Import/export HS code 64: Footwear and related items

Includes all types of shoes, boots, gaiters, and their parts, such as soles and uppers

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 1,696,678,866
Viet Nam 1,246,990,573
Belgium 876,288,695
Italy 661,530,494
Germany 498,581,032

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 997,689,688 698,989,178 -298,700,510
Viet Nam 704,921,882 542,068,691 -162,853,191
Belgium 509,754,587 366,534,108 -143,220,479
Italy 370,943,123 290,587,371 -80,355,752
Germany 298,031,581 200,549,451 -97,482,130
France 230,309,308 211,362,616 -18,946,692
Indonesia 200,049,247 162,209,738 -37,839,509
Netherlands 159,749,465 120,563,360 -39,186,105
India 152,128,961 119,840,660 -32,288,301
Spain 103,556,467 84,922,138 -18,634,329

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 2,158,787,273
Viet Nam 2,136,622,693
Italy 745,155,281
Indonesia 682,655,997
India 347,301,711

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 1,273,586,188 885,201,085 -388,385,103
Viet Nam 1,213,002,217 923,620,476 -289,381,741
Italy 408,359,937 336,795,344 -71,564,593
Indonesia 379,885,399 302,770,598 -77,114,801
India 203,008,596 144,293,115 -58,715,481
Portugal 139,570,266 104,284,510 -35,285,756
Cambodia 123,240,014 89,119,897 -34,120,117
Germany 70,626,044 55,607,980 -15,018,064
Spain 57,073,863 41,389,353 -15,684,510
Bangladesh 24,346,477 27,319,634 +2,973,157

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 646
Inner London - East 332
Greater Manchester 257
Outer London - West and North West 183
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 176

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 519 502 -17
Inner London - East 254 239 -15
Greater Manchester 203 184 -19
Outer London - West and North West 131 123 -8
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 127 126 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 152 130 -22
Surrey, East and West Sussex 134 123 -11
West Midlands 114 94 -20
West Yorkshire 91 101 +10
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 88 75 -13

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) 3,679,286,278
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,600,118,162
Other 557,166,186
Air transport 522,901,416
Road transport 45,087,608

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) 1,955,516,321 1,723,769,957 -231,746,364
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,465,284,874 1,134,833,288 -330,451,586
Other 494,980,129 62,186,057 -432,794,072
Air transport 291,719,236 231,182,180 -60,537,056
Road transport 24,719,930 20,367,678 -4,352,252
Rail transport 0 53,583 +53,583

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 1,306,606,675
Eurotunnel 1,106,527,905
Southampton 890,526,724
London Gateway Port 672,900,800
Dover / Eurotunnel 590,712,403

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 890,484,676 416,121,999 -474,362,677
Eurotunnel 641,572,103 464,955,802 -176,616,301
Southampton 491,885,319 398,641,405 -93,243,914
London Gateway Port 279,737,305 393,163,495 +113,426,190
Dover / Eurotunnel 318,308,688 272,403,715 -45,904,973
000 494,976,326 60,749,056 -434,227,270
Dover 278,369,463 219,180,768 -59,188,695
499 8,044,480 374,693,058 +366,648,578
London Heathrow Airport 137,843,355 103,728,856 -34,114,499
Liverpool Docks 126,879,889 66,716,728 -60,163,161

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
2121
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
1222
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
174
Manufacture of wearing apparel
126
Other manufacturing
109

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 1041
2026-04 1135
2026-03 1251
2026-02 1219
2026-01 1037

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 1586
0-1m 1411
54m+ 633
Other 307
15m-54m 271

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 175,211,322
France 121,310,021
Netherlands 117,891,534
Italy 111,981,082
Germany 69,752,842

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 104,252,285 70,959,037 -33,293,248
France 68,639,677 52,670,344 -15,969,333
Netherlands 65,417,171 52,474,363 -12,942,808
Italy 62,992,621 48,988,461 -14,004,160
Germany 40,968,692 28,784,150 -12,184,542
United States 35,904,709 33,611,378 -2,293,331
China 34,696,331 30,849,459 -3,846,872
Belgium 31,672,160 21,957,974 -9,714,186
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 20,148,109 13,574,804 -6,573,305
Spain 17,525,589 13,639,544 -3,886,045

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 £
China 26,545,606
India 7,420,561
Viet Nam 4,156,456
Switzerland 1,276,082
Turkey 907,941

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 £
China 14,215,740 12,329,866 -1,885,874
India 3,981,353 3,439,208 -542,145
Viet Nam 2,112,506 2,043,950 -68,556
Switzerland 676,564 599,518 -77,046
Turkey 480,823 427,118 -53,705
Cambodia 350,797 298,768 -52,029
Belgium 275,447 193,422 -82,025
Ireland 272,917 121,352 -151,565
Spain 221,750 89,182 -132,568
Brazil 168,429 112,808 -55,621

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) 630,778,150
Air transport 321,185,286
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 132,514,236
Other 61,248,750
Road transport 173,639

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) 364,635,359 266,142,791 -98,492,568
Air transport 174,399,507 146,785,779 -27,613,728
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 70,667,539 61,846,697 -8,820,842
Other 32,846,160 28,402,590 -4,443,570
Road transport 60,922 112,717 +51,795

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 409,612,701
East Midlands Airport 146,265,286
London Heathrow Airport 117,509,349
Holyhead 98,405,555
Southampton 60,996,350

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 226,382,430 183,230,271 -43,152,159
East Midlands Airport 82,409,674 63,855,612 -18,554,062
London Heathrow Airport 61,712,752 55,796,597 -5,916,155
Holyhead 59,244,469 39,161,086 -20,083,383
Southampton 30,634,766 30,361,584 -273,182
000 32,777,014 28,026,427 -4,750,587
Felixstowe 25,157,426 16,081,646 -9,075,780
Immingham Docks 25,236,801 15,256,707 -9,980,094
Dover 20,810,127 15,864,320 -4,945,807
London Gateway Port 13,076,876 11,540,711 -1,536,165

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 64

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

Description: Includes all types of shoes, boots, gaiters, and their parts, such as soles and uppers