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 62,231,202
Spain 23,696,771
India 19,925,022
Bangladesh 14,367,767
Ireland 12,979,422

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 35,699,738 26,531,464 -9,168,274
Spain 16,742,058 6,954,713 -9,787,345
India 11,934,458 7,990,564 -3,943,894
Bangladesh 6,962,357 7,405,410 +443,053
Ireland 7,808,969 5,170,453 -2,638,516
Italy 6,231,687 6,069,554 -162,133
Netherlands 4,819,745 4,875,945 +56,200
France 5,714,295 3,934,206 -1,780,089
Pakistan 3,922,769 4,975,645 +1,052,876
Sri Lanka 1,841,647 5,099,701 +3,258,054

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 73,443,129
India 21,683,828
Morocco 16,477,270
Bangladesh 16,098,699
Turkey 12,436,945

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 41,764,840 31,678,289 -10,086,551
India 12,505,552 9,178,276 -3,327,276
Morocco 8,995,557 7,481,713 -1,513,844
Bangladesh 8,082,667 8,016,032 -66,635
Turkey 7,629,704 4,807,241 -2,822,463
Romania 6,213,502 4,805,589 -1,407,913
Cambodia 7,340,815 3,618,085 -3,722,730
Viet Nam 6,639,122 4,241,081 -2,398,041
Pakistan 4,014,593 5,041,694 +1,027,101
Sri Lanka 1,945,303 5,045,153 +3,099,850

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 220
Inner London - East 134
Greater Manchester 106
Outer London - West and North West 79
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 57

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 174 154 -20
Inner London - East 93 94 +1
Greater Manchester 73 78 +5
Outer London - West and North West 65 58 -7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 44 32 -12
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 51 35 -16
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 35 27 -8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 32 31 -1
West Midlands 32 27 -5
West Yorkshire 33 25 -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) 82,540,211
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 54,428,776
Air transport 50,267,984
Other 35,012,919
Road transport 1,640,896

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) 40,385,860 42,154,351 +1,768,491
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 33,462,682 20,966,094 -12,496,588
Air transport 28,144,664 22,123,320 -6,021,344
Other 21,590,411 13,422,508 -8,167,903
Road transport 840,769 800,127 -40,642

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 35,012,919
Felixstowe 33,242,783
Eurotunnel 26,922,156
London Heathrow Airport 24,529,284
Southampton 22,476,536

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 21,590,411 13,422,508 -8,167,903
Felixstowe 21,114,560 12,128,223 -8,986,337
Eurotunnel 18,389,570 8,532,586 -9,856,984
London Heathrow Airport 15,557,742 8,971,542 -6,586,200
Southampton 11,511,538 10,964,998 -546,540
London Gateway Port 4,046,064 10,680,136 +6,634,072
Manchester Airport 4,555,463 5,155,759 +600,296
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,075,603 4,602,352 -473,251
499 682,616 7,732,006 +7,049,390
Dover 5,079,515 2,705,560 -2,373,955

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 651
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 416
Manufacture of wearing apparel 92
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 51
Manufacture of textiles 27

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 243
2025-11 241
2025-10 258
2025-09 259
2025-08 267

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 513
0-1m 338
54m+ 240
15m-54m 107
Other 102

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 6,800,661
Netherlands 3,693,777
Iceland 2,897,825
Germany 2,325,185
France 2,158,381

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 3,570,540 3,230,121 -340,419
Netherlands 1,708,344 1,985,433 +277,089
Iceland 1,078,741 1,819,084 +740,343
Germany 1,434,644 890,541 -544,103
France 1,176,140 982,241 -193,899
United States 1,030,587 940,242 -90,345
Italy 405,194 427,424 +22,230
United Arab Emirates 411,262 353,515 -57,747
Spain 159,086 407,022 +247,936
Qatar 20,766 522,245 +501,479

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 1,696,228
India 487,048
Morocco 438,532
Bangladesh 357,072
Turkey 257,736

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 825,956 870,272 +44,316
India 267,926 219,122 -48,804
Morocco 248,632 189,900 -58,732
Bangladesh 170,128 186,944 +16,816
Turkey 156,218 101,518 -54,700
Viet Nam 96,286 100,525 +4,239
XI 122,593 47,043 -75,550
United Arab Emirates 82,195 81,078 -1,117
Tunisia 42,894 105,346 +62,452
Cambodia 59,576 75,158 +15,582

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) 10,161,286
Air transport 8,668,858
Other 5,427,430
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,610,189
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) 5,104,411 5,056,875 -47,536
Air transport 4,107,496 4,561,362 +453,866
Other 2,819,012 2,608,418 -210,594
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,424,722 2,185,467 -239,255
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 20,087 0 -20,087
Road transport 9,027 0 -9,027

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,752,880
000 5,427,430
London Heathrow Airport 3,546,579
East Midlands Airport 3,436,721
Middlesbrough 2,110,552

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 3,312,898 3,439,982 +127,084
000 2,819,012 2,608,418 -210,594
London Heathrow Airport 1,563,706 1,982,873 +419,167
East Midlands Airport 1,570,594 1,866,127 +295,533
Middlesbrough 1,057,859 1,052,693 -5,166
Immingham Docks 982,559 565,415 -417,144
Holyhead 581,551 612,323 +30,772
London Gateway Port 348,573 475,964 +127,391
Felixstowe 355,399 354,763 -636
ZLC 448,251 220,754 -227,497

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