Import/export HS code 392590: Various plastic building items

Miscellaneous plastic products used in construction

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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 148,736,502
Germany 87,431,507
Ireland 68,571,369
Netherlands 33,174,078
Poland 27,226,576

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 69,264,630 79,471,872 +10,207,242
Germany 46,106,813 41,324,694 -4,782,119
Ireland 36,459,234 32,112,135 -4,347,099
Netherlands 16,948,075 16,226,003 -722,072
Poland 14,932,293 12,294,283 -2,638,010
Belgium 11,598,041 12,804,971 +1,206,930
Italy 12,238,812 10,109,478 -2,129,334
France 7,903,882 7,912,615 +8,733
Canada 6,542,774 7,638,355 +1,095,581
United States 7,365,456 5,075,824 -2,289,632

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 155,428,621
Germany 89,242,145
Ireland 46,403,494
Poland 30,657,219
Belgium 24,759,648

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 73,909,562 81,519,059 +7,609,497
Germany 46,384,917 42,857,228 -3,527,689
Ireland 24,902,168 21,501,326 -3,400,842
Poland 16,141,385 14,515,834 -1,625,551
Belgium 11,784,171 12,975,477 +1,191,306
United States 13,251,704 11,392,622 -1,859,082
Italy 12,591,322 11,261,645 -1,329,677
Netherlands 7,108,710 7,714,368 +605,658
Denmark 5,851,053 5,505,644 -345,409
France 5,151,700 4,626,123 -525,577

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 101
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 91
Greater Manchester 78
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 69
West Yorkshire 67

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
West Midlands 67 76 +9
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 71 67 -4
Greater Manchester 56 56 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 51 51 +0
West Yorkshire 52 47 -5
Inner London - West 44 39 -5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 48 41 -7
Shropshire and Staffordshire 48 44 -4
Outer London - West and North West 39 37 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 43 34 -9

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) 282,073,907
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 219,440,051
Other 28,104,289
Air transport 13,777,579
Road transport 3,211,467

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) 150,187,451 131,886,456 -18,300,995
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 105,322,570 114,117,481 +8,794,911
Other 14,733,771 13,370,518 -1,363,253
Air transport 6,421,047 7,356,532 +935,485
Road transport 1,219,672 1,991,795 +772,123
Rail transport 9,888 0 -9,888

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 113,441,399
Dover 92,625,498
Immingham Docks 55,733,466
Southampton 43,246,415
London Gateway Port 30,753,381

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 59,685,771 53,755,628 -5,930,143
Dover 47,891,767 44,733,731 -3,158,036
Immingham Docks 27,383,955 28,349,511 +965,556
Southampton 23,325,162 19,921,253 -3,403,909
London Gateway Port 8,121,090 22,632,291 +14,511,201
000 14,733,771 13,370,518 -1,363,253
Holyhead 13,147,665 13,959,688 +812,023
Liverpool Docks 13,494,726 10,352,697 -3,142,029
Eurotunnel 8,215,181 8,218,358 +3,177
Harwich 8,291,353 7,244,791 -1,046,562

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 513
Specialised construction activities 211
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 196
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 93
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 92

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 364
2025-10 371
2025-09 359
2025-08 346
2025-07 399

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 631
54m+ 356
0-1m 259
15m-54m 184
Other 100

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 95,440,002
United States 40,905,386
France 37,619,428
Netherlands 28,106,227
Sweden 15,506,455

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 47,538,981 47,901,021 +362,040
United States 21,219,389 19,685,997 -1,533,392
France 18,427,111 19,192,317 +765,206
Netherlands 15,448,032 12,658,195 -2,789,837
Sweden 8,849,922 6,656,533 -2,193,389
Australia 7,627,221 6,089,536 -1,537,685
Germany 7,229,137 4,896,235 -2,332,902
United Arab Emirates 3,947,918 3,703,264 -244,654
Italy 3,685,820 3,620,013 -65,807
Belgium 3,697,350 3,418,725 -278,625

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 £
XU 21,071,486
XI 10,505,416
Ireland 2,559,448
China 2,234,488
Australia 1,374,465

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 £
XU 10,228,291 10,843,195 +614,904
XI 5,693,948 4,811,468 -882,480
Ireland 1,055,310 1,504,138 +448,828
China 1,378,374 856,114 -522,260
Australia 693,702 680,763 -12,939
Germany 457,057 465,569 +8,512
Netherlands 184,019 191,638 +7,619
Italy 77,643 58,752 -18,891
Belgium 61,403 70,329 +8,926
Norway 76,415 33,285 -43,130

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) 185,842,099
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 90,037,284
Other 39,655,389
Air transport 21,645,866
Road transport 153,581

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) 92,927,376 92,914,723 -12,653
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 50,103,134 39,934,150 -10,168,984
Other 20,039,184 19,616,205 -422,979
Air transport 12,956,749 8,689,117 -4,267,632
Road transport 153,581 0 -153,581

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 76,961,353
000 39,655,389
Immingham Docks 33,252,766
Holyhead 32,266,667
London Gateway Port 31,568,230

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 37,767,273 39,194,080 +1,426,807
000 20,039,184 19,616,205 -422,979
Immingham Docks 18,604,150 14,648,616 -3,955,534
Holyhead 16,311,637 15,955,030 -356,607
London Gateway Port 16,515,081 15,053,149 -1,461,932
Southampton 14,035,572 12,390,684 -1,644,888
Liverpool Docks 12,111,869 13,734,086 +1,622,217
Felixstowe 9,205,289 4,002,523 -5,202,766
London Heathrow Airport 7,700,144 3,511,854 -4,188,290
Portsmouth 4,467,142 4,805,045 +337,903

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 392590

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

Description: Miscellaneous plastic products used in construction