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 151,608,690
Germany 86,916,390
Ireland 68,121,743
Netherlands 32,923,413
Poland 26,630,869

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 71,051,146 80,557,544 +9,506,398
Germany 46,660,912 40,255,478 -6,405,434
Ireland 36,249,772 31,871,971 -4,377,801
Netherlands 16,941,637 15,981,776 -959,861
Poland 14,438,619 12,192,250 -2,246,369
Belgium 11,771,144 12,998,037 +1,226,893
Italy 12,173,563 10,071,742 -2,101,821
France 7,900,973 8,054,209 +153,236
Canada 6,658,548 7,402,225 +743,677
United States 6,979,119 5,595,312 -1,383,807

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 158,090,298
Germany 88,697,284
Ireland 46,168,053
Poland 30,174,738
Belgium 24,845,170

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 75,495,748 82,594,550 +7,098,802
Germany 46,752,257 41,945,027 -4,807,230
Ireland 24,728,064 21,439,989 -3,288,075
Poland 15,848,174 14,326,564 -1,521,610
Belgium 11,800,208 13,044,962 +1,244,754
United States 13,090,700 11,442,866 -1,647,834
Italy 12,508,765 11,181,847 -1,326,918
Netherlands 7,072,050 7,861,768 +789,718
Denmark 5,959,822 5,510,565 -449,257
France 5,175,135 4,619,924 -555,211

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 100
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 91
Greater Manchester 80
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 69
West Yorkshire 68

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 71 72 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 71 71 +0
Greater Manchester 59 56 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 52 52 +0
West Yorkshire 52 48 -4
Inner London - West 46 39 -7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 49 41 -8
Shropshire and Staffordshire 45 43 -2
Outer London - West and North West 41 39 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 36 41 +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) 280,534,148
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 222,601,530
Other 27,837,729
Air transport 14,053,220
Road transport 3,360,929

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) 150,384,482 130,149,666 -20,234,816
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 107,451,916 115,149,614 +7,697,698
Other 14,490,785 13,346,944 -1,143,841
Air transport 6,712,048 7,341,172 +629,124
Road transport 1,271,842 2,089,087 +817,245
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 113,910,069
Dover 91,921,818
Immingham Docks 55,893,762
Southampton 43,532,384
London Gateway Port 32,983,919

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 61,968,146 51,941,923 -10,026,223
Dover 47,882,798 44,039,020 -3,843,778
Immingham Docks 27,634,319 28,259,443 +625,124
Southampton 22,740,438 20,791,946 -1,948,492
London Gateway Port 8,359,380 24,624,539 +16,265,159
000 14,490,785 13,346,944 -1,143,841
Holyhead 13,061,896 14,117,437 +1,055,541
Liverpool Docks 13,315,004 10,144,072 -3,170,932
Eurotunnel 8,259,909 8,153,289 -106,620
Harwich 8,595,616 6,985,632 -1,609,984

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 511
Specialised construction activities 211
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 199
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 96
Other manufacturing 90

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 319
2025-11 364
2025-10 371
2025-09 359
2025-08 346

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 632
54m+ 356
0-1m 258
15m-54m 188
Other 101

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 95,322,357
United States 40,962,538
France 37,520,486
Netherlands 27,138,824
Sweden 15,224,914

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 47,551,486 47,770,871 +219,385
United States 21,736,749 19,225,789 -2,510,960
France 18,560,592 18,959,894 +399,302
Netherlands 15,274,401 11,864,423 -3,409,978
Sweden 8,642,450 6,582,464 -2,059,986
Australia 7,708,474 5,648,487 -2,059,987
Germany 7,132,529 4,836,955 -2,295,574
United Arab Emirates 4,016,758 3,795,112 -221,646
Italy 3,758,614 3,527,783 -230,831
Belgium 3,521,772 3,485,362 -36,410

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 10,314,406
Ireland 2,581,796
China 2,208,613
Australia 1,326,824
Germany 916,447

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 5,453,449 4,860,957 -592,492
Ireland 1,062,821 1,518,975 +456,154
China 1,348,560 860,053 -488,507
Australia 680,462 646,362 -34,100
Germany 482,834 433,613 -49,221
Netherlands 183,159 191,922 +8,763
Italy 76,404 58,794 -17,610
Belgium 60,798 70,655 +9,857
Norway 74,627 30,255 -44,372
India 4,144 38,202 +34,058

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) 186,512,001
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 87,803,754
Other 39,292,411
Air transport 21,389,666
Road transport 133,394

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) 94,445,587 92,066,414 -2,379,173
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 49,007,673 38,796,081 -10,211,592
Other 20,002,526 19,289,885 -712,641
Air transport 12,684,696 8,704,970 -3,979,726
Road transport 133,394 0 -133,394
Rail transport 0 27,368 +27,368

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 76,498,297
000 39,292,411
Immingham Docks 33,068,837
Holyhead 32,385,637
London Gateway Port 31,323,962

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 36,752,026 39,746,271 +2,994,245
000 20,002,526 19,289,885 -712,641
Immingham Docks 19,360,770 13,708,067 -5,652,703
Holyhead 15,872,057 16,513,580 +641,523
London Gateway Port 17,281,155 14,042,807 -3,238,348
Southampton 13,773,794 12,386,748 -1,387,046
Liverpool Docks 12,359,565 13,616,413 +1,256,848
Felixstowe 8,911,609 3,969,954 -4,941,655
London Heathrow Airport 7,457,997 3,607,556 -3,850,441
Portsmouth 4,755,172 4,460,944 -294,228

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