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 2,815,953,970
Bangladesh 2,261,526,220
Italy 1,108,230,900
India 906,712,369
Netherlands 744,711,149

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 1,416,392,594 1,399,561,376 -16,831,218
Bangladesh 1,030,407,754 1,231,118,466 +200,710,712
Italy 554,958,896 553,272,004 -1,686,892
India 438,087,701 468,624,668 +30,536,967
Netherlands 392,369,392 352,341,757 -40,027,635
France 339,566,549 306,131,233 -33,435,316
Spain 279,856,675 300,557,233 +20,700,558
Viet Nam 251,787,096 305,846,357 +54,059,261
Pakistan 235,969,257 243,784,851 +7,815,594
Turkey 247,000,633 214,915,844 -32,084,789

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 3,644,217,748
Bangladesh 2,587,526,697
India 1,043,769,501
Italy 936,205,839
Viet Nam 889,659,345

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 1,877,167,164 1,767,050,584 -110,116,580
Bangladesh 1,199,278,894 1,388,247,803 +188,968,909
India 509,406,340 534,363,161 +24,956,821
Italy 464,727,408 471,478,431 +6,751,023
Viet Nam 423,145,867 466,513,478 +43,367,611
Turkey 351,297,489 312,014,999 -39,282,490
Pakistan 268,121,177 274,727,624 +6,606,447
Cambodia 243,281,384 291,658,133 +48,376,749
Sri Lanka 157,884,512 193,240,744 +35,356,232
Morocco 168,752,215 171,779,741 +3,027,526

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 1510
Inner London - East 894
Greater Manchester 760
Outer London - West and North West 640
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 490

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 1156 1159 +3
Inner London - East 686 676 -10
Greater Manchester 592 574 -18
Outer London - West and North West 486 471 -15
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 360 365 +5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 359 361 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 283 272 -11
West Midlands 279 260 -19
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 241 253 +12
West Yorkshire 249 216 -33

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) 6,031,316,353
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,363,343,556
Air transport 2,631,718,254
Other 1,739,745,985
Road transport 200,579,579

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) 2,547,221,418 3,484,094,935 +936,873,517
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,743,607,613 1,619,735,943 -123,871,670
Air transport 1,358,512,012 1,273,206,242 -85,305,770
Other 1,119,036,233 620,709,752 -498,326,481
Road transport 96,260,638 104,318,941 +8,058,303
Rail transport 63,996 1,137,740 +1,073,744

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 2,236,011,435
000 1,738,210,570
London Gateway Port 1,398,072,274
London Heathrow Airport 1,317,205,806
499 1,142,806,419

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 1,362,036,221 873,975,214 -488,061,007
000 1,118,995,242 619,215,328 -499,779,914
London Gateway Port 492,813,285 905,258,989 +412,445,704
London Heathrow Airport 727,675,360 589,530,446 -138,144,914
499 12,941,800 1,129,864,619 +1,116,922,819
Eurotunnel 554,284,630 524,865,283 -29,419,347
Southampton 463,109,783 413,190,055 -49,919,728
Dover 393,362,768 348,466,025 -44,896,743
Dover / Eurotunnel 365,671,122 362,595,323 -3,075,799
East Midlands Airport 198,136,057 202,332,029 +4,195,972

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 4754
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 3059
Manufacture of wearing apparel 566
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 515
Other manufacturing 283

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 2818
2026-03 2931
2026-02 2981
2026-01 2559
2025-12 2389

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 4214
1m-15m 3716
54m+ 1403
Other 725
15m-54m 587

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 401,066,629
Italy 320,843,364
United States 291,340,797
France 268,359,138
Netherlands 204,618,172

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 197,252,994 203,813,635 +6,560,641
Italy 161,135,963 159,707,401 -1,428,562
United States 152,516,110 138,824,687 -13,691,423
France 139,032,230 129,326,908 -9,705,322
Netherlands 111,707,945 92,910,227 -18,797,718
Germany 89,963,361 87,209,428 -2,753,933
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 48,904,121 44,141,017 -4,763,104
United Arab Emirates 49,369,877 43,636,819 -5,733,058
Spain 25,570,055 39,388,652 +13,818,597
Iceland 11,106,456 45,627,307 +34,520,851

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 62,529,265
Bangladesh 60,381,671
India 24,555,309
Turkey 15,956,334
Viet Nam 15,282,904

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 28,953,707 33,575,558 +4,621,851
Bangladesh 29,894,214 30,487,457 +593,243
India 11,119,162 13,436,147 +2,316,985
Turkey 8,785,961 7,170,373 -1,615,588
Viet Nam 6,883,298 8,399,606 +1,516,308
Cambodia 4,589,854 5,710,156 +1,120,302
Morocco 3,828,832 4,658,181 +829,349
Sri Lanka 4,105,874 4,161,067 +55,193
Ireland 3,730,053 4,338,732 +608,679
Pakistan 2,357,670 3,295,006 +937,336

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 1,218,990,790
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,072,644,213
Other 290,636,647
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 128,144,534
Road transport 374,230

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 634,202,283 584,788,507 -49,413,776
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 548,974,017 523,670,196 -25,303,821
Other 139,516,094 151,120,553 +11,604,459
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 68,175,007 59,969,527 -8,205,480
Road transport 236,612 137,618 -98,994
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 791,332,639
London Heathrow Airport 526,452,423
East Midlands Airport 461,442,491
000 288,570,991
Holyhead 83,438,446

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 407,530,052 383,802,587 -23,727,465
London Heathrow Airport 273,677,241 252,775,182 -20,902,059
East Midlands Airport 239,848,613 221,593,878 -18,254,735
000 139,058,581 149,512,410 +10,453,829
Holyhead 39,652,301 43,786,145 +4,133,844
London Stansted Airport 43,649,640 38,984,504 -4,665,136
Dover 45,635,643 31,278,410 -14,357,233
ZLC 37,818,734 36,675,067 -1,143,667
Immingham Docks 24,376,729 30,952,083 +6,575,354
London Gateway Port 24,205,289 21,391,763 -2,813,526

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