Import/export HS code 620442: Women's or girls' trousers made of cotton

Comfortable and breathable cotton trousers, ideal for casual or workwear

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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
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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 £
India 113,357,291
China 32,508,570
Italy 22,352,717
Bangladesh 20,259,799
France 17,373,401

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 £
India 60,495,801 52,861,490 -7,634,311
China 17,860,293 14,648,277 -3,212,016
Italy 13,192,510 9,160,207 -4,032,303
Bangladesh 9,318,672 10,941,127 +1,622,455
France 9,612,254 7,761,147 -1,851,107
Spain 7,727,326 9,506,033 +1,778,707
Turkey 7,995,119 7,364,926 -630,193
Netherlands 7,593,335 7,079,496 -513,839
Sri Lanka 6,343,739 7,346,034 +1,002,295
Ireland 3,043,618 5,093,100 +2,049,482

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 £
India 128,886,482
China 41,692,411
Italy 25,480,500
Bangladesh 24,057,530
Turkey 22,627,116

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 £
India 68,329,109 60,557,373 -7,771,736
China 22,818,708 18,873,703 -3,945,005
Italy 14,674,200 10,806,300 -3,867,900
Bangladesh 11,568,435 12,489,095 +920,660
Turkey 11,655,106 10,972,010 -683,096
Sri Lanka 6,447,441 6,928,521 +481,080
Morocco 5,717,878 6,066,033 +348,155
Portugal 3,552,801 2,977,535 -575,266
Pakistan 2,232,891 2,652,036 +419,145
Tunisia 2,941,941 1,267,765 -1,674,176

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 308
Inner London - East 163
Greater Manchester 94
Outer London - West and North West 88
Surrey, East and West Sussex 57

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 250 241 -9
Inner London - East 121 122 +1
Greater Manchester 74 66 -8
Outer London - West and North West 65 65 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 48 35 -13
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 34 28 -6
West Yorkshire 36 34 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 33 25 -8
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 28 23 -5
Outer London - East and North East 23 20 -3

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) 106,668,821
Air transport 87,135,795
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 69,562,456
Other 50,855,012
Road transport 8,514,951

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) 50,427,803 56,241,018 +5,813,215
Air transport 50,594,510 36,541,285 -14,053,225
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 37,056,317 32,506,139 -4,550,178
Other 25,371,239 25,483,773 +112,534
Road transport 5,408,447 3,106,504 -2,301,943

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 50,855,012
London Heathrow Airport 48,705,370
Felixstowe 36,761,752
London Gateway Port 24,664,169
Southampton 22,398,394

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 £
000 25,371,239 25,483,773 +112,534
London Heathrow Airport 28,171,320 20,534,050 -7,637,270
Felixstowe 21,561,500 15,200,252 -6,361,248
London Gateway Port 9,022,259 15,641,910 +6,619,651
Southampton 13,504,587 8,893,807 -4,610,780
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,691,951 10,578,294 -1,113,657
Eurotunnel 11,895,850 9,700,190 -2,195,660
Dover 6,882,572 6,707,457 -175,115
ZLC 7,570,808 5,677,300 -1,893,508
499 187,927 10,519,887 +10,331,960

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 814
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 394
Manufacture of wearing apparel 81
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 38
Other professional, scientific and technical activities 22

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 309
2025-11 213
2025-10 219
2025-09 263
2025-08 297

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 556
0-1m 411
54m+ 173
Other 73
15m-54m 72

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 £
United States 11,777,016
Ireland 10,910,714
France 8,175,255
Germany 6,371,102
Italy 6,136,904

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 £
United States 8,123,276 3,653,740 -4,469,536
Ireland 4,978,491 5,932,223 +953,732
France 5,081,010 3,094,245 -1,986,765
Germany 3,257,837 3,113,265 -144,572
Italy 3,397,533 2,739,371 -658,162
United Arab Emirates 2,860,213 2,215,515 -644,698
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,616,698 1,933,323 -683,375
Netherlands 2,567,437 1,815,997 -751,440
South Korea 3,225,698 101,619 -3,124,079
Qatar 1,201,071 1,418,285 +217,214

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 £
India 3,397,989
Bangladesh 1,160,481
China 638,386
Turkey 304,029
Sri Lanka 287,146

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 £
India 1,591,121 1,806,868 +215,747
Bangladesh 590,438 570,043 -20,395
China 311,444 326,942 +15,498
Turkey 147,336 156,693 +9,357
Sri Lanka 158,490 128,656 -29,834
Morocco 35,436 53,190 +17,754
Cambodia 52,395 22,412 -29,983
Viet Nam 4,587 27,554 +22,967
Pakistan 7,523 19,375 +11,852
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 13,390 6,629 -6,761

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 48,912,982
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 23,149,966
Other 8,719,872
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,129,363
Road transport 52,364

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 28,054,491 20,858,491 -7,196,000
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,577,333 10,572,633 -2,004,700
Other 4,128,277 4,591,595 +463,318
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 777,937 351,426 -426,511
Road transport 52,364 0 -52,364

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 21,657,202
London Heathrow Airport 18,911,939
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,510,397
000 8,719,872
London Stansted Airport 4,255,345

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 £
East Midlands Airport 11,768,372 9,888,830 -1,879,542
London Heathrow Airport 11,121,416 7,790,523 -3,330,893
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,235,877 7,274,520 -1,961,357
000 4,128,277 4,591,595 +463,318
London Stansted Airport 2,484,396 1,770,949 -713,447
Dover 1,690,813 1,171,984 -518,829
ZLC 1,467,516 632,263 -835,253
Holyhead 730,907 1,329,329 +598,422
Birmingham Airport 377,164 458,288 +81,124
Immingham Docks 422,950 380,879 -42,071

Quick facts

HS code: 620442

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

Description: Comfortable and breathable cotton trousers, ideal for casual or workwear