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 32,738,098
Italy 28,498,656
Spain 16,857,437
Bangladesh 15,530,093
France 12,784,021

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 14,981,548 17,756,550 +2,775,002
Italy 14,681,390 13,817,266 -864,124
Spain 7,368,548 9,488,889 +2,120,341
Bangladesh 7,228,932 8,301,161 +1,072,229
France 6,312,325 6,471,696 +159,371
Viet Nam 5,144,626 7,395,031 +2,250,405
Netherlands 2,260,665 3,204,078 +943,413
Turkey 2,453,273 1,919,386 -533,887
India 1,092,771 1,908,672 +815,901
Germany 1,300,071 1,610,717 +310,646

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 42,663,792
Bangladesh 20,797,447
Italy 18,700,386
Viet Nam 15,595,153
United Kingdom 8,869,505

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 19,046,377 23,617,415 +4,571,038
Bangladesh 9,689,185 11,108,262 +1,419,077
Italy 9,082,559 9,617,827 +535,268
Viet Nam 6,515,840 9,079,313 +2,563,473
United Kingdom 3,826,555 5,042,950 +1,216,395
Turkey 3,627,136 2,706,885 -920,251
Thailand 2,957,719 1,733,163 -1,224,556
Cambodia 1,710,598 2,900,438 +1,189,840
Bulgaria 1,896,312 2,470,948 +574,636
India 1,402,582 2,741,222 +1,338,640

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 79
Greater Manchester 44
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 162 160 -2
Inner London - East 58 58 +0
Greater Manchester 28 30 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 18 20 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 18 18 +0
Outer London - West and North West 15 13 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 13 13 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 10 12 +2
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) 55,316,656
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 53,195,946
Air transport 27,875,458
Other 15,941,161
Road transport 1,792,148

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) 26,965,764 28,350,892 +1,385,128
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,460,885 32,735,061 +12,274,176
Air transport 12,445,059 15,430,399 +2,985,340
Other 10,482,764 5,458,397 -5,024,367
Road transport 925,001 867,147 -57,854

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 21,062,327
Felixstowe 18,120,311
000 15,941,161
499 13,274,131
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,263,508

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 9,617,515 11,444,812 +1,827,297
Felixstowe 11,231,629 6,888,682 -4,342,947
000 10,482,764 5,458,397 -5,024,367
499 20,759 13,253,372 +13,232,613
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,716,904 6,546,604 +829,700
London 6,378,009 4,822,499 -1,555,510
London Gateway Port 3,030,337 7,727,767 +4,697,430
London Heathrow Airport 5,138,019 5,163,795 +25,776
Dover 4,942,478 4,413,559 -528,919
Southampton 4,499,957 3,431,948 -1,068,009

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 444
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 182
Manufacture of wearing apparel 30
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 30
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 14

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 130
2026-03 151
2026-02 173
2026-01 165
2025-12 142

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+ 156
0-1m 118
Other 60
15m-54m 56

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 42,792,712
United States 10,078,910
France 5,333,047
Ireland 4,489,389
Germany 3,671,125

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 22,419,061 20,373,651 -2,045,410
United States 5,284,387 4,794,523 -489,864
France 2,553,942 2,779,105 +225,163
Ireland 2,329,293 2,160,096 -169,197
Germany 1,761,153 1,909,972 +148,819
Netherlands 1,904,663 1,141,331 -763,332
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,177,504 1,361,310 +183,806
Canada 488,692 677,298 +188,606
Iceland 190,790 890,685 +699,895
Sweden 103,930 733,885 +629,955

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 919,511
China 624,542
Sri Lanka 329,726
Viet Nam 283,550
India 183,292

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 378,211 541,300 +163,089
China 264,101 360,441 +96,340
Sri Lanka 195,120 134,606 -60,514
Viet Nam 147,823 135,727 -12,096
India 91,704 91,588 -116
Pakistan 19,178 34,049 +14,871
Myanmar 27,990 7,410 -20,580
Turkey 14,770 16,414 +1,644
Morocco 11,963 13,100 +1,137
Cambodia 3,681 19,431 +15,750

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) 52,366,795
Air transport 27,080,261
Other 3,491,086
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 316,810

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) 27,117,672 25,249,123 -1,868,549
Air transport 12,956,397 14,123,864 +1,167,467
Other 1,684,808 1,806,278 +121,470
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 128,606 188,204 +59,598

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 48,497,759
East Midlands Airport 13,091,132
Manchester Airport 6,140,537
London Heathrow Airport 5,707,758
000 3,491,086

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 25,505,335 22,992,424 -2,512,911
East Midlands Airport 6,018,094 7,073,038 +1,054,944
Manchester Airport 2,892,643 3,247,894 +355,251
London Heathrow Airport 2,785,957 2,921,801 +135,844
000 1,684,808 1,806,278 +121,470
Dover 1,158,218 1,345,161 +186,943
London Stansted Airport 882,257 516,879 -365,378
ZLC 299,808 238,516 -61,292
Holyhead 195,066 286,048 +90,982
Immingham Docks 66,835 197,851 +131,016

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