Import/export HS code 620140: Men's or boys' outerwear made of synthetic fibers

Refers to outerwear like coats and jackets made from man-made materials like polyester or nylon

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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 £
China 263,406,842
Italy 103,954,056
Netherlands 94,566,653
Viet Nam 66,878,765
Bangladesh 47,217,170

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 147,721,504 115,685,338 -32,036,166
Italy 58,407,926 45,546,130 -12,861,796
Netherlands 63,377,640 31,189,013 -32,188,627
Viet Nam 35,787,067 31,091,698 -4,695,369
Bangladesh 25,866,671 21,350,499 -4,516,172
Cambodia 20,393,194 15,347,236 -5,045,958
France 18,565,856 10,721,309 -7,844,547
Belgium 13,903,618 9,880,272 -4,023,346
Myanmar 11,635,658 7,064,180 -4,571,478
Germany 11,084,722 6,998,699 -4,086,023

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 333,125,134
Viet Nam 127,186,428
Bangladesh 76,567,493
Cambodia 47,259,670
Canada 33,040,733

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 192,613,921 140,511,213 -52,102,708
Viet Nam 73,349,648 53,836,780 -19,512,868
Bangladesh 45,276,198 31,291,295 -13,984,903
Cambodia 26,930,722 20,328,948 -6,601,774
Canada 19,544,904 13,495,829 -6,049,075
Romania 16,879,653 12,900,759 -3,978,894
Myanmar 18,760,471 10,422,621 -8,337,850
Italy 15,961,174 10,729,734 -5,231,440
Indonesia 8,323,745 7,609,305 -714,440
Armenia 5,678,917 4,129,074 -1,549,843

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 310
Inner London - East 126
Greater Manchester 122
Surrey, East and West Sussex 69
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 67

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 253 229 -24
Inner London - East 88 92 +4
Greater Manchester 98 79 -19
Surrey, East and West Sussex 55 41 -14
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 53 40 -13
West Midlands 47 37 -10
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 40 34 -6
West Yorkshire 42 32 -10
Outer London - West and North West 39 31 -8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 28 33 +5

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) 335,417,677
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 260,746,417
Other 99,581,873
Air transport 92,461,386
Road transport 10,490,529

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) 160,985,048 174,432,629 +13,447,581
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 160,887,223 99,859,194 -61,028,029
Other 81,395,800 18,186,073 -63,209,727
Air transport 52,977,977 39,483,409 -13,494,568
Road transport 4,494,857 5,995,672 +1,500,815
Rail transport 0 21,845 +21,845

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 165,797,461
000 99,581,873
Eurotunnel 83,949,641
Southampton 60,625,041
Dover 52,492,785

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 109,711,038 56,086,423 -53,624,615
000 81,395,800 18,186,073 -63,209,727
Eurotunnel 52,445,651 31,503,990 -20,941,661
Southampton 32,807,123 27,817,918 -4,989,205
Dover 29,567,051 22,925,734 -6,641,317
499 203,696 52,027,090 +51,823,394
Dover / Eurotunnel 31,830,445 19,123,239 -12,707,206
London Gateway Port 13,960,185 33,784,854 +19,824,669
London Heathrow Airport 25,751,166 20,412,566 -5,338,600
London 15,033,295 11,083,769 -3,949,526

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 802
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 492
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 80
Manufacture of wearing apparel 78
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 43

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 416
2025-11 446
2025-10 535
2025-09 528
2025-08 426

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 679
0-1m 377
54m+ 365
Other 130
15m-54m 126

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 £
Italy 15,388,659
Ireland 14,952,770
Netherlands 14,314,880
Spain 8,987,257
France 8,749,389

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 £
Italy 10,202,259 5,186,400 -5,015,859
Ireland 8,745,941 6,206,829 -2,539,112
Netherlands 9,088,726 5,226,154 -3,862,572
Spain 527,214 8,460,043 +7,932,829
France 5,083,329 3,666,060 -1,417,269
Germany 5,027,994 2,927,399 -2,100,595
Belgium 3,037,304 2,724,680 -312,624
South Korea 3,933,336 438,523 -3,494,813
United States 2,223,626 1,438,076 -785,550
Japan 1,520,257 1,741,489 +221,232

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 3,864,186
Bangladesh 1,369,084
Myanmar 777,234
Pakistan 467,324
Cambodia 218,131

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 2,187,634 1,676,552 -511,082
Bangladesh 781,016 588,068 -192,948
Myanmar 517,101 260,133 -256,968
Pakistan 246,496 220,828 -25,668
Cambodia 91,939 126,192 +34,253
Viet Nam 97,207 78,495 -18,712
Belgium 33,122 127,255 +94,133
XI 105,205 49,193 -56,012
Austria 80,674 26,069 -54,605
Ireland 25,380 14,007 -11,373

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) 58,921,338
Air transport 39,928,197
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,408,452
Other 8,562,805
Road transport 24,264

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) 36,575,191 22,346,147 -14,229,044
Air transport 19,981,631 19,946,566 -35,065
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,645,711 2,762,741 -4,882,970
Other 4,917,432 3,645,373 -1,272,059
Road transport 23,167 1,097 -22,070
Rail transport 0 1,928 +1,928

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 42,090,002
London Heathrow Airport 13,670,049
East Midlands Airport 12,550,347
ZLC 9,984,109
000 8,562,805

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 25,748,776 16,341,226 -9,407,550
London Heathrow Airport 9,756,147 3,913,902 -5,842,245
East Midlands Airport 6,841,674 5,708,673 -1,133,001
ZLC 1,191,990 8,792,119 +7,600,129
000 4,917,432 3,645,373 -1,272,059
Felixstowe 3,641,214 1,704,346 -1,936,868
Holyhead 2,817,621 2,265,615 -552,006
Dover 3,556,987 1,149,071 -2,407,916
Immingham Docks 1,497,141 1,521,089 +23,948
Southampton 2,474,128 375,501 -2,098,627

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 620140

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

Description: Refers to outerwear like coats and jackets made from man-made materials like polyester or nylon