Import/export HS code 39235010: Bottle caps and capsules

Plastic caps and seals specifically designed for bottles

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* 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 54,615,070
China 30,953,451
Spain 20,671,193
France 18,211,872
United States 11,837,433

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 29,381,463 25,233,607 -4,147,856
China 17,005,777 13,947,674 -3,058,103
Spain 13,529,554 7,141,639 -6,387,915
France 10,099,200 8,112,672 -1,986,528
United States 6,798,231 5,039,202 -1,759,029
Netherlands 5,779,117 2,813,777 -2,965,340
Italy 3,515,296 2,642,966 -872,330
Belgium 3,129,724 2,469,710 -660,014
Denmark 2,531,109 2,316,740 -214,369
Poland 2,319,682 2,390,904 +71,222

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 52,373,819
China 36,055,575
Spain 22,619,248
France 14,538,158
United States 11,098,210

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 28,924,063 23,449,756 -5,474,307
China 20,317,141 15,738,434 -4,578,707
Spain 15,025,135 7,594,113 -7,431,022
France 8,352,767 6,185,391 -2,167,376
United States 6,398,059 4,700,151 -1,697,908
Italy 7,147,971 3,430,633 -3,717,338
Poland 2,113,145 2,127,968 +14,823
Belgium 1,784,861 1,840,037 +55,176
Turkey 2,228,926 1,098,176 -1,130,750
Slovenia 2,616,586 691,737 -1,924,849

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 71
Greater Manchester 60
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 41
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 35
Inner London - East 34

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 52 52 +0
Greater Manchester 47 44 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 31 28 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 31 28 -3
Inner London - East 24 23 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 26 17 -9
West Yorkshire 25 22 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 23 21 -2
Kent 21 22 +1
Outer London - West and North West 17 12 -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) 95,214,318
Other 48,027,343
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 39,834,841
Air transport 12,227,993
Road transport 3,990,053

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) 52,695,409 42,518,909 -10,176,500
Other 31,352,593 16,674,750 -14,677,843
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,431,965 18,402,876 -3,029,089
Air transport 6,381,513 5,846,480 -535,033
Road transport 1,276,876 2,713,177 +1,436,301
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 304,759 +304,759

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 48,027,343
Dover 39,636,944
Felixstowe 19,331,920
Immingham Docks 18,885,093
Eurotunnel 17,228,706

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 £
000 31,352,593 16,674,750 -14,677,843
Dover 23,571,711 16,065,233 -7,506,478
Felixstowe 10,561,952 8,769,968 -1,791,984
Immingham Docks 9,949,465 8,935,628 -1,013,837
Eurotunnel 10,077,841 7,150,865 -2,926,976
Southampton 4,749,186 3,592,397 -1,156,789
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,116,479 2,264,364 -852,115
499 122,108 5,053,339 +4,931,231
London Heathrow Airport 2,709,092 1,657,077 -1,052,015
Harwich 1,689,897 2,390,129 +700,232

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 221
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 143
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 109
Other manufacturing 68
Manufacture of food products 55

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 186
2025-11 190
2025-10 203
2025-09 177
2025-08 168

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 319
54m+ 236
15m-54m 124
0-1m 92
Other 51

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 27,596,379
Ireland 25,496,012
Netherlands 23,316,716
Poland 14,954,288
France 13,915,589

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 13,276,173 14,320,206 +1,044,033
Ireland 9,919,439 15,576,573 +5,657,134
Netherlands 12,686,488 10,630,228 -2,056,260
Poland 7,626,817 7,327,471 -299,346
France 7,195,702 6,719,887 -475,815
Malaysia 6,798,719 4,946,658 -1,852,061
United States 4,343,669 4,140,325 -203,344
Mexico 3,733,447 4,054,035 +320,588
Spain 2,988,051 3,577,921 +589,870
Italy 3,211,088 3,354,333 +143,245

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 953,849
China 10,348
Lithuania 9,731
Ireland 7,692
Netherlands 1,018

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 543,315 410,534 -132,781
China 6,823 3,525 -3,298
Lithuania 6,638 3,093 -3,545
Ireland 4,339 3,353 -986
Netherlands 1,010 8 -1,002
Greece 772 0 -772
Italy 649 54 -595
Germany 175 17 -158
Switzerland 0 69 +69
Poland 45 0 -45

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) 140,565,083
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 54,459,559
Air transport 6,444,769
Other 1,034,140
Road transport 80,652

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) 68,813,307 71,751,776 +2,938,469
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 30,069,088 24,390,471 -5,678,617
Air transport 3,054,915 3,389,854 +334,939
Other 576,588 457,552 -119,036
Road transport 77,988 2,664 -75,324

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 68,946,344
Felixstowe 34,376,455
London Gateway Port 18,363,687
Immingham Docks 16,281,011
Holyhead 11,561,648

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 36,245,756 32,700,588 -3,545,168
Felixstowe 21,575,952 12,800,503 -8,775,449
London Gateway Port 8,499,468 9,864,219 +1,364,751
Immingham Docks 8,224,933 8,056,078 -168,855
Holyhead 2,783,261 8,778,387 +5,995,126
Harwich 4,090,641 5,264,320 +1,173,679
Southampton 3,914,223 4,654,426 +740,203
Liverpool Docks 3,414,522 3,346,696 -67,826
Heysham 3,667,855 3,035,215 -632,640
Dover 1,932,964 1,337,095 -595,869

Quick facts

HS code: 39235010

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

Description: Plastic caps and seals specifically designed for bottles