Import/export HS code 392640: Plastic decorative items

Plastic statuettes, ornaments, and other decorative pieces

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 157,857,375
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 9,827,951
Netherlands 8,001,910
France 6,909,143
United States 4,736,968

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 77,921,732 79,935,643 +2,013,911
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 5,546,120 4,281,831 -1,264,289
Netherlands 3,370,153 4,631,757 +1,261,604
France 3,202,977 3,706,166 +503,189
United States 2,854,781 1,882,187 -972,594
Belgium 2,032,076 1,753,623 -278,453
Germany 1,470,265 1,869,195 +398,930
Philippines 1,310,358 1,573,372 +263,014
Viet Nam 1,255,527 844,059 -411,468
Ireland 818,121 803,612 -14,509

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 189,370,146
Philippines 2,984,088
Poland 2,256,417
Viet Nam 2,182,583
United States 2,018,918

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 93,199,062 96,171,084 +2,972,022
Philippines 1,384,671 1,599,417 +214,746
Poland 1,597,251 659,166 -938,085
Viet Nam 1,061,797 1,120,786 +58,989
United States 1,438,099 580,819 -857,280
Netherlands 780,308 549,262 -231,046
Italy 474,396 510,994 +36,598
France 348,146 611,558 +263,412
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 478,750 419,751 -58,999
Bahrain 514,560 366,896 -147,664

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 147
Greater Manchester 69
Outer London - West and North West 58
Inner London - East 44
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 40

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 102 105 +3
Greater Manchester 48 43 -5
Outer London - West and North West 40 36 -4
Inner London - East 32 22 -10
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 31 23 -8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 27 30 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 24 25 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 25 25 +0
West Midlands 23 19 -4
West Yorkshire 27 20 -7

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) 132,084,202
Air transport 30,947,973
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 27,081,221
Other 20,804,454
Road transport 475,575

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) 61,645,101 70,439,101 +8,794,000
Air transport 15,812,908 15,135,065 -677,843
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,426,140 12,655,081 -1,771,059
Other 13,340,770 7,463,684 -5,877,086
Road transport 199,278 276,297 +77,019

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 72,065,282
Southampton 27,131,666
000 20,804,454
London Gateway Port 16,935,632
London Heathrow Airport 14,986,685

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 41,875,873 30,189,409 -11,686,464
Southampton 14,144,246 12,987,420 -1,156,826
000 13,340,770 7,463,684 -5,877,086
London Gateway Port 2,826,610 14,109,022 +11,282,412
London Heathrow Airport 8,119,201 6,867,484 -1,251,717
499 1,309,744 11,147,781 +9,838,037
Eurotunnel 2,876,458 2,900,223 +23,765
Dover 2,509,882 2,815,170 +305,288
Birmingham Airport 1,825,217 2,246,247 +421,030
Immingham Docks 2,146,452 1,713,065 -433,387

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 368
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 323
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 56
Other manufacturing 43
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 26

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 132
2025-11 152
2025-10 179
2025-09 168
2025-08 163

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 363
54m+ 232
15m-54m 125
0-1m 119
Other 93

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 6,847,365
United States 4,771,975
France 4,606,267
Ireland 3,766,861
Netherlands 2,180,866

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 3,636,375 3,210,990 -425,385
United States 2,435,464 2,336,511 -98,953
France 2,608,182 1,998,085 -610,097
Ireland 2,068,819 1,698,042 -370,777
Netherlands 1,117,946 1,062,920 -55,026
Italy 1,291,513 641,984 -649,529
Poland 410,472 554,945 +144,473
Belgium 525,862 365,114 -160,748
Spain 419,294 408,800 -10,494
Portugal 385,172 330,784 -54,388

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 £
China 4,418,146
Philippines 482,621
Ireland 82,148
XI 52,062
Italy 34,665

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 £
China 2,288,489 2,129,657 -158,832
Philippines 199,368 283,253 +83,885
Ireland 45,935 36,213 -9,722
XI 30,195 21,867 -8,328
Italy 16,758 17,907 +1,149
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 15,954 7,673 -8,281
Taiwan 6,974 4,333 -2,641
France 3,702 3,879 +177
Netherlands 1,682 4,232 +2,550
Switzerland 0 199 +199

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) 19,382,801
Air transport 7,002,117
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,613,566
Other 5,216,175
Road transport 27,655

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) 10,348,282 9,034,519 -1,313,763
Air transport 2,852,683 4,149,434 +1,296,751
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,707,690 1,905,876 -1,801,814
Other 2,663,946 2,552,229 -111,717
Road transport 27,655 0 -27,655
Rail transport 4,701 0 -4,701

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,029,878
000 5,216,175
East Midlands Airport 3,385,407
London Gateway Port 2,225,921
London Heathrow Airport 2,172,656

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 6,420,036 5,609,842 -810,194
000 2,663,946 2,552,229 -111,717
East Midlands Airport 1,536,260 1,849,147 +312,887
London Gateway Port 1,815,517 410,404 -1,405,113
London Heathrow Airport 875,947 1,296,709 +420,762
Immingham Docks 1,050,265 1,050,614 +349
Dover 1,128,181 868,129 -260,052
Holyhead 1,006,487 785,676 -220,811
Southampton 307,644 893,050 +585,406
London Stansted Airport 208,504 702,642 +494,138

Quick facts

HS code: 392640

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

Description: Plastic statuettes, ornaments, and other decorative pieces