Import/export HS code 39219060: Addition polymerization plastic products

Plastic products made through addition polymerization, such as polyethylene and polypropylene

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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 47,328,106
Italy 34,476,037
France 21,902,055
Belgium 15,164,641
Austria 11,923,930

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 23,033,664 24,294,442 +1,260,778
Italy 19,042,215 15,433,822 -3,608,393
France 10,732,669 11,169,386 +436,717
Belgium 9,249,807 5,914,834 -3,334,973
Austria 6,303,271 5,620,659 -682,612
Czechia 5,571,010 6,004,281 +433,271
Netherlands 4,508,268 5,765,759 +1,257,491
China 5,310,794 4,868,965 -441,829
Poland 3,833,133 3,565,251 -267,882
Turkey 3,735,402 3,471,687 -263,715

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 £
Italy 46,009,136
Germany 45,623,660
Belgium 18,978,546
Austria 12,177,399
Czechia 12,070,797

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 £
Italy 22,851,112 23,158,024 +306,912
Germany 23,130,691 22,492,969 -637,722
Belgium 10,136,244 8,842,302 -1,293,942
Austria 6,490,599 5,686,800 -803,799
Czechia 5,797,353 6,273,444 +476,091
China 6,014,128 5,268,252 -745,876
France 5,238,213 5,812,011 +573,798
Poland 5,016,902 3,649,745 -1,367,157
Turkey 3,793,662 3,554,862 -238,800
India 2,915,429 3,344,104 +428,675

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 32
Greater Manchester 25
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 20
Surrey, East and West Sussex 15
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 14

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
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 23 26 +3
Greater Manchester 21 17 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 14 18 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 12 11 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 12 9 -3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 11 10 -1
West Midlands 11 4 -7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 7 8 +1
West Yorkshire 12 6 -6
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 8 8 +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) 158,143,088
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 43,988,448
Air transport 7,487,827
Road transport 2,591,711
Other 841,459

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) 82,692,121 75,450,967 -7,241,154
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,021,949 21,966,499 -55,450
Air transport 3,591,246 3,896,581 +305,335
Road transport 1,081,795 1,509,916 +428,121
Other 246,478 594,981 +348,503

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 96,527,542
Felixstowe 23,834,411
Eurotunnel 18,643,594
Killingholme 8,690,993
Immingham Docks 8,554,616

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 46,033,256 50,494,286 +4,461,030
Felixstowe 13,704,494 10,129,917 -3,574,577
Eurotunnel 12,018,604 6,624,990 -5,393,614
Killingholme 4,753,658 3,937,335 -816,323
Immingham Docks 3,643,709 4,910,907 +1,267,198
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,926,946 2,451,461 -2,475,485
Harwich 4,048,612 1,556,127 -2,492,485
Southampton 2,323,054 2,902,329 +579,275
Belfast Port 2,061,023 3,042,383 +981,360
London Gateway Port 1,611,836 2,430,445 +818,609

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 88
Other manufacturing 49
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 39
Manufacture of food products 18
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 16

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 70
2025-11 73
2025-10 89
2025-09 85
2025-08 72

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 137
54m+ 102
15m-54m 52
Other 33
0-1m 21

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 £
Ireland 10,065,123
Belgium 5,560,150
Germany 4,909,109
France 4,184,350
United States 3,452,267

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 £
Ireland 7,881,380 2,183,743 -5,697,637
Belgium 4,302,594 1,257,556 -3,045,038
Germany 2,843,707 2,065,402 -778,305
France 3,850,855 333,495 -3,517,360
United States 2,498,276 953,991 -1,544,285
Spain 2,817,625 253,155 -2,564,470
Denmark 2,351,985 244,528 -2,107,457
Italy 1,941,898 635,187 -1,306,711
China 773,871 1,581,407 +807,536
Sweden 1,757,003 430,654 -1,326,349

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 £
United States 252,139
XI 36,494
Germany 7,836
Nicaragua 6,252
Slovakia 2,163

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 £
United States 150,292 101,847 -48,445
XI 17,732 18,762 +1,030
Germany 6,484 1,352 -5,132
Nicaragua 2,935 3,317 +382
Slovakia 1,332 831 -501
France 909 0 -909
Ireland 0 857 +857
Czechia 221 158 -63
Georgia 0 70 +70
Poland 0 8 +8

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) 42,967,992
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,914,057
Air transport 7,458,122
Other 408,257
Road transport 12,389

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) 32,320,566 10,647,426 -21,673,140
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,714,551 3,199,506 -5,515,045
Air transport 5,057,515 2,400,607 -2,656,908
Other 216,612 191,645 -24,967
Road transport 12,389 0 -12,389

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 27,295,899
Immingham Docks 5,954,590
London Heathrow Airport 5,122,173
Milford 3,754,380
Southampton 3,513,144

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 20,617,108 6,678,791 -13,938,317
Immingham Docks 4,770,048 1,184,542 -3,585,506
London Heathrow Airport 3,872,878 1,249,295 -2,623,583
Milford 3,746,144 8,236 -3,737,908
Southampton 3,131,838 381,306 -2,750,532
London Gateway Port 897,358 2,030,589 +1,133,231
Fishguard 1,823,668 0 -1,823,668
Felixstowe 1,532,212 247,030 -1,285,182
Holyhead 531,342 1,162,136 +630,794
Heysham 1,055,973 594,668 -461,305

Quick facts

HS code: 39219060

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

Description: Plastic products made through addition polymerization, such as polyethylene and polypropylene