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 188,493,170
France 115,697,217
Italy 107,649,948
India 77,280,808
Poland 74,885,229

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 100,325,056 88,168,114 -12,156,942
France 56,342,764 59,354,453 +3,011,689
Italy 56,111,454 51,538,494 -4,572,960
India 39,863,153 37,417,655 -2,445,498
Poland 36,925,299 37,959,930 +1,034,631
Netherlands 37,083,345 30,369,103 -6,714,242
United States 28,222,746 27,857,631 -365,115
Turkey 23,664,147 21,299,665 -2,364,482
China 21,322,210 19,873,566 -1,448,644
Ireland 19,191,204 15,949,234 -3,241,970

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 201,218,719
Italy 126,008,600
France 86,240,650
India 79,112,963
Poland 75,618,422

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 108,871,973 92,346,746 -16,525,227
Italy 63,920,517 62,088,083 -1,832,434
France 40,312,706 45,927,944 +5,615,238
India 40,020,664 39,092,299 -928,365
Poland 38,848,766 36,769,656 -2,079,110
United States 30,560,464 30,059,130 -501,334
Turkey 23,841,224 21,409,275 -2,431,949
China 22,457,649 20,490,602 -1,967,047
Netherlands 22,121,148 18,228,357 -3,892,791
Belgium 16,575,783 15,169,807 -1,405,976

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 109
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 107
Greater Manchester 102
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 101
Surrey, East and West Sussex 73

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
Inner London - West 75 69 -6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 82 76 -6
Greater Manchester 78 79 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 77 76 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 56 50 -6
West Yorkshire 62 57 -5
West Midlands 46 51 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 52 52 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 51 44 -7
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 44 44 +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) 670,264,485
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 288,916,706
Air transport 60,797,769
Road transport 27,732,984
Other 18,826,418

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) 352,808,370 317,456,115 -35,352,255
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 146,130,391 142,786,315 -3,344,076
Air transport 28,369,980 32,427,789 +4,057,809
Road transport 15,725,412 12,007,572 -3,717,840
Other 9,896,855 8,929,563 -967,292
Rail transport 0 39,114 +39,114

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 344,462,796
Felixstowe 116,511,587
Immingham Docks 110,315,002
Eurotunnel 60,580,208
Killingholme 56,677,804

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 174,884,259 169,578,537 -5,305,722
Felixstowe 67,529,601 48,981,986 -18,547,615
Immingham Docks 56,258,622 54,056,380 -2,202,242
Eurotunnel 33,540,952 27,039,256 -6,501,696
Killingholme 33,944,122 22,733,682 -11,210,440
Southampton 22,358,915 32,384,107 +10,025,192
London Gateway Port 16,691,041 16,738,633 +47,592
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,259,502 17,252,238 +4,992,736
ZLC 17,264,147 11,981,621 -5,282,526
London Heathrow Airport 12,283,297 14,870,369 +2,587,072

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 454
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 191
Other manufacturing 178
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 117
Manufacture of food products 98

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 393
2025-11 415
2025-10 459
2025-09 433
2025-08 414

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 693
54m+ 620
15m-54m 249
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 55,401,053
France 43,759,673
Ireland 43,290,753
China 42,170,221
United States 40,987,092

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 27,171,376 28,229,677 +1,058,301
France 24,995,260 18,764,413 -6,230,847
Ireland 24,985,116 18,305,637 -6,679,479
China 22,178,651 19,991,570 -2,187,081
United States 18,966,813 22,020,279 +3,053,466
Netherlands 12,861,995 11,368,653 -1,493,342
Belgium 11,765,612 4,904,820 -6,860,792
Italy 9,194,484 5,013,289 -4,181,195
Sweden 7,114,387 6,651,475 -462,912
Hungary 5,303,163 7,333,702 +2,030,539

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 5,008,405
United States 1,854,439
Viet Nam 401,805
Germany 148,979
Ireland 103,927

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 2,907,565 2,100,840 -806,725
United States 1,026,329 828,110 -198,219
Viet Nam 181,670 220,135 +38,465
Germany 38,834 110,145 +71,311
Ireland 80,191 23,736 -56,455
South Korea 49,357 41,539 -7,818
Poland 13,334 24,859 +11,525
Portugal 787 36,459 +35,672
Netherlands 20,300 15,973 -4,327
China 18,337 11,098 -7,239

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) 246,884,458
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 109,539,417
Air transport 88,170,675
Other 8,477,449
Road transport 654,792

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) 133,345,253 113,539,205 -19,806,048
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 58,438,835 51,100,582 -7,338,253
Air transport 45,341,550 42,829,125 -2,512,425
Other 4,754,666 3,722,783 -1,031,883
Road transport 449,613 205,179 -244,434
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 165,567,478
London Heathrow Airport 60,165,238
Immingham Docks 39,227,275
Southampton 30,878,844
London Gateway Port 28,800,511

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 89,505,699 76,061,779 -13,443,920
London Heathrow Airport 32,105,931 28,059,307 -4,046,624
Immingham Docks 21,722,854 17,504,421 -4,218,433
Southampton 12,656,632 18,222,212 +5,565,580
London Gateway Port 12,510,918 16,289,593 +3,778,675
Felixstowe 16,678,632 7,965,319 -8,713,313
Holyhead 5,627,044 9,235,927 +3,608,883
Liverpool Docks 5,856,384 4,259,951 -1,596,433
Heysham 5,899,033 4,175,846 -1,723,187
East Midlands Airport 4,737,045 3,926,482 -810,563

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