic products not specified elsewhere