Import/export HS code 621133: Man-made fiber garments

Clothing made from synthetic fibers like polyester or nylon

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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 65,587,382
Bangladesh 19,019,706
Viet Nam 14,721,807
Morocco 13,197,793
Italy 11,825,769

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 37,765,133 27,822,249 -9,942,884
Bangladesh 9,770,824 9,248,882 -521,942
Viet Nam 9,455,387 5,266,420 -4,188,967
Morocco 7,037,011 6,160,782 -876,229
Italy 5,625,115 6,200,654 +575,539
Myanmar 4,459,853 3,558,621 -901,232
Singapore 5,630,461 417,884 -5,212,577
Pakistan 2,760,269 2,651,690 -108,579
India 3,115,773 2,237,353 -878,420
Madagascar 2,162,290 2,107,867 -54,423

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 76,506,407
Bangladesh 20,995,959
Viet Nam 19,114,609
Morocco 13,447,658
Myanmar 8,334,578

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 46,374,350 30,132,057 -16,242,293
Bangladesh 10,461,521 10,534,438 +72,917
Viet Nam 11,643,349 7,471,260 -4,172,089
Morocco 7,242,928 6,204,730 -1,038,198
Myanmar 4,590,298 3,744,280 -846,018
Italy 2,562,807 3,326,533 +763,726
Pakistan 2,795,043 2,769,018 -26,025
India 3,160,323 2,373,132 -787,191
Madagascar 2,166,469 2,116,848 -49,621
Tunisia 2,259,163 1,130,168 -1,128,995

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 150
Greater Manchester 81
Inner London - East 71
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 49
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 43

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 109 103 -6
Greater Manchester 55 62 +7
Inner London - East 49 41 -8
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 31 36 +5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 31 33 +2
West Midlands 26 32 +6
Outer London - West and North West 32 29 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 16 24 +8
West Yorkshire 24 25 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 16 24 +8

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) 105,074,920
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 35,705,797
Air transport 34,199,597
Other 19,794,371
Road transport 1,319,744

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) 57,177,818 47,897,102 -9,280,716
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,214,510 16,491,287 -2,723,223
Air transport 18,971,696 15,227,901 -3,743,795
Other 13,391,738 6,402,633 -6,989,105
Road transport 511,905 807,839 +295,934

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 46,198,515
Felixstowe 33,911,671
000 19,794,371
London Heathrow Airport 18,008,955
London 17,227,159

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 £
Southampton 25,645,459 20,553,056 -5,092,403
Felixstowe 21,598,993 12,312,678 -9,286,315
000 13,391,738 6,402,633 -6,989,105
London Heathrow Airport 11,253,324 6,755,631 -4,497,693
London 9,672,224 7,554,935 -2,117,289
London Gateway Port 5,840,499 7,608,159 +1,767,660
Dover 3,488,790 4,056,630 +567,840
East Midlands Airport 2,938,366 3,029,371 +91,005
Eurotunnel 2,517,273 2,744,316 +227,043
499 99,402 4,563,652 +4,464,250

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 412
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 307
Manufacture of wearing apparel 55
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 49
Other manufacturing 33

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 180
2025-11 212
2025-10 221
2025-09 212
2025-08 188

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 402
54m+ 239
0-1m 188
15m-54m 101
Other 86

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 6,244,567
Netherlands 3,787,922
United States 2,828,751
Slovenia 2,314,907
Norway 1,783,340

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 3,554,631 2,689,936 -864,695
Netherlands 1,567,278 2,220,644 +653,366
United States 1,895,780 932,971 -962,809
Slovenia 261,575 2,053,332 +1,791,757
Norway 1,060,620 722,720 -337,900
France 1,166,846 581,136 -585,710
Germany 986,872 706,821 -280,051
New Zealand 864,305 761,320 -102,985
Trinidad and Tobago 47,863 1,371,326 +1,323,463
United Arab Emirates 767,118 562,782 -204,336

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 896,441
Bangladesh 358,547
Viet Nam 320,372
Pakistan 91,616
Myanmar 82,918

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 555,943 340,498 -215,445
Bangladesh 169,643 188,904 +19,261
Viet Nam 188,131 132,241 -55,890
Pakistan 27,453 64,163 +36,710
Myanmar 56,778 26,140 -30,638
Cambodia 19,730 21,839 +2,109
Turkey 17,646 23,474 +5,828
XI 13,196 9,913 -3,283
India 4,989 13,504 +8,515
Ireland 905 3,833 +2,928

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 19,743,270
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,217,070
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,022,450
Other 1,988,729
Road transport 52,104

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 10,092,727 9,650,543 -442,184
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,768,586 8,448,484 -320,102
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,400,191 2,622,259 +222,068
Other 1,104,352 884,377 -219,975
Road transport 47,599 4,505 -43,094

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,193,016
London Heathrow Airport 8,327,449
East Midlands Airport 6,162,041
London Gateway Port 2,825,285
ZLC 2,702,411

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 4,731,128 5,461,888 +730,760
London Heathrow Airport 3,913,729 4,413,720 +499,991
East Midlands Airport 3,003,346 3,158,695 +155,349
London Gateway Port 1,038,551 1,786,734 +748,183
ZLC 1,712,104 990,307 -721,797
Immingham Docks 1,388,446 1,109,650 -278,796
Holyhead 1,426,567 911,058 -515,509
000 1,104,352 884,377 -219,975
Dover 1,161,252 463,155 -698,097
Manchester Airport 1,058,877 360,684 -698,193

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 621133

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

Description: Clothing made from synthetic fibers like polyester or nylon