Import/export HS code 42022290: Fabric travel bags and sports bags

Travel bags and sports bags made with outer surfaces of textile materials

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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 £
China 105,528,017
Italy 92,091,770
France 66,178,473
India 37,180,420
Netherlands 12,660,032

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 54,471,162 51,056,855 -3,414,307
Italy 45,379,737 46,712,033 +1,332,296
France 32,634,393 33,544,080 +909,687
India 19,054,450 18,125,970 -928,480
Netherlands 6,240,060 6,419,972 +179,912
Viet Nam 3,677,399 3,514,244 -163,155
Belgium 4,075,828 2,957,900 -1,117,928
Spain 2,811,475 3,516,271 +704,796
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,718,989 2,821,387 +102,398
United States 1,982,341 1,518,428 -463,913

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 141,920,154
Italy 111,313,512
India 40,395,580
France 18,857,323
Viet Nam 15,563,028

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 72,692,326 69,227,828 -3,464,498
Italy 55,243,094 56,070,418 +827,324
India 21,066,422 19,329,158 -1,737,264
France 8,192,955 10,664,368 +2,471,413
Viet Nam 7,728,306 7,834,722 +106,416
Indonesia 3,874,601 3,316,479 -558,122
Romania 2,320,032 2,567,684 +247,652
Cambodia 2,220,480 2,367,547 +147,067
Tunisia 1,988,749 2,335,845 +347,096
Turkey 1,735,393 1,352,719 -382,674

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 342
Inner London - East 112
Greater Manchester 110
Outer London - West and North West 82
Surrey, East and West Sussex 65

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 247 248 +1
Inner London - East 73 85 +12
Greater Manchester 78 72 -6
Outer London - West and North West 49 54 +5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 43 44 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 35 40 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 32 35 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 29 27 -2
West Midlands 29 25 -4
West Yorkshire 24 22 -2

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 151,055,675
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 129,063,610
Air transport 69,915,812
Other 14,461,531
Road transport 1,748,648

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 76,285,697 74,769,978 -1,515,719
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 62,930,954 66,132,656 +3,201,702
Air transport 32,992,038 36,923,774 +3,931,736
Other 11,624,137 2,837,394 -8,786,743
Road transport 789,760 958,888 +169,128

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 76,708,747
Felixstowe 53,852,280
Dover / Eurotunnel 35,299,681
London Heathrow Airport 31,195,323
Southampton 29,710,849

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 £
Eurotunnel 35,519,093 41,189,654 +5,670,561
Felixstowe 33,590,400 20,261,880 -13,328,520
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,864,157 17,435,524 -428,633
London Heathrow Airport 15,265,921 15,929,402 +663,481
Southampton 15,991,232 13,719,617 -2,271,615
London Gateway Port 10,018,816 16,760,368 +6,741,552
Dover 14,085,045 6,946,308 -7,138,737
East Midlands Airport 7,957,931 9,884,072 +1,926,141
000 11,624,137 2,837,394 -8,786,743
London 7,296,541 6,763,576 -532,965

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
701
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
470
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
77
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities
52
Other manufacturing
38

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 264
2026-04 241
2026-03 255
2026-02 274
2026-01 250

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 587
54m+ 367
0-1m 225
15m-54m 161
Other 112

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 £
Italy 10,084,839
France 7,460,791
United States 5,090,728
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,722,406
Netherlands 4,078,354

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 £
Italy 5,106,783 4,978,056 -128,727
France 4,088,721 3,372,070 -716,651
United States 2,683,302 2,407,426 -275,876
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,409,348 2,313,058 -96,290
Netherlands 2,260,273 1,818,081 -442,192
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 1,998,778 1,855,912 -142,866
Ireland 1,120,466 1,614,158 +493,692
Germany 1,156,227 1,323,372 +167,145
Bahrain 2,009,242 12,333 -1,996,909
Japan 1,072,314 906,459 -165,855

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 377,982
India 36,552
Turkey 16,522
Viet Nam 15,504
Belgium 13,888

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 131,989 245,993 +114,004
India 10,702 25,850 +15,148
Turkey 9,719 6,803 -2,916
Viet Nam 8,226 7,278 -948
Belgium 1,794 12,094 +10,300
XI 3,262 3,146 -116
Bangladesh 439 4,785 +4,346
Italy 4,098 776 -3,322
Cambodia 1,457 769 -688
Indonesia 809 623 -186

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 35,836,738
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,969,571
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,249,747
Other 654,735
Road transport 4,624

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 18,364,106 17,472,632 -891,474
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,283,234 10,686,337 -596,897
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 567,774 681,973 +114,199
Other 231,163 423,572 +192,409
Road transport 4,624 0 -4,624

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,296,674
East Midlands Airport 16,788,328
London Heathrow Airport 13,365,361
London Stansted Airport 2,944,238
Dover 1,665,581

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 9,280,975 8,015,699 -1,265,276
East Midlands Airport 10,833,193 5,955,135 -4,878,058
London Heathrow Airport 4,760,408 8,604,953 +3,844,545
London Stansted Airport 1,529,134 1,415,104 -114,030
Dover 837,959 827,622 -10,337
ZLC 912,118 626,988 -285,130
Holyhead 502,936 956,865 +453,929
Manchester Airport 61,616 619,066 +557,450
000 231,163 423,572 +192,409
Immingham Docks 251,377 372,291 +120,914

Quick facts

HS code: 42022290

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

Description: Travel bags and sports bags made with outer surfaces of textile materials