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 117,204,841
China 83,518,312
France 66,792,675
Netherlands 53,665,350
Spain 37,358,252

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 60,503,142 56,701,699 -3,801,443
China 42,676,035 40,842,277 -1,833,758
France 35,209,784 31,582,891 -3,626,893
Netherlands 28,250,691 25,414,659 -2,836,032
Spain 21,306,978 16,051,274 -5,255,704
Italy 19,765,481 15,145,138 -4,620,343
United States 15,805,743 12,766,398 -3,039,345
Poland 11,705,477 13,306,499 +1,601,022
Belgium 8,925,403 8,939,561 +14,158
Ireland 8,432,686 8,176,908 -255,778

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 121,012,215
China 94,979,908
France 52,573,035
Italy 42,165,582
Spain 40,540,664

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 63,608,687 57,403,528 -6,205,159
China 49,414,573 45,565,335 -3,849,238
France 28,174,835 24,398,200 -3,776,635
Italy 24,478,297 17,687,285 -6,791,012
Spain 23,207,779 17,332,885 -5,874,894
United States 18,182,911 15,459,026 -2,723,885
Netherlands 15,112,100 15,706,139 +594,039
Poland 12,704,200 14,474,301 +1,770,101
Turkey 7,788,764 8,553,290 +764,526
Slovenia 10,158,997 4,361,972 -5,797,025

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 169
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 136
Greater Manchester 132
Surrey, East and West Sussex 98
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 91

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 121 114 -7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 102 98 -4
Greater Manchester 101 93 -8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 74 64 -10
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 74 71 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 72 64 -8
West Yorkshire 60 61 +1
West Midlands 55 64 +9
Inner London - East 51 55 +4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 60 55 -5

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) 316,346,289
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 150,878,789
Other 67,001,984
Air transport 38,727,168
Road transport 8,252,062

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) 166,069,406 150,276,883 -15,792,523
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 75,905,978 74,972,811 -933,167
Other 42,159,458 24,842,526 -17,316,932
Air transport 20,102,612 18,624,556 -1,478,056
Road transport 1,991,434 6,260,628 +4,269,194
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 613,050 +613,050
Rail transport 331,167 214,916 -116,251

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 136,898,974
000 67,001,984
Felixstowe 64,855,262
Immingham Docks 61,751,316
Eurotunnel 44,197,303

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 74,887,385 62,011,589 -12,875,796
000 42,159,458 24,842,526 -17,316,932
Felixstowe 35,857,022 28,998,240 -6,858,782
Immingham Docks 29,934,363 31,816,953 +1,882,590
Eurotunnel 22,825,753 21,371,550 -1,454,203
Southampton 16,511,431 16,656,098 +144,667
Harwich 8,111,484 8,254,560 +143,076
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,327,097 7,478,670 +151,573
London Gateway Port 6,913,003 7,777,764 +864,761
London Heathrow Airport 7,811,858 6,526,638 -1,285,220

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 628
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 262
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 243
Manufacture of food products 201
Other manufacturing 194

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 553
2025-11 580
2025-10 586
2025-09 591
2025-08 576

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 847
54m+ 750
15m-54m 300
0-1m 242
Other 155

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 53,911,280
Ireland 53,696,751
Netherlands 35,765,602
Poland 29,572,212
France 26,368,408

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 26,606,464 27,304,816 +698,352
Ireland 23,504,503 30,192,248 +6,687,745
Netherlands 19,224,336 16,541,266 -2,683,070
Poland 12,569,510 17,002,702 +4,433,192
France 14,117,404 12,251,004 -1,866,400
United States 10,455,545 10,330,884 -124,661
Italy 6,814,301 6,376,917 -437,384
Malaysia 6,829,605 4,970,379 -1,859,226
Denmark 5,656,091 5,614,826 -41,265
Spain 4,950,708 5,418,729 +468,021

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 3,237,327
Turkey 150,570
Ireland 140,526
China 59,247
United States 49,880

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 1,651,242 1,586,085 -65,157
Turkey 66,777 83,793 +17,016
Ireland 85,927 54,599 -31,328
China 20,810 38,437 +17,627
United States 43,640 6,240 -37,400
Viet Nam 3,747 34,266 +30,519
Germany 16,204 18,211 +2,007
Poland 12,210 7,591 -4,619
Nicaragua 288 12,772 +12,484
Italy 5,327 4,652 -675

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) 265,275,748
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 84,873,797
Air transport 26,601,939
Other 3,948,772
Road transport 235,464

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) 128,367,080 136,908,668 +8,541,588
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 45,337,025 39,536,772 -5,800,253
Air transport 13,822,309 12,779,630 -1,042,679
Other 1,962,813 1,985,959 +23,146
Road transport 201,359 34,105 -167,254
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 142,163,749
Felixstowe 37,171,608
Immingham Docks 35,833,402
Holyhead 30,773,862
London Gateway Port 29,008,958

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 72,037,988 70,125,761 -1,912,227
Felixstowe 22,722,681 14,448,927 -8,273,754
Immingham Docks 16,206,757 19,626,645 +3,419,888
Holyhead 11,578,396 19,195,466 +7,617,070
London Gateway Port 13,426,277 15,582,681 +2,156,404
Liverpool Docks 7,826,895 6,994,053 -832,842
Southampton 6,230,791 6,841,129 +610,338
London Heathrow Airport 6,713,259 5,529,922 -1,183,337
Harwich 5,211,988 6,496,807 +1,284,819
East Midlands Airport 4,588,060 4,140,144 -447,916

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