Import/export HS code 39219090: Various plastic materials

Other plastic materials and products not listed in specific categories

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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 £
Italy 40,936,481
Germany 36,242,716
United States 36,008,631
Ireland 28,556,744
China 27,098,117

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 £
Italy 20,004,684 20,931,797 +927,113
Germany 20,035,497 16,207,219 -3,828,278
United States 18,539,975 17,468,656 -1,071,319
Ireland 15,419,334 13,137,410 -2,281,924
China 14,254,449 12,843,668 -1,410,781
Netherlands 15,084,470 11,782,956 -3,301,514
Poland 13,215,558 12,324,576 -890,982
India 12,424,482 10,971,477 -1,453,005
France 12,030,524 10,468,090 -1,562,434
Switzerland 12,192,586 5,487,440 -6,705,146

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 48,154,560
Germany 43,326,898
United States 39,371,192
China 27,442,655
Poland 25,013,025

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 24,329,553 23,825,007 -504,546
Germany 25,101,980 18,224,918 -6,877,062
United States 20,203,069 19,168,123 -1,034,946
China 14,497,717 12,944,938 -1,552,779
Poland 13,336,307 11,676,718 -1,659,589
Ireland 13,330,752 11,314,952 -2,015,800
India 12,436,450 11,000,090 -1,436,360
Greece 8,682,803 9,190,348 +507,545
Switzerland 11,222,683 5,162,818 -6,059,865
Netherlands 7,851,767 7,726,883 -124,884

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 78
Inner London - West 78
Greater Manchester 77
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 74
West Yorkshire 55

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 61 52 -9
Inner London - West 50 51 +1
Greater Manchester 56 58 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 53 49 -4
West Yorkshire 45 44 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 36 38 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 37 34 -3
Outer London - West and North West 38 31 -7
West Midlands 30 38 +8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 36 36 +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) 238,472,627
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 129,104,592
Air transport 34,803,989
Road transport 17,237,877
Other 12,327,547

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) 127,262,805 111,209,822 -16,052,983
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 67,050,283 62,054,309 -4,995,974
Air transport 16,195,338 18,608,651 +2,413,313
Road transport 9,566,426 7,671,451 -1,894,975
Other 5,873,445 6,454,102 +580,657
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 108,291,600
Felixstowe 46,182,839
Immingham Docks 43,798,289
Southampton 36,662,075
Eurotunnel 23,808,557

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 55,585,751 52,705,849 -2,879,902
Felixstowe 26,679,652 19,503,187 -7,176,465
Immingham Docks 21,269,714 22,528,575 +1,258,861
Southampton 15,453,259 21,208,816 +5,755,557
Eurotunnel 11,660,344 12,148,213 +487,869
London Gateway Port 9,643,404 10,247,124 +603,720
ZLC 10,421,195 7,556,201 -2,864,994
London Heathrow Airport 6,908,050 8,298,452 +1,390,402
Holyhead 8,086,548 6,292,054 -1,794,494
Killingholme 10,281,594 3,820,099 -6,461,495

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 326
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 140
Other manufacturing 123
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 89
Manufacture of food products 77

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 248
2025-11 265
2025-10 284
2025-09 283
2025-08 274

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 497
54m+ 468
15m-54m 170
0-1m 104
Other 93

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 34,657,210
United States 30,673,709
France 24,611,127
China 21,122,005
Ireland 17,297,860

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 15,533,628 19,123,582 +3,589,954
United States 12,631,705 18,042,004 +5,410,299
France 15,610,547 9,000,580 -6,609,967
China 11,760,127 9,361,878 -2,398,249
Ireland 8,158,336 9,139,524 +981,188
Hungary 4,324,754 6,716,157 +2,391,403
Italy 5,147,787 3,384,992 -1,762,795
Belgium 4,685,009 2,197,208 -2,487,801
Netherlands 3,368,817 2,559,800 -809,017
Malaysia 2,608,040 2,676,662 +68,622

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 1,269,841
Viet Nam 401,805
Ireland 102,678
South Korea 90,896
Poland 38,185

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 603,346 666,495 +63,149
Viet Nam 181,670 220,135 +38,465
Ireland 79,799 22,879 -56,920
South Korea 49,357 41,539 -7,818
Poland 13,334 24,851 +11,517
Portugal 787 36,459 +35,672
Netherlands 20,300 15,956 -4,344
China 18,331 11,098 -7,233
Turkey 12,448 8,930 -3,518
Nicaragua 18,249 971 -17,278

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) 124,298,078
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 61,793,934
Air transport 52,798,121
Other 2,484,696
Road transport 62,257

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) 62,752,520 61,545,558 -1,206,962
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 30,717,288 31,076,646 +359,358
Air transport 26,053,911 26,744,210 +690,299
Other 1,250,909 1,233,787 -17,122
Road transport 61,003 1,254 -59,749
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 86,857,576
London Heathrow Airport 38,310,586
Immingham Docks 24,317,106
Southampton 22,743,993
London Gateway Port 14,821,171

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 44,469,557 42,388,019 -2,081,538
London Heathrow Airport 19,737,124 18,573,462 -1,163,662
Immingham Docks 12,883,126 11,433,980 -1,449,146
Southampton 7,663,948 15,080,045 +7,416,097
London Gateway Port 8,050,155 6,771,016 -1,279,139
Felixstowe 5,797,869 2,906,824 -2,891,045
Holyhead 1,618,695 4,521,902 +2,903,207
Harwich 2,988,542 2,656,590 -331,952
Liverpool Docks 2,737,109 2,509,138 -227,971
Manchester Airport 1,817,436 3,192,866 +1,375,430

Quick facts

HS code: 39219090

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

Description: Other plastic materials and products not listed in specific categories