Import/export HS code 620459: Women's or girls' shorts made of other textiles

Shorts made from unique or less common textile materials, not including wool, cotton, or synthetics

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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 £
China 11,707,249
Italy 9,227,458
India 7,471,785
France 5,940,675
Spain 5,925,531

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 4,937,625 6,769,624 +1,831,999
Italy 4,364,701 4,862,757 +498,056
India 3,007,006 4,464,779 +1,457,773
France 2,438,498 3,502,177 +1,063,679
Spain 2,655,866 3,269,665 +613,799
Bangladesh 2,975,534 2,097,995 -877,539
Turkey 1,935,917 1,981,406 +45,489
Netherlands 1,578,702 2,210,656 +631,954
Sri Lanka 1,189,786 2,369,774 +1,179,988
Cambodia 662,388 1,022,853 +360,465

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 15,630,273
Italy 11,260,860
India 10,023,613
Turkey 5,589,510
Bangladesh 5,411,579

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 6,657,230 8,973,043 +2,315,813
Italy 5,002,232 6,258,628 +1,256,396
India 4,135,213 5,888,400 +1,753,187
Turkey 2,523,540 3,065,970 +542,430
Bangladesh 3,138,808 2,272,771 -866,037
Sri Lanka 1,190,914 2,441,453 +1,250,539
Morocco 1,550,343 1,820,980 +270,637
France 1,259,567 1,622,044 +362,477
Cambodia 1,140,326 1,636,193 +495,867
Viet Nam 1,011,096 1,080,009 +68,913

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 209
Inner London - East 98
Greater Manchester 55
Outer London - West and North West 50
Surrey, East and West Sussex 30

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 165 160 -5
Inner London - East 73 77 +4
Greater Manchester 32 42 +10
Outer London - West and North West 32 36 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 18 28 +10
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 18 17 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 11 16 +5
Essex 9 12 +3
West Midlands 13 8 -5
West Yorkshire 11 9 -2

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 22,711,197
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,551,633
Air transport 17,927,590
Other 7,147,906
Road transport 429,155

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,959,785 11,751,412 +791,627
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,013,876 13,537,757 +4,523,881
Air transport 7,889,503 10,038,087 +2,148,584
Other 3,897,993 3,249,913 -648,080
Road transport 224,114 205,041 -19,073

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 8,893,529
Felixstowe 7,963,689
Eurotunnel 7,777,149
000 7,147,906
London Gateway Port 7,062,413

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 4,007,476 4,886,053 +878,577
Felixstowe 4,511,467 3,452,222 -1,059,245
Eurotunnel 3,137,456 4,639,693 +1,502,237
000 3,897,993 3,249,913 -648,080
London Gateway Port 2,354,649 4,707,764 +2,353,115
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,911,653 3,371,047 +459,394
Dover 2,525,673 1,955,268 -570,405
499 106,523 4,273,671 +4,167,148
East Midlands Airport 1,114,326 1,431,090 +316,764
London 1,526,505 904,665 -621,840

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 464
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 214
Manufacture of wearing apparel 51
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 21
Other professional, scientific and technical activities 17

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 185
2026-03 195
2026-02 199
2026-01 139
2025-12 133

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 323
0-1m 158
54m+ 139
Other 56
15m-54m 53

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 2,838,953
Italy 2,478,709
United States 1,707,286
Ireland 1,150,613
Germany 700,682

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 1,435,822 1,403,131 -32,691
Italy 1,110,155 1,368,554 +258,399
United States 1,078,063 629,223 -448,840
Ireland 542,975 607,638 +64,663
Germany 356,948 343,734 -13,214
Netherlands 337,713 306,687 -31,026
United Arab Emirates 405,098 204,408 -200,690
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 195,566 284,261 +88,695
Spain 199,618 214,476 +14,858
Qatar 234,562 54,232 -180,330

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 188,685
India 150,731
Morocco 135,377
Turkey 107,677
Bangladesh 97,209

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 106,912 81,773 -25,139
India 55,187 95,544 +40,357
Morocco 21,204 114,173 +92,969
Turkey 74,511 33,166 -41,345
Bangladesh 55,094 42,115 -12,979
Cambodia 42,547 53,234 +10,687
Viet Nam 19,791 6,705 -13,086
Sri Lanka 10,741 12,760 +2,019
Myanmar 4,967 2,679 -2,288
Romania 189 2,114 +1,925

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 6,707,812
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,288,995
Other 1,034,322
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 276,918

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 3,230,456 3,477,356 +246,900
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,643,358 2,645,637 +2,279
Other 487,981 546,341 +58,360
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 253,665 23,253 -230,412

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,395,143
London Heathrow Airport 2,912,405
East Midlands Airport 2,558,093
000 1,034,322
London Stansted Airport 655,216

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 2,171,817 2,223,326 +51,509
London Heathrow Airport 1,260,784 1,651,621 +390,837
East Midlands Airport 1,377,515 1,180,578 -196,937
000 487,981 546,341 +58,360
London Stansted Airport 253,788 401,428 +147,640
Dover 220,480 129,591 -90,889
ZLC 165,525 147,324 -18,201
London Gateway Port 230,414 6,684 -223,730
Eurotunnel 104,139 109,931 +5,792
Birmingham Airport 60,833 73,790 +12,957

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 620459

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

Description: Shorts made from unique or less common textile materials, not including wool, cotton, or synthetics