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 841,209,738
China 289,113,539
India 193,211,740
Turkey 66,339,277
Bangladesh 64,471,962

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 419,946,611 421,263,127 +1,316,516
China 141,438,538 147,675,001 +6,236,463
India 96,521,728 96,690,012 +168,284
Turkey 27,665,290 38,673,987 +11,008,697
Bangladesh 28,353,288 36,118,674 +7,765,386
Portugal 26,176,398 30,829,164 +4,652,766
Germany 11,626,782 10,219,226 -1,407,556
Italy 6,310,717 7,237,759 +927,042
Netherlands 5,354,351 6,254,885 +900,534
France 5,752,771 5,300,072 -452,699

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 872,171,815
China 300,273,194
India 196,119,726
Turkey 72,603,966
Bangladesh 71,279,900

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 436,186,070 435,985,745 -200,325
China 148,289,242 151,983,952 +3,694,710
India 96,723,531 99,396,195 +2,672,664
Turkey 30,867,170 41,736,796 +10,869,626
Bangladesh 31,830,102 39,449,798 +7,619,696
Portugal 28,312,992 32,574,731 +4,261,739
Italy 5,769,769 6,594,232 +824,463
Spain 3,204,893 3,578,523 +373,630
Egypt 2,118,915 3,885,429 +1,766,514
France 2,027,305 1,921,762 -105,543

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 389
Greater Manchester 222
Outer London - West and North West 160
Inner London - East 156
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 262 279 +17
Greater Manchester 164 165 +1
Outer London - West and North West 111 102 -9
Inner London - East 109 110 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 80 82 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 69 70 +1
West Midlands 60 63 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 54 61 +7
Outer London - East and North East 52 52 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 43 41 -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) 1,357,330,270
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 107,431,800
Other 103,297,348
Air transport 57,542,378
Road transport 7,419,194

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) 645,709,843 711,620,427 +65,910,584
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 53,531,923 53,899,877 +367,954
Other 67,116,040 36,181,308 -30,934,732
Air transport 30,643,388 26,898,990 -3,744,398
Road transport 3,116,081 4,303,113 +1,187,032

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 497,383,185
Felixstowe 416,763,206
London Gateway Port 274,650,106
000 103,297,348
499 83,096,540

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 260,553,867 236,829,318 -23,724,549
Felixstowe 252,288,634 164,474,572 -87,814,062
London Gateway Port 90,613,573 184,036,533 +93,422,960
000 67,116,040 36,181,308 -30,934,732
499 783,068 82,313,472 +81,530,404
Dover 18,187,671 22,766,623 +4,578,952
Belfast Port 13,824,627 11,891,366 -1,933,261
London 13,743,395 9,899,116 -3,844,279
Eurotunnel 9,979,844 11,628,279 +1,648,435
London Heathrow Airport 10,578,559 8,705,839 -1,872,720

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 989
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 780
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 132
Manufacture of textiles 105
Other personal service activities 82

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 425
2026-03 435
2026-02 453
2026-01 385
2025-12 414

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 933
0-1m 636
54m+ 401
15m-54m 220
Other 219

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 38,996,659
United States 9,649,306
Iceland 7,740,838
France 6,919,341
United Arab Emirates 6,030,943

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 18,775,428 20,221,231 +1,445,803
United States 4,685,503 4,963,803 +278,300
Iceland 905,658 6,835,180 +5,929,522
France 3,776,095 3,143,246 -632,849
United Arab Emirates 3,514,672 2,516,271 -998,401
Netherlands 1,503,653 1,461,973 -41,680
Germany 1,377,739 1,360,094 -17,645
Pakistan 1,708,581 580,481 -1,128,100
South Africa 1,612,677 383,801 -1,228,876
Spain 1,016,799 972,388 -44,411

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 6,802,162
Pakistan 3,875,603
India 1,564,492
China 1,416,858
Portugal 807,493

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 3,474,604 3,327,558 -147,046
Pakistan 1,995,309 1,880,294 -115,015
India 844,334 720,158 -124,176
China 793,092 623,766 -169,326
Portugal 375,080 432,413 +57,333
Bangladesh 300,308 254,769 -45,539
Turkey 299,239 198,261 -100,978
Ireland 170,072 121,484 -48,588
Netherlands 45,319 25,890 -19,429
Sri Lanka 7,568 5,438 -2,130

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) 38,513,269
Air transport 36,308,835
Other 18,873,256
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,028,799
Road transport 8,064

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) 19,379,056 19,134,213 -244,843
Air transport 15,830,545 20,478,290 +4,647,745
Other 9,072,697 9,800,559 +727,862
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,700,169 4,328,630 -2,371,539
Road transport 5,053 3,011 -2,042

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 18,873,256
East Midlands Airport 18,382,956
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,551,896
London Heathrow Airport 11,361,267
Holyhead 10,564,924

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 9,072,697 9,800,559 +727,862
East Midlands Airport 5,669,418 12,713,538 +7,044,120
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,950,622 5,601,274 -1,349,348
London Heathrow Airport 6,530,252 4,831,015 -1,699,237
Holyhead 4,955,060 5,609,864 +654,804
London Gateway Port 4,157,362 1,911,066 -2,246,296
Heysham 2,594,926 2,782,042 +187,116
Liverpool Docks 2,401,917 2,559,354 +157,437
Manchester Airport 2,218,794 1,114,702 -1,104,092
Dover 1,004,343 1,343,125 +338,782

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