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 19,205,125
Italy 12,888,673
Germany 12,684,693
United States 12,475,641
China 10,388,994

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 10,018,010 9,187,115 -830,895
Italy 6,186,294 6,702,379 +516,085
Germany 6,617,198 6,067,495 -549,703
United States 7,573,379 4,902,262 -2,671,117
China 5,094,022 5,294,972 +200,950
Turkey 3,751,787 3,569,888 -181,899
Israel 1,690,654 1,817,166 +126,512
Ireland 1,549,688 1,281,700 -267,988
Belgium 1,704,074 992,105 -711,969
Denmark 1,358,375 1,125,498 -232,877

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 16,902,042
Italy 15,110,177
United States 14,102,988
Germany 12,063,361
China 10,914,962

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 8,684,267 8,217,775 -466,492
Italy 7,461,997 7,648,180 +186,183
United States 8,574,678 5,528,310 -3,046,368
Germany 6,259,473 5,803,888 -455,585
China 5,325,333 5,589,629 +264,296
Turkey 3,718,715 3,580,262 -138,453
Israel 1,690,654 1,817,166 +126,512
Denmark 1,323,656 1,123,804 -199,852
Belgium 994,891 482,387 -512,504
South Korea 766,343 698,416 -67,927

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 52
Inner London - West 39
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 36
Greater Manchester 35
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 34

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 37 +4
Inner London - West 28 18 -10
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 28 19 -9
Greater Manchester 29 20 -9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 29 22 -7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 17 18 +1
West Midlands 18 17 -1
West Yorkshire 18 18 +0
Outer London - West and North West 14 9 -5
Essex 14 14 +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) 52,785,055
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,561,454
Air transport 20,263,603
Other 2,389,055
Road transport 2,152,051

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) 26,571,118 26,213,937 -357,181
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,442,352 11,119,102 -323,250
Air transport 12,900,397 7,363,206 -5,537,191
Other 1,017,923 1,371,132 +353,209
Road transport 1,152,134 999,917 -152,217

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 31,518,784
Felixstowe 12,310,661
London Heathrow Airport 6,057,819
Eurotunnel 4,739,277
Immingham Docks 4,140,035

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 15,270,770 16,248,014 +977,244
Felixstowe 5,280,153 7,030,508 +1,750,355
London Heathrow Airport 3,854,806 2,203,013 -1,651,793
Eurotunnel 2,503,013 2,236,264 -266,749
Immingham Docks 2,215,260 1,924,775 -290,485
London Gateway Port 1,880,866 2,022,546 +141,680
Southampton 2,182,709 1,450,111 -732,598
London Stansted Airport 1,903,570 1,457,530 -446,040
ZLC 1,695,372 1,413,668 -281,704
London 1,381,812 1,608,370 +226,558

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 154
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 65
Other manufacturing 60
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 47
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 37

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 92
2025-10 89
2025-09 82
2025-08 84
2025-07 108

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+ 230
1m-15m 215
15m-54m 86
0-1m 60
Other 48

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 14,424,533
Germany 13,850,747
Denmark 8,572,906
Ireland 7,776,753
Poland 7,710,717

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 7,665,193 6,759,340 -905,853
Germany 6,887,126 6,963,621 +76,495
Denmark 4,194,309 4,378,597 +184,288
Ireland 3,242,681 4,534,072 +1,291,391
Poland 4,554,747 3,155,970 -1,398,777
China 3,743,133 3,469,977 -273,156
Netherlands 3,010,748 3,201,992 +191,244
France 3,067,347 3,036,384 -30,963
Luxembourg 2,506,620 2,740,592 +233,972
Italy 2,305,642 2,098,231 -207,411

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 1,020,094
XI 46,295
XU 28,622
Nicaragua 19,709
Italy 11,746

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 530,931 489,163 -41,768
XI 18,178 28,117 +9,939
XU 7,340 21,282 +13,942
Nicaragua 0 19,709 +19,709
Italy 0 11,746 +11,746
Switzerland 3,856 2,352 -1,504
Finland 0 5,749 +5,749
Turkey 479 5,052 +4,573
Denmark 4,274 0 -4,274
Netherlands 1,375 0 -1,375

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) 56,173,192
Air transport 32,708,241
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,223,343
Other 1,151,321
Road transport 247,069

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) 27,315,403 28,857,789 +1,542,386
Air transport 17,240,007 15,468,234 -1,771,773
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,312,314 10,911,029 +1,598,715
Other 567,720 583,601 +15,881
Road transport 246,183 886 -245,297

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 38,395,252
East Midlands Airport 13,500,336
London Heathrow Airport 10,761,985
Felixstowe 6,474,835
Southampton 5,764,006

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 18,335,262 20,059,990 +1,724,728
East Midlands Airport 6,790,285 6,710,051 -80,234
London Heathrow Airport 5,303,689 5,458,296 +154,607
Felixstowe 2,883,139 3,591,696 +708,557
Southampton 2,491,504 3,272,502 +780,998
London Gateway Port 2,384,241 2,652,828 +268,587
Immingham Docks 2,589,387 2,282,105 -307,282
ZLC 2,979,607 1,537,158 -1,442,449
Harwich 2,212,698 1,752,815 -459,883
Dover 2,202,095 1,721,281 -480,814

Quick facts

HS code: 39209990

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

Description: Other plastic products not classified elsewhere