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 18,844,152
France 7,391,985
Italy 6,034,359
India 4,776,102
Poland 2,666,445

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 10,483,925 8,360,227 -2,123,698
France 3,671,952 3,720,033 +48,081
Italy 2,993,754 3,040,605 +46,851
India 2,624,836 2,151,266 -473,570
Poland 1,660,438 1,006,007 -654,431
United States 1,153,507 1,093,561 -59,946
Portugal 1,173,599 948,801 -224,798
Germany 655,586 833,653 +178,067
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 497,013 868,354 +371,341
Slovakia 692,496 569,190 -123,306

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 21,404,950
Italy 7,520,461
France 5,313,958
India 4,986,224
Poland 2,780,845

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 11,591,378 9,813,572 -1,777,806
Italy 3,407,257 4,113,204 +705,947
France 2,739,791 2,574,167 -165,624
India 2,702,687 2,283,537 -419,150
Poland 1,754,463 1,026,382 -728,081
Portugal 1,239,405 1,039,345 -200,060
United States 966,634 874,797 -91,837
Slovakia 741,105 566,148 -174,957
Malaysia 500,877 773,031 +272,154
Czechia 444,657 719,294 +274,637

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 168
Inner London - East 46
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 39
Surrey, East and West Sussex 38
Outer London - West and North West 35

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 114 113 -1
Inner London - East 28 30 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 25 28 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 24 31 +7
Outer London - West and North West 22 25 +3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 24 23 -1
West Midlands 21 22 +1
Greater Manchester 21 18 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 20 +8
Essex 16 12 -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) 31,004,496
Air transport 24,807,247
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,349,213
Road transport 1,643,163
Other 125,029

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) 18,402,179 12,602,317 -5,799,862
Air transport 12,378,902 12,428,345 +49,443
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,103,607 8,245,606 -858,001
Road transport 289,606 1,353,557 +1,063,951
Other 64,905 60,124 -4,781

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
ZLC 15,205,996
London Heathrow Airport 10,943,811
Dover 8,599,206
East Midlands Airport 5,850,021
Southampton 5,251,864

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 8,540,519 6,665,477 -1,875,042
London Heathrow Airport 5,437,460 5,506,351 +68,891
Dover 4,970,901 3,628,305 -1,342,596
East Midlands Airport 3,285,874 2,564,147 -721,727
Southampton 3,124,886 2,126,978 -997,908
Eurotunnel 2,763,946 2,075,005 -688,941
Felixstowe 2,273,107 1,937,002 -336,105
London Gateway Port 1,262,716 1,911,092 +648,376
London Stansted Airport 1,134,315 1,595,266 +460,951
Thamesport 1,021,535 1,623,900 +602,365

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 288
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 210
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 43
Other manufacturing 28
Manufacture of leather and related products 27

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 97
2026-03 105
2026-02 100
2026-01 96
2025-12 117

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 282
54m+ 207
0-1m 110
Other 66
15m-54m 63

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 3,061,433
Netherlands 2,088,465
United Arab Emirates 1,664,757
Qatar 1,307,031
Italy 1,088,838

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 1,707,890 1,353,543 -354,347
Netherlands 1,035,532 1,052,933 +17,401
United Arab Emirates 1,285,480 379,277 -906,203
Qatar 1,085,261 221,770 -863,491
Italy 531,728 557,110 +25,382
France 353,254 352,827 -427
Ireland 189,430 468,198 +278,768
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 208,042 350,210 +142,168
Germany 243,586 266,973 +23,387
Japan 253,927 142,841 -111,086

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 119,285
Poland 24,798
China 23,448
Thailand 10,819
India 2,088

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 59,490 59,795 +305
Poland 3,912 20,886 +16,974
China 5,031 18,417 +13,386
Thailand 10,336 483 -9,853
India 1,558 530 -1,028
Netherlands 973 501 -472
XI 572 339 -233
Italy 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 11,090,454
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,120,569
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,283,249
Other 351,604
Road transport 4,168

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 6,166,399 4,924,055 -1,242,344
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,954,920 2,165,649 +210,729
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,079,913 203,336 -876,577
Other 130,113 221,491 +91,378
Road transport 3,252 916 -2,336

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 4,897,028
East Midlands Airport 3,541,217
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,930,616
London Stansted Airport 1,356,691
London Gateway Port 1,016,419

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 2,360,180 2,536,848 +176,668
East Midlands Airport 2,137,119 1,404,098 -733,021
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,463,883 1,466,733 +2,850
London Stansted Airport 923,790 432,901 -490,889
London Gateway Port 935,419 81,000 -854,419
ZLC 403,578 380,557 -23,021
Dover 225,846 498,176 +272,330
Manchester Airport 320,895 150,980 -169,915
000 130,113 221,491 +91,378
Eurotunnel 121,512 39,250 -82,262

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