Import/export HS code 62: Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted

Includes all types of non-knitted or non-crocheted clothing and accessories, such as jackets, coats, and similar items

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 2,615,552,505
Bangladesh 2,119,933,423
Italy 998,978,353
India 835,783,367
Netherlands 677,567,111

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 1,460,505,568 1,155,046,937 -305,458,631
Bangladesh 1,132,690,121 987,243,302 -145,446,819
Italy 547,151,374 451,826,979 -95,324,395
India 439,033,087 396,750,280 -42,282,807
Netherlands 389,236,114 288,330,997 -100,905,117
France 324,677,521 260,055,141 -64,622,380
Spain 280,287,475 258,435,525 -21,851,950
Viet Nam 272,727,062 258,213,618 -14,513,444
Pakistan 237,508,481 210,138,051 -27,370,430
Turkey 244,036,040 173,905,079 -70,130,961

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 3,376,100,306
Bangladesh 2,413,294,628
India 956,359,338
Italy 846,410,684
Viet Nam 840,917,240

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 1,917,471,232 1,458,629,074 -458,842,158
Bangladesh 1,292,400,320 1,120,894,308 -171,506,012
India 509,536,611 446,822,727 -62,713,884
Italy 456,866,162 389,544,522 -67,321,640
Viet Nam 441,717,468 399,199,772 -42,517,696
Turkey 347,156,660 249,644,659 -97,512,001
Cambodia 264,522,930 248,581,780 -15,941,150
Pakistan 269,352,540 236,404,400 -32,948,140
Sri Lanka 180,467,345 148,126,691 -32,340,654
Morocco 171,146,041 137,083,591 -34,062,450

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 1443
Inner London - East 864
Greater Manchester 732
Outer London - West and North West 605
Surrey, East and West Sussex 464

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 1130 1099 -31
Inner London - East 684 630 -54
Greater Manchester 585 545 -40
Outer London - West and North West 474 424 -50
Surrey, East and West Sussex 356 334 -22
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 364 326 -38
West Midlands 272 245 -27
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 271 251 -20
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 241 227 -14
West Yorkshire 242 202 -40

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) 5,802,069,225
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,048,002,760
Air transport 2,386,513,733
Other 1,495,063,545
Road transport 184,243,975

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) 2,595,482,207 3,206,587,018 +611,104,811
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,711,858,913 1,336,143,847 -375,715,066
Air transport 1,331,559,215 1,054,954,518 -276,604,697
Other 1,312,041,774 183,021,771 -1,129,020,003
Road transport 92,867,081 91,376,894 -1,490,187
Rail transport 50,794 1,149,447 +1,098,653

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 1,983,107,853
000 1,494,281,697
London Gateway Port 1,407,650,245
499 1,273,490,113
London Heathrow Airport 1,172,956,301

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 1,285,120,880 697,986,973 -587,133,907
000 1,311,995,968 182,285,729 -1,129,710,239
London Gateway Port 614,042,988 793,607,257 +179,564,269
499 14,001,496 1,259,488,617 +1,245,487,121
London Heathrow Airport 690,126,468 482,829,833 -207,296,635
Eurotunnel 542,173,958 427,909,025 -114,264,933
Southampton 459,048,701 342,197,643 -116,851,058
Dover 386,398,432 285,139,751 -101,258,681
Dover / Eurotunnel 355,797,966 305,005,552 -50,792,414
East Midlands Airport 194,817,837 176,707,087 -18,110,750

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
4594
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
2930
Manufacture of wearing apparel
546
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
490
Other manufacturing
267

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 2578
2026-04 2820
2026-03 2936
2026-02 2982
2026-01 2559

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
0-1m 4030
1m-15m 3576
54m+ 1348
Other 652
15m-54m 565

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 £
Ireland 374,147,079
Italy 288,787,237
United States 276,900,223
France 243,294,429
Netherlands 182,961,544

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 £
Ireland 201,505,639 172,641,440 -28,864,199
Italy 152,531,908 136,255,329 -16,276,579
United States 142,468,570 134,431,653 -8,036,917
France 134,867,613 108,426,816 -26,440,797
Netherlands 106,554,147 76,407,397 -30,146,750
Germany 90,639,351 74,059,788 -16,579,563
United Arab Emirates 51,539,190 34,298,256 -17,240,934
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 45,531,906 38,452,362 -7,079,544
Spain 35,046,543 26,689,261 -8,357,282
Iceland 24,003,479 32,204,207 +8,200,728

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 £
China 59,496,852
Bangladesh 56,074,052
India 23,333,272
Viet Nam 14,873,088
Turkey 14,581,028

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 £
China 29,491,579 30,005,273 +513,694
Bangladesh 29,470,156 26,603,896 -2,866,260
India 12,188,557 11,144,715 -1,043,842
Viet Nam 7,087,622 7,785,466 +697,844
Turkey 8,697,693 5,883,335 -2,814,358
Cambodia 4,575,366 5,214,220 +638,854
Sri Lanka 4,236,789 3,697,552 -539,237
Morocco 3,927,637 4,004,803 +77,166
Ireland 4,011,629 3,678,896 -332,733
Pakistan 2,555,118 3,032,008 +476,890

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 1,104,163,918
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 976,305,548
Other 273,136,730
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 111,646,294
Road transport 262,688

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 598,779,646 505,384,272 -93,395,374
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 541,565,033 434,740,515 -106,824,518
Other 143,037,082 130,099,648 -12,937,434
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 62,497,119 49,149,175 -13,347,944
Road transport 130,527 132,161 +1,634
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 20,087 0 -20,087
Rail transport 0 2,991 +2,991

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 719,550,363
London Heathrow Airport 466,431,288
East Midlands Airport 430,170,249
000 270,892,720
Holyhead 76,499,230

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 398,444,526 321,105,837 -77,338,689
London Heathrow Airport 235,633,744 230,797,544 -4,836,200
East Midlands Airport 239,861,335 190,308,914 -49,552,421
000 142,313,111 128,579,609 -13,733,502
Holyhead 41,034,463 35,464,767 -5,569,696
London Stansted Airport 43,064,577 32,291,502 -10,773,075
ZLC 42,453,042 24,594,666 -17,858,376
Dover 40,138,182 26,745,701 -13,392,481
Immingham Docks 27,948,877 22,376,854 -5,572,023
London Gateway Port 21,877,826 19,135,675 -2,742,151

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 62

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

Description: Includes all types of non-knitted or non-crocheted clothing and accessories, such as jackets, coats, and similar items