Import/export HS code 3922: Plastic sanitary ware

Plastic bathroom items like baths, sinks, and toilet seats

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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 £
China 152,913,113
Germany 48,329,534
Egypt 29,951,439
France 20,896,588
Turkey 18,119,169

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 £
China 82,697,711 70,215,402 -12,482,309
Germany 25,678,748 22,650,786 -3,027,962
Egypt 15,420,303 14,531,136 -889,167
France 11,402,415 9,494,173 -1,908,242
Turkey 9,726,744 8,392,425 -1,334,319
Spain 8,847,082 8,486,461 -360,621
Netherlands 9,181,783 5,968,164 -3,213,619
Ireland 6,015,875 7,858,563 +1,842,688
Poland 5,034,645 5,204,521 +169,876
Italy 4,810,008 5,379,774 +569,766

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 £
China 160,788,386
Egypt 35,385,823
Germany 28,435,181
Turkey 18,787,975
Poland 17,256,072

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 £
China 86,716,260 74,072,126 -12,644,134
Egypt 18,152,255 17,233,568 -918,687
Germany 15,598,296 12,836,885 -2,761,411
Turkey 10,122,097 8,665,878 -1,456,219
Poland 9,204,488 8,051,584 -1,152,904
France 8,598,034 7,260,753 -1,337,281
Spain 7,833,673 7,575,925 -257,748
Italy 5,673,754 5,432,276 -241,478
Bulgaria 5,901,697 4,495,621 -1,406,076
Netherlands 5,948,760 3,817,308 -2,131,452

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 35
Outer London - West and North West 35
West Yorkshire 35
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 34
Greater Manchester 33

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 26 21 -5
Outer London - West and North West 29 20 -9
West Yorkshire 29 25 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 27 26 -1
Greater Manchester 24 22 -2
West Midlands 23 24 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 24 21 -3
Inner London - East 19 20 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 15 17 +2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 14 10 -4

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 222,465,354
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 133,560,294
Other 19,777,522
Air transport 13,856,092
Road transport 2,131,812

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 117,478,609 104,986,745 -12,491,864
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 72,801,653 60,758,641 -12,043,012
Other 10,233,790 9,543,732 -690,058
Air transport 6,416,283 7,439,809 +1,023,526
Road transport 1,720,805 411,007 -1,309,798
Rail transport 0 950 +950

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 97,807,642
Dover 63,411,975
Southampton 46,950,065
London Gateway Port 32,144,048
Eurotunnel 27,699,926

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 £
Felixstowe 56,225,908 41,581,734 -14,644,174
Dover 32,850,745 30,561,230 -2,289,515
Southampton 26,323,051 20,627,014 -5,696,037
London Gateway Port 10,992,275 21,151,773 +10,159,498
Eurotunnel 14,105,412 13,594,514 -510,898
000 10,233,790 9,543,732 -690,058
Liverpool Docks 9,072,178 6,898,833 -2,173,345
London 5,822,865 6,678,295 +855,430
Belfast Port 4,452,027 3,519,379 -932,648
Killingholme 4,553,572 2,370,630 -2,182,942

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 237
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 144
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 23
Specialised construction activities 23
Other manufacturing 20

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 157
2025-10 144
2025-09 160
2025-08 150
2025-07 158

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 248
54m+ 141
15m-54m 88
0-1m 70
Other 56

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 32,461,647
France 12,070,422
United States 7,969,824
Germany 5,470,202
Saudi Arabia 3,637,107

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 16,364,065 16,097,582 -266,483
France 6,418,351 5,652,071 -766,280
United States 4,241,932 3,727,892 -514,040
Germany 2,695,288 2,774,914 +79,626
Saudi Arabia 1,515,565 2,121,542 +605,977
Italy 1,500,677 1,428,529 -72,148
Netherlands 1,192,242 1,133,724 -58,518
Australia 1,106,658 1,193,440 +86,782
United Arab Emirates 1,002,707 1,099,300 +96,593
Sweden 1,008,352 860,529 -147,823

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 4,572,544
China 3,024,288
XU 1,481,568
Spain 607,024
Czechia 239,391

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 2,529,458 2,043,086 -486,372
China 1,552,474 1,471,814 -80,660
XU 708,930 772,638 +63,708
Spain 176,752 430,272 +253,520
Czechia 102,618 136,773 +34,155
Egypt 70,564 115,552 +44,988
Ireland 83,749 12,537 -71,212
Sweden 27,672 43,372 +15,700
Germany 26,491 22,083 -4,408
Poland 32,637 5,854 -26,783

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) 51,109,453
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,119,831
Air transport 13,508,528
Other 10,494,170
Road transport 265,738

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) 25,982,142 25,127,311 -854,831
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,746,575 9,373,256 -373,319
Air transport 7,060,165 6,448,363 -611,802
Other 5,374,570 5,119,600 -254,970
Road transport 262,123 3,615 -258,508

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 24,586,425
Liverpool Docks 11,536,876
000 10,494,170
Holyhead 8,042,368
London Gateway Port 7,335,819

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 12,590,756 11,995,669 -595,087
Liverpool Docks 5,921,622 5,615,254 -306,368
000 5,374,570 5,119,600 -254,970
Holyhead 3,884,299 4,158,069 +273,770
London Gateway Port 2,431,757 4,904,062 +2,472,305
London Heathrow Airport 3,627,052 3,307,426 -319,626
Southampton 1,964,745 2,273,034 +308,289
Immingham Docks 2,424,553 1,576,188 -848,365
Felixstowe 2,682,322 1,000,323 -1,681,999
London Stansted Airport 1,182,766 1,300,124 +117,358

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 3922

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

Description: Plastic bathroom items like baths, sinks, and toilet seats