Import/export HS code 420299: Various bags and cases

Bags and cases made from materials not covered in other codes

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 62,614,694
Italy 9,178,181
Germany 7,645,205
France 6,437,198
Japan 5,376,561

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 30,914,589 31,700,105 +785,516
Italy 5,282,934 3,895,247 -1,387,687
Germany 4,381,487 3,263,718 -1,117,769
France 3,415,449 3,021,749 -393,700
Japan 2,275,348 3,101,213 +825,865
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,557,884 2,078,838 -479,046
United States 2,220,891 1,702,646 -518,245
Switzerland 1,973,736 1,939,948 -33,788
Netherlands 2,105,564 1,693,955 -411,609
India 1,485,811 1,271,869 -213,942

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 78,493,856
Italy 10,896,536
France 6,292,034
United States 3,672,598
India 2,954,406

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 39,450,747 39,043,109 -407,638
Italy 5,933,899 4,962,637 -971,262
France 2,956,880 3,335,154 +378,274
United States 1,833,756 1,838,842 +5,086
India 1,585,521 1,368,885 -216,636
Viet Nam 1,234,170 1,189,901 -44,269
Denmark 1,077,123 877,521 -199,602
Germany 1,042,776 903,994 -138,782
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,079,780 821,477 -258,303
Thailand 971,806 914,455 -57,351

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 295
Inner London - East 102
Outer London - West and North West 94
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 89
Greater Manchester 85

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 205 195 -10
Inner London - East 67 63 -4
Outer London - West and North West 61 60 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 56 52 -4
Greater Manchester 61 48 -13
Surrey, East and West Sussex 53 49 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 36 34 -2
West Midlands 31 31 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 33 28 -5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 23 32 +9

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) 60,750,290
Air transport 46,101,440
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,178,555
Road transport 1,142,864
Other 663,192

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) 31,823,512 28,926,778 -2,896,734
Air transport 21,805,913 24,295,527 +2,489,614
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,184,245 6,994,310 -1,189,935
Road transport 703,599 439,265 -264,334
Other 474,441 188,751 -285,690

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 26,924,297
London Heathrow Airport 14,967,913
London Gateway Port 14,342,093
East Midlands Airport 13,831,915
Southampton 13,454,200

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 15,312,154 11,612,143 -3,700,011
London Heathrow Airport 7,961,535 7,006,378 -955,157
London Gateway Port 5,550,638 8,791,455 +3,240,817
East Midlands Airport 6,846,114 6,985,801 +139,687
Southampton 7,579,357 5,874,843 -1,704,514
London Stansted Airport 2,825,410 3,239,362 +413,952
Eurotunnel 3,188,457 2,578,150 -610,307
Birmingham Airport 2,141,624 2,321,395 +179,771
Dover 2,458,884 1,857,151 -601,733
499 904,508 3,206,931 +2,302,423

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 621
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 455
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 88
Other manufacturing 79
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 48

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 160
2026-03 172
2026-02 190
2026-01 159
2025-12 199

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 581
54m+ 431
0-1m 253
15m-54m 150
Other 135

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 5,195,021
Germany 4,236,307
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,192,560
Ireland 2,534,166
Netherlands 2,228,919

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 2,695,625 2,499,396 -196,229
Germany 2,479,296 1,757,011 -722,285
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,982,649 1,209,911 -772,738
Ireland 1,339,772 1,194,394 -145,378
Netherlands 1,539,066 689,853 -849,213
France 1,283,776 810,771 -473,005
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 1,230,135 841,954 -388,181
Italy 1,283,899 468,032 -815,867
United Arab Emirates 723,951 501,034 -222,917
Spain 712,124 499,007 -213,117

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 22,683
Pakistan 8,461
United States 1,254
Israel 917
India 642

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 10,307 12,376 +2,069
Pakistan 426 8,035 +7,609
United States 727 527 -200
Israel 917 0 -917
India 205 437 +232
Czechia 0 350 +350
Ireland 0 319 +319
Germany 126 147 +21
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 240 0 -240
Italy 161 0 -161

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 18,553,799
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,310,223
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,151,064
Other 46,811
Road transport 5,983

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 10,995,336 7,558,463 -3,436,873
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,064,294 5,245,929 -2,818,365
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,913,713 2,237,351 +323,638
Other 19,091 27,720 +8,629
Road transport 5,983 0 -5,983

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 9,672,579
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,717,785
London Heathrow Airport 5,593,936
Southampton 2,241,065
London Stansted Airport 2,198,367

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 6,384,859 3,287,720 -3,097,139
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,314,646 3,403,139 -1,911,507
London Heathrow Airport 2,718,775 2,875,161 +156,386
Southampton 715,048 1,526,017 +810,969
London Stansted Airport 1,290,335 908,032 -382,303
Dover 1,105,437 391,135 -714,302
Holyhead 653,042 650,124 -2,918
London Gateway Port 708,832 260,213 -448,619
ZLC 490,434 354,934 -135,500
Immingham Docks 421,510 321,304 -100,206

Quick facts

HS code: 420299

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

Description: Bags and cases made from materials not covered in other codes