Import/export HS code 392350: Plastic caps, lids, and stoppers

Plastic closures like caps, lids, and stoppers for bottles or containers

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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 117,163,968
China 83,991,165
France 67,624,429
Netherlands 53,968,744
Spain 37,556,441

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 60,058,913 57,105,055 -2,953,858
China 42,673,225 41,317,940 -1,355,285
France 35,758,112 31,866,317 -3,891,795
Netherlands 28,495,023 25,473,721 -3,021,302
Spain 20,993,302 16,563,139 -4,430,163
Italy 19,694,600 15,603,397 -4,091,203
United States 15,985,660 12,996,090 -2,989,570
Poland 11,683,036 13,171,229 +1,488,193
Belgium 8,794,034 9,048,654 +254,620
Ireland 8,425,126 8,273,961 -151,165

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 121,279,258
China 95,610,534
France 53,345,697
Italy 43,036,782
Spain 40,765,312

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 63,490,800 57,788,458 -5,702,342
China 49,292,150 46,318,384 -2,973,766
France 28,650,921 24,694,776 -3,956,145
Italy 24,799,870 18,236,912 -6,562,958
Spain 22,914,311 17,851,001 -5,063,310
United States 18,325,234 15,756,819 -2,568,415
Netherlands 14,961,548 15,396,490 +434,942
Poland 12,782,687 14,375,321 +1,592,634
Turkey 7,597,904 8,551,175 +953,271
Slovenia 10,136,028 5,048,690 -5,087,338

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 171
Greater Manchester 132
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 129
Surrey, East and West Sussex 97
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 93

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 127 115 -12
Greater Manchester 99 97 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 98 95 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 74 63 -11
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 76 74 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 71 65 -6
West Midlands 56 63 +7
West Yorkshire 56 59 +3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 59 53 -6
Outer London - West and North West 54 46 -8

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) 317,634,488
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 150,194,262
Other 69,645,069
Air transport 39,111,853
Road transport 7,825,044

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) 166,075,559 151,558,929 -14,516,630
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 75,462,300 74,731,962 -730,338
Other 42,570,758 27,074,311 -15,496,447
Air transport 20,184,093 18,927,760 -1,256,333
Road transport 2,082,237 5,742,807 +3,660,570
Rail transport 331,167 211,679 -119,488
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 504,627 +504,627

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 138,307,223
000 69,645,069
Felixstowe 65,763,985
Immingham Docks 61,336,687
Eurotunnel 44,698,340

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 75,305,760 63,001,463 -12,304,297
000 42,570,758 27,074,311 -15,496,447
Felixstowe 36,199,034 29,564,951 -6,634,083
Immingham Docks 30,417,755 30,918,932 +501,177
Eurotunnel 22,873,591 21,824,749 -1,048,842
Southampton 16,287,168 16,404,723 +117,555
Harwich 7,733,561 8,682,056 +948,495
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,115,747 7,470,971 +355,224
London Heathrow Airport 7,767,910 6,779,740 -988,170
London Gateway Port 6,629,967 7,691,249 +1,061,282

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 619
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 255
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 240
Manufacture of food products 200
Other manufacturing 195

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 579
2025-10 584
2025-09 590
2025-08 576
2025-07 619

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 849
54m+ 752
15m-54m 293
0-1m 236
Other 151

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 54,862,039
Ireland 52,796,918
Netherlands 35,669,935
Poland 29,175,117
France 26,715,419

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 27,359,315 27,502,724 +143,409
Ireland 23,400,674 29,396,244 +5,995,570
Netherlands 18,936,736 16,733,199 -2,203,537
Poland 12,555,960 16,619,157 +4,063,197
France 14,168,274 12,547,145 -1,621,129
United States 10,462,766 10,424,668 -38,098
Italy 6,652,748 6,468,080 -184,668
Malaysia 6,644,160 5,703,420 -940,740
Denmark 5,693,545 5,620,594 -72,951
Spain 5,002,402 5,309,915 +307,513

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 3,187,406
XU 168,207
Turkey 152,149
Ireland 129,570
China 57,677

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 1,660,417 1,526,989 -133,428
XU 45,872 122,335 +76,463
Turkey 61,669 90,480 +28,811
Ireland 86,164 43,406 -42,758
China 19,756 37,921 +18,165
United States 44,650 6,240 -38,410
Viet Nam 3,272 34,598 +31,326
Germany 16,231 18,268 +2,037
Poland 12,077 7,503 -4,574
Nicaragua 288 12,772 +12,484

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) 262,364,406
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 88,918,767
Air transport 26,490,550
Other 3,895,682
Road transport 257,219

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) 125,361,684 137,002,722 +11,641,038
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 48,920,193 39,998,574 -8,921,619
Air transport 14,168,305 12,322,245 -1,846,060
Other 1,977,612 1,918,070 -59,542
Road transport 223,114 34,105 -189,009
Rail transport 0 1,095 +1,095

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 142,857,107
Felixstowe 37,892,395
Immingham Docks 35,237,288
Holyhead 30,220,724
London Gateway Port 29,408,596

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 72,134,740 70,722,367 -1,412,373
Felixstowe 22,417,143 15,475,252 -6,941,891
Immingham Docks 16,197,681 19,039,607 +2,841,926
Holyhead 12,236,398 17,984,326 +5,747,928
London Gateway Port 13,541,695 15,866,901 +2,325,206
Liverpool Docks 7,093,645 7,809,482 +715,837
Southampton 6,018,673 6,791,580 +772,907
London Heathrow Airport 7,024,244 5,258,563 -1,765,681
Harwich 5,117,616 6,372,331 +1,254,715
East Midlands Airport 4,666,629 4,072,810 -593,819

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 392350

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

Description: Plastic closures like caps, lids, and stoppers for bottles or containers