Import/export HS code 42050090: Miscellaneous leather goods

Various leather items, including small accessories and decorative pieces

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 16,845,801
France 6,285,283
Italy 5,078,554
India 4,616,887
Poland 2,663,215

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 10,445,782 6,400,019 -4,045,763
France 3,894,324 2,390,959 -1,503,365
Italy 3,045,604 2,032,950 -1,012,654
India 2,734,982 1,881,905 -853,077
Poland 1,873,132 790,083 -1,083,049
Portugal 1,280,043 704,632 -575,411
United States 1,114,699 827,308 -287,391
Germany 685,446 677,989 -7,457
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 458,525 844,543 +386,018
Slovakia 760,099 388,249 -371,850

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 19,205,986
Italy 6,437,683
India 4,797,020
France 4,404,087
Poland 2,798,183

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 11,551,504 7,654,482 -3,897,022
Italy 3,481,334 2,956,349 -524,985
India 2,809,145 1,987,875 -821,270
France 2,952,829 1,451,258 -1,501,571
Poland 1,965,595 832,588 -1,133,007
Portugal 1,342,957 775,759 -567,198
United States 914,985 694,312 -220,673
Slovakia 809,984 386,900 -423,084
Malaysia 472,617 604,306 +131,689
Czechia 420,575 641,532 +220,957

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 159
Inner London - East 46
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 38
Surrey, East and West Sussex 35
Outer London - West and North West 33

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 116 97 -19
Inner London - East 29 28 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 26 25 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 24 27 +3
Outer London - West and North West 21 21 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 24 19 -5
West Midlands 21 19 -2
Greater Manchester 21 15 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 18 +6
West Yorkshire 15 11 -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) 28,738,185
Air transport 21,489,836
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,999,468
Road transport 1,133,244
Other 110,650

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) 19,199,383 9,538,802 -9,660,581
Air transport 12,348,610 9,141,226 -3,207,384
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,401,094 6,598,374 -2,802,720
Road transport 401,053 732,191 +331,138
Other 56,094 54,556 -1,538

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
ZLC 13,318,192
London Heathrow Airport 9,169,066
Dover 8,140,456
East Midlands Airport 5,456,998
Southampton 4,980,522

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 £
ZLC 8,555,322 4,762,870 -3,792,452
London Heathrow Airport 5,535,550 3,633,516 -1,902,034
Dover 5,247,076 2,893,380 -2,353,696
East Midlands Airport 3,183,709 2,273,289 -910,420
Southampton 3,193,434 1,787,088 -1,406,346
Eurotunnel 3,079,511 1,307,133 -1,772,378
Felixstowe 2,306,757 1,477,869 -828,888
London Gateway Port 1,453,232 1,516,784 +63,552
London Stansted Airport 1,060,106 1,209,332 +149,226
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,581,177 647,851 -933,326

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 269
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 192
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 45
Other manufacturing 27
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 23

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 96
2025-11 124
2025-10 125
2025-09 103
2025-08 111

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 266
54m+ 198
0-1m 98
15m-54m 60
Other 60

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 2,772,856
Netherlands 1,797,522
United Arab Emirates 1,639,779
Qatar 1,213,923
Italy 992,361

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 1,692,309 1,080,547 -611,762
Netherlands 1,069,147 728,375 -340,772
United Arab Emirates 1,388,952 250,827 -1,138,125
Qatar 122,045 1,091,878 +969,833
Italy 558,582 433,779 -124,803
France 355,411 300,152 -55,259
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 260,583 329,071 +68,488
Ireland 185,923 344,522 +158,599
Germany 242,721 197,628 -45,093
Japan 207,491 171,479 -36,012

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 £
Sri Lanka 107,762
Poland 16,858
Thailand 11,576
China 9,556
India 1,797

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 £
Sri Lanka 60,356 47,406 -12,950
Poland 2,742 14,116 +11,374
Thailand 11,181 395 -10,786
China 3,746 5,810 +2,064
India 1,558 239 -1,319
Netherlands 954 356 -598
XI 572 333 -239
Italy 0 13 +13

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 10,262,281
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,536,640
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,213,128
Other 297,943
Road transport 5,192

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 5,899,208 4,363,073 -1,536,135
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,981,378 1,555,262 -426,116
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 609,225 603,903 -5,322
Other 124,938 173,005 +48,067
Road transport 5,192 0 -5,192

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 4,171,773
East Midlands Airport 3,392,892
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,515,091
London Stansted Airport 1,346,953
London Gateway Port 994,013

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 1,915,763 2,256,010 +340,247
East Midlands Airport 2,202,481 1,190,411 -1,012,070
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,532,399 982,692 -549,707
London Stansted Airport 912,576 434,377 -478,199
London Gateway Port 482,264 511,749 +29,485
ZLC 413,285 318,179 -95,106
Dover 235,935 398,792 +162,857
Manchester Airport 434,266 150,988 -283,278
000 124,938 173,005 +48,067
Eurotunnel 121,085 41,135 -79,950

Quick facts

HS code: 42050090

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

Description: Various leather items, including small accessories and decorative pieces