Import/export HS code 6306: Tarpaulins, awnings, tents, and sails

Includes tarpaulins, awnings, sunblinds, tents, sails for boats, and camping goods like temporary canopies

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 £
China 155,941,566
Bangladesh 31,435,850
Germany 30,223,061
Netherlands 21,191,245
Poland 12,191,202

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 £
China 88,437,215 67,504,351 -20,932,864
Bangladesh 16,247,152 15,188,698 -1,058,454
Germany 15,667,783 14,555,278 -1,112,505
Netherlands 12,042,606 9,148,639 -2,893,967
Poland 7,612,287 4,578,915 -3,033,372
France 5,459,021 4,687,938 -771,083
Denmark 4,715,545 4,544,426 -171,119
Belgium 3,383,744 4,461,451 +1,077,707
Sri Lanka 3,724,869 3,265,551 -459,318
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,934,727 3,945,995 +2,011,268

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 £
China 175,153,717
Bangladesh 37,738,731
Germany 26,496,579
Poland 16,633,914
Netherlands 8,876,134

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 £
China 97,783,709 77,370,008 -20,413,701
Bangladesh 19,428,634 18,310,097 -1,118,537
Germany 13,913,924 12,582,655 -1,331,269
Poland 10,191,225 6,442,689 -3,748,536
Netherlands 5,571,812 3,304,322 -2,267,490
Viet Nam 3,238,503 4,527,224 +1,288,721
Sri Lanka 3,742,494 3,330,586 -411,908
South Africa 2,812,276 2,594,647 -217,629
Italy 2,582,647 1,645,890 -936,757
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,330,866 2,526,325 +1,195,459

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Greater Manchester 77
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 64
Inner London - West 64
Surrey, East and West Sussex 50
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 47

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
Greater Manchester 52 59 +7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 42 36 -6
Inner London - West 48 39 -9
Surrey, East and West Sussex 40 30 -10
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 27 39 +12
Essex 35 31 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 37 23 -14
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 31 27 -4
Inner London - East 28 28 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 23 27 +4

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) 181,546,306
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 93,247,880
Air transport 32,177,794
Other 26,706,532
Road transport 1,165,110

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) 97,348,637 84,197,669 -13,150,968
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 51,190,216 42,057,664 -9,132,552
Air transport 16,559,371 15,618,423 -940,948
Other 15,177,949 11,528,583 -3,649,366
Road transport 578,618 586,492 +7,874

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 118,799,208
London Gateway Port 34,323,120
Southampton 32,639,788
000 26,706,532
Dover 20,505,985

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 71,094,220 47,704,988 -23,389,232
London Gateway Port 11,885,615 22,437,505 +10,551,890
Southampton 18,606,147 14,033,641 -4,572,506
000 15,177,949 11,528,583 -3,649,366
Dover 10,482,418 10,023,567 -458,851
Immingham Docks 7,337,308 7,740,428 +403,120
London Heathrow Airport 7,132,715 5,829,045 -1,303,670
Eurotunnel 5,558,950 6,085,429 +526,479
London 7,298,528 3,952,820 -3,345,708
Harwich 6,177,383 2,175,300 -4,002,083

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 335
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 276
Other manufacturing 69
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 56
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 51

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 138
2025-11 133
2025-10 189
2025-09 166
2025-08 174

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 439
0-1m 241
54m+ 235
15m-54m 128
Other 73

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 £
France 13,633,334
Ireland 8,102,161
Denmark 7,735,695
Netherlands 7,564,256
Germany 6,866,246

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 £
France 7,030,538 6,602,796 -427,742
Ireland 4,587,149 3,515,012 -1,072,137
Denmark 4,243,637 3,492,058 -751,579
Netherlands 4,775,074 2,789,182 -1,985,892
Germany 3,775,562 3,090,684 -684,878
Sweden 3,601,759 2,639,733 -962,026
United States 2,248,378 1,263,853 -984,525
Spain 1,013,024 2,470,893 +1,457,869
Poland 868,798 1,470,103 +601,305
Finland 278,992 1,218,959 +939,967

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 6,023,327
China 92,399
Bangladesh 56,531
Ireland 22,212
Viet Nam 19,330

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 3,142,058 2,881,269 -260,789
China 50,163 42,236 -7,927
Bangladesh 30,719 25,812 -4,907
Ireland 12,930 9,282 -3,648
Viet Nam 12,893 6,437 -6,456
India 3,019 1,964 -1,055
Germany 0 2,507 +2,507
South Korea 255 0 -255
France 245 0 -245
Sweden 163 0 -163

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) 38,263,601
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,792,368
Air transport 11,968,006
Other 6,248,932
Road transport 55,326

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) 20,946,793 17,316,808 -3,629,985
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,360,123 10,432,245 +72,122
Air transport 6,747,448 5,220,558 -1,526,890
Other 3,268,606 2,980,326 -288,280
Road transport 55,326 0 -55,326

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 24,628,690
Immingham Docks 13,959,311
000 6,248,932
East Midlands Airport 4,918,134
London Heathrow Airport 4,708,421

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 14,170,438 10,458,252 -3,712,186
Immingham Docks 6,737,308 7,222,003 +484,695
000 3,268,606 2,980,326 -288,280
East Midlands Airport 2,574,955 2,343,179 -231,776
London Heathrow Airport 2,869,770 1,838,651 -1,031,119
London 2,876,957 1,333,229 -1,543,728
Southampton 1,004,769 1,450,731 +445,962
Harwich 376,373 2,005,777 +1,629,404
Dover 1,080,969 952,481 -128,488
Holyhead 749,304 707,295 -42,009

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 6306

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

Description: Includes tarpaulins, awnings, sunblinds, tents, sails for boats, and camping goods like temporary canopies