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 103,458,117
India 41,629,620
Germany 12,768,792
Netherlands 12,668,840
France 10,645,304

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 54,932,597 48,525,520 -6,407,077
India 21,637,039 19,992,581 -1,644,458
Germany 6,417,936 6,350,856 -67,080
Netherlands 7,424,828 5,244,012 -2,180,816
France 4,250,644 6,394,660 +2,144,016
Italy 3,430,142 4,053,333 +623,191
Viet Nam 2,681,593 2,571,056 -110,537
United States 2,229,926 2,420,829 +190,903
Taiwan 1,999,007 1,530,552 -468,455
Hungary 1,501,797 1,412,100 -89,697

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 119,174,087
India 47,744,150
Germany 11,640,894
Italy 7,192,384
Viet Nam 6,308,636

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 62,736,417 56,437,670 -6,298,747
India 24,926,143 22,818,007 -2,108,136
Germany 5,936,811 5,704,083 -232,728
Italy 3,274,374 3,918,010 +643,636
Viet Nam 2,977,090 3,331,546 +354,456
France 2,915,632 3,176,772 +261,140
Hungary 1,864,191 1,835,435 -28,756
Taiwan 2,195,575 1,249,243 -946,332
United States 1,529,623 1,285,428 -244,195
Cambodia 846,646 753,101 -93,545

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 56
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 37
Greater Manchester 37
Surrey, East and West Sussex 30
West Midlands 30

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 37 35 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 28 23 -5
Greater Manchester 29 20 -9
Surrey, East and West Sussex 25 20 -5
West Midlands 19 21 +2
Inner London - East 15 21 +6
Outer London - West and North West 14 17 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 15 13 -2
West Yorkshire 16 11 -5
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) 136,079,313
Air transport 50,638,281
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 31,927,047
Other 2,703,635
Road transport 1,246,684

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) 71,942,395 64,136,918 -7,805,477
Air transport 24,234,161 26,404,120 +2,169,959
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,856,428 15,070,619 -1,785,809
Other 1,954,833 748,802 -1,206,031
Road transport 766,037 480,647 -285,390

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 59,911,382
Southampton 37,563,283
London Gateway Port 24,765,228
London Heathrow Airport 16,475,152
East Midlands Airport 12,480,762

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 36,435,292 23,476,090 -12,959,202
Southampton 23,824,996 13,738,287 -10,086,709
London Gateway Port 6,379,373 18,385,855 +12,006,482
London Heathrow Airport 8,153,625 8,321,527 +167,902
East Midlands Airport 6,387,933 6,092,829 -295,104
Dover 5,129,130 5,155,275 +26,145
Birmingham Airport 3,405,365 4,149,605 +744,240
Eurotunnel 3,531,672 3,697,966 +166,294
London 3,944,080 3,103,600 -840,480
Thamesport 2,818,151 2,931,695 +113,544

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 235
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 174
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 26
Manufacture of leather and related products 16
Other manufacturing 16

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 84
2026-03 90
2026-02 84
2026-01 70
2025-12 80

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 207
0-1m 137
54m+ 118
15m-54m 52
Other 48

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 17,082,212
Netherlands 12,852,899
France 7,195,295
Germany 5,709,701
Ireland 4,425,810

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 8,947,775 8,134,437 -813,338
Netherlands 6,615,840 6,237,059 -378,781
France 4,075,185 3,120,110 -955,075
Germany 2,980,431 2,729,270 -251,161
Ireland 2,286,510 2,139,300 -147,210
Australia 1,354,272 1,184,562 -169,710
Canada 1,303,176 1,003,196 -299,980
Denmark 1,201,366 1,067,362 -134,004
China 828,742 981,970 +153,228
Belgium 695,084 748,509 +53,425

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 1,068,487
Germany 139,184
XI 92,024
India 56,367
New Zealand 25,128

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 543,694 524,793 -18,901
Germany 70,949 68,235 -2,714
XI 77,812 14,212 -63,600
India 38,626 17,741 -20,885
New Zealand 16,890 8,238 -8,652
Ireland 16,045 3,805 -12,240
Switzerland 5,250 5,198 -52
Bangladesh 2,930 4,394 +1,464
Italy 2,052 1,425 -627
Taiwan 1,078 1,072 -6

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 34,041,594
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 27,110,726
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,815,108
Other 1,537,144
Road transport 110,095

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 18,390,067 15,651,527 -2,738,540
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,761,262 13,349,464 -411,798
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,240,957 3,574,151 +333,194
Other 833,531 703,613 -129,918
Road transport 110,095 0 -110,095

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 19,467,023
Dover 16,335,124
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,122,833
ZLC 5,909,574
London Heathrow Airport 4,819,030

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 11,230,347 8,236,676 -2,993,671
Dover 8,654,482 7,680,642 -973,840
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,805,883 3,316,950 +511,067
ZLC 3,307,841 2,601,733 -706,108
London Heathrow Airport 1,990,165 2,828,865 +838,700
London Stansted Airport 1,989,839 1,830,147 -159,692
Felixstowe 1,017,389 1,190,859 +173,470
Southampton 680,066 1,441,227 +761,161
London Gateway Port 921,094 822,580 -98,514
Immingham Docks 776,174 847,803 +71,629

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