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 95,877,148
India 39,145,287
Germany 12,337,250
Netherlands 11,913,318
France 9,108,112

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 55,345,613 40,531,535 -14,814,078
India 22,106,511 17,038,776 -5,067,735
Germany 6,875,132 5,462,118 -1,413,014
Netherlands 6,347,849 5,565,469 -782,380
France 4,404,354 4,703,758 +299,404
Italy 3,486,914 3,351,358 -135,556
Viet Nam 2,723,582 2,333,065 -390,517
United States 2,161,551 2,236,925 +75,374
Taiwan 1,836,846 1,354,441 -482,405
Hungary 1,464,436 1,309,795 -154,641

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 110,659,734
India 44,751,948
Germany 10,864,005
Italy 6,601,609
Viet Nam 5,822,667

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 63,073,376 47,586,358 -15,487,018
India 24,867,157 19,884,791 -4,982,366
Germany 6,147,872 4,716,133 -1,431,739
Italy 3,344,743 3,256,866 -87,877
Viet Nam 2,855,876 2,966,791 +110,915
France 3,103,457 2,542,723 -560,734
Hungary 1,854,245 1,685,715 -168,530
Taiwan 2,007,463 1,194,175 -813,288
United States 1,559,567 1,197,384 -362,183
Cambodia 688,751 811,757 +123,006

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 57
Greater Manchester 36
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 35
West Midlands 30
Surrey, East and West Sussex 27

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 45 29 -16
Greater Manchester 29 18 -11
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 27 23 -4
West Midlands 21 20 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 24 18 -6
Inner London - East 12 18 +6
Outer London - West and North West 17 15 -2
West Yorkshire 17 10 -7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 13 13 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 16 9 -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) 128,146,096
Air transport 45,529,596
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 29,570,475
Other 2,735,208
Road transport 1,078,163

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) 72,824,720 55,321,376 -17,503,344
Air transport 24,392,403 21,137,193 -3,255,210
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,022,355 13,548,120 -2,474,235
Other 2,054,556 680,652 -1,373,904
Road transport 722,693 355,470 -367,223

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 57,938,347
Southampton 38,632,486
London Gateway Port 19,726,222
London Heathrow Airport 15,354,576
East Midlands Airport 11,631,842

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 35,977,886 21,960,461 -14,017,425
Southampton 25,363,919 13,268,567 -12,095,352
London Gateway Port 6,340,169 13,386,053 +7,045,884
London Heathrow Airport 8,604,920 6,749,656 -1,855,264
East Midlands Airport 6,521,759 5,110,083 -1,411,676
Dover 5,235,854 4,339,940 -895,914
Eurotunnel 2,743,292 3,836,807 +1,093,515
London 3,717,958 2,851,824 -866,134
Birmingham Airport 3,292,440 3,230,208 -62,232
Thamesport 2,944,583 2,183,320 -761,263

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 224
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 171
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 25
Other manufacturing 16
Manufacture of leather and related products 15

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 70
2025-11 100
2025-10 100
2025-09 94
2025-08 102

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 202
0-1m 127
54m+ 113
15m-54m 50
Other 50

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 16,071,613
Netherlands 11,849,103
France 6,742,063
Germany 5,298,880
Ireland 4,080,279

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 9,347,134 6,724,479 -2,622,655
Netherlands 6,344,599 5,504,504 -840,095
France 4,093,849 2,648,214 -1,445,635
Germany 2,966,166 2,332,714 -633,452
Ireland 2,311,409 1,768,870 -542,539
Australia 1,458,496 980,865 -477,631
Canada 1,390,782 769,094 -621,688
Denmark 1,240,513 823,621 -416,892
China 824,594 803,396 -21,198
Belgium 743,895 683,154 -60,741

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 993,211
Germany 132,642
XI 92,165
India 57,182
New Zealand 24,477

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 551,288 441,923 -109,365
Germany 73,653 58,989 -14,664
XI 78,951 13,214 -65,737
India 41,311 15,871 -25,440
New Zealand 17,055 7,422 -9,633
Ireland 17,578 3,108 -14,470
Switzerland 4,588 4,854 +266
Bangladesh 3,232 2,879 -353
Italy 2,238 1,210 -1,028
Taiwan 1,167 560 -607

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 32,022,023
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,847,929
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,533,006
Other 1,444,973
Road transport 240,477

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 18,855,669 13,166,354 -5,689,315
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,364,580 11,483,349 -1,881,231
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,667,180 2,865,826 -801,354
Other 837,210 607,763 -229,447
Road transport 240,477 0 -240,477

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 18,891,035
Dover 15,162,488
ZLC 5,652,310
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,470,458
London Heathrow Airport 3,996,848

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 11,444,906 7,446,129 -3,998,777
Dover 8,306,978 6,855,510 -1,451,468
ZLC 3,517,328 2,134,982 -1,382,346
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,862,627 2,607,831 -254,796
London Heathrow Airport 2,025,881 1,970,967 -54,914
London Stansted Airport 2,149,783 1,464,841 -684,942
Southampton 840,696 1,073,565 +232,869
Felixstowe 983,440 901,220 -82,220
London Gateway Port 977,567 843,528 -134,039
Immingham Docks 781,143 681,254 -99,889

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