Import/export HS code 390810: Specific types of polyamides

Includes polyamide-6, -11, -12, -6,6, -6,9, -6,10, and -6,12. These are used for making strong and durable plastic items

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 92,656,129
Canada 73,638,856
Netherlands 53,995,596
France 37,206,294
Belgium 27,112,039

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 43,069,834 49,586,295 +6,516,461
Canada 39,963,871 33,674,985 -6,288,886
Netherlands 26,925,127 27,070,469 +145,342
France 19,555,580 17,650,714 -1,904,866
Belgium 19,378,382 7,733,657 -11,644,725
Italy 10,915,098 10,002,855 -912,243
United States 13,276,981 2,599,695 -10,677,286
Turkey 4,810,935 4,499,908 -311,027
Switzerland 5,438,277 3,274,323 -2,163,954
Spain 3,883,561 4,083,562 +200,001

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 99,876,759
Canada 73,665,197
Netherlands 39,063,250
France 37,480,859
Italy 27,906,096

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 48,410,885 51,465,874 +3,054,989
Canada 39,963,871 33,701,326 -6,262,545
Netherlands 22,247,191 16,816,059 -5,431,132
France 19,292,622 18,188,237 -1,104,385
Italy 14,033,026 13,873,070 -159,956
United States 18,035,277 9,150,450 -8,884,827
Belgium 8,532,245 2,964,354 -5,567,891
Turkey 4,938,336 4,633,390 -304,946
Poland 4,800,381 3,126,032 -1,674,349
Spain 3,939,537 3,895,895 -43,642

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 13
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 11
Greater Manchester 11
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 11
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 10

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
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 10 9 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 8 9 +1
Greater Manchester 8 11 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 9 6 -3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 8 5 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 7 8 +1
West Midlands 6 8 +2
Inner London - West 8 7 -1
West Yorkshire 7 6 -1
Merseyside 8 7 -1

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) 200,210,534
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 145,268,001
Air transport 7,144,185
Road transport 4,073,232
Other 1,093,028

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) 100,029,916 100,180,618 +150,702
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 86,623,043 58,644,958 -27,978,085
Air transport 3,799,858 3,344,327 -455,531
Road transport 2,018,561 2,054,671 +36,110
Other 689,802 403,226 -286,576

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 85,861,511
Southampton 75,991,031
Immingham Docks 32,257,828
London 28,197,492
Felixstowe 22,690,960

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 38,791,609 47,069,902 +8,278,293
Southampton 41,204,422 34,786,609 -6,417,813
Immingham Docks 17,220,225 15,037,603 -2,182,622
London 17,265,427 10,932,065 -6,333,362
Felixstowe 12,119,598 10,571,362 -1,548,236
Eurotunnel 8,959,738 5,329,868 -3,629,870
Newhaven 7,209,605 6,130,928 -1,078,677
Thamesport 6,978,155 6,085,084 -893,071
Hull 6,464,707 6,298,775 -165,932
Liverpool Docks 11,719,524 943,229 -10,776,295

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 59
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 44
Other manufacturing 22
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 20
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 17

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 57
2025-10 56
2025-09 58
2025-08 54
2025-07 58

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
54m+ 91
1m-15m 49
15m-54m 25
Other 14
0-1m 13

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 £
France 13,166,885
Belgium 6,379,274
Germany 6,193,732
United States 5,608,592
Mexico 3,566,110

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 £
France 7,427,213 5,739,672 -1,687,541
Belgium 4,064,675 2,314,599 -1,750,076
Germany 3,227,070 2,966,662 -260,408
United States 3,009,154 2,599,438 -409,716
Mexico 1,661,591 1,904,519 +242,928
Italy 1,821,608 1,271,639 -549,969
China 1,258,496 1,816,836 +558,340
Romania 1,410,188 809,485 -600,703
Ireland 1,001,805 832,760 -169,045
Netherlands 876,683 747,815 -128,868

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 £
Italy 188,112
XI 151,759
United States 48,677
Germany 25,208
XU 22,455

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 £
Italy 188,112 0 -188,112
XI 0 151,759 +151,759
United States 25,301 23,376 -1,925
Germany 12,065 13,143 +1,078
XU 17,262 5,193 -12,069
India 15,332 0 -15,332
China 0 103 +103

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) 36,537,945
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,619,747
Air transport 3,575,621
Other 451,646
Road transport 20,964

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) 20,637,866 15,900,079 -4,737,787
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,763,894 9,855,853 +91,959
Air transport 2,038,668 1,536,953 -501,715
Other 258,072 193,574 -64,498
Road transport 20,964 0 -20,964

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 26,819,434
Immingham Docks 7,856,600
Southampton 5,529,539
Felixstowe 4,914,335
London Gateway Port 2,884,049

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 15,198,101 11,621,333 -3,576,768
Immingham Docks 4,563,655 3,292,945 -1,270,710
Southampton 2,431,122 3,098,417 +667,295
Felixstowe 2,743,543 2,170,792 -572,751
London Gateway Port 1,427,147 1,456,902 +29,755
Liverpool Docks 763,841 1,062,336 +298,495
East Midlands Airport 985,895 707,682 -278,213
Dover 302,666 862,778 +560,112
London 496,108 627,828 +131,720
Harwich 663,405 430,844 -232,561

Quick facts

HS code: 390810

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

Description: Includes polyamide-6, -11, -12, -6,6, -6,9, -6,10, and -6,12. These are used for making strong and durable plastic items