Import/export HS code 14: Natural materials for weaving and crafts

Vegetable products like bamboo, rattan, and straw used for making baskets, mats, and other handcrafted items

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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 £
United States 34,219,773
Netherlands 13,892,434
China 11,915,473
India 11,187,050
Sri Lanka 5,435,146

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 £
United States 18,603,357 15,616,416 -2,986,941
Netherlands 7,333,717 6,558,717 -775,000
China 5,862,008 6,053,465 +191,457
India 5,769,023 5,418,027 -350,996
Sri Lanka 3,471,983 1,963,163 -1,508,820
Malaysia 775,701 562,782 -212,919
Austria 828,570 422,583 -405,987
Spain 472,334 657,960 +185,626
Poland 319,185 516,682 +197,497
Turkey 319,489 377,317 +57,828

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 £
United States 33,730,319
China 13,360,468
Netherlands 12,902,509
India 11,083,653
Sri Lanka 5,705,362

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 £
United States 18,544,048 15,186,271 -3,357,777
China 6,460,717 6,899,751 +439,034
Netherlands 6,700,317 6,202,192 -498,125
India 5,592,031 5,491,622 -100,409
Sri Lanka 3,731,732 1,973,630 -1,758,102
Malaysia 775,701 563,681 -212,020
Austria 825,282 428,326 -396,956
Spain 578,659 512,706 -65,953
Kazakhstan 309,421 587,201 +277,780
Turkey 325,662 371,222 +45,560

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - East 31
Outer London - East and North East 18
West Midlands 17
Kent 13
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 12

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 - East 24 21 -3
Outer London - East and North East 14 14 +0
West Midlands 15 10 -5
Kent 9 9 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 8 8 +0
Outer London - West and North West 10 7 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 8 7 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 7 5 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 3 7 +4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 4 7 +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) 62,340,958
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,704,868
Air transport 8,784,981
Other 517,672
Road transport 320,574

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) 33,482,645 28,858,313 -4,624,332
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,093,615 7,611,253 -482,362
Air transport 4,686,021 4,098,960 -587,061
Other 424,174 93,498 -330,676
Road transport 194,276 126,298 -67,978

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 37,363,039
Felixstowe 12,280,092
London Gateway Port 9,257,719
London Heathrow Airport 6,063,696
Southampton 4,856,348

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 £
Immingham Docks 20,382,699 16,980,340 -3,402,359
Felixstowe 6,673,189 5,606,903 -1,066,286
London Gateway Port 4,744,780 4,512,939 -231,841
London Heathrow Airport 3,284,658 2,779,038 -505,620
Southampton 2,401,715 2,454,633 +52,918
Grangemouth Docks 1,560,287 1,458,333 -101,954
Eurotunnel 1,083,744 1,276,783 +193,039
Dover 1,035,013 914,680 -120,333
London 945,923 960,306 +14,383
Birmingham Airport 810,746 566,921 -243,825

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
115
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
57
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities
32
Manufacture of food products
12
Food and beverage service activities
8

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 37
2026-04 46
2026-03 51
2026-02 48
2026-01 59

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 86
0-1m 64
15m-54m 33
54m+ 29
Other 16

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 914,288
Netherlands 493,509
China 490,334
United States 186,282
Czechia 120,507

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 585,163 329,125 -256,038
Netherlands 68,818 424,691 +355,873
China 200,090 290,244 +90,154
United States 101,341 84,941 -16,400
Czechia 67,001 53,506 -13,495
Germany 63,487 44,745 -18,742
Sweden 36,921 33,791 -3,130
Poland 28,730 30,369 +1,639
Switzerland 45,375 8,580 -36,795
Chile 45,859 0 -45,859

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 84,555
China 43,005
Viet Nam 4,327
Ireland 3,694
Netherlands 3,496

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 84,282 273 -84,009
China 4,226 38,779 +34,553
Viet Nam 2,638 1,689 -949
Ireland 3,694 0 -3,694
Netherlands 2,103 1,393 -710
Switzerland 455 449 -6
Nicaragua 457 0 -457
Sri Lanka 159 179 +20
Japan 0 24 +24
Thailand 0 6 +6

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) 1,870,015
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 842,746
Air transport 185,776
Other 160,493

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) 883,473 986,542 +103,069
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 450,712 392,034 -58,678
Air transport 102,415 83,361 -19,054
Other 114,877 45,616 -69,261

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 644,761
Southampton 559,082
Liverpool Docks 347,985
Holyhead 335,866
Felixstowe 302,968

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 276,533 368,228 +91,695
Southampton 232,345 326,737 +94,392
Liverpool Docks 182,606 165,379 -17,227
Holyhead 242,998 92,868 -150,130
Felixstowe 44,981 257,987 +213,006
London Gateway Port 167,133 27,902 -139,231
Immingham Docks 90,907 63,798 -27,109
000 107,936 44,529 -63,407
London Heathrow Airport 50,911 37,969 -12,942
East Midlands Airport 36,681 19,111 -17,570

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 14

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

Description: Vegetable products like bamboo, rattan, and straw used for making baskets, mats, and other handcrafted items