Import/export HS code 392062: Plastic sheets made of PET

Sheets and films made of poly(ethylene terephthalate), commonly used for packaging

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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
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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 103,242,866
United States 43,167,576
France 42,927,750
Belgium 31,977,705
Netherlands 24,365,486

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 54,847,967 48,394,899 -6,453,068
United States 22,417,486 20,750,090 -1,667,396
France 23,240,511 19,687,239 -3,553,272
Belgium 17,760,964 14,216,741 -3,544,223
Netherlands 11,393,332 12,972,154 +1,578,822
Italy 10,473,500 8,654,920 -1,818,580
Spain 9,161,502 8,850,503 -310,999
India 10,168,748 7,606,328 -2,562,420
Turkey 7,240,996 9,522,070 +2,281,074
Poland 8,198,620 5,691,098 -2,507,522

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 104,922,976
United States 47,087,807
Spain 31,017,257
Turkey 30,841,256
Italy 25,177,659

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 55,976,535 48,946,441 -7,030,094
United States 24,198,197 22,889,610 -1,308,587
Spain 16,114,591 14,902,666 -1,211,925
Turkey 14,803,658 16,037,598 +1,233,940
Italy 14,170,744 11,006,915 -3,163,829
China 13,094,024 10,184,098 -2,909,926
India 11,779,027 7,839,610 -3,939,417
France 9,530,529 8,713,470 -817,059
Poland 9,988,990 7,816,488 -2,172,502
Netherlands 7,911,193 9,509,736 +1,598,543

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 41
Greater Manchester 39
West Yorkshire 37
Inner London - West 34
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 28

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 33 31 -2
Greater Manchester 28 31 +3
West Yorkshire 30 28 -2
Inner London - West 23 25 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 23 21 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 17 22 +5
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 20 20 +0
West Midlands 20 16 -4
Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear 18 18 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 17 16 -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) 288,660,744
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 108,221,599
Air transport 21,963,055
Road transport 3,334,430
Other 2,483,844

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) 154,977,221 133,683,523 -21,293,698
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 50,737,167 57,484,432 +6,747,265
Air transport 12,522,243 9,440,812 -3,081,431
Road transport 1,495,661 1,838,769 +343,108
Other 1,157,620 1,326,224 +168,604
Rail transport 88,426 18,585 -69,841

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 140,522,025
Felixstowe 42,457,656
Southampton 38,513,027
Immingham Docks 38,407,438
Hull 29,547,197

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 75,626,484 64,895,541 -10,730,943
Felixstowe 21,104,920 21,352,736 +247,816
Southampton 18,560,268 19,952,759 +1,392,491
Immingham Docks 16,990,935 21,416,503 +4,425,568
Hull 15,468,143 14,079,054 -1,389,089
Eurotunnel 14,976,142 14,287,616 -688,526
Killingholme 5,312,539 4,848,678 -463,861
London Gateway Port 4,674,154 4,415,763 -258,391
Harwich 4,899,823 2,972,062 -1,927,761
London 3,809,950 3,657,018 -152,932

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 129
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 89
Other manufacturing 87
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 46
Printing and reproduction of recorded media 45

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 169
2025-10 181
2025-09 162
2025-08 172
2025-07 208

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 251
54m+ 197
15m-54m 87
0-1m 56
Other 29

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 £
Switzerland 5,926,092
Ireland 5,031,759
Germany 3,248,185
Poland 3,220,009
Luxembourg 2,529,855

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 £
Switzerland 2,947,430 2,978,662 +31,232
Ireland 2,608,267 2,423,492 -184,775
Germany 2,696,621 551,564 -2,145,057
Poland 2,306,086 913,923 -1,392,163
Luxembourg 1,143,997 1,385,858 +241,861
Denmark 644,270 825,107 +180,837
Netherlands 478,256 567,082 +88,826
India 743,007 33,645 -709,362
United States 313,532 327,280 +13,748
Belgium 251,149 288,853 +37,704

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 1,365,798
France 1,133,913
XI 58,700
Poland 5,775
Austria 1,135

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 604,713 761,085 +156,372
France 547,582 586,331 +38,749
XI 2,405 56,295 +53,890
Poland 2,909 2,866 -43
Austria 923 212 -711
United States 9 59 +50

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) 19,524,271
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,043,507
Other 2,565,389
Air transport 1,102,285
Road transport 4,801

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) 11,681,898 7,842,373 -3,839,525
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,772,234 2,271,273 -500,961
Other 1,158,541 1,406,848 +248,307
Air transport 521,050 581,235 +60,185
Road transport 4,801 0 -4,801

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,056,438
Immingham Docks 4,425,008
000 2,565,389
Holyhead 2,167,050
London Gateway Port 1,189,681

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 7,155,577 4,900,861 -2,254,716
Immingham Docks 2,639,537 1,785,471 -854,066
000 1,158,541 1,406,848 +248,307
Holyhead 964,561 1,202,489 +237,928
London Gateway Port 582,275 607,406 +25,131
Felixstowe 639,633 70,355 -569,278
Liverpool Docks 304,528 274,038 -30,490
Fishguard 402,223 155,286 -246,937
Milford 382,409 166,254 -216,155
Dover 392,919 69,989 -322,930

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 392062

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

Description: Sheets and films made of poly(ethylene terephthalate), commonly used for packaging