Import/export HS code 39209990: Various plastic products

Other plastic products not classified elsewhere

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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 £
France 19,299,804
United States 12,806,856
Germany 12,543,749
Italy 12,242,924
China 10,381,674

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 £
France 10,206,760 9,093,044 -1,113,716
United States 7,660,179 5,146,677 -2,513,502
Germany 6,542,982 6,000,767 -542,215
Italy 6,012,643 6,230,281 +217,638
China 5,126,712 5,254,962 +128,250
Turkey 3,700,691 3,516,241 -184,450
Israel 1,868,075 1,501,211 -366,864
Ireland 1,497,351 1,258,339 -239,012
Belgium 1,559,253 1,122,026 -437,227
Denmark 1,350,964 1,110,613 -240,351

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 £
France 17,064,531
Italy 14,420,324
United States 14,368,814
Germany 12,077,059
China 10,935,775

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 £
France 8,878,565 8,185,966 -692,599
Italy 7,329,012 7,091,312 -237,700
United States 8,657,211 5,711,603 -2,945,608
Germany 6,261,837 5,815,222 -446,615
China 5,316,478 5,619,297 +302,819
Turkey 3,664,916 3,526,615 -138,301
Israel 1,868,075 1,501,211 -366,864
Denmark 1,315,125 1,113,842 -201,283
South Korea 972,824 483,046 -489,778
Belgium 844,069 523,134 -320,935

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 51
Inner London - West 36
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 36
Greater Manchester 35
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 32

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 35 35 +0
Inner London - West 27 17 -10
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 28 18 -10
Greater Manchester 31 18 -13
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 28 21 -7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 17 18 +1
West Yorkshire 19 18 -1
West Midlands 18 16 -2
Outer London - West and North West 14 10 -4
Essex 13 15 +2

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) 52,632,157
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,198,324
Air transport 19,570,750
Other 2,359,457
Road transport 2,186,932

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) 26,352,647 26,279,510 -73,137
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,808,063 10,390,261 -1,417,802
Air transport 12,582,292 6,988,458 -5,593,834
Other 983,044 1,376,413 +393,369
Road transport 1,252,883 934,049 -318,834

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 31,091,424
Felixstowe 12,275,900
London Heathrow Airport 5,639,857
Eurotunnel 4,916,781
Immingham Docks 4,090,318

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 15,202,559 15,888,865 +686,306
Felixstowe 5,467,068 6,808,832 +1,341,764
London Heathrow Airport 3,460,786 2,179,071 -1,281,715
Eurotunnel 2,513,725 2,403,056 -110,669
Immingham Docks 2,177,926 1,912,392 -265,534
London Gateway Port 2,074,504 1,694,936 -379,568
Southampton 2,364,054 1,299,602 -1,064,452
London Stansted Airport 1,927,542 1,443,845 -483,697
ZLC 1,652,246 1,343,823 -308,423
London 1,336,195 1,558,320 +222,125

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 151
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 64
Other manufacturing 58
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 46
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 38

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 82
2025-11 92
2025-10 89
2025-09 82
2025-08 84

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+ 224
1m-15m 218
15m-54m 88
0-1m 58
Other 47

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 £
United States 14,375,249
Germany 14,306,661
Denmark 8,814,807
Poland 7,856,456
Ireland 7,572,681

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 £
United States 7,750,139 6,625,110 -1,125,029
Germany 6,838,895 7,467,766 +628,871
Denmark 4,110,301 4,704,506 +594,205
Poland 4,577,178 3,279,278 -1,297,900
Ireland 3,258,577 4,314,104 +1,055,527
China 4,115,875 3,172,795 -943,080
Netherlands 3,033,539 3,292,138 +258,599
France 3,235,045 2,936,044 -299,001
Luxembourg 2,650,902 2,811,715 +160,813
Italy 2,160,258 2,227,598 +67,340

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 £
Ireland 1,015,872
XI 48,395
Nicaragua 19,709
Italy 11,746
Finland 5,749

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 £
Ireland 495,572 520,300 +24,728
XI 19,136 29,259 +10,123
Nicaragua 0 19,709 +19,709
Italy 0 11,746 +11,746
Finland 0 5,749 +5,749
Turkey 479 5,052 +4,573
Denmark 4,274 0 -4,274
Switzerland 2,614 1,433 -1,181
China 685 294 -391
Austria 567 0 -567

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) 57,240,615
Air transport 32,330,272
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,185,860
Other 1,145,078
Road transport 168,359

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) 27,332,597 29,908,018 +2,575,421
Air transport 17,281,159 15,049,113 -2,232,046
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,341,476 10,844,384 +1,502,908
Other 530,305 614,773 +84,468
Road transport 167,473 886 -166,587

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 38,987,042
East Midlands Airport 13,390,534
London Heathrow Airport 10,682,652
Felixstowe 6,505,776
Southampton 5,619,464

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 17,887,345 21,099,697 +3,212,352
East Midlands Airport 6,825,637 6,564,897 -260,740
London Heathrow Airport 5,304,269 5,378,383 +74,114
Felixstowe 3,104,737 3,401,039 +296,302
Southampton 2,202,020 3,417,444 +1,215,424
London Gateway Port 2,525,816 2,719,693 +193,877
Immingham Docks 2,901,145 2,056,494 -844,651
ZLC 2,838,804 1,452,540 -1,386,264
Harwich 2,424,067 1,667,889 -756,178
Dover 2,301,592 1,716,716 -584,876

Quick facts

HS code: 39209990

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

Description: Other plastic products not classified elsewhere