Import/export HS code 4201: Animal saddles, harnesses, and related items

Equipment for animals like horses, dogs, and others, including saddles, harnesses, leads, muzzles, and saddlebags

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 99,859,153
India 39,407,961
Netherlands 12,047,832
Germany 12,033,043
France 10,300,762

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 54,455,406 45,403,747 -9,051,659
India 21,120,484 18,287,477 -2,833,007
Netherlands 7,198,302 4,849,530 -2,348,772
Germany 6,491,525 5,541,518 -950,007
France 4,218,234 6,082,528 +1,864,294
Italy 3,574,940 3,722,046 +147,106
Viet Nam 2,660,385 2,432,222 -228,163
United States 2,253,855 2,166,739 -87,116
Taiwan 1,744,406 1,519,122 -225,284
Hungary 1,536,533 1,200,930 -335,603

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 114,784,094
India 45,335,641
Germany 11,119,283
Italy 6,985,157
Viet Nam 6,211,206

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 62,279,330 52,504,764 -9,774,566
India 24,227,695 21,107,946 -3,119,749
Germany 5,890,709 5,228,574 -662,135
Italy 3,411,899 3,573,258 +161,359
Viet Nam 2,969,234 3,241,972 +272,738
France 2,759,319 3,035,218 +275,899
Hungary 1,937,324 1,535,374 -401,950
Taiwan 1,934,388 1,172,375 -762,013
United States 1,434,946 1,132,115 -302,831
Cambodia 945,508 646,098 -299,410

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 52
Greater Manchester 35
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 32
Inner London - East 28
West Midlands 28

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 33 34 +1
Greater Manchester 27 16 -11
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 24 20 -4
Inner London - East 14 22 +8
West Midlands 16 23 +7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 22 20 -2
Outer London - West and North West 14 17 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14 14 +0
West Yorkshire 14 10 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 9 -4

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) 130,383,797
Air transport 48,447,514
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 30,651,152
Other 2,425,869
Road transport 1,096,411

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) 70,769,569 59,614,228 -11,155,341
Air transport 23,982,943 24,464,571 +481,628
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,762,066 13,889,086 -2,872,980
Other 1,769,260 656,609 -1,112,651
Road transport 674,063 422,348 -251,715

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 57,112,702
Southampton 35,106,367
London Gateway Port 24,997,672
London Heathrow Airport 15,376,935
East Midlands Airport 11,813,177

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 35,306,540 21,806,162 -13,500,378
Southampton 22,535,934 12,570,433 -9,965,501
London Gateway Port 7,369,668 17,628,004 +10,258,336
London Heathrow Airport 7,584,598 7,792,337 +207,739
East Midlands Airport 6,300,921 5,512,256 -788,665
Dover 5,532,569 4,396,276 -1,136,293
Birmingham Airport 3,510,051 3,774,376 +264,325
London 4,195,809 2,659,075 -1,536,734
Eurotunnel 3,340,009 3,447,558 +107,549
Thamesport 2,757,112 2,707,125 -49,987

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
226
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
168
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
23
Manufacture of leather and related products
17
Manufacture of food products
14

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 82
2026-04 84
2026-03 90
2026-02 84
2026-01 70

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 199
0-1m 127
54m+ 115
15m-54m 47
Other 47

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 £
United States 16,063,986
Netherlands 12,317,339
France 6,636,854
Germany 5,428,772
Ireland 4,195,975

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 £
United States 8,766,355 7,297,631 -1,468,724
Netherlands 6,560,048 5,757,291 -802,757
France 3,918,318 2,718,536 -1,199,782
Germany 3,000,402 2,428,370 -572,032
Ireland 2,205,037 1,990,938 -214,099
Australia 1,338,206 1,058,995 -279,211
Denmark 1,202,963 993,344 -209,619
Canada 1,085,744 951,908 -133,836
China 816,070 924,424 +108,354
Japan 824,406 595,447 -228,959

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 1,014,282
Germany 132,945
XI 87,655
India 51,490
New Zealand 25,165

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 522,414 491,868 -30,546
Germany 70,895 62,050 -8,845
XI 75,634 12,021 -63,613
India 35,229 16,261 -18,968
New Zealand 17,102 8,063 -9,039
Ireland 16,812 3,915 -12,897
Switzerland 4,089 4,901 +812
Bangladesh 2,773 4,397 +1,624
Italy 2,191 1,872 -319
Taiwan 958 1,454 +496

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 32,138,726
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 26,189,185
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,238,436
Other 1,464,240
Road transport 3,047

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 £
Air transport 17,914,440 14,224,286 -3,690,154
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,044,499 12,144,686 -1,899,813
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,055,792 3,182,644 +126,852
Other 812,874 651,366 -161,508
Road transport 3,047 0 -3,047

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 18,154,984
Dover 15,777,747
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,940,799
ZLC 5,346,910
London Heathrow Airport 4,759,577

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 £
East Midlands Airport 10,814,948 7,340,036 -3,474,912
Dover 9,054,572 6,723,175 -2,331,397
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,605,145 3,335,654 +730,509
ZLC 3,008,492 2,338,418 -670,074
London Heathrow Airport 1,975,260 2,784,317 +809,057
London Stansted Airport 1,977,442 1,628,815 -348,627
Felixstowe 1,015,352 1,148,127 +132,775
Southampton 676,211 1,405,991 +729,780
Immingham Docks 899,130 696,665 -202,465
London Gateway Port 1,004,257 528,436 -475,821

Quick facts

HS code: 4201

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

Description: Equipment for animals like horses, dogs, and others, including saddles, harnesses, leads, muzzles, and saddlebags