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 67,338,707
Bangladesh 19,046,708
Morocco 14,318,408
Italy 13,460,980
Viet Nam 13,348,452

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 37,195,542 30,143,165 -7,052,377
Bangladesh 9,563,333 9,483,375 -79,958
Morocco 7,097,595 7,220,813 +123,218
Italy 6,134,443 7,326,537 +1,192,094
Viet Nam 8,064,857 5,283,595 -2,781,262
Myanmar 4,217,062 4,774,106 +557,044
Pakistan 2,323,151 3,321,507 +998,356
Ireland 2,164,636 3,290,558 +1,125,922
India 2,823,608 2,013,452 -810,156
Singapore 4,282,324 292,658 -3,989,666

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 76,586,873
Bangladesh 21,277,160
Viet Nam 18,180,355
Morocco 14,363,596
Myanmar 9,262,785

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 43,761,486 32,825,387 -10,936,099
Bangladesh 10,630,721 10,646,439 +15,718
Viet Nam 10,344,144 7,836,211 -2,507,933
Morocco 7,276,549 7,087,047 -189,502
Myanmar 4,465,397 4,797,388 +331,991
Italy 3,097,724 3,500,707 +402,983
Pakistan 2,451,002 3,409,178 +958,176
India 2,847,243 2,135,442 -711,801
Madagascar 2,535,206 1,901,646 -633,560
Cambodia 1,230,298 3,172,522 +1,942,224

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 155
Greater Manchester 87
Inner London - East 75
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 57
Outer London - West and North West 47

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 105 110 +5
Greater Manchester 60 64 +4
Inner London - East 48 49 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 36 41 +5
Outer London - West and North West 36 28 -8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 29 36 +7
West Midlands 22 36 +14
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21 20 -1
West Yorkshire 29 25 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 17 26 +9

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) 108,796,209
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 39,496,782
Air transport 34,533,163
Other 18,170,943
Road transport 1,315,770

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) 54,682,073 54,114,136 -567,937
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,237,914 20,258,868 +1,020,954
Air transport 19,019,651 15,513,512 -3,506,139
Other 13,966,642 4,204,301 -9,762,341
Road transport 437,206 878,564 +441,358

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 44,472,089
Felixstowe 34,653,921
000 18,170,943
London 18,111,866
London Heathrow Airport 16,897,990

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 22,971,436 21,500,653 -1,470,783
Felixstowe 20,702,338 13,951,583 -6,750,755
000 13,966,642 4,204,301 -9,762,341
London 9,532,428 8,579,438 -952,990
London Heathrow Airport 10,060,427 6,837,563 -3,222,864
London Gateway Port 6,708,363 9,056,666 +2,348,303
Dover 4,012,576 4,436,006 +423,430
499 38,562 8,159,796 +8,121,234
East Midlands Airport 3,063,311 3,699,154 +635,843
Eurotunnel 2,608,037 2,836,781 +228,744

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
434
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
314
Manufacture of wearing apparel
57
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
55
Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities
33

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 169
2026-04 202
2026-03 201
2026-02 212
2026-01 180

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 414
54m+ 249
0-1m 198
15m-54m 111
Other 84

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 6,099,138
Netherlands 4,127,053
United States 2,755,848
Slovenia 2,308,882
Norway 1,919,729

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 3,253,579 2,845,559 -408,020
Netherlands 1,708,140 2,418,913 +710,773
United States 1,864,590 891,258 -973,332
Slovenia 1,542,940 765,942 -776,998
Norway 1,069,165 850,564 -218,601
Germany 735,903 905,097 +169,194
France 851,747 734,014 -117,733
New Zealand 913,791 651,129 -262,662
Canada 889,213 612,006 -277,207
Paraguay 400,000 1,059,800 +659,800

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 994,193
Bangladesh 391,164
Viet Nam 331,379
Pakistan 134,323
Myanmar 90,471

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 496,363 497,830 +1,467
Bangladesh 198,375 192,789 -5,586
Viet Nam 179,831 151,548 -28,283
Pakistan 50,322 84,001 +33,679
Myanmar 49,792 40,679 -9,113
Cambodia 26,781 29,258 +2,477
Turkey 37,661 625 -37,036
XI 14,479 11,637 -2,842
India 10,756 11,903 +1,147
Romania 136 18,122 +17,986

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 21,781,477
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,655,991
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,515,110
Other 2,232,658
Road transport 11,103

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 10,748,926 11,032,551 +283,625
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,982,690 7,673,301 -2,309,389
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,538,869 1,976,241 -562,628
Other 1,130,834 1,101,824 -29,010
Road transport 11,103 0 -11,103

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,507,808
London Heathrow Airport 10,340,498
East Midlands Airport 6,033,730
London Gateway Port 2,768,877
ZLC 2,605,827

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 5,472,867 5,034,941 -437,926
London Heathrow Airport 4,962,150 5,378,348 +416,198
East Midlands Airport 3,124,440 2,909,290 -215,150
London Gateway Port 1,714,551 1,054,326 -660,225
ZLC 1,218,005 1,387,822 +169,817
Immingham Docks 1,340,815 1,184,406 -156,409
000 1,130,834 1,101,824 -29,010
Holyhead 1,064,555 886,178 -178,377
Dover 1,122,442 502,139 -620,303
Manchester Airport 957,277 466,753 -490,524

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