Import/export HS code 621420: Wool shawls and scarves

Shawls and scarves made from wool or fine animal hair, ideal for cold weather

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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 £
Italy 19,882,273
France 19,486,974
China 19,028,394
India 2,432,481
Sweden 1,494,058

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 £
Italy 11,429,915 8,452,358 -2,977,557
France 9,105,656 10,381,318 +1,275,662
China 10,390,549 8,637,845 -1,752,704
India 1,268,397 1,164,084 -104,313
Sweden 876,272 617,786 -258,486
Spain 857,437 582,066 -275,371
Netherlands 646,123 766,629 +120,506
Nepal 393,641 351,667 -41,974
Norway 306,551 364,987 +58,436
Germany 314,743 234,627 -80,116

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 £
Italy 28,547,064
China 21,078,249
United Kingdom 6,881,528
France 5,806,154
India 2,822,618

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 £
Italy 15,582,688 12,964,376 -2,618,312
China 11,429,984 9,648,265 -1,781,719
United Kingdom 3,126,756 3,754,772 +628,016
France 2,787,462 3,018,692 +231,230
India 1,420,543 1,402,075 -18,468
Norway 616,428 553,656 -62,772
Nepal 600,917 497,242 -103,675
Spain 477,392 24,468 -452,924
Ireland 158,845 93,856 -64,989
Germany 125,492 54,247 -71,245

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 179
Inner London - East 43
Surrey, East and West Sussex 35
Outer London - West and North West 29
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 18

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 129 146 +17
Inner London - East 30 30 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 27 26 -1
Outer London - West and North West 19 20 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 10 16 +6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 8 10 +2
West Yorkshire 6 7 +1
Essex 4 6 +2
Greater Manchester 7 5 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 5 7 +2

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 30,560,490
Air transport 20,880,306
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,545,191
Other 1,101,273
Road transport 219,022

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,963,670 14,596,820 -1,366,850
Air transport 10,505,864 10,374,442 -131,422
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,040,953 7,504,238 -1,536,715
Other 1,053,811 47,462 -1,006,349
Road transport 154,378 64,644 -89,734

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 10,825,285
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,429,842
London 7,996,393
Grangemouth Docks 7,838,468
Eurotunnel 7,575,267

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 5,273,492 5,551,793 +278,301
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,674,112 5,755,730 +1,081,618
London 4,457,470 3,538,923 -918,547
Grangemouth Docks 4,594,088 3,244,380 -1,349,708
Eurotunnel 3,603,195 3,972,072 +368,877
East Midlands Airport 2,313,354 1,569,194 -744,160
Felixstowe 1,847,263 1,773,918 -73,345
Dover 2,657,075 932,139 -1,724,936
London Gateway Port 1,854,143 1,097,254 -756,889
London Stansted Airport 1,209,064 1,084,229 -124,835

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
320
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
114
Manufacture of wearing apparel
27
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
26
Manufacture of textiles
14

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 51
2026-04 47
2026-03 46
2026-02 50
2026-01 65

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 110
54m+ 106
15m-54m 36
Other 34

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 43,964,114
France 40,812,148
Spain 9,952,340
United States 6,532,696
Japan 5,150,670

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 19,670,615 24,293,499 +4,622,884
France 24,488,426 16,323,722 -8,164,704
Spain 5,065,143 4,887,197 -177,946
United States 3,150,263 3,382,433 +232,170
Japan 2,905,790 2,244,880 -660,910
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,191,684 1,358,864 -832,820
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 1,656,313 1,516,854 -139,459
China 925,494 755,392 -170,102
Germany 794,334 853,484 +59,150
South Korea 732,687 361,077 -371,610

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 222,828
Italy 552
India 38
Bangladesh 6

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 106,573 116,255 +9,682
Italy 511 41 -470
India 0 38 +38
Bangladesh 6 0 -6

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) 93,337,920
Air transport 26,720,020
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 979,483
Other 223,515
Road transport 2,135

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) 47,665,774 45,672,146 -1,993,628
Air transport 14,710,392 12,009,628 -2,700,764
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 851,213 128,270 -722,943
Other 107,123 116,392 +9,269
Road transport 0 2,135 +2,135

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 89,398,977
East Midlands Airport 10,055,264
London Heathrow Airport 8,513,899
Manchester Airport 3,568,019
Eurotunnel 1,998,916

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 46,076,815 43,322,162 -2,754,653
East Midlands Airport 6,356,254 3,699,010 -2,657,244
London Heathrow Airport 3,880,363 4,633,536 +753,173
Manchester Airport 1,647,939 1,920,080 +272,141
Eurotunnel 597,488 1,401,428 +803,940
Dover 854,935 804,688 -50,247
Glasgow Airport 1,038,170 453,628 -584,542
London Stansted Airport 563,966 790,180 +226,214
ZLC 783,724 415,494 -368,230
Southampton 669,633 110,057 -559,576

Quick facts

HS code: 621420

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

Description: Shawls and scarves made from wool or fine animal hair, ideal for cold weather