Import/export HS code 6302: Bed and kitchen linens

Includes bed linen, table linen, toilet linen, and kitchen linen made from various materials

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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 £
Pakistan 762,595,711
China 263,904,427
India 178,342,334
Turkey 61,734,628
Bangladesh 58,473,363

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 £
Pakistan 408,380,460 354,215,251 -54,165,209
China 139,020,657 124,883,770 -14,136,887
India 98,187,830 80,154,504 -18,033,326
Turkey 28,849,460 32,885,168 +4,035,708
Bangladesh 28,531,705 29,941,658 +1,409,953
Portugal 26,102,004 25,737,659 -364,345
Germany 12,752,656 8,765,753 -3,986,903
Italy 6,530,286 5,828,362 -701,924
France 6,276,420 4,408,120 -1,868,300
Netherlands 4,242,384 6,252,085 +2,009,701

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 £
Pakistan 792,522,956
China 274,328,311
India 181,166,003
Turkey 67,762,184
Bangladesh 65,514,728

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 £
Pakistan 424,383,319 368,139,637 -56,243,682
China 145,173,475 129,154,836 -16,018,639
India 98,270,044 82,895,959 -15,374,085
Turkey 32,218,797 35,543,387 +3,324,590
Bangladesh 32,733,930 32,780,798 +46,868
Portugal 28,275,208 26,992,182 -1,283,026
Italy 5,974,730 5,271,884 -702,846
Spain 2,955,756 3,004,662 +48,906
Egypt 2,171,170 3,266,954 +1,095,784
France 2,030,882 1,526,138 -504,744

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 378
Greater Manchester 220
Inner London - East 155
Outer London - West and North West 142
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 116

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 262 262 +0
Greater Manchester 171 156 -15
Inner London - East 110 108 -2
Outer London - West and North West 108 83 -25
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 70 85 +15
Surrey, East and West Sussex 70 65 -5
West Midlands 57 57 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 57 52 -5
Outer London - East and North East 49 49 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 44 38 -6

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) 1,217,692,679
Other 113,111,985
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 100,120,491
Air transport 53,237,550
Road transport 6,815,623

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) 633,935,904 583,756,775 -50,179,129
Other 68,058,491 45,053,494 -23,004,997
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 54,983,654 45,136,837 -9,846,817
Air transport 29,985,873 23,251,677 -6,734,196
Road transport 2,829,345 3,986,278 +1,156,933

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 457,052,617
Felixstowe 411,205,815
London Gateway Port 217,660,085
000 113,111,985
499 52,718,968

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 £
Southampton 261,857,908 195,194,709 -66,663,199
Felixstowe 255,198,570 156,007,245 -99,191,325
London Gateway Port 76,072,577 141,587,508 +65,514,931
000 68,058,491 45,053,494 -23,004,997
499 1,051,030 51,667,938 +50,616,908
Dover 18,874,539 18,628,622 -245,917
Belfast Port 13,131,315 11,375,813 -1,755,502
London 14,689,311 8,833,481 -5,855,830
Eurotunnel 10,225,477 9,217,722 -1,007,755
London Heathrow Airport 10,469,139 8,020,400 -2,448,739

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 933
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 752
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 132
Manufacture of textiles 104
Other personal service activities 79

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 385
2025-11 460
2025-10 502
2025-09 432
2025-08 464

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 889
0-1m 602
54m+ 389
15m-54m 222
Other 210

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 £
Ireland 34,841,096
United States 8,523,872
France 6,654,902
United Arab Emirates 6,173,116
Iceland 6,151,913

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 £
Ireland 18,890,243 15,950,853 -2,939,390
United States 3,633,779 4,890,093 +1,256,314
France 3,706,047 2,948,855 -757,192
United Arab Emirates 3,485,370 2,687,746 -797,624
Iceland 470,754 5,681,159 +5,210,405
Netherlands 1,498,539 1,367,071 -131,468
South Korea 2,252,464 104,404 -2,148,060
Germany 1,256,080 1,044,890 -211,190
Pakistan 90,091 2,198,971 +2,108,880
Spain 863,265 1,067,885 +204,620

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 £
XI 6,200,575
Pakistan 3,440,429
India 1,406,642
China 1,338,964
Portugal 727,433

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 £
XI 3,499,887 2,700,688 -799,199
Pakistan 1,851,658 1,588,771 -262,887
India 843,097 563,545 -279,552
China 809,866 529,098 -280,768
Portugal 348,677 378,756 +30,079
Bangladesh 318,786 145,188 -173,598
Turkey 311,532 132,814 -178,718
Ireland 166,406 96,721 -69,685
Netherlands 37,657 28,821 -8,836
Sri Lanka 7,907 5,061 -2,846

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) 35,423,598
Air transport 33,383,911
Other 16,518,894
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,638,337
Road transport 32,937

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) 18,725,894 16,697,704 -2,028,190
Air transport 14,921,192 18,462,719 +3,541,527
Other 8,893,005 7,625,889 -1,267,116
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,705,041 5,933,296 +1,228,255
Road transport 26,926 6,011 -20,915

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 16,518,894
East Midlands Airport 15,752,667
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,002,178
London Heathrow Airport 11,551,070
Holyhead 9,760,151

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 £
000 8,893,005 7,625,889 -1,267,116
East Midlands Airport 5,360,485 10,392,182 +5,031,697
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,236,281 5,765,897 -470,384
London Heathrow Airport 6,249,582 5,301,488 -948,094
Holyhead 5,057,289 4,702,862 -354,427
London Gateway Port 2,642,266 3,262,988 +620,722
Heysham 2,618,898 2,205,825 -413,073
Liverpool Docks 2,441,405 1,845,598 -595,807
Manchester Airport 1,905,450 1,239,939 -665,511
Dover 941,422 1,217,119 +275,697

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 6302

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

Description: Includes bed linen, table linen, toilet linen, and kitchen linen made from various materials