Import/export HS code 6214: Shawls, scarves, and similar items

Clothing accessories like shawls, scarves, mufflers, and veils, used for warmth or style

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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 71,344,798
France 36,648,872
Italy 34,422,757
India 9,632,496
Czechia 7,218,138

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 39,682,029 31,662,769 -8,019,260
France 17,803,829 18,845,043 +1,041,214
Italy 18,267,754 16,155,003 -2,112,751
India 5,089,081 4,543,415 -545,666
Czechia 4,135,428 3,082,710 -1,052,718
Netherlands 2,015,216 2,308,276 +293,060
Spain 1,852,779 1,306,326 -546,453
Germany 977,662 790,642 -187,020
United States 739,877 967,913 +228,036
Sweden 904,883 662,794 -242,089

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 81,040,736
Italy 49,615,630
France 14,032,104
India 11,594,475
United Kingdom 7,172,763

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 44,423,092 36,617,644 -7,805,448
Italy 25,944,915 23,670,715 -2,274,200
France 6,710,365 7,321,739 +611,374
India 6,236,131 5,358,344 -877,787
United Kingdom 3,252,619 3,920,144 +667,525
Czechia 4,101,490 3,055,968 -1,045,522
Pakistan 778,622 660,965 -117,657
Turkey 709,729 672,591 -37,138
Nepal 672,011 535,620 -136,391
Norway 622,503 573,420 -49,083

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 350
Inner London - East 154
Outer London - West and North West 125
Greater Manchester 106
Surrey, East and West Sussex 81

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 267 271 +4
Inner London - East 105 103 -2
Outer London - West and North West 79 91 +12
Greater Manchester 88 69 -19
Surrey, East and West Sussex 54 63 +9
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 41 44 +3
West Midlands 36 38 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 33 35 +2
West Yorkshire 34 22 -12
Essex 29 27 -2

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) 62,797,874
Air transport 58,296,168
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 55,608,103
Other 6,350,628
Road transport 731,010

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) 33,030,709 29,767,165 -3,263,544
Air transport 30,242,059 28,054,109 -2,187,950
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 28,334,906 27,273,197 -1,061,709
Other 5,471,255 879,373 -4,591,882
Road transport 238,576 492,434 +253,858

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 27,791,623
Felixstowe 26,537,289
Dover / Eurotunnel 18,993,248
Eurotunnel 15,538,346
London 10,732,836

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 14,099,211 13,692,412 -406,799
Felixstowe 17,017,178 9,520,111 -7,497,067
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,803,382 10,189,866 +1,386,484
Eurotunnel 7,371,693 8,166,653 +794,960
London 6,013,560 4,719,276 -1,294,284
Southampton 5,940,460 4,248,305 -1,692,155
London Gateway Port 4,000,890 5,879,417 +1,878,527
Birmingham Airport 5,228,696 4,170,115 -1,058,581
East Midlands Airport 5,007,571 4,272,586 -734,985
Grangemouth Docks 4,951,848 3,362,996 -1,588,852

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
841
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
502
Manufacture of wearing apparel
76
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
65
Other personal service activities
36

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 201
2026-04 222
2026-03 221
2026-02 252
2026-01 239

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 615
0-1m 453
54m+ 258
15m-54m 113
Other 93

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 £
Italy 45,349,762
France 43,638,537
Spain 10,224,933
United States 9,202,608
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 8,463,659

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 £
Italy 20,391,815 24,957,947 +4,566,132
France 25,459,451 18,179,086 -7,280,365
Spain 5,206,691 5,018,242 -188,449
United States 4,498,284 4,704,324 +206,040
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,972,659 3,491,000 -1,481,659
Japan 3,734,883 2,446,506 -1,288,377
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 3,026,484 3,076,032 +49,548
Germany 1,055,337 1,145,956 +90,619
Ireland 1,077,241 1,073,181 -4,060
China 1,000,362 792,485 -207,877

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 498,741
India 20,617
France 17,766
Turkey 12,254
Italy 3,447

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 220,869 277,872 +57,003
India 9,201 11,416 +2,215
France 0 17,766 +17,766
Turkey 5,460 6,794 +1,334
Italy 2,615 832 -1,783
Sri Lanka 1,288 1,201 -87
Bangladesh 845 1,277 +432
Cambodia 94 601 +507
United Arab Emirates 39 563 +524
Viet Nam 233 338 +105

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) 97,976,177
Air transport 44,189,197
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,116,963
Other 982,758
Road transport 3,248

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) 50,031,204 47,944,973 -2,086,231
Air transport 23,761,494 20,427,703 -3,333,791
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,232,743 1,884,220 +651,477
Other 503,219 479,539 -23,680
Road transport 1,113 2,135 +1,022

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 92,124,561
London Heathrow Airport 17,784,884
East Midlands Airport 15,663,768
Manchester Airport 3,819,453
Dover 2,574,338

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 47,517,704 44,606,857 -2,910,847
London Heathrow Airport 7,678,216 10,106,668 +2,428,452
East Midlands Airport 10,272,543 5,391,225 -4,881,318
Manchester Airport 1,713,303 2,106,150 +392,847
Dover 1,283,584 1,290,754 +7,170
London Stansted Airport 883,898 1,500,969 +617,071
Eurotunnel 681,973 1,446,292 +764,319
ZLC 1,280,081 717,867 -562,214
London Gateway Port 410,597 1,577,756 +1,167,159
Glasgow Airport 1,041,185 458,703 -582,482

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 6214

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

Description: Clothing accessories like shawls, scarves, mufflers, and veils, used for warmth or style