Import/export HS code 392190: Various plastic products

Miscellaneous plastic products, including sheets, films, and strips

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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 189,379,878
France 114,309,327
Italy 107,834,736
India 76,208,100
Poland 75,296,548

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 101,894,428 87,485,450 -14,408,978
France 56,582,913 57,726,414 +1,143,501
Italy 56,656,153 51,178,583 -5,477,570
India 39,595,020 36,613,080 -2,981,940
Poland 37,435,745 37,860,803 +425,058
Netherlands 37,956,549 30,930,666 -7,025,883
United States 27,275,854 28,931,141 +1,655,287
Turkey 23,685,348 21,170,774 -2,514,574
China 20,701,153 20,838,467 +137,314
Ireland 19,391,552 16,281,724 -3,109,828

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 202,376,467
Italy 125,883,287
France 84,961,758
India 77,937,575
Poland 76,357,449

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 109,994,751 92,381,716 -17,613,035
Italy 64,787,659 61,095,628 -3,692,031
France 41,009,372 43,952,386 +2,943,014
India 39,818,114 38,119,461 -1,698,653
Poland 39,370,649 36,986,800 -2,383,849
United States 29,797,068 30,788,552 +991,484
Turkey 23,932,781 21,206,699 -2,726,082
China 21,949,587 21,378,712 -570,875
Netherlands 22,276,782 18,213,919 -4,062,863
Belgium 16,826,257 15,575,765 -1,250,492

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 107
Inner London - West 107
Greater Manchester 105
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 101
West Yorkshire 77

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 81 75 -6
Inner London - West 69 66 -3
Greater Manchester 82 79 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 76 75 -1
West Yorkshire 63 61 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 54 49 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 52 54 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 49 46 -3
West Midlands 46 48 +2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 43 43 +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) 674,483,108
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 284,801,479
Air transport 60,869,244
Road transport 27,852,840
Other 19,194,325

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) 358,848,547 315,634,561 -43,213,986
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 143,453,811 141,347,668 -2,106,143
Air transport 27,767,215 33,102,029 +5,334,814
Road transport 15,775,389 12,077,451 -3,697,938
Other 9,913,239 9,281,086 -632,153

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 341,698,956
Felixstowe 117,703,150
Immingham Docks 110,500,943
Eurotunnel 61,793,912
Killingholme 57,860,945

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 177,333,696 164,365,260 -12,968,436
Felixstowe 67,023,736 50,679,414 -16,344,322
Immingham Docks 56,994,777 53,506,166 -3,488,611
Eurotunnel 34,184,869 27,609,043 -6,575,826
Killingholme 33,604,793 24,256,152 -9,348,641
Southampton 21,913,398 30,633,143 +8,719,745
London Gateway Port 16,425,919 16,054,015 -371,904
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,517,544 18,059,564 +6,542,020
ZLC 17,494,062 12,031,915 -5,462,147
London Heathrow Airport 11,619,154 15,708,700 +4,089,546

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 462
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 188
Other manufacturing 178
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 119
Manufacture of food products 99

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 415
2025-10 458
2025-09 433
2025-08 414
2025-07 484

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 704
54m+ 627
15m-54m 243
0-1m 136
Other 134

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 £
Germany 55,290,351
France 44,696,563
Ireland 44,272,344
China 43,392,875
United States 40,391,152

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 £
Germany 27,263,295 28,027,056 +763,761
France 26,001,232 18,695,331 -7,305,901
Ireland 25,744,880 18,527,464 -7,217,416
China 23,406,428 19,986,447 -3,419,981
United States 18,522,803 21,868,349 +3,345,546
Netherlands 13,095,967 11,216,074 -1,879,893
Belgium 12,328,818 5,184,103 -7,144,715
Italy 9,875,970 5,045,876 -4,830,094
Sweden 7,179,933 6,665,834 -514,099
Hungary 5,493,250 6,951,827 +1,458,577

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 £
XI 5,087,703
United States 1,908,710
XU 614,300
Viet Nam 393,940
Germany 151,225

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 £
XI 2,945,888 2,141,815 -804,073
United States 905,470 1,003,240 +97,770
XU 345,355 268,945 -76,410
Viet Nam 163,164 230,776 +67,612
Germany 44,164 107,061 +62,897
Ireland 80,280 23,777 -56,503
South Korea 50,467 48,142 -2,325
Portugal 787 36,459 +35,672
Netherlands 19,681 15,822 -3,859
Poland 14,135 21,356 +7,221

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) 248,476,965
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 111,561,681
Air transport 88,200,132
Other 8,609,431
Road transport 777,224

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) 135,803,275 112,673,690 -23,129,585
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 59,608,089 51,953,592 -7,654,497
Air transport 46,165,413 42,034,719 -4,130,694
Other 4,667,308 3,942,123 -725,185
Road transport 558,789 218,435 -340,354
Rail transport 0 2,053 +2,053

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 167,917,481
London Heathrow Airport 60,537,893
Immingham Docks 38,892,896
Southampton 30,979,497
London Gateway Port 28,250,234

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 91,933,057 75,984,424 -15,948,633
London Heathrow Airport 33,120,535 27,417,358 -5,703,177
Immingham Docks 22,153,636 16,739,260 -5,414,376
Southampton 12,970,251 18,009,246 +5,038,995
London Gateway Port 11,691,641 16,558,593 +4,866,952
Felixstowe 16,133,427 9,222,227 -6,911,200
Holyhead 6,066,833 8,992,705 +2,925,872
Liverpool Docks 5,713,399 4,540,971 -1,172,428
Heysham 5,956,003 4,141,603 -1,814,400
East Midlands Airport 4,712,430 3,974,620 -737,810

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 392190

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

Description: Miscellaneous plastic products, including sheets, films, and strips