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 30,141,365
Spain 6,341,568
Italy 4,405,601
United States 3,879,475
Pakistan 3,078,042

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 17,474,173 12,667,192 -4,806,981
Spain 6,115,634 225,934 -5,889,700
Italy 2,571,840 1,833,761 -738,079
United States 2,538,413 1,341,062 -1,197,351
Pakistan 1,749,792 1,328,250 -421,542
France 1,568,255 1,303,762 -264,493
India 1,263,665 864,986 -398,679
Netherlands 654,173 848,737 +194,564
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 861,546 555,104 -306,442
Germany 675,894 497,000 -178,894

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 40,468,348
Italy 5,564,598
Pakistan 3,415,268
United States 3,238,827
India 2,430,542

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 25,280,643 15,187,705 -10,092,938
Italy 3,266,637 2,297,961 -968,676
Pakistan 2,066,900 1,348,368 -718,532
United States 2,169,210 1,069,617 -1,099,593
India 1,473,314 957,228 -516,086
France 648,838 521,623 -127,215
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 672,920 34,572 -638,348
Viet Nam 315,467 273,827 -41,640
Eswatini 355,422 162,002 -193,420
Portugal 295,908 182,384 -113,524

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 188
Greater Manchester 85
Inner London - East 79
Outer London - West and North West 62
Surrey, East and West Sussex 55

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 144 124 -20
Greater Manchester 66 56 -10
Inner London - East 51 54 +3
Outer London - West and North West 42 45 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 42 37 -5
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 39 33 -6
West Midlands 31 22 -9
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 27 17 -10
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20 22 +2
West Yorkshire 22 13 -9

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) 28,149,549
Air transport 17,785,030
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,063,222
Other 1,466,759
Road transport 129,101

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) 16,177,408 11,972,141 -4,205,267
Air transport 10,577,836 7,207,194 -3,370,642
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,691,726 4,371,496 -7,320,230
Other 803,910 662,849 -141,061
Road transport 85,820 43,281 -42,539

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 11,832,474
Felixstowe 11,473,760
Eurotunnel 9,011,128
Southampton 6,837,904
Liverpool Docks 3,409,014

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 7,326,409 4,506,065 -2,820,344
Felixstowe 7,337,554 4,136,206 -3,201,348
Eurotunnel 7,406,698 1,604,430 -5,802,268
Southampton 4,638,771 2,199,133 -2,439,638
Liverpool Docks 1,902,700 1,506,314 -396,386
London Gateway Port 874,440 2,314,948 +1,440,508
Dover 2,242,885 899,964 -1,342,921
East Midlands Airport 1,003,046 637,153 -365,893
000 803,910 662,849 -141,061
Dover / Eurotunnel 731,897 696,986 -34,911

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 383
Manufacture of wearing apparel 68
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 62
Other manufacturing 34

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 173
2025-11 164
2025-10 196
2025-09 186
2025-08 184

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 465
54m+ 234
0-1m 220
15m-54m 112
Other 80

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 28,159,679
Viet Nam 10,804,668
United States 8,361,706
Jamaica 2,431,545
Barbados 2,235,729

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 22,708,858 5,450,821 -17,258,037
Viet Nam 10,704,448 100,220 -10,604,228
United States 6,695,902 1,665,804 -5,030,098
Jamaica 775,514 1,656,031 +880,517
Barbados 1,843,571 392,158 -1,451,413
Germany 1,298,019 869,988 -428,031
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 1,024,285 1,133,392 +109,107
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,151,931 693,828 -458,103
Ireland 715,365 1,033,004 +317,639
Netherlands 811,551 920,260 +108,709

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 80,966
Morocco 80,493
Pakistan 42,381
India 9,580
XI 9,487

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 52,704 28,262 -24,442
Morocco 45,854 34,639 -11,215
Pakistan 36,710 5,671 -31,039
India 5,427 4,153 -1,274
XI 9,351 136 -9,215
Bangladesh 4,837 929 -3,908
Fiji 4,305 681 -3,624
Ireland 302 3,008 +2,706
Portugal 365 1,175 +810
Romania 789 0 -789

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 54,805,056
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,542,566
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,872,892
Other 306,026
Road transport 24,248

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 £
Air transport 46,926,412 7,878,644 -39,047,768
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,673,041 7,869,525 +1,196,484
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,685,586 5,187,306 +1,501,720
Other 195,544 110,482 -85,062
Road transport 24,248 0 -24,248

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 46,078,663
London Gateway Port 5,610,432
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,310,958
East Midlands Airport 5,007,309
Portsmouth 4,881,524

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 41,024,701 5,053,962 -35,970,739
London Gateway Port 2,605,662 3,004,770 +399,108
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,422,211 2,888,747 +466,536
East Midlands Airport 3,320,834 1,686,475 -1,634,359
Portsmouth 2,947,744 1,933,780 -1,013,964
Felixstowe 688,705 1,770,738 +1,082,033
London Stansted Airport 1,775,018 380,516 -1,394,502
Southampton 84,802 1,821,054 +1,736,252
ZLC 572,715 529,486 -43,229
Holyhead 363,007 429,049 +66,042

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