Import/export HS code 39201024: Stretch film

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Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

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  • 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 £
Turkey 107,902,401
Ireland 26,139,850
India 25,533,069
France 19,025,042
Poland 17,885,107

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 £
Turkey 53,842,458 54,059,943 +217,485
Ireland 15,924,009 10,215,841 -5,708,168
India 13,033,417 12,499,652 -533,765
France 9,212,088 9,812,954 +600,866
Poland 7,985,974 9,899,133 +1,913,159
Saudi Arabia 8,093,698 9,349,281 +1,255,583
Belgium 9,100,813 6,897,638 -2,203,175
Italy 6,973,596 7,220,961 +247,365
Netherlands 7,819,199 5,238,838 -2,580,361
Germany 9,881,281 2,616,629 -7,264,652

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 £
Turkey 108,663,697
India 25,589,728
Poland 18,855,908
Saudi Arabia 16,876,234
Ireland 14,970,063

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 £
Turkey 54,343,860 54,319,837 -24,023
India 13,026,088 12,563,640 -462,448
Poland 8,363,117 10,492,791 +2,129,674
Saudi Arabia 7,603,143 9,273,091 +1,669,948
Ireland 9,592,458 5,377,605 -4,214,853
Germany 11,285,547 3,635,251 -7,650,296
France 6,507,426 7,919,472 +1,412,046
Italy 7,108,585 7,305,380 +196,795
Belgium 7,915,252 6,382,950 -1,532,302
Netherlands 7,395,130 4,471,845 -2,923,285

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Outer London - East and North East 24
West Midlands 20
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 19
Inner London - West 17
Shropshire and Staffordshire 17

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
Outer London - East and North East 17 16 -1
West Midlands 15 11 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 15 +2
Inner London - West 11 10 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 15 12 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 11 15 +4
Greater Manchester 12 10 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 12 10 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 11 9 -2
West Yorkshire 12 10 -2

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 194,088,102
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 117,207,038
Other 13,028,440
Air transport 2,952,100
Road transport 507,534

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 96,832,053 97,256,049 +423,996
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 65,262,290 51,944,748 -13,317,542
Other 7,818,646 5,209,794 -2,608,852
Air transport 1,749,285 1,202,815 -546,470
Road transport 209,085 298,449 +89,364

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 103,767,486
Dover 42,861,023
London Gateway Port 37,810,848
Southampton 25,072,840
Immingham Docks 23,283,181

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 53,301,073 50,466,413 -2,834,660
Dover 22,737,001 20,124,022 -2,612,979
London Gateway Port 21,220,003 16,590,845 -4,629,158
Southampton 9,634,096 15,438,744 +5,804,648
Immingham Docks 12,521,144 10,762,037 -1,759,107
000 7,818,646 5,209,794 -2,608,852
Liverpool Docks 8,156,334 3,807,966 -4,348,368
Harwich 4,799,196 4,768,809 -30,387
Eurotunnel 3,726,392 4,623,972 +897,580
Belfast Port 3,308,837 3,088,959 -219,878

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 134
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 38
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 35
Manufacture of food products 30
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 20

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 76
2025-11 79
2025-10 94
2025-09 84
2025-08 75

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 156
54m+ 114
15m-54m 48
0-1m 31
Other 21

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 22,720,564
Belgium 19,165,520
France 5,911,146
Germany 5,513,910
New Zealand 3,831,178

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 12,035,137 10,685,427 -1,349,710
Belgium 13,489,734 5,675,786 -7,813,948
France 2,306,819 3,604,327 +1,297,508
Germany 2,375,617 3,138,293 +762,676
New Zealand 1,264,149 2,567,029 +1,302,880
Austria 638,001 2,844,695 +2,206,694
Netherlands 1,277,839 2,124,057 +846,218
Australia 143,708 2,940,478 +2,796,770
United States 2,564,509 372,510 -2,191,999
Sweden 437,827 1,876,055 +1,438,228

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 £
France 618,641
XI 430,223
Ireland 314,464
Portugal 216,860
Israel 95,239

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 £
France 481,956 136,685 -345,271
XI 232,959 197,264 -35,695
Ireland 207,290 107,174 -100,116
Portugal 153,483 63,377 -90,106
Israel 51,505 43,734 -7,771
Austria 79,215 0 -79,215
Malaysia 0 71,091 +71,091
Turkey 27,806 24,426 -3,380
Finland 34,576 513 -34,063
Germany 31,457 0 -31,457

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) 61,706,118
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,922,917
Other 6,445,812
Air transport 782,253
Road transport 41,442

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) 30,708,905 30,997,213 +288,308
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,693,279 9,229,638 -463,641
Other 3,629,568 2,816,244 -813,324
Air transport 713,760 68,493 -645,267
Road transport 41,442 0 -41,442

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 35,818,478
London Gateway Port 7,335,630
Immingham Docks 7,295,474
000 6,445,812
Holyhead 5,158,078

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 18,116,834 17,701,644 -415,190
London Gateway Port 3,970,544 3,365,086 -605,458
Immingham Docks 3,027,727 4,267,747 +1,240,020
000 3,629,568 2,816,244 -813,324
Holyhead 2,201,267 2,956,811 +755,544
Southampton 1,951,315 2,949,206 +997,891
Liverpool Docks 2,241,842 1,912,762 -329,080
Felixstowe 1,485,286 2,095,441 +610,155
Dover 2,186,682 1,025,300 -1,161,382
Fishguard 2,345,446 851,175 -1,494,271

Quick facts

HS code: 39201024

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

Description: Plastic stretch film, not printed, used for wrapping and packaging