Import/export HS code 621143: Man-made fiber aprons, overalls, and workwear

Work clothing like aprons and overalls made of synthetic fibers

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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 64,840,607
Spain 23,435,006
India 20,563,209
Ireland 16,442,670
Bangladesh 16,301,677

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 36,337,072 28,503,535 -7,833,537
Spain 14,613,194 8,821,812 -5,791,382
India 11,043,351 9,519,858 -1,523,493
Ireland 7,579,559 8,863,111 +1,283,552
Bangladesh 7,561,145 8,740,532 +1,179,387
Italy 6,019,403 6,691,373 +671,970
Netherlands 4,862,926 5,736,668 +873,742
Pakistan 4,524,955 5,758,554 +1,233,599
France 5,512,518 4,070,855 -1,441,663
Sri Lanka 2,374,186 6,315,651 +3,941,465

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 77,406,441
India 22,326,687
Bangladesh 17,898,281
Morocco 17,806,491
Turkey 12,601,487

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 42,492,583 34,913,858 -7,578,725
India 11,622,052 10,704,635 -917,417
Bangladesh 8,599,357 9,298,924 +699,567
Morocco 8,759,737 9,046,754 +287,017
Turkey 7,054,056 5,547,431 -1,506,625
Viet Nam 6,015,923 6,179,033 +163,110
Cambodia 6,251,400 4,989,296 -1,262,104
Romania 5,806,841 5,018,961 -787,880
Pakistan 4,629,848 5,868,328 +1,238,480
Sri Lanka 2,428,900 6,313,887 +3,884,987

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 224
Inner London - East 135
Greater Manchester 113
Outer London - West and North West 81
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 59

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 170 158 -12
Inner London - East 98 89 -9
Greater Manchester 77 81 +4
Outer London - West and North West 58 64 +6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 44 40 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 51 40 -11
Surrey, East and West Sussex 35 38 +3
West Midlands 31 30 -1
West Yorkshire 33 28 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 31 28 -3

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) 93,479,347
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 55,758,881
Air transport 52,559,460
Other 36,251,905
Road transport 1,795,440

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) 42,090,826 51,388,521 +9,297,695
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 30,965,852 24,793,029 -6,172,823
Air transport 27,230,238 25,329,222 -1,901,016
Other 22,058,406 14,193,499 -7,864,907
Road transport 899,971 895,469 -4,502

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 36,251,905
Felixstowe 32,289,229
Eurotunnel 26,259,679
London Heathrow Airport 24,115,051
Southampton 24,025,320

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 22,058,406 14,193,499 -7,864,907
Felixstowe 20,213,382 12,075,847 -8,137,535
Eurotunnel 16,349,647 9,910,032 -6,439,615
London Heathrow Airport 14,279,583 9,835,468 -4,444,115
Southampton 11,879,817 12,145,503 +265,686
London Gateway Port 6,577,134 12,760,374 +6,183,240
499 666,758 13,850,943 +13,184,185
Manchester Airport 5,142,249 5,643,430 +501,181
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,037,064 5,431,092 +394,028
Dover 4,588,199 3,416,386 -1,171,813

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 680
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 431
Manufacture of wearing apparel 93
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 48
Other manufacturing 30

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 255
2026-03 272
2026-02 266
2026-01 243
2025-12 223

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 544
0-1m 339
54m+ 244
15m-54m 110
Other 108

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 7,352,411
Netherlands 3,683,518
Iceland 3,358,865
Germany 2,579,216
France 2,235,931

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 3,540,712 3,811,699 +270,987
Netherlands 1,874,605 1,808,913 -65,692
Iceland 1,283,257 2,075,608 +792,351
Germany 1,360,069 1,219,147 -140,922
France 1,238,889 997,042 -241,847
United States 1,016,059 1,161,825 +145,766
Qatar 261,643 947,991 +686,348
Italy 384,023 480,999 +96,976
Spain 154,798 600,469 +445,671
United Arab Emirates 338,210 364,306 +26,096

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 1,928,746
India 557,535
Morocco 477,915
Bangladesh 381,630
Viet Nam 244,112

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 777,270 1,151,476 +374,206
India 252,681 304,854 +52,173
Morocco 245,415 232,500 -12,915
Bangladesh 176,852 204,778 +27,926
Viet Nam 109,729 134,383 +24,654
Turkey 140,915 102,287 -38,628
Tunisia 60,204 115,636 +55,432
Cambodia 67,441 91,611 +24,170
United Arab Emirates 82,781 70,879 -11,902
XI 83,575 66,202 -17,373

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,988,192
Air transport 9,919,774
Other 6,003,742
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,191,804
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 20,087

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,467,490 5,520,702 +53,212
Air transport 4,409,176 5,510,598 +1,101,422
Other 2,756,848 3,246,894 +490,046
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,980,320 2,211,484 +231,164
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 20,087 0 -20,087
Road transport 7,208 0 -7,208

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,287,197
000 6,003,742
London Heathrow Airport 4,358,495
East Midlands Airport 3,765,550
Middlesbrough 2,201,738

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 3,498,229 3,788,968 +290,739
000 2,756,848 3,246,894 +490,046
London Heathrow Airport 1,717,509 2,640,986 +923,477
East Midlands Airport 1,673,463 2,092,087 +418,624
Middlesbrough 1,121,393 1,080,345 -41,048
Immingham Docks 711,245 602,278 -108,967
Holyhead 562,837 607,870 +45,033
London Gateway Port 367,474 571,508 +204,034
ZLC 444,854 241,997 -202,857
London Stansted Airport 342,041 240,917 -101,124

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 621143

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

Description: Work clothing like aprons and overalls made of synthetic fibers