Import/export HS code 6210: Garments made from special fabrics

Clothing made from fabrics like felt, nonwovens, or coated textiles, often used for protective or industrial wear

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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 162,535,957
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 94,534,709
Netherlands 60,281,413
Italy 47,077,203
Germany 36,431,040

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 94,191,445 68,344,512 -25,846,933
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 90,752,045 3,782,664 -86,969,381
Netherlands 29,589,445 30,691,968 +1,102,523
Italy 22,240,662 24,836,541 +2,595,879
Germany 17,282,276 19,148,764 +1,866,488
France 15,404,056 18,655,747 +3,251,691
Bangladesh 14,428,347 14,573,017 +144,670
Viet Nam 8,804,765 10,908,153 +2,103,388
Spain 8,769,797 10,098,632 +1,328,835
Myanmar 11,851,161 6,439,662 -5,411,499

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 322,646,946
Viet Nam 72,651,978
Bangladesh 50,837,724
Italy 39,517,583
Cambodia 24,748,000

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 217,274,396 105,372,550 -111,901,846
Viet Nam 34,279,638 38,372,340 +4,092,702
Bangladesh 25,249,452 25,588,272 +338,820
Italy 18,450,274 21,067,309 +2,617,035
Cambodia 12,713,872 12,034,128 -679,744
Myanmar 13,878,055 8,494,011 -5,384,044
United Kingdom 10,777,345 7,113,964 -3,663,381
Thailand 8,558,858 8,447,677 -111,181
Moldova 7,857,295 9,066,601 +1,209,306
Indonesia 7,115,147 8,882,894 +1,767,747

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 425
Inner London - East 195
Greater Manchester 123
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 110
Outer London - West and North West 106

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 316 304 -12
Inner London - East 128 146 +18
Greater Manchester 79 89 +10
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 75 80 +5
Outer London - West and North West 79 63 -16
Surrey, East and West Sussex 59 57 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 50 56 +6
West Midlands 46 45 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 36 46 +10
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 35 43 +8

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 233,151,833
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 195,222,468
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 172,556,166
Other 70,630,798
Road transport 6,746,100

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 £
Air transport 166,925,893 66,225,940 -100,699,953
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 80,042,910 115,179,558 +35,136,648
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 84,435,196 88,120,970 +3,685,774
Other 61,599,752 9,031,046 -52,568,706
Road transport 1,480,349 5,265,751 +3,785,402
Rail transport 0 1,020,128 +1,020,128

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 155,401,694
Felixstowe 81,950,871
000 70,630,798
499 51,566,817
East Midlands Airport 49,441,746

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 128,348,102 27,053,592 -101,294,510
Felixstowe 50,081,100 31,869,771 -18,211,329
000 61,599,752 9,031,046 -52,568,706
499 73,485 51,493,332 +51,419,847
East Midlands Airport 24,805,929 24,635,817 -170,112
Eurotunnel 23,482,725 25,072,732 +1,590,007
London Gateway Port 10,616,373 19,640,414 +9,024,041
Dover 13,444,121 14,307,853 +863,732
London 14,881,576 11,340,527 -3,541,049
ZLC 12,458,507 13,464,618 +1,006,111

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
1154
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
597
Manufacture of wearing apparel
122
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
107
Other manufacturing
71

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 351
2026-04 397
2026-03 444
2026-02 468
2026-01 422

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 897
0-1m 721
54m+ 389
15m-54m 162
Other 135

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 £
Netherlands 21,997,479
United States 18,164,046
Germany 17,555,144
Ireland 9,650,356
Japan 7,019,339

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 £
Netherlands 10,072,077 11,925,402 +1,853,325
United States 8,366,987 9,797,059 +1,430,072
Germany 9,044,062 8,511,082 -532,980
Ireland 4,523,577 5,126,779 +603,202
Japan 3,292,524 3,726,815 +434,291
Italy 3,263,784 3,290,903 +27,119
Turkey 2,863,230 1,952,769 -910,461
France 2,593,175 1,825,460 -767,715
Qatar 3,837,108 450,960 -3,386,148
Viet Nam 2,118,925 1,562,461 -556,464

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 1,965,778
Belgium 319,678
New Zealand 222,331
Viet Nam 217,225
Cambodia 159,908

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 860,851 1,104,927 +244,076
Belgium 208,212 111,466 -96,746
New Zealand 141,797 80,534 -61,263
Viet Nam 9,714 207,511 +197,797
Cambodia 78,893 81,015 +2,122
Myanmar 65,721 56,476 -9,245
Bangladesh 21,175 71,280 +50,105
Moldova 0 30,091 +30,091
Bulgaria 8,879 16,003 +7,124
Ireland 13,324 6,079 -7,245

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 63,908,753
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 63,060,536
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,111,572
Other 3,532,158
Road transport 21,962

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 33,765,824 30,142,929 -3,622,895
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 31,985,275 31,075,261 -910,014
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,083,086 6,028,486 -54,600
Other 1,570,684 1,961,474 +390,790
Road transport 12,084 9,878 -2,206

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 35,477,751
London Heathrow Airport 34,350,100
Immingham Docks 17,174,005
East Midlands Airport 14,855,318
Manchester Airport 4,918,179

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 20,143,210 15,334,541 -4,808,669
London Heathrow Airport 16,820,515 17,529,585 +709,070
Immingham Docks 6,480,143 10,693,862 +4,213,719
East Midlands Airport 8,511,696 6,343,622 -2,168,074
Manchester Airport 2,394,985 2,523,194 +128,209
London Gateway Port 1,605,573 2,306,037 +700,464
000 1,570,684 1,961,474 +390,790
ZLC 1,538,866 1,526,575 -12,291
Heysham 1,360,040 1,649,099 +289,059
Dover 1,476,276 1,213,509 -262,767

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 6210

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

Description: Clothing made from fabrics like felt, nonwovens, or coated textiles, often used for protective or industrial wear