Import/export HS code 630231: Cotton table linen

Table linen made from cotton, such as tablecloths and napkins

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 £
Pakistan 195,140,754
India 51,739,252
China 23,194,355
Portugal 21,400,702
Bangladesh 18,103,917

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 101,088,570 94,052,184 -7,036,386
India 27,793,606 23,945,646 -3,847,960
China 12,406,938 10,787,417 -1,619,521
Portugal 11,817,067 9,583,635 -2,233,432
Bangladesh 5,803,043 12,300,874 +6,497,831
Germany 6,336,963 4,727,086 -1,609,877
Italy 2,364,459 1,940,635 -423,824
Turkey 1,092,865 1,860,309 +767,444
Sri Lanka 1,228,123 1,526,077 +297,954
France 1,496,131 1,183,499 -312,632

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 205,029,075
India 53,136,467
China 25,094,869
Portugal 22,823,694
Bangladesh 21,224,111

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 107,054,346 97,974,729 -9,079,617
India 28,119,144 25,017,323 -3,101,821
China 13,097,122 11,997,747 -1,099,375
Portugal 12,548,280 10,275,414 -2,272,866
Bangladesh 7,534,285 13,689,826 +6,155,541
Italy 2,375,305 1,806,234 -569,071
Turkey 1,690,541 2,322,105 +631,564
Bahrain 1,086,661 1,206,580 +119,919
France 574,419 438,003 -136,416
Viet Nam 302,914 176,248 -126,666

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 84
Greater Manchester 58
Inner London - East 26
Outer London - West and North West 25
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 20

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 62 60 -2
Greater Manchester 47 38 -9
Inner London - East 16 16 +0
Outer London - West and North West 17 19 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 14 14 +0
West Yorkshire 14 16 +2
West Midlands 7 9 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 9 6 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 9 8 -1
Lancashire 8 9 +1

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) 269,955,212
Other 30,647,459
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 27,256,761
Air transport 12,725,829
Road transport 928,638

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) 138,288,116 131,667,096 -6,621,020
Other 15,270,098 15,377,361 +107,263
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,648,903 12,607,858 -2,041,045
Air transport 7,149,611 5,576,218 -1,573,393
Road transport 308,502 620,136 +311,634

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 108,376,022
Felixstowe 69,886,106
London Gateway Port 53,964,910
000 30,647,459
499 17,381,682

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 62,499,708 45,876,314 -16,623,394
Felixstowe 42,730,856 27,155,250 -15,575,606
London Gateway Port 22,098,018 31,866,892 +9,768,874
000 15,270,098 15,377,361 +107,263
499 140,042 17,241,640 +17,101,598
Dover 6,512,080 5,925,554 -586,526
Eurotunnel 4,203,735 3,193,182 -1,010,553
London 4,526,266 1,793,769 -2,732,497
Belfast Port 2,706,979 2,975,722 +268,743
London Heathrow Airport 2,669,702 1,749,483 -920,219

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 200
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 119
Manufacture of textiles 35
Accommodation 19
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 19

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 100
2025-11 104
2025-10 132
2025-09 106
2025-08 109

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 154
0-1m 99
54m+ 90
Other 53
15m-54m 36

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 8,383,585
United Arab Emirates 2,375,001
France 1,488,119
Iceland 1,352,990
United States 873,750

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 4,308,966 4,074,619 -234,347
United Arab Emirates 1,156,928 1,218,073 +61,145
France 1,023,985 464,134 -559,851
Iceland 122,642 1,230,348 +1,107,706
United States 536,323 337,427 -198,896
South Korea 801,145 57,978 -743,167
Spain 299,499 478,341 +178,842
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 369,942 154,097 -215,845
Qatar 242,717 239,795 -2,922
Netherlands 199,474 221,343 +21,869

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 £
Pakistan 1,129,753
XI 961,082
India 450,000
Bangladesh 282,176
China 255,321

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 £
Pakistan 578,024 551,729 -26,295
XI 601,386 359,696 -241,690
India 251,953 198,047 -53,906
Bangladesh 179,573 102,603 -76,970
China 183,786 71,535 -112,251
Turkey 8,389 6,860 -1,529
Sri Lanka 7,907 5,061 -2,846
Ireland 3,112 5,957 +2,845
Portugal 7,744 1,175 -6,569
Egypt 5,593 1,302 -4,291

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 8,804,739
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,788,909
Other 3,658,374
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,276,225
Road transport 11,904

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 4,453,833 4,350,906 -102,927
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,985,792 3,803,117 -182,675
Other 1,970,188 1,688,186 -282,002
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 677,384 598,841 -78,543
Road transport 11,904 0 -11,904

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 3,819,333
000 3,658,374
London Heathrow Airport 3,118,859
Holyhead 2,640,494
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,781,299

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 £
East Midlands Airport 1,497,719 2,321,614 +823,895
000 1,970,188 1,688,186 -282,002
London Heathrow Airport 2,097,179 1,021,680 -1,075,499
Holyhead 1,256,856 1,383,638 +126,782
Dover / Eurotunnel 834,755 946,544 +111,789
Liverpool Docks 672,404 456,259 -216,145
Heysham 435,043 576,396 +141,353
Manchester Airport 397,743 596,398 +198,655
London Gateway Port 237,972 265,650 +27,678
ZLC 299,880 104,098 -195,782

Quick facts

HS code: 630231

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

Description: Table linen made from cotton, such as tablecloths and napkins