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

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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 £
Italy 17,640,780
France 13,480,199
China 6,613,615
India 5,936,630
Belgium 4,318,685

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 8,510,225 9,130,555 +620,330
France 6,835,975 6,644,224 -191,751
China 3,578,255 3,035,360 -542,895
India 2,789,972 3,146,658 +356,686
Belgium 327,103 3,991,582 +3,664,479
Switzerland 2,737,333 487,308 -2,250,025
Spain 2,142,638 253,860 -1,888,778
Germany 1,003,761 906,948 -96,813
United States 372,722 592,238 +219,516
Netherlands 375,021 265,716 -109,305

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 20,658,567
France 9,505,697
China 8,018,091
India 6,498,707
Spain 5,117,317

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 9,375,345 11,283,222 +1,907,877
France 4,340,487 5,165,210 +824,723
China 4,353,270 3,664,821 -688,449
India 3,089,986 3,408,721 +318,735
Spain 2,588,821 2,528,496 -60,325
Viet Nam 2,665,039 1,380,470 -1,284,569
Thailand 1,447,795 144,776 -1,303,019
Switzerland 1,094,575 27,503 -1,067,072
Philippines 237,517 410,451 +172,934
Bulgaria 15,559 528,687 +513,128

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 114
Outer London - West and North West 30
Inner London - East 20
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 19
Greater Manchester 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 89 87 -2
Outer London - West and North West 23 15 -8
Inner London - East 11 18 +7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14 11 -3
Greater Manchester 12 8 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 14 11 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 7 11 +4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 7 9 +2
Essex 6 6 +0
West Midlands 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) 33,612,728
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,855,450
Air transport 10,257,597
Road transport 2,697,910
Other 1,280,385

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) 15,948,566 17,664,162 +1,715,596
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,268,811 6,586,639 +317,828
Air transport 5,067,646 5,189,951 +122,305
Road transport 2,416,501 281,409 -2,135,092
Other 999,765 280,620 -719,145

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 15,736,113
Eurotunnel 10,811,618
London Heathrow Airport 6,638,948
Dover 4,932,059
Felixstowe 3,843,878

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 6,381,073 9,355,040 +2,973,967
Eurotunnel 4,436,932 6,374,686 +1,937,754
London Heathrow Airport 3,323,913 3,315,035 -8,878
Dover 3,504,225 1,427,834 -2,076,391
Felixstowe 2,461,970 1,381,908 -1,080,062
London Gateway Port 1,564,295 2,135,987 +571,692
Southampton 1,601,242 1,598,795 -2,447
ZLC 2,572,736 277,358 -2,295,378
East Midlands Airport 1,007,096 1,109,817 +102,721
London 1,245,224 695,609 -549,615

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
225
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
104
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
20
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
2026-05 54
2026-04 57
2026-03 73
2026-02 68
2026-01 77

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 145
54m+ 117
0-1m 44
15m-54m 37
Other 37

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 5,332,417
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,621,192
France 2,525,299
Belgium 2,511,674
Italy 2,088,506

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 1,284,290 4,048,127 +2,763,837
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,283,465 1,337,727 -945,738
France 1,325,414 1,199,885 -125,529
Belgium 822,818 1,688,856 +866,038
Italy 999,581 1,088,925 +89,344
Japan 1,809,004 89,934 -1,719,070
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 859,117 840,255 -18,862
Ireland 618,094 659,675 +41,581
Germany 639,983 454,888 -185,095
Netherlands 532,335 284,942 -247,393

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 91,481
India 48,334
China 16,905
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 43,577 47,904 +4,327
India 19,511 28,823 +9,312
China 6,901 10,004 +3,103
XI 1,290 0 -1,290
Portugal 329 0 -329
Czechia 234 0 -234
Switzerland 0 186 +186
Philippines 0 121 +121
Turkey 60 53 -7
Morocco 50 38 -12

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 18,263,599
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,709,001
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 677,663
Other 187,685
Road transport 3,637

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 9,658,792 8,604,807 -1,053,985
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,225,527 4,483,474 +257,947
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 203,000 474,663 +271,663
Other 87,985 99,700 +11,715
Road transport 3,637 0 -3,637

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 10,592,270
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,393,535
East Midlands Airport 6,157,949
Holyhead 842,570
ZLC 733,364

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 4,794,631 5,797,639 +1,003,008
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,343,018 3,050,517 -292,501
East Midlands Airport 3,956,292 2,201,657 -1,754,635
Holyhead 386,933 455,637 +68,704
ZLC 465,994 267,370 -198,624
London 0 714,148 +714,148
Dover 390,760 291,351 -99,409
London Stansted Airport 358,703 237,242 -121,461
London Gateway Port 87,790 167,229 +79,439
Southampton 81,681 129,187 +47,506

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