Import/export HS code 6203: Men's and boys' suits and clothing sets

Includes suits, jackets, trousers, and shorts for men and boys, made from various materials

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 £
Bangladesh 605,847,146
China 382,294,052
Pakistan 192,666,323
Italy 164,667,951
Netherlands 129,138,867

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 £
Bangladesh 308,617,631 297,229,515 -11,388,116
China 203,670,207 178,623,845 -25,046,362
Pakistan 102,912,846 89,753,477 -13,159,369
Italy 90,396,365 74,271,586 -16,124,779
Netherlands 73,306,256 55,832,611 -17,473,645
Viet Nam 55,352,183 52,982,196 -2,369,987
France 46,430,663 30,035,912 -16,394,751
Germany 39,414,469 32,841,223 -6,573,246
Turkey 38,593,822 33,609,950 -4,983,872
Sri Lanka 28,399,390 39,159,446 +10,760,056

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 £
Bangladesh 698,532,660
China 447,094,370
Pakistan 222,944,368
Viet Nam 155,160,598
Italy 140,453,897

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 £
Bangladesh 361,028,240 337,504,420 -23,523,820
China 238,094,674 208,999,696 -29,094,978
Pakistan 119,458,835 103,485,533 -15,973,302
Viet Nam 83,683,900 71,476,698 -12,207,202
Italy 77,357,531 63,096,366 -14,261,165
Turkey 65,750,851 50,988,813 -14,762,038
Cambodia 34,483,270 41,004,916 +6,521,646
India 38,339,173 36,192,296 -2,146,877
Sri Lanka 32,475,398 39,398,568 +6,923,170
Tunisia 37,835,689 25,793,228 -12,042,461

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 608
Inner London - East 316
Greater Manchester 304
Outer London - West and North West 190
Surrey, East and West Sussex 159

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 483 460 -23
Inner London - East 236 235 -1
Greater Manchester 242 209 -33
Outer London - West and North West 141 122 -19
Surrey, East and West Sussex 117 113 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 108 104 -4
West Midlands 106 94 -12
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 102 85 -17
West Yorkshire 100 95 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 89 75 -14

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) 1,196,536,194
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 546,764,124
Other 346,770,560
Air transport 318,006,650
Road transport 31,726,119

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) 586,584,153 609,952,041 +23,367,888
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 308,500,965 238,263,159 -70,237,806
Other 201,424,360 145,346,200 -56,078,160
Air transport 170,720,365 147,286,285 -23,434,080
Road transport 18,995,594 12,730,525 -6,265,069
Rail transport 32,324 0 -32,324

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 536,378,129
000 346,770,560
London Gateway Port 274,484,478
Southampton 171,008,809
London Heathrow Airport 145,665,529

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 338,003,702 198,374,427 -139,629,275
000 201,424,360 145,346,200 -56,078,160
London Gateway Port 108,779,924 165,704,554 +56,924,630
Southampton 91,693,718 79,315,091 -12,378,627
London Heathrow Airport 81,875,552 63,789,977 -18,085,575
Eurotunnel 79,500,310 60,791,355 -18,708,955
Dover 78,101,351 58,484,929 -19,616,422
499 1,265,559 127,776,177 +126,510,618
Dover / Eurotunnel 63,762,238 51,505,285 -12,256,953
ZLC 30,661,143 26,293,189 -4,367,954

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 1828
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 1107
Manufacture of wearing apparel 241
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 180
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 78

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 941
2025-11 958
2025-10 1070
2025-09 1073
2025-08 1017

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 1435
0-1m 1309
54m+ 566
Other 257
15m-54m 214

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 64,236,019
Netherlands 36,517,339
France 31,157,680
Italy 31,033,932
United States 27,838,064

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 36,061,507 28,174,512 -7,886,995
Netherlands 22,717,580 13,799,759 -8,917,821
France 16,763,615 14,394,065 -2,369,550
Italy 15,802,591 15,231,341 -571,250
United States 16,497,219 11,340,845 -5,156,374
Germany 10,692,524 8,512,778 -2,179,746
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 6,465,657 6,121,288 -344,369
United Arab Emirates 3,786,471 3,795,752 +9,281
China 6,055,917 1,109,726 -4,946,191
South Korea 6,177,849 695,999 -5,481,850

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 14,530,202
China 10,616,392
Ireland 6,089,761
Viet Nam 3,533,204
Pakistan 2,105,192

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 8,041,430 6,488,772 -1,552,658
China 5,953,260 4,663,132 -1,290,128
Ireland 3,077,400 3,012,361 -65,039
Viet Nam 1,967,658 1,565,546 -402,112
Pakistan 1,097,221 1,007,971 -89,250
Turkey 1,239,285 848,658 -390,627
Austria 1,530,383 417,161 -1,113,222
India 843,039 851,623 +8,584
Cambodia 419,604 318,227 -101,377
Sri Lanka 378,874 326,288 -52,586

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) 138,057,878
Air transport 123,502,076
Other 47,077,905
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,734,640
Road transport 217,708

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) 75,062,405 62,995,473 -12,066,932
Air transport 71,078,530 52,423,546 -18,654,984
Other 26,272,275 20,805,630 -5,466,645
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,355,362 6,379,278 +23,916
Road transport 216,539 1,169 -215,370
Rail transport 0 1,063 +1,063

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 101,912,321
London Heathrow Airport 52,243,625
East Midlands Airport 48,349,819
000 47,077,905
Dover 10,864,639

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 54,981,507 46,930,814 -8,050,693
London Heathrow Airport 29,961,034 22,282,591 -7,678,443
East Midlands Airport 27,301,253 21,048,566 -6,252,687
000 26,272,275 20,805,630 -5,466,645
Dover 6,579,494 4,285,145 -2,294,349
ZLC 6,895,520 3,688,873 -3,206,647
Holyhead 4,744,173 5,662,998 +918,825
London Stansted Airport 4,672,568 3,835,224 -837,344
Immingham Docks 2,500,874 2,366,769 -134,105
London Gateway Port 2,591,371 1,808,145 -783,226

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 6203

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

Description: Includes suits, jackets, trousers, and shorts for men and boys, made from various materials