Import/export HS code 5907: Treated or painted fabrics

Textile fabrics treated with chemicals, paints, or coatings, including painted canvas for theatrical scenery or studio backdrops

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  • 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 47,296,168
Germany 5,950,398
Turkey 4,349,097
Italy 2,416,663
Poland 2,371,927

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 25,652,292 21,643,876 -4,008,416
Germany 3,561,286 2,389,112 -1,172,174
Turkey 1,818,096 2,531,001 +712,905
Italy 1,356,959 1,059,704 -297,255
Poland 2,251,679 120,248 -2,131,431
Spain 1,126,945 798,613 -328,332
United States 949,554 219,693 -729,861
South Korea 658,356 293,616 -364,740
Belgium 346,296 537,347 +191,051
Romania 397,296 236,860 -160,436

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 49,342,705
Turkey 4,475,338
Italy 2,386,787
United Kingdom 2,138,342
Spain 1,869,182

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 26,320,988 23,021,717 -3,299,271
Turkey 1,942,173 2,533,165 +590,992
Italy 1,344,412 1,042,375 -302,037
United Kingdom 2,075,544 62,798 -2,012,746
Spain 1,105,839 763,343 -342,496
Germany 1,077,497 739,459 -338,038
South Korea 760,936 485,704 -275,232
United States 828,655 176,331 -652,324
France 265,535 197,239 -68,296
India 225,301 156,821 -68,480

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 23
Greater Manchester 19
West Yorkshire 19
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 14
Inner London - East 13

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 14 20 +6
Greater Manchester 16 13 -3
West Yorkshire 16 15 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 10 10 +0
Inner London - East 10 7 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 9 10 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 11 7 -4
Lancashire 10 7 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 7 8 +1
West Midlands 5 5 +0

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) 49,735,158
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,127,562
Other 6,241,253
Air transport 5,994,934
Road transport 823,048

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) 27,229,446 22,505,712 -4,723,734
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,392,691 3,734,871 -657,820
Other 3,848,826 2,392,427 -1,456,399
Air transport 3,454,952 2,539,982 -914,970
Road transport 509,140 313,908 -195,232
Rail transport 0 2,310 +2,310

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 23,311,803
Southampton 13,825,333
000 6,241,253
London Gateway Port 5,612,189
Belfast Port 3,765,911

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 12,224,341 11,087,462 -1,136,879
Southampton 9,040,750 4,784,583 -4,256,167
000 3,848,826 2,392,427 -1,456,399
London Gateway Port 1,052,009 4,560,180 +3,508,171
Belfast Port 1,998,753 1,767,158 -231,595
Dover 1,724,907 1,745,541 +20,634
London 2,112,252 327,645 -1,784,607
Eurotunnel 1,299,433 730,434 -568,999
London Heathrow Airport 1,265,937 498,717 -767,220
Birmingham Airport 767,662 604,656 -163,006

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 69
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 45
Other manufacturing 26
Manufacture of textiles 25
Manufacture of furniture 20

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 53
2025-11 53
2025-10 52
2025-09 48
2025-08 52

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 112
54m+ 63
0-1m 39
15m-54m 32
Other 12

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 £
Poland 29,340,183
United States 9,001,426
Romania 7,887,653
Moldova 7,863,050
Ireland 6,881,049

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 £
Poland 15,045,467 14,294,716 -750,751
United States 4,293,629 4,707,797 +414,168
Romania 3,422,096 4,465,557 +1,043,461
Moldova 3,842,927 4,020,123 +177,196
Ireland 3,584,422 3,296,627 -287,795
Viet Nam 2,639,276 3,848,562 +1,209,286
China 2,066,776 2,168,714 +101,938
Bulgaria 2,326,756 1,822,630 -504,126
Netherlands 1,688,315 1,418,685 -269,630
Germany 1,611,509 1,217,414 -394,095

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 £
Turkey 2,187,896
China 2,025,886
XI 1,232,396
Germany 119,775
Spain 33,564

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 £
Turkey 1,190,584 997,312 -193,272
China 1,048,833 977,053 -71,780
XI 684,414 547,982 -136,432
Germany 78,823 40,952 -37,871
Spain 18,609 14,955 -3,654
Italy 4,054 4,589 +535
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,206 4,381 +175
Ireland 0 7,039 +7,039
Taiwan 2,504 2,121 -383
Netherlands 989 3,552 +2,563

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) 69,062,459
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,979,445
Air transport 11,680,279
Other 5,652,940
Road transport 50,173

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) 36,140,618 32,921,841 -3,218,777
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,251,859 12,727,586 -1,524,273
Air transport 5,259,000 6,421,279 +1,162,279
Other 3,039,940 2,613,000 -426,940
Road transport 50,173 0 -50,173

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 42,434,326
Immingham Docks 13,365,212
London Gateway Port 13,127,683
Southampton 7,626,800
Harwich 5,827,912

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 21,528,792 20,905,534 -623,258
Immingham Docks 8,146,932 5,218,280 -2,928,652
London Gateway Port 8,341,029 4,786,654 -3,554,375
Southampton 2,883,767 4,743,033 +1,859,266
Harwich 2,321,736 3,506,176 +1,184,440
000 3,039,940 2,613,000 -426,940
London Heathrow Airport 2,245,213 2,011,466 -233,747
Manchester Airport 1,610,011 2,580,335 +970,324
Hull 1,387,581 1,899,759 +512,178
Felixstowe 829,041 1,724,421 +895,380

Quick facts

HS code: 5907

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

Description: Textile fabrics treated with chemicals, paints, or coatings, including painted canvas for theatrical scenery or studio backdrops