* 2018 data are provisional. Data for 2015 relied on high levels of estimation by the source.
** PRODCOM estimates are calculated from responses to the PRODCOM survey of manufacturing industries.
Household and toilet articles of plastic, including bins, clothes hangers, curtains, sandwich boxes, table covers, watering cans - soap dishes, towel rails, toothbrush holders, but not those intended for permanent installation on walls - of regenerated cellulose, excluding tableware and kitchenware - baths, shower-baths, washbasins, bidets lavatory pans and similar sanitary ware.
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Plastic household and toilet articles: sales volume in the United Kingdom 2010-2018
This statistic shows the sales volume of household and toilet articles of plastic based on PRODCOM estimates** in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2018. The UK experienced a significant increase in sales volume over this period. The sales volume peaked at 74.8 million kilograms in 2016. In 2018, the sales volume stood at 64.1 million kilograms.
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (November 19, 2019). Sales volume of plastic household and toilet articles in the United Kingdom between 2010 and 2018 (in kilograms) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from /statistics/328799/plastic-household-and-toilet-article-sales-volume-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Sales volume of plastic household and toilet articles in the United Kingdom between 2010 and 2018 (in kilograms)." Chart. November 19, 2019. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 27, 2026. /statistics/328799/plastic-household-and-toilet-article-sales-volume-uk/
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Office for National Statistics (UK). "Sales Volume of Plastic Household and Toilet Articles in The United Kingdom between 2010 and 2018 (in Kilograms)." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 19 Nov 2019, /statistics/328799/plastic-household-and-toilet-article-sales-volume-uk/
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Sales volume of plastic household and toilet articles in the United Kingdom between 2010 and 2018 (in kilograms) [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), November 19, 2019. [Online]. Available: /statistics/328799/plastic-household-and-toilet-article-sales-volume-uk/
