Import/export HS code 620432: Women's or girls' skirts made of cotton

Lightweight and comfortable cotton skirts, ideal for casual or summer outfits

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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 £
Bangladesh 17,596,543
China 12,812,484
France 10,165,371
Turkey 9,561,640
Italy 6,919,927

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 9,172,951 8,423,592 -749,359
China 6,536,861 6,275,623 -261,238
France 5,984,849 4,180,522 -1,804,327
Turkey 5,315,862 4,245,778 -1,070,084
Italy 4,019,407 2,900,520 -1,118,887
India 2,910,396 2,482,191 -428,205
Spain 1,703,798 1,040,707 -663,091
Cambodia 1,245,832 1,079,276 -166,556
Romania 1,528,526 778,542 -749,984
Pakistan 1,496,515 766,452 -730,063

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 18,903,479
China 15,833,628
Turkey 10,587,816
Italy 10,068,863
India 5,976,846

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 9,880,973 9,022,506 -858,467
China 8,230,507 7,603,121 -627,386
Turkey 5,760,958 4,826,858 -934,100
Italy 5,796,907 4,271,956 -1,524,951
India 3,257,253 2,719,593 -537,660
France 1,991,511 1,445,339 -546,172
Romania 2,007,729 1,187,294 -820,435
Morocco 1,648,264 1,132,739 -515,525
Portugal 1,331,421 1,274,628 -56,793
Cambodia 1,307,691 1,050,770 -256,921

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 233
Inner London - East 107
Greater Manchester 77
Outer London - West and North West 61
Surrey, East and West Sussex 38

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 189 163 -26
Inner London - East 69 78 +9
Greater Manchester 52 52 +0
Outer London - West and North West 47 37 -10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 30 27 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 20 21 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 19 17 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 16 18 +2
West Midlands 11 16 +5
Kent 16 8 -8

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) 31,420,483
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 23,020,845
Air transport 19,033,186
Other 10,701,295
Road transport 4,913,322

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) 15,986,838 15,433,645 -553,193
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,434,966 9,585,879 -3,849,087
Air transport 10,510,870 8,522,316 -1,988,554
Other 6,519,344 4,181,951 -2,337,393
Road transport 2,496,767 2,416,555 -80,212

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 13,792,148
000 10,701,295
Eurotunnel 9,673,699
London Heathrow Airport 8,293,348
London Gateway Port 8,006,033

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 8,700,292 5,091,856 -3,608,436
000 6,519,344 4,181,951 -2,337,393
Eurotunnel 5,647,164 4,026,535 -1,620,629
London Heathrow Airport 4,880,686 3,412,662 -1,468,024
London Gateway Port 2,925,912 5,080,121 +2,154,209
ZLC 3,419,240 3,185,701 -233,539
Dover 3,911,678 2,362,237 -1,549,441
Southampton 2,732,913 1,513,049 -1,219,864
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,722,744 1,431,888 -290,856
East Midlands Airport 1,589,829 1,312,394 -277,435

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 552
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 239
Manufacture of wearing apparel 55
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 32
Other professional, scientific and technical activities 20

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 197
2025-11 162
2025-10 179
2025-09 211
2025-08 193

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 389
0-1m 206
54m+ 158
Other 60
15m-54m 59

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 £
France 2,860,150
United States 2,399,414
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,222,389
Italy 1,591,326
Ireland 1,200,617

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 £
France 1,611,259 1,248,891 -362,368
United States 1,615,167 784,247 -830,920
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,450,924 771,465 -679,459
Italy 836,223 755,103 -81,120
Ireland 750,209 450,408 -299,801
Netherlands 591,326 319,674 -271,652
Germany 493,203 323,126 -170,077
Belgium 258,121 226,163 -31,958
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 170,576 285,192 +114,616
United Arab Emirates 275,537 176,126 -99,411

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 147,648
Turkey 83,311
Bangladesh 81,469
Viet Nam 54,201
India 36,356

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 68,529 79,119 +10,590
Turkey 54,381 28,930 -25,451
Bangladesh 64,730 16,739 -47,991
Viet Nam 20,777 33,424 +12,647
India 13,159 23,197 +10,038
Sri Lanka 28,242 4,390 -23,852
Ethiopia 12,823 0 -12,823
Morocco 1,608 8,334 +6,726
Cambodia 1,161 8,105 +6,944
Egypt 2,326 0 -2,326

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 9,718,752
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,990,272
Other 604,624
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 224,929
Road transport 45,138

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 6,006,501 3,712,251 -2,294,250
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,448,213 2,542,059 -906,154
Other 343,708 260,916 -82,792
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 94,837 130,092 +35,255
Road transport 45,138 0 -45,138

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,439,794
East Midlands Airport 4,100,598
London Heathrow Airport 3,840,903
London Stansted Airport 994,384
Dover 834,279

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 2,501,941 1,937,853 -564,088
East Midlands Airport 2,569,494 1,531,104 -1,038,390
London Heathrow Airport 2,425,551 1,415,352 -1,010,199
London Stansted Airport 433,459 560,925 +127,466
Dover 515,223 319,056 -196,167
ZLC 487,886 154,422 -333,464
000 343,708 260,916 -82,792
Holyhead 230,364 135,062 -95,302
Immingham Docks 91,076 80,961 -10,115
Manchester Airport 102,458 38,161 -64,297

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 620432

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

Description: Lightweight and comfortable cotton skirts, ideal for casual or summer outfits