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 54,689,230
China 31,663,885
Spain 21,095,363
France 18,601,424
United States 12,208,035

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 29,333,027 25,356,203 -3,976,824
China 17,257,188 14,406,697 -2,850,491
Spain 13,578,295 7,517,068 -6,061,227
France 10,114,386 8,487,038 -1,627,348
United States 7,154,305 5,053,730 -2,100,575
Netherlands 6,425,966 2,665,261 -3,760,705
Italy 3,604,966 2,648,402 -956,564
Belgium 3,219,502 2,435,022 -784,480
Denmark 2,677,511 2,147,554 -529,957
Poland 2,381,675 2,251,307 -130,368

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 52,771,834
China 36,970,244
Spain 23,110,580
France 14,978,368
United States 11,415,108

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 29,080,667 23,691,167 -5,389,500
China 20,698,632 16,271,612 -4,427,020
Spain 15,094,990 8,015,590 -7,079,400
France 8,441,103 6,537,265 -1,903,838
United States 6,722,023 4,693,085 -2,028,938
Italy 7,669,723 3,402,318 -4,267,405
Poland 2,207,862 1,983,435 -224,427
Slovenia 2,919,847 739,363 -2,180,484
Belgium 1,879,679 1,758,425 -121,254
Turkey 2,209,403 1,251,529 -957,874

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 61
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 36
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 35
Inner London - East 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 55 50 -5
Greater Manchester 48 45 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 31 31 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 28 25 -3
Inner London - East 24 23 -1
West Yorkshire 25 22 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 23 22 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 25 17 -8
Kent 21 21 +0
Outer London - West and North West 18 12 -6

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) 95,894,264
Other 50,012,899
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 40,373,680
Air transport 12,408,807
Road transport 3,761,405

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) 53,248,748 42,645,516 -10,603,232
Other 31,849,345 18,163,554 -13,685,791
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,874,218 18,499,462 -3,374,756
Air transport 6,518,581 5,890,226 -628,355
Road transport 1,303,822 2,457,583 +1,153,761
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 50,012,899
Dover 40,539,105
Felixstowe 19,773,596
Immingham Docks 18,762,405
Eurotunnel 17,679,382

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 31,849,345 18,163,554 -13,685,791
Dover 24,185,532 16,353,573 -7,831,959
Felixstowe 10,593,447 9,180,149 -1,413,298
Immingham Docks 10,347,867 8,414,538 -1,933,329
Eurotunnel 10,199,973 7,479,409 -2,720,564
Southampton 4,943,426 3,577,717 -1,365,709
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,023,022 2,245,943 -777,079
499 119,525 4,560,205 +4,440,680
London Heathrow Airport 2,682,903 1,696,410 -986,493
Harwich 1,629,659 2,402,056 +772,397

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 217
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 144
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 108
Other manufacturing 69
Manufacture of food products 55

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 190
2025-10 202
2025-09 176
2025-08 168
2025-07 206

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 326
54m+ 231
15m-54m 122
0-1m 90
Other 47

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 28,333,623
Ireland 24,758,235
Netherlands 23,252,613
Poland 14,894,943
France 14,151,345

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 14,007,752 14,325,871 +318,119
Ireland 10,003,104 14,755,131 +4,752,027
Netherlands 12,738,412 10,514,201 -2,224,211
Poland 7,650,703 7,244,240 -406,463
France 7,276,763 6,874,582 -402,181
Malaysia 6,613,274 5,685,786 -927,488
United States 4,347,556 4,032,367 -315,189
Mexico 3,605,974 4,153,384 +547,410
Italy 3,312,748 3,236,147 -76,601
Spain 2,921,772 3,524,749 +602,977

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 959,271
XU 50,476
China 11,362
Lithuania 9,731
Ireland 7,692

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 583,218 376,053 -207,165
XU 12,482 37,994 +25,512
China 6,979 4,383 -2,596
Lithuania 6,638 3,093 -3,545
Ireland 4,339 3,353 -986
Netherlands 1,009 9 -1,000
Italy 858 54 -804
Greece 772 0 -772
Germany 190 18 -172
Switzerland 0 69 +69

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) 138,598,901
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 57,411,673
Air transport 6,360,496
Other 1,041,563
Road transport 84,629

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) 67,230,892 71,368,009 +4,137,117
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 32,676,694 24,734,979 -7,941,715
Air transport 3,161,660 3,198,836 +37,176
Other 616,530 425,033 -191,497
Road transport 81,965 2,664 -79,301

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 69,748,661
Felixstowe 34,908,517
London Gateway Port 18,894,324
Immingham Docks 16,151,911
Holyhead 10,931,048

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 36,754,505 32,994,156 -3,760,349
Felixstowe 21,069,377 13,839,140 -7,230,237
London Gateway Port 8,671,961 10,222,363 +1,550,402
Immingham Docks 8,508,911 7,643,000 -865,911
Holyhead 2,991,995 7,939,053 +4,947,058
Harwich 4,120,916 5,260,328 +1,139,412
Southampton 3,724,040 4,726,487 +1,002,447
Heysham 3,656,769 3,203,364 -453,405
Liverpool Docks 3,425,333 3,384,914 -40,419
Dover 2,338,105 1,444,888 -893,217

Quick facts

HS code: 39235010

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

Description: Plastic caps and seals specifically designed for bottles