Import/export HS code 620453: Women's or girls' shorts made of synthetic fibers

Durable and easy-care shorts made from synthetic materials like polyester or nylon

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  • 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 £
China 31,574,264
Bangladesh 15,728,951
Sri Lanka 12,727,894
Netherlands 10,367,517
India 9,487,943

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 17,409,473 14,164,791 -3,244,682
Bangladesh 6,852,103 8,876,848 +2,024,745
Sri Lanka 6,370,922 6,356,972 -13,950
Netherlands 5,618,308 4,749,209 -869,099
India 5,197,865 4,290,078 -907,787
Turkey 3,867,583 3,509,120 -358,463
Spain 4,121,513 3,148,312 -973,201
France 2,884,713 2,459,994 -424,719
Italy 2,636,803 1,991,463 -645,340
Cambodia 1,875,599 2,421,843 +546,244

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 41,843,420
Bangladesh 16,263,784
Sri Lanka 12,689,945
Turkey 11,766,665
India 10,942,196

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 22,317,323 19,526,097 -2,791,226
Bangladesh 7,126,332 9,137,452 +2,011,120
Sri Lanka 6,497,742 6,192,203 -305,539
Turkey 6,518,226 5,248,439 -1,269,787
India 5,918,333 5,023,863 -894,470
Morocco 4,961,687 2,737,228 -2,224,459
Cambodia 3,653,245 3,732,460 +79,215
Italy 2,832,127 2,222,927 -609,200
Viet Nam 2,437,657 2,222,997 -214,660
France 1,064,469 1,072,100 +7,631

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 215
Inner London - East 126
Greater Manchester 80
Outer London - West and North West 64
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 42

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 173 171 -2
Inner London - East 94 92 -2
Greater Manchester 65 57 -8
Outer London - West and North West 51 39 -12
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 33 27 -6
Outer London - East and North East 30 26 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 28 +7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 27 20 -7
Essex 20 18 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 18 17 -1

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) 49,106,500
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,509,570
Air transport 25,132,031
Other 22,869,953
Road transport 1,840,391

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) 21,713,025 27,393,475 +5,680,450
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,776,093 14,733,477 -5,042,616
Air transport 13,914,848 11,217,183 -2,697,665
Other 13,639,331 9,230,622 -4,408,709
Road transport 1,202,169 638,222 -563,947

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 22,869,953
Felixstowe 19,609,517
London Gateway Port 11,922,561
London Heathrow Airport 11,912,261
Eurotunnel 10,345,748

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 13,639,331 9,230,622 -4,408,709
Felixstowe 11,908,960 7,700,557 -4,208,403
London Gateway Port 4,996,837 6,925,724 +1,928,887
London Heathrow Airport 6,931,674 4,980,587 -1,951,087
Eurotunnel 5,584,456 4,761,292 -823,164
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,642,023 4,241,852 -1,400,171
499 11,762 9,459,262 +9,447,500
Manchester Airport 3,452,165 3,134,826 -317,339
Dover 4,328,505 2,224,087 -2,104,418
Southampton 3,096,990 2,595,947 -501,043

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 513
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 314
Manufacture of wearing apparel 90
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 28
Manufacture of textiles 25

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 186
2025-11 205
2025-10 217
2025-09 248
2025-08 259

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 406
0-1m 224
54m+ 170
Other 69
15m-54m 61

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 3,165,737
France 2,792,870
United States 2,107,109
Germany 1,757,289
Italy 1,741,250

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 1,890,067 1,275,670 -614,397
France 1,351,213 1,441,657 +90,444
United States 1,325,176 781,933 -543,243
Germany 1,135,450 621,839 -513,611
Italy 929,103 812,147 -116,956
Netherlands 579,584 286,900 -292,684
United Arab Emirates 311,757 397,129 +85,372
South Korea 570,847 16,739 -554,108
Canada 276,565 178,176 -98,389
Iceland 8,919 421,243 +412,324

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 789,923
Bangladesh 348,144
Cambodia 257,850
Morocco 222,082
Sri Lanka 191,164

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 405,324 384,599 -20,725
Bangladesh 228,390 119,754 -108,636
Cambodia 159,918 97,932 -61,986
Morocco 193,738 28,344 -165,394
Sri Lanka 97,417 93,747 -3,670
India 93,355 51,739 -41,616
Turkey 61,230 46,919 -14,311
Tunisia 45,491 57,628 +12,137
Viet Nam 38,602 27,826 -10,776
Myanmar 15,705 27,571 +11,866

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 9,000,214
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,936,207
Other 2,695,784
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 647,074
Road transport 1,911

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 5,101,764 3,898,450 -1,203,314
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,599,698 2,336,509 -1,263,189
Other 1,573,686 1,122,098 -451,588
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 307,287 339,787 +32,500
Road transport 1,911 0 -1,911

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,256,626
London Heathrow Airport 4,214,099
East Midlands Airport 3,694,492
000 2,695,784
Immingham Docks 544,232

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 2,661,734 1,594,892 -1,066,842
London Heathrow Airport 2,294,488 1,919,611 -374,877
East Midlands Airport 2,208,805 1,485,687 -723,118
000 1,573,686 1,122,098 -451,588
Immingham Docks 315,879 228,353 -87,526
London Stansted Airport 312,646 219,739 -92,907
Dover 292,663 204,548 -88,115
ZLC 162,917 124,674 -38,243
Holyhead 133,076 135,574 +2,498
Liverpool Docks 160,757 87,175 -73,582

Quick facts

HS code: 620453

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

Description: Durable and easy-care shorts made from synthetic materials like polyester or nylon