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 76,015,606
France 36,996,322
Italy 35,665,295
India 9,781,245
Czechia 7,929,882

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 41,045,739 34,969,867 -6,075,872
France 18,171,016 18,825,306 +654,290
Italy 17,937,087 17,728,208 -208,879
India 4,971,168 4,810,077 -161,091
Czechia 4,327,650 3,602,232 -725,418
Netherlands 2,018,325 2,335,608 +317,283
Spain 2,324,651 1,322,173 -1,002,478
Germany 954,816 880,872 -73,944
United States 665,936 1,000,726 +334,790
Sweden 952,572 651,525 -301,047

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 85,861,602
Italy 51,098,389
France 14,004,201
India 12,172,704
Czechia 7,867,337

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 45,738,954 40,122,648 -5,616,306
Italy 25,678,967 25,419,422 -259,545
France 6,912,430 7,091,771 +179,341
India 6,547,536 5,625,168 -922,368
Czechia 4,299,902 3,567,435 -732,467
United Kingdom 3,306,581 4,057,969 +751,388
Pakistan 860,142 692,708 -167,434
Turkey 726,748 697,756 -28,992
Nepal 698,685 570,501 -128,184
Norway 590,876 609,219 +18,343

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 358
Inner London - East 158
Outer London - West and North West 126
Greater Manchester 104
Surrey, East and West Sussex 83

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 268 274 +6
Inner London - East 108 106 -2
Outer London - West and North West 77 91 +14
Greater Manchester 81 68 -13
Surrey, East and West Sussex 54 64 +10
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 44 45 +1
West Midlands 40 37 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 33 37 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22 33 +11
West Yorkshire 32 24 -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) 67,026,013
Air transport 59,881,409
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 57,840,747
Other 6,348,659
Road transport 780,352

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) 34,592,517 32,433,496 -2,159,021
Air transport 30,325,923 29,555,486 -770,437
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 28,805,495 29,035,252 +229,757
Other 5,379,998 968,661 -4,411,337
Road transport 224,684 555,668 +330,984

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 28,120,936
Felixstowe 27,967,191
Dover / Eurotunnel 19,281,812
Eurotunnel 16,529,561
London 11,166,862

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 14,435,582 13,685,354 -750,228
Felixstowe 17,447,875 10,519,316 -6,928,559
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,710,441 10,571,371 +1,860,930
Eurotunnel 7,843,189 8,686,372 +843,183
London 5,935,063 5,231,799 -703,264
Southampton 6,391,132 4,753,120 -1,638,012
Birmingham Airport 5,463,482 4,977,808 -485,674
London Gateway Port 2,428,837 7,382,759 +4,953,922
Grangemouth Docks 6,415,208 3,130,516 -3,284,692
East Midlands Airport 4,828,086 4,649,556 -178,530

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 855
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 519
Manufacture of wearing apparel 75
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 69
Other personal service activities 36

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 222
2026-03 221
2026-02 252
2026-01 239
2025-12 237

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 630
0-1m 458
54m+ 267
15m-54m 116
Other 95

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 49,225,702
France 47,240,684
Spain 10,587,453
United States 9,796,078
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 8,774,833

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 21,696,269 27,529,433 +5,833,164
France 26,509,177 20,731,507 -5,777,670
Spain 4,362,616 6,224,837 +1,862,221
United States 4,722,096 5,073,982 +351,886
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 5,127,062 3,647,771 -1,479,291
Japan 3,812,296 2,995,709 -816,587
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 3,168,678 3,091,814 -76,864
Ireland 1,111,848 1,153,351 +41,503
Germany 969,687 1,222,623 +252,936
China 1,030,382 800,567 -229,815

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 497,763
India 19,558
France 17,766
Turkey 11,752
Switzerland 10,927

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 222,917 274,846 +51,929
India 7,120 12,438 +5,318
France 0 17,766 +17,766
Turkey 5,662 6,090 +428
Switzerland 10,918 9 -10,909
Italy 2,988 791 -2,197
Bangladesh 648 1,527 +879
Sri Lanka 21 1,841 +1,820
United Arab Emirates 0 602 +602
Viet Nam 239 322 +83

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) 105,849,700
Air transport 45,472,292
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,245,640
Other 992,364
Road transport 8,434

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) 51,643,729 54,205,971 +2,562,242
Air transport 23,072,607 22,399,685 -672,922
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,840,389 405,251 -1,435,138
Other 506,621 485,743 -20,878
Road transport 6,299 2,135 -4,164

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 99,935,161
London Heathrow Airport 18,025,352
East Midlands Airport 16,285,712
Manchester Airport 4,257,872
Dover 2,559,678

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 49,503,652 50,431,509 +927,857
London Heathrow Airport 7,185,129 10,840,223 +3,655,094
East Midlands Airport 10,448,224 5,837,488 -4,610,736
Manchester Airport 1,808,166 2,449,706 +641,540
Dover 1,218,464 1,341,214 +122,750
London Stansted Airport 870,783 1,474,894 +604,111
Eurotunnel 330,243 1,794,744 +1,464,501
ZLC 1,271,851 762,140 -509,711
Glasgow Airport 996,881 503,007 -493,874
Southampton 1,232,864 166,524 -1,066,340

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