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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  • 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 16,022,724
France 12,335,867
China 6,419,224
India 5,497,457
Switzerland 3,092,185

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 8,758,414 7,264,310 -1,494,104
France 6,941,742 5,394,125 -1,547,617
China 3,442,537 2,976,687 -465,850
India 2,540,102 2,957,355 +417,253
Switzerland 2,592,667 499,518 -2,093,149
Belgium 295,194 2,485,371 +2,190,177
Spain 1,478,425 995,760 -482,665
Germany 1,244,243 704,184 -540,059
United States 533,252 555,475 +22,223
Netherlands 376,872 248,305 -128,567

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 18,346,327
France 8,335,747
China 7,725,133
India 6,131,072
Spain 4,459,864

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 9,601,820 8,744,507 -857,313
France 4,325,837 4,009,910 -315,927
China 4,209,703 3,515,430 -694,273
India 2,965,213 3,165,859 +200,646
Spain 1,862,488 2,597,376 +734,888
Viet Nam 2,827,449 1,390,936 -1,436,513
Thailand 1,453,665 123,589 -1,330,076
Switzerland 1,093,528 17,154 -1,076,374
Philippines 218,193 267,806 +49,613
Cambodia 168,171 277,598 +109,427

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 113
Outer London - West and North West 30
Inner London - East 21
Surrey, East and West Sussex 20
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 16

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 83 -7
Outer London - West and North West 22 15 -7
Inner London - East 14 16 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 15 11 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 7 12 +5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 12 12 +0
Greater Manchester 11 10 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 7 10 +3
West Midlands 8 4 -4
West Yorkshire 7 3 -4

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) 29,983,386
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,440,929
Air transport 9,261,009
Road transport 2,641,020
Other 1,375,247

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) 15,789,878 14,193,508 -1,596,370
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,163,830 6,277,099 +113,269
Air transport 4,968,574 4,292,435 -676,139
Road transport 2,403,069 237,951 -2,165,118
Other 783,318 591,929 -191,389

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,139,984
Eurotunnel 9,628,006
London Heathrow Airport 5,964,825
Dover 4,924,203
Felixstowe 4,124,746

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 6,373,629 6,766,355 +392,726
Eurotunnel 5,100,711 4,527,295 -573,416
London Heathrow Airport 3,205,857 2,758,968 -446,889
Dover 2,866,283 2,057,920 -808,363
Felixstowe 2,665,331 1,459,415 -1,205,916
London Gateway Port 1,335,556 1,978,856 +643,300
Southampton 1,486,514 1,594,214 +107,700
ZLC 2,462,593 381,457 -2,081,136
London 1,017,930 941,387 -76,543
East Midlands Airport 975,495 980,994 +5,499

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 217
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 103
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 21
Manufacture of leather and related products 13
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 11

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 77
2025-11 92
2025-10 84
2025-09 79
2025-08 79

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 142
54m+ 115
0-1m 47
15m-54m 36
Other 32

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 3,750,695
France 2,387,054
Belgium 2,309,714
United States 2,263,715
Japan 1,934,942

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 2,479,479 1,271,216 -1,208,263
France 1,105,457 1,281,597 +176,140
Belgium 74,595 2,235,119 +2,160,524
United States 1,576,836 686,879 -889,957
Japan 265,196 1,669,746 +1,404,550
Italy 1,006,940 875,595 -131,345
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 595,356 870,916 +275,560
Ireland 606,634 505,020 -101,614
Germany 525,130 416,748 -108,382
Netherlands 458,454 415,487 -42,967

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 67,066
India 33,557
China 14,942
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 38,149 28,917 -9,232
India 19,032 14,525 -4,507
China 5,180 9,762 +4,582
XI 0 1,290 +1,290
Portugal 329 0 -329
Czechia 0 234 +234
Morocco 0 88 +88
Turkey 60 0 -60
Philippines 0 37 +37
Indonesia 0 34 +34

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 15,196,998
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,893,402
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 642,217
Other 140,471
Road transport 16,159

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 8,473,158 6,723,840 -1,749,318
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,955,064 4,938,338 +1,983,274
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 207,170 435,047 +227,877
Other 75,546 64,925 -10,621
Road transport 16,159 0 -16,159

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 7,172,420
East Midlands Airport 6,456,889
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,714,701
ZLC 781,244
Holyhead 752,375

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 3,500,508 3,671,912 +171,404
East Midlands Airport 4,024,374 2,432,515 -1,591,859
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,190,585 3,524,116 +1,333,531
ZLC 486,065 295,179 -190,886
Holyhead 398,520 353,855 -44,665
London 0 709,432 +709,432
Dover 290,394 364,651 +74,257
London Stansted Airport 431,174 192,503 -238,671
London Gateway Port 131,363 164,681 +33,318
Southampton 58,034 117,426 +59,392

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