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

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 £
China 33,130,533
Bangladesh 16,956,093
Sri Lanka 13,089,921
Netherlands 11,061,054
India 10,035,030

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 16,766,662 16,363,871 -402,791
Bangladesh 6,783,271 10,172,822 +3,389,551
Sri Lanka 6,321,062 6,768,859 +447,797
Netherlands 5,916,836 5,144,218 -772,618
India 5,373,011 4,662,019 -710,992
Turkey 3,636,611 3,834,189 +197,578
Spain 3,903,415 3,495,499 -407,916
France 2,892,192 2,655,938 -236,254
Italy 2,489,082 2,733,439 +244,357
Cambodia 2,028,107 3,075,750 +1,047,643

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 44,053,924
Bangladesh 17,533,803
Sri Lanka 12,982,583
Turkey 12,242,562
India 11,452,039

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 21,609,785 22,444,139 +834,354
Bangladesh 7,097,842 10,435,961 +3,338,119
Sri Lanka 6,304,758 6,677,825 +373,067
Turkey 6,193,620 6,048,942 -144,678
India 6,361,900 5,090,139 -1,271,761
Cambodia 3,880,405 4,502,576 +622,171
Morocco 4,541,531 3,243,338 -1,298,193
Italy 2,653,370 2,976,154 +322,784
Viet Nam 2,395,727 2,754,092 +358,365
France 1,173,860 1,072,556 -101,304

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 222
Inner London - East 133
Greater Manchester 80
Outer London - West and North West 61
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 41

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 172 177 +5
Inner London - East 99 97 -2
Greater Manchester 61 64 +3
Outer London - West and North West 48 39 -9
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 31 25 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 23 30 +7
Outer London - East and North East 26 25 -1
Essex 21 21 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 26 19 -7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 18 16 -2

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) 54,636,325
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 36,089,373
Air transport 26,403,261
Other 22,384,057
Road transport 1,921,170

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) 21,288,849 33,347,476 +12,058,627
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,323,383 16,765,990 -2,557,393
Air transport 13,545,134 12,858,127 -687,007
Other 14,000,304 8,383,753 -5,616,551
Road transport 1,075,990 845,180 -230,810

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 22,384,057
Felixstowe 19,582,605
London Gateway Port 13,839,127
499 12,966,729
London Heathrow Airport 12,338,658

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 14,000,304 8,383,753 -5,616,551
Felixstowe 10,991,710 8,590,895 -2,400,815
London Gateway Port 5,616,268 8,222,859 +2,606,591
499 17,464 12,949,265 +12,931,801
London Heathrow Airport 6,824,668 5,513,990 -1,310,678
Eurotunnel 5,518,294 5,212,261 -306,033
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,427,320 5,273,201 -154,119
Manchester Airport 3,283,506 3,561,560 +278,054
Dover 4,070,628 2,719,997 -1,350,631
Southampton 3,007,093 3,111,494 +104,401

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 523
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 321
Manufacture of wearing apparel 86
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 29
Manufacture of textiles 23

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 194
2026-03 218
2026-02 218
2026-01 186
2025-12 178

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 405
0-1m 222
54m+ 174
Other 75
15m-54m 67

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 3,459,585
France 2,903,796
United States 2,156,112
Germany 1,761,057
Italy 1,677,602

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 1,810,683 1,648,902 -161,781
France 1,440,031 1,463,765 +23,734
United States 1,165,956 990,156 -175,800
Germany 1,110,029 651,028 -459,001
Italy 897,622 779,980 -117,642
Netherlands 517,471 377,948 -139,523
United Arab Emirates 438,311 298,730 -139,581
Iceland 126,399 441,235 +314,836
South Korea 515,996 9,116 -506,880
Canada 259,575 169,916 -89,659

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 898,350
Bangladesh 406,512
Cambodia 272,866
Sri Lanka 202,079
Morocco 196,077

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 412,558 485,792 +73,234
Bangladesh 210,885 195,627 -15,258
Cambodia 153,645 119,221 -34,424
Sri Lanka 97,690 104,389 +6,699
Morocco 161,636 34,441 -127,195
India 90,069 67,561 -22,508
Turkey 63,617 73,209 +9,592
Tunisia 49,538 67,240 +17,702
Viet Nam 33,775 48,654 +14,879
Myanmar 17,578 30,738 +13,160

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 9,340,025
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,135,762
Other 2,979,327
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 580,419

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 5,027,693 4,312,332 -715,361
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,495,145 2,640,617 -854,528
Other 1,533,113 1,446,214 -86,899
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 226,599 353,820 +127,221

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 4,371,125
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,299,206
East Midlands Airport 3,814,223
000 2,979,327
London Stansted Airport 558,549

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 2,315,928 2,055,197 -260,731
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,512,958 1,786,248 -726,710
East Midlands Airport 2,115,916 1,698,307 -417,609
000 1,533,113 1,446,214 -86,899
London Stansted Airport 335,699 222,850 -112,849
Dover 331,671 224,291 -107,380
Immingham Docks 290,588 235,619 -54,969
Holyhead 120,472 178,003 +57,531
ZLC 124,129 145,443 +21,314
Liverpool Docks 140,007 78,435 -61,572

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