Import/export HS code 590390: Various plastic-coated fabrics

Textile fabrics coated or laminated with plastics other than PVC or polyurethane

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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 £
Italy 21,494,282
China 16,473,929
Germany 14,943,207
Turkey 10,540,787
United States 9,708,086

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 £
Italy 11,415,744 10,078,538 -1,337,206
China 8,940,095 7,533,834 -1,406,261
Germany 7,111,360 7,831,847 +720,487
Turkey 5,402,454 5,138,333 -264,121
United States 5,119,831 4,588,255 -531,576
France 2,143,498 3,486,884 +1,343,386
Denmark 3,995,245 1,420,861 -2,574,384
Netherlands 2,466,718 2,521,907 +55,189
Belgium 843,101 1,432,929 +589,828
Sweden 854,870 675,652 -179,218

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 18,228,389
Italy 16,789,332
Germany 15,283,843
Turkey 10,701,545
United States 10,393,662

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 9,713,224 8,515,165 -1,198,059
Italy 9,013,146 7,776,186 -1,236,960
Germany 6,868,549 8,415,294 +1,546,745
Turkey 5,490,051 5,211,494 -278,557
United States 5,357,895 5,035,767 -322,128
Denmark 3,993,921 1,542,436 -2,451,485
Netherlands 1,610,684 1,532,004 -78,680
France 1,577,072 1,560,420 -16,652
Belgium 883,495 1,261,592 +378,097
Spain 466,396 977,003 +510,607

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 88
Greater Manchester 44
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 43
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 41
West Yorkshire 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 68 46 -22
Greater Manchester 33 29 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 28 30 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 28 32 +4
West Yorkshire 29 29 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 29 23 -6
Inner London - East 27 16 -11
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 18 19 +1
West Midlands 18 18 +0
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 20 16 -4

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) 43,779,995
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 30,455,083
Air transport 15,958,082
Other 7,067,923
Road transport 3,829,870

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) 22,322,101 21,457,894 -864,207
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,550,905 13,904,178 -2,646,727
Air transport 8,491,435 7,466,647 -1,024,788
Other 3,426,535 3,641,388 +214,853
Road transport 1,243,193 2,586,677 +1,343,484

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 25,537,627
Felixstowe 14,961,528
London Heathrow Airport 8,284,854
Southampton 7,786,446
000 7,067,923

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 £
Dover 12,206,079 13,331,548 +1,125,469
Felixstowe 9,157,158 5,804,370 -3,352,788
London Heathrow Airport 4,419,102 3,865,752 -553,350
Southampton 4,041,175 3,745,271 -295,904
000 3,426,535 3,641,388 +214,853
Middlesbrough 4,093,311 645,620 -3,447,691
ZLC 1,132,873 2,986,624 +1,853,751
Immingham Docks 1,248,818 2,500,698 +1,251,880
London 1,640,374 2,092,761 +452,387
Eurotunnel 1,725,767 1,349,769 -375,998

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 198
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 120
Other manufacturing 76
Manufacture of textiles 60
Manufacture of wearing apparel 44

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 131
2025-10 134
2025-09 133
2025-08 114
2025-07 151

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 341
54m+ 175
0-1m 107
15m-54m 69
Other 51

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 £
Italy 8,356,372
Israel 7,098,707
Ireland 5,098,272
United States 4,924,713
Netherlands 4,710,866

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 £
Italy 4,417,526 3,938,846 -478,680
Israel 3,184,673 3,914,034 +729,361
Ireland 2,580,876 2,517,396 -63,480
United States 2,322,851 2,601,862 +279,011
Netherlands 2,688,214 2,022,652 -665,562
Poland 1,851,899 2,533,618 +681,719
France 1,980,322 2,203,543 +223,221
Romania 1,647,869 2,455,771 +807,902
Turkey 2,536,468 1,024,211 -1,512,257
Germany 1,669,494 1,433,979 -235,515

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 199,547
China 93,795
Turkey 27,349
XU 26,865
Germany 3,119

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 132,760 66,787 -65,973
China 19,180 74,615 +55,435
Turkey 1,243 26,106 +24,863
XU 6,547 20,318 +13,771
Germany 751 2,368 +1,617
Netherlands 1,137 981 -156
Ireland 205 686 +481
Greece 0 342 +342
Nicaragua 0 299 +299
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 0 261 +261

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) 44,182,835
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,468,773
Air transport 9,250,466
Other 354,626
Road transport 66,582

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) 22,630,607 21,552,228 -1,078,379
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,267,172 9,201,601 -65,571
Air transport 5,507,305 3,743,161 -1,764,144
Other 161,823 192,803 +30,980
Road transport 66,582 0 -66,582

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 30,704,310
London Gateway Port 7,845,215
Felixstowe 6,025,895
Immingham Docks 3,932,348
Holyhead 2,965,525

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 16,043,092 14,661,218 -1,381,874
London Gateway Port 4,521,911 3,323,304 -1,198,607
Felixstowe 2,590,281 3,435,614 +845,333
Immingham Docks 1,905,025 2,027,323 +122,298
Holyhead 1,840,133 1,125,392 -714,741
London Heathrow Airport 1,430,687 1,097,869 -332,818
Dover 1,404,828 1,000,646 -404,182
Southampton 549,415 1,200,699 +651,284
Newcastle Airport 1,729,575 0 -1,729,575
Liverpool Docks 881,394 815,000 -66,394

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 590390

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

Description: Textile fabrics coated or laminated with plastics other than PVC or polyurethane