Import/export HS code 42029110: Leather or fake leather travel and sports bags

Travel bags, toilet bags, backpacks, and sports bags made with outer surfaces of leather or imitation leather

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 £
Italy 17,855,602
France 13,334,517
China 6,662,739
India 5,757,481
Belgium 4,180,518

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 £
Italy 8,793,363 9,062,239 +268,876
France 6,799,868 6,534,649 -265,219
China 3,313,172 3,349,567 +36,395
India 2,585,400 3,172,081 +586,681
Belgium 286,370 3,894,148 +3,607,778
Switzerland 2,669,146 470,145 -2,199,001
Spain 2,043,722 400,115 -1,643,607
Germany 1,018,574 853,779 -164,795
United States 376,493 576,308 +199,815
Netherlands 362,642 281,394 -81,248

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 £
Italy 20,437,458
France 9,514,685
China 8,065,153
India 6,332,554
Spain 5,110,304

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 £
Italy 9,468,067 10,969,391 +1,501,324
France 4,310,582 5,204,103 +893,521
China 4,072,876 3,992,277 -80,599
India 2,886,381 3,446,173 +559,792
Spain 2,441,748 2,668,556 +226,808
Viet Nam 2,796,117 1,389,881 -1,406,236
Thailand 1,445,259 113,314 -1,331,945
Switzerland 1,094,575 26,616 -1,067,959
Philippines 222,962 394,563 +171,601
Bulgaria 12,791 503,453 +490,662

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 115
Outer London - West and North West 29
Inner London - East 20
Surrey, East and West Sussex 19
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 18

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 90 86 -4
Outer London - West and North West 21 15 -6
Inner London - East 12 17 +5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 15 11 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 12 12 +0
Greater Manchester 11 7 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 8 12 +4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 7 9 +2
West Midlands 8 3 -5
West Yorkshire 8 3 -5

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) 33,413,360
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,802,624
Air transport 10,181,961
Road transport 2,686,941
Other 1,313,217

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) 15,963,179 17,450,181 +1,487,002
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,882,241 6,920,383 +1,038,142
Air transport 5,040,136 5,141,825 +101,689
Road transport 2,392,912 294,029 -2,098,883
Other 931,549 381,668 -549,881

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 15,540,904
Eurotunnel 10,866,769
London Heathrow Airport 6,637,926
Dover 4,880,784
Felixstowe 3,966,668

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,439,212 9,101,692 +2,662,480
Eurotunnel 4,689,311 6,177,458 +1,488,147
London Heathrow Airport 3,267,706 3,370,220 +102,514
Dover 3,267,172 1,613,612 -1,653,560
Felixstowe 2,377,559 1,589,109 -788,450
London Gateway Port 1,514,150 2,128,936 +614,786
Southampton 1,418,163 1,655,809 +237,646
ZLC 2,503,273 336,925 -2,166,348
East Midlands Airport 1,037,661 1,068,782 +31,121
London 1,229,479 715,021 -514,458

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 108
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 18
Manufacture of leather and related products 15
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 12

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 57
2026-03 73
2026-02 68
2026-01 77
2025-12 74

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 146
54m+ 117
0-1m 45
15m-54m 36
Other 35

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 £
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,603,494
France 2,523,232
Belgium 2,511,925
United States 2,094,021
Italy 2,070,674

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 £
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,376,620 1,226,874 -1,149,746
France 1,267,936 1,255,296 -12,640
Belgium 82,058 2,429,867 +2,347,809
United States 1,329,957 764,064 -565,893
Italy 994,275 1,076,399 +82,124
Japan 1,833,159 96,808 -1,736,351
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 832,957 858,167 +25,210
Ireland 600,844 614,113 +13,269
Germany 616,599 475,639 -140,960
Netherlands 547,066 329,086 -217,980

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 £
Austria 88,010
India 48,548
China 15,984
XI 1,290
Portugal 329

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 £
Austria 40,166 47,844 +7,678
India 19,377 29,171 +9,794
China 6,993 8,991 +1,998
XI 1,290 0 -1,290
Portugal 329 0 -329
Czechia 234 0 -234
Turkey 60 53 -7
Switzerland 0 100 +100
Morocco 50 38 -12
Bulgaria 0 65 +65

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 15,104,068
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,688,858
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 668,215
Other 183,255
Road transport 6,152

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 9,834,132 5,269,936 -4,564,196
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,375,502 5,313,356 +1,937,854
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 188,461 479,754 +291,293
Other 84,029 99,226 +15,197
Road transport 6,152 0 -6,152

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 7,189,816
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,405,010
East Midlands Airport 6,331,304
Holyhead 795,107
ZLC 778,333

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 4,881,300 2,308,516 -2,572,784
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,492,431 3,912,579 +1,420,148
East Midlands Airport 4,023,258 2,308,046 -1,715,212
Holyhead 383,067 412,040 +28,973
ZLC 498,967 279,366 -219,601
London 0 714,148 +714,148
Dover 402,785 296,069 -106,716
London Stansted Airport 397,606 231,104 -166,502
London Gateway Port 85,117 168,854 +83,737
Southampton 74,634 134,658 +60,024

Quick facts

HS code: 42029110

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

Description: Travel bags, toilet bags, backpacks, and sports bags made with outer surfaces of leather or imitation leather