Import/export HS code 630260: Cotton terry toweling linen

Toilet and kitchen linen made from cotton terry toweling, such as towels and washcloths

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  • 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 119,014,159
India 73,283,237
Turkey 28,513,554
China 18,551,161
Bangladesh 16,095,198

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 65,685,526 53,328,633 -12,356,893
India 41,012,280 32,270,957 -8,741,323
Turkey 16,563,696 11,949,858 -4,613,838
China 9,625,298 8,925,863 -699,435
Bangladesh 10,739,269 5,355,929 -5,383,340
Portugal 7,222,278 6,653,664 -568,614
Sri Lanka 1,753,840 715,550 -1,038,290
France 1,419,835 1,045,537 -374,298
Germany 1,082,718 804,191 -278,527
Italy 1,060,097 661,646 -398,451

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 120,377,399
India 75,822,340
Turkey 30,722,805
China 19,796,030
Bangladesh 16,933,697

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 66,558,007 53,819,392 -12,738,615
India 42,458,911 33,363,429 -9,095,482
Turkey 17,694,952 13,027,853 -4,667,099
China 10,189,119 9,606,911 -582,208
Bangladesh 11,375,494 5,558,203 -5,817,291
Portugal 7,969,302 6,843,390 -1,125,912
Italy 642,379 398,697 -243,682
Austria 317,839 304,640 -13,199
France 266,060 254,728 -11,332
Sri Lanka 464,522 19,447 -445,075

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 157
Greater Manchester 97
Inner London - East 66
Outer London - West and North West 53
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 46

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 117 107 -10
Greater Manchester 80 67 -13
Inner London - East 51 44 -7
Outer London - West and North West 36 29 -7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 27 32 +5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 34 27 -7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 32 28 -4
Outer London - East and North East 19 16 -3
West Yorkshire 23 16 -7
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 16 15 -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) 242,784,144
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,177,549
Other 13,514,729
Air transport 5,033,518
Road transport 3,057,816

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) 134,732,968 108,051,176 -26,681,792
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,336,277 8,841,272 -3,495,005
Other 9,089,236 4,425,493 -4,663,743
Air transport 2,838,931 2,194,587 -644,344
Road transport 1,193,517 1,864,299 +670,782

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 100,110,662
Southampton 85,868,594
London Gateway Port 37,098,679
000 13,514,729
Dover 7,864,784

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 61,408,100 38,702,562 -22,705,538
Southampton 50,691,052 35,177,542 -15,513,510
London Gateway Port 13,962,296 23,136,383 +9,174,087
000 9,089,236 4,425,493 -4,663,743
Dover 4,343,378 3,521,406 -821,972
London 4,601,459 2,998,550 -1,602,909
Liverpool Docks 2,654,267 2,779,490 +125,223
Eurotunnel 2,308,807 2,198,112 -110,695
499 69,385 4,144,147 +4,074,762
ZLC 1,722,821 2,218,875 +496,054

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 358
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 331
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 53
Manufacture of textiles 39
Other personal service activities 34

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 148
2025-11 169
2025-10 188
2025-09 159
2025-08 180

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 345
54m+ 209
0-1m 193
15m-54m 85
Other 85

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 6,915,902
United Arab Emirates 1,799,519
South Africa 1,489,518
Netherlands 837,462
France 780,750

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 3,877,115 3,038,787 -838,328
United Arab Emirates 1,363,500 436,019 -927,481
South Africa 1,486,847 2,671 -1,484,176
Netherlands 533,319 304,143 -229,176
France 426,921 353,829 -73,092
Iceland 112,362 648,182 +535,820
United States 386,274 305,255 -81,019
Germany 301,468 329,838 +28,370
Italy 182,206 255,313 +73,107
Spain 119,651 188,920 +69,269

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 £
Portugal 549,016
India 535,574
XI 407,995
Pakistan 171,827
China 110,074

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 £
Portugal 281,809 267,207 -14,602
India 315,455 220,119 -95,336
XI 235,385 172,610 -62,775
Pakistan 80,259 91,568 +11,309
China 37,104 72,970 +35,866
Bangladesh 59,001 4,024 -54,977
Ireland 37,847 2,886 -34,961
Turkey 13,515 5,056 -8,459
Czechia 172 173 +1
United States 279 51 -228

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) 8,376,604
Air transport 5,280,770
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,676,661
Other 2,063,278
Road transport 2,053

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) 4,486,901 3,889,703 -597,198
Air transport 2,935,345 2,345,425 -589,920
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,172,881 503,780 -1,669,101
Other 1,088,606 974,672 -113,934
Road transport 2,053 0 -2,053

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,554,461
Holyhead 2,552,873
East Midlands Airport 2,200,431
000 2,063,278
London Gateway Port 1,898,628

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,335,716 1,218,745 -116,971
Holyhead 1,384,626 1,168,247 -216,379
East Midlands Airport 836,554 1,363,877 +527,323
000 1,088,606 974,672 -113,934
London Gateway Port 1,723,066 175,562 -1,547,504
London Heathrow Airport 981,179 610,484 -370,695
Heysham 871,757 618,269 -253,488
Manchester Airport 999,873 131,136 -868,737
Liverpool Docks 471,485 380,619 -90,866
Dover 119,880 200,572 +80,692

Quick facts

HS code: 630260

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

Description: Toilet and kitchen linen made from cotton terry toweling, such as towels and washcloths