Import/export HS code 620230: Women's and girls' outerwear made of cotton

Outerwear like coats, jackets, and capes made entirely or mainly from cotton fabric

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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 32,988,683
Italy 28,686,897
Spain 17,645,667
Bangladesh 15,172,706
Viet Nam 13,061,202

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 15,278,967 17,709,716 +2,430,749
Italy 14,816,410 13,870,487 -945,923
Spain 7,404,931 10,240,736 +2,835,805
Bangladesh 7,582,526 7,590,180 +7,654
Viet Nam 5,349,981 7,711,221 +2,361,240
France 5,929,704 6,419,942 +490,238
Netherlands 2,304,516 3,467,983 +1,163,467
Turkey 2,616,519 1,781,337 -835,182
India 1,224,444 1,965,930 +741,486
Germany 1,346,851 1,681,176 +334,325

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 43,171,666
Bangladesh 20,705,651
Italy 18,587,172
Viet Nam 16,119,361
United Kingdom 9,002,579

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 19,368,706 23,802,960 +4,434,254
Bangladesh 9,948,891 10,756,760 +807,869
Italy 9,024,793 9,562,379 +537,586
Viet Nam 6,674,944 9,444,417 +2,769,473
United Kingdom 4,039,364 4,963,215 +923,851
Turkey 3,825,272 2,865,262 -960,010
Thailand 2,944,451 1,758,354 -1,186,097
Cambodia 1,749,376 2,928,681 +1,179,305
India 1,561,169 2,764,569 +1,203,400
Bulgaria 1,776,834 2,427,880 +651,046

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 202
Inner London - East 78
Greater Manchester 45
Surrey, East and West Sussex 25
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 24

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 163 164 +1
Inner London - East 57 58 +1
Greater Manchester 30 31 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 19 19 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 18 18 +0
Outer London - West and North West 14 13 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 13 13 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 8 11 +3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 7 11 +4
West Yorkshire 10 8 -2

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 56,660,526
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 54,267,198
Air transport 27,611,346
Other 15,522,071
Road transport 1,749,285

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 27,128,143 29,532,383 +2,404,240
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,726,412 33,540,786 +12,814,374
Air transport 12,435,928 15,175,418 +2,739,490
Other 11,156,931 4,365,140 -6,791,791
Road transport 870,687 878,598 +7,911

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 21,565,187
Felixstowe 17,789,238
000 15,522,071
499 14,219,180
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,472,776

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 £
Eurotunnel 9,538,947 12,026,240 +2,487,293
Felixstowe 11,051,011 6,738,227 -4,312,784
000 11,156,931 4,365,140 -6,791,791
499 19,488 14,199,692 +14,180,204
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,627,424 6,845,352 +1,217,928
London 6,515,778 5,076,036 -1,439,742
London Gateway Port 3,500,710 7,439,704 +3,938,994
London Heathrow Airport 5,150,376 5,094,437 -55,939
Dover 5,110,671 4,405,927 -704,744
Southampton 4,482,249 3,651,502 -830,747

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
439
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
184
Manufacture of wearing apparel
30
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
27
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities
15

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 122
2026-04 130
2026-03 151
2026-02 173
2026-01 165

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 269
54m+ 159
0-1m 112
15m-54m 57
Other 57

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 42,237,998
United States 10,150,820
France 5,291,648
Ireland 4,301,744
Germany 3,653,630

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 22,008,882 20,229,116 -1,779,766
United States 5,809,280 4,341,540 -1,467,740
France 2,380,681 2,910,967 +530,286
Ireland 2,092,468 2,209,276 +116,808
Germany 1,749,956 1,903,674 +153,718
Netherlands 1,961,666 1,132,342 -829,324
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,146,217 1,353,039 +206,822
Canada 471,497 695,994 +224,497
Iceland 346,495 734,980 +388,485
Spain 328,776 547,930 +219,154

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 £
Bangladesh 929,865
China 638,959
Sri Lanka 312,101
Viet Nam 292,801
India 197,053

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 £
Bangladesh 373,723 556,142 +182,419
China 258,125 380,834 +122,709
Sri Lanka 182,831 129,270 -53,561
Viet Nam 149,409 143,392 -6,017
India 97,157 99,896 +2,739
Pakistan 21,400 32,523 +11,123
Myanmar 27,777 6,483 -21,294
Turkey 15,440 16,712 +1,272
Morocco 12,289 12,850 +561
Cambodia 3,802 19,340 +15,538

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) 51,663,433
Air transport 27,303,440
Other 3,523,815
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 343,598

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) 26,370,642 25,292,791 -1,077,851
Air transport 13,613,234 13,690,206 +76,972
Other 1,679,335 1,844,480 +165,145
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 126,213 217,385 +91,172

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 47,926,179
East Midlands Airport 13,034,176
Manchester Airport 6,238,023
London Heathrow Airport 5,948,897
000 3,523,815

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 24,942,620 22,983,559 -1,959,061
East Midlands Airport 6,160,865 6,873,311 +712,446
Manchester Airport 3,420,844 2,817,179 -603,665
London Heathrow Airport 2,814,357 3,134,540 +320,183
000 1,679,335 1,844,480 +165,145
Dover 957,195 1,334,673 +377,478
London Stansted Airport 833,011 501,718 -331,293
ZLC 305,410 237,725 -67,685
Holyhead 195,912 282,075 +86,163
Immingham Docks 67,649 208,078 +140,429

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 620230

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

Description: Outerwear like coats, jackets, and capes made entirely or mainly from cotton fabric