Import/export HS code 621210: Brassieres

Women's undergarments designed to support the breasts

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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 205,652,437
Bangladesh 162,107,604
Viet Nam 54,572,755
Sri Lanka 30,493,250
Cambodia 22,536,492

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 100,162,672 105,489,765 +5,327,093
Bangladesh 58,537,877 103,569,727 +45,031,850
Viet Nam 16,639,503 37,933,252 +21,293,749
Sri Lanka 13,429,114 17,064,136 +3,635,022
Cambodia 8,791,123 13,745,369 +4,954,246
France 12,199,546 8,678,994 -3,520,552
Belgium 9,356,466 11,489,408 +2,132,942
Netherlands 6,881,670 6,575,341 -306,329
United States 6,486,979 5,418,339 -1,068,640
Indonesia 3,204,452 6,727,613 +3,523,161

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 227,655,257
Bangladesh 165,768,281
Viet Nam 71,486,450
Sri Lanka 42,483,228
Cambodia 24,259,230

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 112,081,333 115,573,924 +3,492,591
Bangladesh 59,865,803 105,902,478 +46,036,675
Viet Nam 25,043,528 46,442,922 +21,399,394
Sri Lanka 20,314,957 22,168,271 +1,853,314
Cambodia 9,731,864 14,527,366 +4,795,502
Indonesia 6,091,830 10,614,169 +4,522,339
Morocco 8,441,346 6,657,496 -1,783,850
Tunisia 7,820,243 7,269,068 -551,175
Thailand 4,876,718 6,559,566 +1,682,848
Turkey 2,358,887 1,795,913 -562,974

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 123
Inner London - East 50
Greater Manchester 44
Outer London - West and North West 29
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 26

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 94 87 -7
Inner London - East 35 34 -1
Greater Manchester 34 30 -4
Outer London - West and North West 21 22 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 13 22 +9
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21 15 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 15 14 -1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 16 12 -4
West Yorkshire 15 13 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 16 9 -7

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) 393,748,878
Air transport 92,527,757
Other 75,154,717
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 57,067,461
Road transport 2,088,336

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) 153,438,811 240,310,067 +86,871,256
Air transport 47,875,246 44,652,511 -3,222,735
Other 37,875,689 37,279,028 -596,661
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 29,919,113 27,148,348 -2,770,765
Road transport 1,233,635 854,701 -378,934

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 120,201,699
London Gateway Port 101,090,508
499 98,199,228
000 75,154,717
London Heathrow Airport 52,405,591

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 £
Felixstowe 75,474,200 44,727,499 -30,746,701
London Gateway Port 33,548,200 67,542,308 +33,994,108
499 979,443 97,219,785 +96,240,342
000 37,875,689 37,279,028 -596,661
London Heathrow Airport 28,383,111 24,022,480 -4,360,631
Southampton 24,829,562 19,700,649 -5,128,913
Eurotunnel 13,932,351 10,549,298 -3,383,053
London 12,889,990 11,077,352 -1,812,638
Middlesbrough 9,381,636 6,137,097 -3,244,539
Dover 6,644,668 4,684,965 -1,959,703

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
355
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
138
Manufacture of wearing apparel
44
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
16
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities
14

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 137
2026-04 142
2026-03 151
2026-02 159
2026-01 146

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 197
0-1m 144
54m+ 133
Other 53
15m-54m 46

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 11,970,793
United States 7,132,527
Australia 6,480,896
Belgium 5,609,476
Germany 3,530,140

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 6,083,832 5,886,961 -196,871
United States 3,508,454 3,624,073 +115,619
Australia 3,470,675 3,010,221 -460,454
Belgium 2,035,562 3,573,914 +1,538,352
Germany 1,895,743 1,634,397 -261,346
Netherlands 1,620,596 1,293,054 -327,542
France 884,190 1,025,388 +141,198
United Arab Emirates 691,071 1,114,641 +423,570
Iceland 841,177 754,184 -86,993
New Zealand 885,451 689,271 -196,180

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 £
Bangladesh 3,118,695
Viet Nam 2,007,799
China 1,424,226
Sri Lanka 1,349,020
Cambodia 556,089

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 £
Bangladesh 1,468,826 1,649,869 +181,043
Viet Nam 1,070,116 937,683 -132,433
China 745,897 678,329 -67,568
Sri Lanka 760,058 588,962 -171,096
Cambodia 299,376 256,713 -42,663
Indonesia 223,548 201,531 -22,017
India 44,016 25,891 -18,125
XI 25,352 24,853 -499
Morocco 27,369 14,492 -12,877
Thailand 31,864 1,207 -30,657

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 24,731,292
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,327,279
Other 10,720,895
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,376,017

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 13,215,669 11,515,623 -1,700,046
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,012,445 10,314,834 +1,302,389
Other 5,614,184 5,106,711 -507,473
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 418,324 1,957,693 +1,539,369

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,500,870
East Midlands Airport 12,531,111
000 10,720,895
London Heathrow Airport 9,650,990
Immingham Docks 1,835,760

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 7,227,526 7,273,344 +45,818
East Midlands Airport 7,506,964 5,024,147 -2,482,817
000 5,614,184 5,106,711 -507,473
London Heathrow Airport 4,555,901 5,095,089 +539,188
Immingham Docks 448,325 1,387,435 +939,110
London Stansted Airport 495,691 637,306 +141,615
ZLC 565,241 550,510 -14,731
Dover 586,982 526,290 -60,692
London Gateway Port 76,241 975,043 +898,802
Holyhead 398,705 586,669 +187,964

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 621210

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

Description: Women's undergarments designed to support the breasts