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 816,124,094
China 281,675,778
India 187,040,019
Turkey 63,928,786
Bangladesh 62,366,693

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 416,844,358 399,279,736 -17,564,622
China 145,095,408 136,580,370 -8,515,038
India 96,227,024 90,812,995 -5,414,029
Turkey 32,650,183 31,278,603 -1,371,580
Bangladesh 32,057,485 30,309,208 -1,748,277
Portugal 27,139,699 28,167,557 +1,027,858
Germany 11,284,816 9,275,979 -2,008,837
Italy 5,975,675 6,826,932 +851,257
Netherlands 6,077,315 5,935,010 -142,305
France 5,677,390 4,721,006 -956,384

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 846,762,338
China 291,972,208
India 190,506,404
Turkey 69,587,302
Bangladesh 68,494,180

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 432,288,740 414,473,598 -17,815,142
China 152,006,290 139,965,918 -12,040,372
India 97,720,042 92,786,362 -4,933,680
Turkey 35,905,194 33,682,108 -2,223,086
Bangladesh 34,749,721 33,744,459 -1,005,262
Portugal 29,231,913 29,710,643 +478,730
Italy 5,394,012 6,370,103 +976,091
Spain 3,163,741 3,375,561 +211,820
Egypt 2,305,710 3,557,006 +1,251,296
France 2,013,203 1,681,487 -331,716

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 381
Greater Manchester 215
Inner London - East 156
Outer London - West and North West 147
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 121

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 264 267 +3
Greater Manchester 159 162 +3
Inner London - East 110 99 -11
Outer London - West and North West 107 91 -16
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 86 80 -6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 61 66 +5
West Midlands 61 55 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 54 56 +2
Outer London - East and North East 48 51 +3
West Yorkshire 42 47 +5

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) 1,322,105,627
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 102,464,245
Other 95,923,928
Air transport 55,147,152
Road transport 7,643,633

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) 637,254,473 684,851,154 +47,596,681
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 53,881,635 48,582,610 -5,299,025
Other 84,440,884 11,483,044 -72,957,840
Air transport 30,457,796 24,689,356 -5,768,440
Road transport 3,543,422 4,100,211 +556,789

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 474,236,109
Felixstowe 397,492,649
London Gateway Port 278,862,300
000 95,923,928
499 89,889,812

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 248,369,362 225,866,747 -22,502,615
Felixstowe 244,546,193 152,946,456 -91,599,737
London Gateway Port 101,749,793 177,112,507 +75,362,714
000 84,440,884 11,483,044 -72,957,840
499 634,791 89,255,021 +88,620,230
Dover 18,736,196 20,578,846 +1,842,650
Belfast Port 13,825,152 10,736,182 -3,088,970
London 13,341,289 8,436,466 -4,904,823
Eurotunnel 9,836,544 10,652,100 +815,556
London Heathrow Airport 10,769,140 7,546,632 -3,222,508

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
961
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
770
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
123
Manufacture of textiles
100
Other personal service activities
80

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 437
2026-04 425
2026-03 435
2026-02 453
2026-01 385

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 917
0-1m 599
54m+ 400
15m-54m 216
Other 208

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 37,951,464
United States 10,371,305
Iceland 7,684,391
France 6,276,781
United Arab Emirates 5,751,170

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 19,034,526 18,916,938 -117,588
United States 4,794,463 5,576,842 +782,379
Iceland 1,485,669 6,198,722 +4,713,053
France 3,236,281 3,040,500 -195,781
United Arab Emirates 3,946,103 1,805,067 -2,141,036
Netherlands 1,389,228 1,385,200 -4,028
Germany 1,426,015 1,325,194 -100,821
Pakistan 2,289,062 0 -2,289,062
South Africa 1,615,346 390,305 -1,225,041
Spain 1,162,095 723,998 -438,097

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 6,544,017
Pakistan 3,839,733
India 1,518,827
China 1,348,059
Portugal 802,093

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 3,482,661 3,061,356 -421,305
Pakistan 2,091,868 1,747,865 -344,003
India 834,851 683,976 -150,875
China 763,064 584,995 -178,069
Portugal 415,432 386,661 -28,771
Bangladesh 243,193 265,874 +22,681
Turkey 278,983 190,961 -88,022
Ireland 173,497 147,418 -26,079
Netherlands 49,800 19,793 -30,007
Sri Lanka 6,318 4,623 -1,695

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) 37,093,484
Air transport 35,177,657
Other 18,453,463
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,677,847
Road transport 6,011

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) 19,279,470 17,814,014 -1,465,456
Air transport 16,779,209 18,398,448 +1,619,239
Other 9,241,648 9,211,815 -29,833
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,124,775 4,553,072 -2,571,703
Road transport 3,000 3,011 +11

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 18,453,463
East Midlands Airport 17,856,912
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,855,766
London Heathrow Airport 11,188,050
Holyhead 10,062,097

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 9,241,648 9,211,815 -29,833
East Midlands Airport 6,276,587 11,580,325 +5,303,738
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,794,457 5,061,309 -1,733,148
London Heathrow Airport 6,842,944 4,345,106 -2,497,838
Holyhead 5,026,951 5,035,146 +8,195
London Gateway Port 4,724,803 2,112,052 -2,612,751
Heysham 2,628,833 2,570,371 -58,462
Liverpool Docks 2,479,002 2,523,328 +44,326
Manchester Airport 2,429,296 765,463 -1,663,833
Dover 1,023,413 1,463,331 +439,918

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