Import/export HS code 392010: Plastic sheets made of ethylene

Sheets, films, and foils made from ethylene polymers

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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 156,271,215
Turkey 151,276,721
France 110,432,101
Italy 70,690,699
Spain 61,350,796

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 83,914,753 72,356,462 -11,558,291
Turkey 74,013,832 77,262,889 +3,249,057
France 55,700,863 54,731,238 -969,625
Italy 36,440,294 34,250,405 -2,189,889
Spain 29,809,051 31,541,745 +1,732,694
Poland 28,493,446 30,277,724 +1,784,278
Belgium 28,200,896 26,129,135 -2,071,761
Ireland 26,384,357 19,007,116 -7,377,241
Netherlands 24,619,934 18,188,352 -6,431,582
Switzerland 21,873,400 17,432,801 -4,440,599

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 175,165,866
Turkey 152,576,760
France 81,659,400
Italy 78,103,974
Spain 65,596,747

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 93,642,658 81,523,208 -12,119,450
Turkey 74,815,280 77,761,480 +2,946,200
France 39,841,058 41,818,342 +1,977,284
Italy 40,655,692 37,448,282 -3,207,410
Spain 32,972,855 32,623,892 -348,963
Poland 30,417,525 32,106,201 +1,688,676
India 19,623,416 19,250,303 -373,113
Switzerland 21,521,905 17,045,298 -4,476,607
Belgium 19,011,205 18,133,414 -877,791
China 15,106,252 18,464,984 +3,358,732

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 81
West Midlands 75
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 69
West Yorkshire 69
Greater Manchester 67

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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 58 55 -3
West Midlands 58 44 -14
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 48 59 +11
West Yorkshire 52 52 +0
Greater Manchester 54 48 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 47 47 +0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 44 41 -3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 41 39 -2
Inner London - West 34 34 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 37 37 +0

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) 631,099,848
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 417,436,704
Road transport 40,442,967
Other 33,165,815
Air transport 18,107,539

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) 332,968,925 298,130,923 -34,838,002
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 203,108,193 214,328,511 +11,220,318
Road transport 22,022,784 18,420,183 -3,602,601
Other 17,353,776 15,812,039 -1,541,737
Air transport 10,024,731 8,082,808 -1,941,923
Rail transport 24,761 49,641 +24,880

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 265,770,339
Felixstowe 198,275,630
Immingham Docks 92,324,398
Eurotunnel 76,009,846
London Gateway Port 69,816,984

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 135,959,398 129,810,941 -6,148,457
Felixstowe 107,082,934 91,192,696 -15,890,238
Immingham Docks 46,938,356 45,386,042 -1,552,314
Eurotunnel 39,135,693 36,874,153 -2,261,540
London Gateway Port 32,361,667 37,455,317 +5,093,650
Southampton 24,132,102 31,997,841 +7,865,739
ZLC 26,800,502 23,524,511 -3,275,991
London 17,326,424 20,168,947 +2,842,523
Liverpool Docks 18,805,164 18,499,515 -305,649
Harwich 17,896,380 18,696,125 +799,745

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 415
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 142
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 135
Other manufacturing 130
Manufacture of food products 98

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 336
2025-10 372
2025-09 333
2025-08 337
2025-07 369

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 546
54m+ 475
15m-54m 181
0-1m 127
Other 106

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 113,804,332
Belgium 72,005,996
United States 68,112,268
France 51,231,734
Switzerland 47,794,343

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 60,101,827 53,702,505 -6,399,322
Belgium 44,219,279 27,786,717 -16,432,562
United States 36,621,368 31,490,900 -5,130,468
France 25,966,638 25,265,096 -701,542
Switzerland 25,529,574 22,264,769 -3,264,805
Germany 16,710,352 19,094,393 +2,384,041
Poland 17,520,815 17,821,326 +300,511
Netherlands 15,221,271 11,702,005 -3,519,266
Spain 10,255,368 12,808,599 +2,553,231
China 12,329,857 7,725,795 -4,604,062

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 20,075,404
XU 8,257,327
United States 1,982,800
France 691,604
Ireland 588,765

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 10,794,471 9,280,933 -1,513,538
XU 3,857,685 4,399,642 +541,957
United States 1,106,413 876,387 -230,026
France 551,346 140,258 -411,088
Ireland 380,429 208,336 -172,093
Finland 117,622 120,715 +3,093
Portugal 139,685 88,877 -50,808
Germany 120,477 88,620 -31,857
Spain 90,150 118,198 +28,048
Netherlands 130,162 31,350 -98,812

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) 443,487,098
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 121,922,030
Air transport 66,957,508
Other 33,238,972
Road transport 280,505

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) 222,459,254 221,027,844 -1,431,410
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 65,036,986 56,885,044 -8,151,942
Air transport 37,036,162 29,921,346 -7,114,816
Other 17,619,588 15,619,384 -2,000,204
Road transport 280,505 0 -280,505
Rail transport 0 16,821 +16,821

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 290,444,956
Immingham Docks 49,424,569
London Heathrow Airport 49,250,736
Liverpool Docks 41,481,837
London Gateway Port 36,124,444

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 148,960,532 141,484,424 -7,476,108
Immingham Docks 23,684,838 25,739,731 +2,054,893
London Heathrow Airport 27,529,889 21,720,847 -5,809,042
Liverpool Docks 23,014,721 18,467,116 -4,547,605
London Gateway Port 19,785,428 16,339,016 -3,446,412
000 17,619,588 15,619,384 -2,000,204
Holyhead 15,932,526 12,846,481 -3,086,045
Southampton 11,195,871 17,516,672 +6,320,801
Dover 10,221,986 10,275,258 +53,272
Felixstowe 11,024,336 7,949,074 -3,075,262

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 392010

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

Description: Sheets, films, and foils made from ethylene polymers