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:

  • 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 £
Turkey 107,796,535
Ireland 26,454,545
India 24,988,625
France 18,969,847
Poland 17,825,597

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 54,328,002 53,468,533 -859,469
Ireland 16,146,869 10,307,676 -5,839,193
India 11,509,426 13,479,199 +1,969,773
France 9,298,106 9,671,741 +373,635
Poland 7,838,243 9,987,354 +2,149,111
Saudi Arabia 7,711,265 9,054,924 +1,343,659
Belgium 9,408,311 6,906,403 -2,501,908
Italy 6,768,002 7,358,992 +590,990
Netherlands 8,246,292 5,294,533 -2,951,759
Germany 10,400,664 2,780,614 -7,620,050

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 108,594,802
India 25,045,284
Poland 18,756,292
Saudi Arabia 16,199,444
Germany 15,589,867

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 54,824,944 53,769,858 -1,055,086
India 11,478,437 13,566,847 +2,088,410
Poland 8,167,156 10,589,136 +2,421,980
Saudi Arabia 7,251,497 8,947,947 +1,696,450
Germany 11,835,669 3,754,198 -8,081,471
Ireland 9,798,547 5,342,904 -4,455,643
Belgium 8,162,802 6,354,542 -1,808,260
France 6,605,721 7,830,716 +1,224,995
Italy 6,954,509 7,441,725 +487,216
Netherlands 7,815,567 4,557,309 -3,258,258

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 22
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 15 17 +2
West Midlands 16 11 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 15 +2
Inner London - West 12 10 -2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 16 12 -4
Greater Manchester 13 10 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 10 16 +6
West Yorkshire 12 11 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 11 11 +0
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 11 10 -1

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) 192,815,091
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 118,971,816
Other 13,236,858
Air transport 2,904,272
Road transport 510,787

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) 95,379,955 97,435,136 +2,055,181
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 66,875,346 52,096,470 -14,778,876
Other 7,883,072 5,353,786 -2,529,286
Air transport 1,706,248 1,198,024 -508,224
Road transport 216,100 294,687 +78,587

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 104,127,977
Dover 43,759,372
London Gateway Port 37,487,556
Southampton 24,743,736
Immingham Docks 23,322,138

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 52,313,132 51,814,845 -498,287
Dover 23,405,177 20,354,195 -3,050,982
London Gateway Port 20,782,151 16,705,405 -4,076,746
Southampton 9,949,434 14,794,302 +4,844,868
Immingham Docks 12,429,400 10,892,738 -1,536,662
000 7,883,072 5,353,786 -2,529,286
Liverpool Docks 8,199,036 3,936,026 -4,263,010
Harwich 4,838,956 4,615,306 -223,650
Eurotunnel 3,657,888 4,676,501 +1,018,613
Killingholme 3,960,978 2,464,666 -1,496,312

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 136
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 39
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 35
Manufacture of food products 31
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 20

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 79
2025-10 94
2025-09 84
2025-08 75
2025-07 89

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+ 117
15m-54m 46
0-1m 32
Other 23

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 22,931,265
Belgium 18,589,826
France 6,250,795
Germany 5,364,238
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 12,150,693 10,780,572 -1,370,121
Belgium 12,145,092 6,444,734 -5,700,358
France 2,504,256 3,746,539 +1,242,283
Germany 2,311,531 3,052,707 +741,176
New Zealand 1,264,149 2,567,029 +1,302,880
Netherlands 1,302,074 2,106,307 +804,233
United States 2,372,217 679,518 -1,692,699
Australia 143,708 2,890,293 +2,746,585
Austria 66,898 2,790,635 +2,723,737
Sweden 401,694 1,909,975 +1,508,281

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 £
XU 4,393,427
France 688,679
XI 437,930
Ireland 309,863
Portugal 225,116

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 £
XU 2,267,806 2,125,621 -142,185
France 549,803 138,876 -410,927
XI 227,263 210,667 -16,596
Ireland 207,290 102,573 -104,717
Portugal 136,982 88,134 -48,848
Austria 92,740 0 -92,740
Finland 83,695 513 -83,182
Malaysia 0 71,091 +71,091
Israel 49,556 21,069 -28,487
Turkey 26,573 23,653 -2,920

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) 60,618,575
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,660,267
Other 6,496,181
Air transport 834,106
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) 28,932,010 31,686,565 +2,754,555
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,239,551 9,420,716 -818,835
Other 3,702,971 2,793,210 -909,761
Air transport 756,146 77,960 -678,186
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 34,296,241
Immingham Docks 7,329,317
London Gateway Port 7,233,545
000 6,496,181
Southampton 5,408,234

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 16,818,163 17,478,078 +659,915
Immingham Docks 2,502,320 4,826,997 +2,324,677
London Gateway Port 3,767,572 3,465,973 -301,599
000 3,702,971 2,793,210 -909,761
Southampton 2,465,275 2,942,959 +477,684
Holyhead 2,302,688 2,995,393 +692,705
Liverpool Docks 2,209,831 1,968,299 -241,532
Felixstowe 1,565,974 2,199,195 +633,221
Dover 2,318,445 1,204,991 -1,113,454
Fishguard 2,326,282 870,339 -1,455,943

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