Import/export HS code 560313: Heavyweight nonwovens

Nonwoven fabrics weighing between 70 g/m² and 150 g/m², used in durable products like geotextiles

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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 £
Luxembourg 59,644,177
Germany 28,907,018
Poland 14,225,038
Belgium 13,433,944
Netherlands 11,503,471

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 £
Luxembourg 26,901,032 32,743,145 +5,842,113
Germany 15,867,630 13,039,388 -2,828,242
Poland 6,605,807 7,619,231 +1,013,424
Belgium 6,390,381 7,043,563 +653,182
Netherlands 5,717,427 5,786,044 +68,617
France 5,761,045 5,619,106 -141,939
United States 6,019,104 3,844,544 -2,174,560
Italy 4,503,142 5,236,957 +733,815
China 4,991,256 4,498,358 -492,898
South Africa 2,871,275 3,844,215 +972,940

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 £
Germany 30,858,217
Poland 16,005,416
United States 13,258,758
Belgium 12,984,527
China 11,923,903

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 £
Germany 16,959,493 13,898,724 -3,060,769
Poland 7,214,168 8,791,248 +1,577,080
United States 7,849,591 5,409,167 -2,440,424
Belgium 6,233,649 6,750,878 +517,229
China 5,965,181 5,958,722 -6,459
Luxembourg 4,178,198 5,530,368 +1,352,170
Italy 4,516,290 5,131,381 +615,091
South Africa 2,888,572 3,806,123 +917,551
Netherlands 3,561,544 3,050,037 -511,507
Czechia 3,551,303 2,121,046 -1,430,257

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Greater Manchester 33
West Yorkshire 24
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 21
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 20

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
Greater Manchester 25 27 +2
West Yorkshire 19 20 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 14 17 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14 14 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 18 15 -3
Inner London - West 13 15 +2
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 12 13 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 14 13 -1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 12 12 +0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 13 12 -1

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) 98,253,946
Other 53,034,488
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 43,042,487
Air transport 3,534,034
Road transport 430,105

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) 48,574,547 49,679,399 +1,104,852
Other 23,539,311 29,495,177 +5,955,866
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 24,004,890 19,037,597 -4,967,293
Air transport 1,686,738 1,847,296 +160,558
Road transport 279,719 150,386 -129,333
Rail transport 0 52,145 +52,145

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 53,034,488
Dover 43,698,623
Immingham Docks 21,517,554
Felixstowe 12,051,329
London Gateway Port 9,498,901

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 £
000 23,539,311 29,495,177 +5,955,866
Dover 23,400,322 20,298,301 -3,102,021
Immingham Docks 8,919,390 12,598,164 +3,678,774
Felixstowe 6,700,207 5,351,122 -1,349,085
London Gateway Port 3,748,334 5,750,567 +2,002,233
Killingholme 5,793,061 2,499,642 -3,293,419
Southampton 3,244,044 3,076,567 -167,477
Eurotunnel 2,923,940 2,786,049 -137,891
Purfleet 1,503,424 4,131,220 +2,627,796
Hull 2,753,982 2,831,615 +77,633

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 116
Other manufacturing 63
Manufacture of textiles 37
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 26
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 26

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 116
2026-03 99
2026-02 98
2026-01 94
2025-12 71

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 176
54m+ 120
15m-54m 67
0-1m 32
Other 22

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 24,916,916
France 15,710,030
Germany 13,411,931
Ireland 11,976,351
Malaysia 11,427,121

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 12,802,381 12,114,535 -687,846
France 6,626,448 9,083,582 +2,457,134
Germany 6,140,282 7,271,649 +1,131,367
Ireland 5,846,525 6,129,826 +283,301
Malaysia 11,247,923 179,198 -11,068,725
United States 4,618,476 4,903,303 +284,827
South Korea 1,638,383 2,174,366 +535,983
Italy 1,347,387 2,018,379 +670,992
Netherlands 1,564,470 1,785,997 +221,527
Finland 1,384,725 1,942,680 +557,955

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 £
XI 18,361,026
Luxembourg 16,410,651
United States 1,227,665
Hungary 322,593
Greece 205,311

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 £
XI 1,953,383 16,407,643 +14,454,260
Luxembourg 12,417,906 3,992,745 -8,425,161
United States 966,609 261,056 -705,553
Hungary 160,438 162,155 +1,717
Greece 118,156 87,155 -31,001
Czechia 59,155 76,139 +16,984
Germany 13,583 29,075 +15,492
Ireland 21,867 3,552 -18,315
Belgium 11,081 13,452 +2,371
China 2,852 16,285 +13,433

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 63,509,617
Other 41,890,174
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,936,346
Air transport 2,971,572

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 35,367,181 28,142,436 -7,224,745
Other 18,626,040 23,264,134 +4,638,094
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,810,028 11,126,318 +2,316,290
Air transport 1,892,538 1,079,034 -813,504

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 41,890,174
Belfast Port 28,728,146
Southampton 18,570,727
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,927,833
London Gateway Port 7,394,868

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 £
000 18,626,040 23,264,134 +4,638,094
Belfast Port 21,558,011 7,170,135 -14,387,876
Southampton 7,637,770 10,932,957 +3,295,187
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,836,398 5,091,435 +255,037
London Gateway Port 2,380,169 5,014,699 +2,634,530
Felixstowe 1,119,497 2,540,594 +1,421,097
Fishguard 882,055 1,732,811 +850,756
Immingham Docks 908,653 941,630 +32,977
Holyhead 859,950 889,324 +29,374
Grangemouth Docks 757,077 913,879 +156,802

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 560313

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

Description: Nonwoven fabrics weighing between 70 g/m² and 150 g/m², used in durable products like geotextiles