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 31,911,116
Spain 4,962,629
Italy 4,887,585
Pakistan 3,542,296
United States 3,431,839

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 16,720,539 15,190,577 -1,529,962
Spain 4,680,052 282,577 -4,397,475
Italy 2,469,507 2,418,078 -51,429
Pakistan 1,682,959 1,859,337 +176,378
United States 1,869,726 1,562,113 -307,613
France 1,222,084 1,371,551 +149,467
India 1,096,780 1,007,205 -89,575
Netherlands 950,509 591,777 -358,732
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 800,621 649,188 -151,433
Germany 648,127 547,581 -100,546

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 41,270,952
Italy 6,096,258
Pakistan 3,763,680
United States 2,681,008
India 2,362,298

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 23,662,982 17,607,970 -6,055,012
Italy 3,145,537 2,950,721 -194,816
Pakistan 1,865,227 1,898,453 +33,226
United States 1,492,022 1,188,986 -303,036
India 1,259,996 1,102,302 -157,694
France 327,421 506,870 +179,449
Viet Nam 302,065 307,759 +5,694
Portugal 322,649 269,988 -52,661
Eswatini 393,953 151,882 -242,071
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 494,893 18,009 -476,884

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 196
Greater Manchester 84
Inner London - East 84
Outer London - West and North West 66
Surrey, East and West Sussex 56

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 149 122 -27
Greater Manchester 56 63 +7
Inner London - East 56 52 -4
Outer London - West and North West 40 48 +8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 41 39 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 40 34 -6
West Midlands 29 23 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 26 20 -6
West Yorkshire 21 14 -7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20 18 -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) 30,456,142
Air transport 17,849,976
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,772,636
Other 1,400,121
Road transport 137,277

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) 15,685,984 14,770,158 -915,826
Air transport 9,370,637 8,479,339 -891,298
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,942,521 4,830,115 -5,112,406
Other 918,319 481,802 -436,517
Road transport 75,598 61,679 -13,919

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 11,759,879
London Heathrow Airport 11,218,985
Eurotunnel 7,717,441
Southampton 6,463,245
London Gateway Port 4,079,149

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 6,819,286 4,940,593 -1,878,693
London Heathrow Airport 6,185,203 5,033,782 -1,151,421
Eurotunnel 5,678,224 2,039,217 -3,639,007
Southampton 4,112,097 2,351,148 -1,760,949
London Gateway Port 1,364,200 2,714,949 +1,350,749
Liverpool Docks 1,848,879 2,131,777 +282,898
Dover 1,956,462 888,856 -1,067,606
499 119,025 1,872,056 +1,753,031
East Midlands Airport 1,023,552 825,785 -197,767
Dover / Eurotunnel 713,355 861,926 +148,571

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
508
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
392
Manufacture of wearing apparel
69
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
67
Other manufacturing
31

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 138
2026-04 148
2026-03 153
2026-02 179
2026-01 173

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+ 239
0-1m 203
15m-54m 119
Other 84

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 19,365,805
Viet Nam 8,838,276
United States 7,878,490
Germany 2,552,404
Jamaica 2,512,087

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 15,179,513 4,186,292 -10,993,221
Viet Nam 8,753,927 84,349 -8,669,578
United States 6,023,457 1,855,033 -4,168,424
Germany 1,202,675 1,349,729 +147,054
Jamaica 1,550,334 961,753 -588,581
Barbados 2,024,399 211,330 -1,813,069
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 849,898 1,237,585 +387,687
Italy 1,025,831 806,031 -219,800
Ireland 769,695 1,003,122 +233,427
Netherlands 1,266,643 436,029 -830,614

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 91,527
Morocco 79,983
Pakistan 28,050
India 13,616
Bangladesh 10,596

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 48,626 42,901 -5,725
Morocco 77,832 2,151 -75,681
Pakistan 22,842 5,208 -17,634
India 5,878 7,738 +1,860
Bangladesh 3,817 6,779 +2,962
XI 9,351 250 -9,101
Fiji 4,413 782 -3,631
Ireland 398 2,943 +2,545
Viet Nam 324 2,126 +1,802
Portugal 801 913 +112

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 42,992,142
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,311,624
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,045,300
Other 298,450
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 34,207,859 8,784,283 -25,423,576
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,178,852 5,132,772 -5,046,080
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,758,473 6,286,827 +1,528,354
Other 195,082 103,368 -91,714
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 34,289,964
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,844,603
London Gateway Port 6,046,716
Portsmouth 5,033,090
East Midlands Airport 4,751,894

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 28,685,625 5,604,339 -23,081,286
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,500,249 3,344,354 -155,895
London Gateway Port 3,629,021 2,417,695 -1,211,326
Portsmouth 3,895,398 1,137,692 -2,757,706
East Midlands Airport 2,902,147 1,849,747 -1,052,400
Felixstowe 690,439 2,365,250 +1,674,811
London Stansted Airport 1,770,494 478,641 -1,291,853
Southampton 1,720,513 407,187 -1,313,326
ZLC 576,079 609,629 +33,550
Holyhead 409,266 360,226 -49,040

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