Import/export HS code 57: Carpets and textile floor coverings

All types of carpets and floor coverings made from textile materials, including knotted, woven, and tufted styles

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 £
Netherlands 387,195,594
Turkey 325,403,277
Belgium 261,224,368
India 155,415,625
China 134,285,722

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 £
Netherlands 184,209,559 202,986,035 +18,776,476
Turkey 164,571,925 160,831,352 -3,740,573
Belgium 145,490,983 115,733,385 -29,757,598
India 76,062,557 79,353,068 +3,290,511
China 65,613,919 68,671,803 +3,057,884
France 36,036,790 40,364,406 +4,327,616
Germany 28,451,316 22,306,992 -6,144,324
Denmark 22,650,218 22,758,443 +108,225
Viet Nam 19,493,983 21,114,378 +1,620,395
Poland 10,089,807 13,181,338 +3,091,531

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 £
Netherlands 386,831,630
Turkey 341,695,908
Belgium 225,754,459
India 188,901,703
China 141,378,263

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 £
Netherlands 195,583,630 191,248,000 -4,335,630
Turkey 174,609,932 167,085,976 -7,523,956
Belgium 112,905,028 112,849,431 -55,597
India 94,077,904 94,823,799 +745,895
China 68,700,996 72,677,267 +3,976,271
France 27,651,277 24,886,340 -2,764,937
Viet Nam 23,269,097 25,381,930 +2,112,833
Denmark 19,186,223 19,387,965 +201,742
Poland 17,214,689 16,070,701 -1,143,988
Germany 16,679,222 16,404,002 -275,220

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 362
Greater Manchester 139
Outer London - West and North West 127
Inner London - East 123
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 91

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 258 259 +1
Greater Manchester 90 90 +0
Outer London - West and North West 82 88 +6
Inner London - East 81 87 +6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 62 66 +4
West Midlands 51 59 +8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 44 57 +13
West Yorkshire 53 56 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 46 49 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 38 51 +13

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) 801,363,149
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 742,958,509
Air transport 72,007,685
Other 38,108,649
Road transport 8,691,354

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) 339,655,158 461,707,991 +122,052,833
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 430,435,215 312,523,294 -117,911,921
Air transport 34,820,928 37,186,757 +2,365,829
Other 24,525,699 13,582,950 -10,942,749
Road transport 2,902,217 5,789,137 +2,886,920
Rail transport 3,665,648 324,263 -3,341,385

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 374,418,045
London Gateway Port 179,389,239
Eurotunnel 164,789,853
Immingham Docks 127,668,717
Killingholme 104,482,131

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 213,835,500 160,582,545 -53,252,955
London Gateway Port 63,935,424 115,453,815 +51,518,391
Eurotunnel 83,043,831 81,746,022 -1,297,809
Immingham Docks 55,447,426 72,221,291 +16,773,865
Killingholme 56,026,603 48,455,528 -7,571,075
Dover 51,975,376 49,573,661 -2,401,715
Southampton 50,593,059 50,754,715 +161,656
Purfleet 46,507,469 46,375,799 -131,670
Hull 43,917,779 36,919,754 -6,998,025
London 30,574,200 30,203,623 -370,577

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 751
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 508
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 102
Specialised construction activities 80
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 80

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 416
2026-03 395
2026-02 388
2026-01 370
2025-12 353

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 794
0-1m 503
54m+ 361
15m-54m 190
Other 171

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 £
Netherlands 96,577,087
United States 69,725,241
France 51,747,423
Belgium 48,172,875
Ireland 36,871,191

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 £
Netherlands 43,241,863 53,335,224 +10,093,361
United States 35,364,192 34,361,049 -1,003,143
France 30,389,606 21,357,817 -9,031,789
Belgium 26,233,556 21,939,319 -4,294,237
Ireland 17,862,562 19,008,629 +1,146,067
Germany 14,050,663 7,367,377 -6,683,286
Poland 11,511,061 8,216,582 -3,294,479
Czechia 8,586,451 2,560,075 -6,026,376
Russia 4,620,133 4,271,970 -348,163
United Arab Emirates 4,829,064 3,377,288 -1,451,776

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 59,082,143
Ireland 1,888,972
Netherlands 1,643,943
India 801,968
Belgium 597,240

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 27,373,535 31,708,608 +4,335,073
Ireland 1,420,132 468,840 -951,292
Netherlands 952,485 691,458 -261,027
India 397,952 404,016 +6,064
Belgium 366,996 230,244 -136,752
Turkey 194,884 180,661 -14,223
Sweden 83,504 50,713 -32,791
China 26,701 33,316 +6,615
Egypt 25,710 14,445 -11,265
Germany 4,758 8,401 +3,643

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 276,376,864
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 104,434,326
Other 65,949,488
Air transport 35,668,375
Road transport 73,017

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 154,142,483 122,234,381 -31,908,102
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 55,042,088 49,392,238 -5,649,850
Other 31,545,439 34,404,049 +2,858,610
Air transport 15,549,125 20,119,250 +4,570,125
Road transport 10,046 62,971 +52,925

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 147,712,535
000 65,774,346
Hull 52,334,563
Liverpool Docks 45,651,498
Immingham Docks 32,634,004

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 83,657,586 64,054,949 -19,602,637
000 31,445,128 34,329,218 +2,884,090
Hull 25,649,983 26,684,580 +1,034,597
Liverpool Docks 23,785,247 21,866,251 -1,918,996
Immingham Docks 19,134,014 13,499,990 -5,634,024
London Gateway Port 11,182,472 9,955,363 -1,227,109
Southampton 6,516,131 10,455,180 +3,939,049
East Midlands Airport 5,136,794 9,987,987 +4,851,193
London Heathrow Airport 5,867,399 6,717,796 +850,397
Dover 8,946,697 1,943,362 -7,003,335

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 57

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

Description: All types of carpets and floor coverings made from textile materials, including knotted, woven, and tufted styles