Import/export HS code 392610: Plastic office supplies

Plastic items for office or school use, like organizers and trays

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 £
China 58,098,581
Germany 5,448,956
France 5,206,143
Netherlands 2,445,690
Malaysia 2,314,261

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 32,233,495 25,865,086 -6,368,409
Germany 3,006,871 2,442,085 -564,786
France 2,869,447 2,336,696 -532,751
Netherlands 1,506,047 939,643 -566,404
Malaysia 1,381,852 932,409 -449,443
United States 1,038,772 1,048,367 +9,595
Taiwan 1,184,828 709,714 -475,114
Turkey 994,565 775,000 -219,565
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 645,523 907,269 +261,746
Denmark 904,359 576,284 -328,075

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 66,298,187
Germany 3,271,468
France 2,162,471
Taiwan 2,002,506
Malaysia 1,975,161

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 37,020,013 29,278,174 -7,741,839
Germany 1,793,288 1,478,180 -315,108
France 1,252,166 910,305 -341,861
Taiwan 1,278,606 723,900 -554,706
Malaysia 959,451 1,015,710 +56,259
Turkey 1,056,427 825,377 -231,050
United States 880,422 723,642 -156,780
Denmark 805,013 584,102 -220,911
India 884,412 447,537 -436,875
Czechia 540,225 620,443 +80,218

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 56
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 38
Outer London - West and North West 34
Inner London - East 30
West Midlands 29

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 27 39 +12
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 26 22 -4
Outer London - West and North West 21 25 +4
Inner London - East 19 18 -1
West Midlands 22 16 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 15 24 +9
West Yorkshire 23 16 -7
Greater Manchester 21 19 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 22 17 -5
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 11 14 +3

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 61,298,931
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,501,386
Air transport 8,923,064
Other 1,512,778
Road transport 153,711

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 34,069,053 27,229,878 -6,839,175
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,496,406 8,004,980 -2,491,426
Air transport 4,630,163 4,292,901 -337,262
Other 934,935 577,843 -357,092
Road transport 96,652 57,059 -39,593

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 32,065,214
Southampton 21,983,095
London Gateway Port 6,541,641
Dover 5,271,555
London Heathrow Airport 3,232,568

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 19,079,698 12,985,516 -6,094,182
Southampton 13,079,573 8,903,522 -4,176,051
London Gateway Port 1,433,888 5,107,753 +3,673,865
Dover 2,975,794 2,295,761 -680,033
London Heathrow Airport 1,773,286 1,459,282 -314,004
Eurotunnel 1,773,077 1,311,744 -461,333
London 1,334,022 542,374 -791,648
Harwich 1,106,042 682,543 -423,499
Birmingham Airport 799,381 851,243 +51,862
000 934,935 577,843 -357,092

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 211
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 185
Other manufacturing 37
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 29
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 20

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 98
2025-10 119
2025-09 97
2025-08 95
2025-07 101

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 242
54m+ 160
0-1m 65
15m-54m 65
Other 46

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 £
Netherlands 7,461,251
United Arab Emirates 6,809,432
Ireland 5,504,247
France 4,476,104
United States 4,423,092

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 £
Netherlands 4,294,216 3,167,035 -1,127,181
United Arab Emirates 5,044,285 1,765,147 -3,279,138
Ireland 3,385,759 2,118,488 -1,267,271
France 2,782,528 1,693,576 -1,088,952
United States 2,627,981 1,795,111 -832,870
Germany 1,467,385 1,421,614 -45,771
Belgium 807,385 1,262,598 +455,213
Saudi Arabia 1,111,523 824,489 -287,034
Spain 949,198 692,738 -256,460
Italy 668,525 968,009 +299,484

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 1,007,354
XU 155,294
Germany 4,438
China 1,957
Belgium 104

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 581,688 425,666 -156,022
XU 79,746 75,548 -4,198
Germany 2,098 2,340 +242
China 1,509 448 -1,061
Belgium 77 27 -50
United States 6 29 +23
France 28 0 -28
Ireland 2 0 -2
Turkey 1 0 -1

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) 25,858,393
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,366,704
Air transport 9,932,816
Other 1,169,213
Road transport 26,766

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) 13,492,469 12,365,924 -1,126,545
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,104,755 7,261,949 -4,842,806
Air transport 6,608,418 3,324,398 -3,284,020
Other 665,155 504,058 -161,097
Road transport 26,766 0 -26,766

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 18,749,749
London Gateway Port 11,374,303
London Heathrow Airport 4,401,913
East Midlands Airport 4,160,677
Holyhead 3,123,070

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 9,926,859 8,822,890 -1,103,969
London Gateway Port 7,472,508 3,901,795 -3,570,713
London Heathrow Airport 2,684,410 1,717,503 -966,907
East Midlands Airport 3,241,001 919,676 -2,321,325
Holyhead 1,935,021 1,188,049 -746,972
Southampton 1,717,132 1,296,450 -420,682
Liverpool Docks 1,378,695 705,326 -673,369
Felixstowe 732,478 730,294 -2,184
Belfast Port 682,306 536,445 -145,861
Immingham Docks 754,100 446,892 -307,208

Quick facts

HS code: 392610

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

Description: Plastic items for office or school use, like organizers and trays