Import/export HS code 621710: Clothing accessories

Covers a wide range of clothing accessories like hats, ties, and other items used to complement outfits

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* 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 32,235,749
Spain 5,472,052
Italy 5,005,304
United States 3,891,116
Pakistan 3,535,500

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 17,062,341 15,173,408 -1,888,933
Spain 5,171,870 300,182 -4,871,688
Italy 2,556,019 2,449,285 -106,734
United States 2,164,225 1,726,891 -437,334
Pakistan 1,703,625 1,831,875 +128,250
France 1,256,722 1,365,649 +108,927
India 1,133,385 1,019,414 -113,971
Netherlands 982,431 587,884 -394,547
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 821,868 645,685 -176,183
Germany 680,119 563,468 -116,651

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 42,023,412
Italy 6,233,198
Pakistan 3,897,838
United States 3,160,438
India 2,466,926

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 24,454,970 17,568,442 -6,886,528
Italy 3,226,464 3,006,734 -219,730
Pakistan 2,029,063 1,868,775 -160,288
United States 1,789,725 1,370,713 -419,012
India 1,352,701 1,114,225 -238,476
France 376,407 493,675 +117,268
Viet Nam 306,828 324,768 +17,940
Eswatini 410,470 176,076 -234,394
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 545,771 19,697 -526,074
Portugal 312,410 241,660 -70,750

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 195
Inner London - East 85
Greater Manchester 84
Outer London - West and North West 66
Surrey, East and West Sussex 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 150 122 -28
Inner London - East 56 58 +2
Greater Manchester 57 62 +5
Outer London - West and North West 41 51 +10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 43 39 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 41 36 -5
West Midlands 30 22 -8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 26 19 -7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 21 +0
Essex 18 16 -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) 30,767,782
Air transport 18,531,102
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,640,979
Other 1,421,017
Road transport 135,362

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) 15,930,092 14,837,690 -1,092,402
Air transport 10,058,565 8,472,537 -1,586,028
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,777,551 4,863,428 -5,914,123
Other 856,098 564,919 -291,179
Road transport 78,131 57,231 -20,900

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 12,138,460
London Heathrow Airport 11,938,951
Eurotunnel 8,370,385
Southampton 6,640,970
Liverpool Docks 3,982,868

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 7,210,532 4,927,928 -2,282,604
London Heathrow Airport 6,831,918 5,107,033 -1,724,885
Eurotunnel 6,272,964 2,097,421 -4,175,543
Southampton 4,292,976 2,347,994 -1,944,982
Liverpool Docks 1,852,863 2,130,005 +277,142
London Gateway Port 1,116,617 2,829,584 +1,712,967
Dover 2,222,824 908,080 -1,314,744
499 101,804 1,774,822 +1,673,018
East Midlands Airport 1,006,574 819,462 -187,112
Dover / Eurotunnel 691,750 851,700 +159,950

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 515
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 397
Manufacture of wearing apparel 69
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 67
Other manufacturing 33

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 148
2026-03 153
2026-02 179
2026-01 173
2025-12 151

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 480
54m+ 242
0-1m 210
15m-54m 115
Other 90

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 £
Australia 22,197,409
Viet Nam 10,778,471
United States 8,242,768
Jamaica 2,510,812
Germany 2,302,656

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 £
Australia 18,065,287 4,132,122 -13,933,165
Viet Nam 10,693,222 85,249 -10,607,973
United States 6,430,151 1,812,617 -4,617,534
Jamaica 1,295,685 1,215,127 -80,558
Germany 1,248,350 1,054,306 -194,044
Barbados 1,982,399 253,330 -1,729,069
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 908,614 1,260,281 +351,667
Italy 901,396 864,475 -36,921
Ireland 734,329 1,028,044 +293,715
Netherlands 1,274,183 446,804 -827,379

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 91,484
Morocco 80,132
Pakistan 28,313
India 12,944
XI 9,556

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 49,896 41,588 -8,308
Morocco 74,938 5,194 -69,744
Pakistan 22,325 5,988 -16,337
India 6,198 6,746 +548
XI 9,351 205 -9,146
Bangladesh 4,199 3,249 -950
Fiji 4,413 782 -3,631
Ireland 307 3,045 +2,738
Portugal 801 913 +112
Viet Nam 282 820 +538

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 48,511,904
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,981,518
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,512,331
Other 300,865
Road transport 3,800

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 39,815,719 8,696,185 -31,119,534
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,543,986 5,437,532 -4,106,454
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,588,085 5,924,246 +1,336,161
Other 196,875 103,990 -92,885
Road transport 3,800 0 -3,800

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 39,777,145
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,424,984
London Gateway Port 5,853,269
Portsmouth 5,033,090
East Midlands Airport 4,866,621

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 34,216,577 5,560,568 -28,656,009
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,343,183 3,081,801 -261,382
London Gateway Port 3,318,382 2,534,887 -783,495
Portsmouth 3,576,642 1,456,448 -2,120,194
East Midlands Airport 2,993,794 1,872,827 -1,120,967
Felixstowe 695,214 2,236,873 +1,541,659
London Stansted Airport 1,779,695 469,608 -1,310,087
Southampton 1,712,472 254,814 -1,457,658
ZLC 571,343 539,130 -32,213
Dover 362,235 412,581 +50,346

Quick facts

HS code: 621710

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

Description: Covers a wide range of clothing accessories like hats, ties, and other items used to complement outfits