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 1,844,696,333
Viet Nam 1,349,853,980
Belgium 945,817,658
Italy 724,169,804
Germany 540,105,962

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 £
China 994,133,780 850,562,553 -143,571,227
Viet Nam 671,565,750 678,288,230 +6,722,480
Belgium 509,339,945 436,477,713 -72,862,232
Italy 365,034,322 359,135,482 -5,898,840
Germany 291,137,630 248,968,332 -42,169,298
France 238,428,269 247,956,516 +9,528,247
Indonesia 191,226,226 199,835,658 +8,609,432
Netherlands 165,412,080 145,227,985 -20,184,095
India 146,609,719 149,591,004 +2,981,285
Spain 103,575,939 101,740,556 -1,835,383

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 2,352,142,858
Viet Nam 2,308,875,019
Italy 822,567,693
Indonesia 732,260,169
India 379,896,269

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 1,274,834,975 1,077,307,883 -197,527,092
Viet Nam 1,179,905,354 1,128,969,665 -50,935,689
Italy 409,704,961 412,862,732 +3,157,771
Indonesia 364,704,384 367,555,785 +2,851,401
India 199,326,628 180,569,641 -18,756,987
Portugal 141,844,236 125,567,771 -16,276,465
Cambodia 114,050,196 113,708,252 -341,944
Germany 73,677,161 71,491,940 -2,185,221
Spain 58,312,633 51,433,826 -6,878,807
Bangladesh 24,446,204 30,152,162 +5,705,958

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 676
Inner London - East 347
Greater Manchester 263
Outer London - West and North West 195
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 181

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 523 533 +10
Inner London - East 248 260 +12
Greater Manchester 199 193 -6
Outer London - West and North West 139 139 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 127 138 +11
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 148 138 -10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 137 126 -11
West Midlands 119 103 -16
West Yorkshire 92 106 +14
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 91 83 -8

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) 3,970,569,468
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,836,420,897
Other 628,357,996
Air transport 575,917,988
Road transport 49,006,800

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) 1,932,331,276 2,038,238,192 +105,906,916
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,469,991,593 1,366,429,304 -103,562,289
Other 461,283,591 167,074,405 -294,209,186
Air transport 296,652,461 279,265,527 -17,386,934
Road transport 24,942,848 24,063,952 -878,896
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 1,466,769,318
Eurotunnel 1,207,457,728
Southampton 954,659,358
London Gateway Port 691,665,866
Dover / Eurotunnel 637,168,491

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 948,875,866 517,893,452 -430,982,414
Eurotunnel 640,554,008 566,903,720 -73,650,288
Southampton 478,496,420 476,162,938 -2,333,482
London Gateway Port 210,152,162 481,513,704 +271,361,542
Dover / Eurotunnel 316,120,003 321,048,488 +4,928,485
000 461,280,711 165,636,481 -295,644,230
Dover 275,913,842 267,713,695 -8,200,147
499 8,165,192 375,704,145 +367,538,953
London Heathrow Airport 145,477,874 125,074,597 -20,403,277
Liverpool Docks 122,857,328 90,834,952 -32,022,376

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 2179
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 1267
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 182
Manufacture of wearing apparel 131
Other manufacturing 112

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 1637
0-1m 1457
54m+ 654
Other 331
15m-54m 282

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 195,414,614
France 134,096,107
Netherlands 133,244,081
Italy 123,912,363
Germany 78,165,649

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 111,251,094 84,163,520 -27,087,574
France 68,500,708 65,595,399 -2,905,309
Netherlands 70,114,584 63,129,497 -6,985,087
Italy 64,320,757 59,591,606 -4,729,151
Germany 42,638,738 35,526,911 -7,111,827
United States 36,071,758 38,896,030 +2,824,272
China 35,653,781 35,802,114 +148,333
Belgium 34,128,292 25,423,598 -8,704,694
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 22,899,197 15,972,333 -6,926,864
Spain 18,571,931 15,822,646 -2,749,285

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 28,631,332
India 8,036,613
Viet Nam 4,412,224
Switzerland 1,418,744
Turkey 959,095

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 14,261,153 14,370,179 +109,026
India 3,978,944 4,057,669 +78,725
Viet Nam 2,060,820 2,351,404 +290,584
Switzerland 708,836 709,908 +1,072
Turkey 485,433 473,662 -11,771
Cambodia 380,790 330,377 -50,413
Belgium 344,471 231,562 -112,909
Ireland 251,534 152,047 -99,487
Spain 268,829 111,714 -157,115
Brazil 160,892 148,107 -12,785

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) 702,916,640
Air transport 357,785,728
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 145,132,932
Other 65,937,563
Road transport 202,673

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) 380,162,674 322,753,966 -57,408,708
Air transport 184,601,296 173,184,432 -11,416,864
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 73,090,556 72,042,376 -1,048,180
Other 32,725,946 33,211,617 +485,671
Road transport 68,031 134,642 +66,611

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 452,282,167
East Midlands Airport 160,767,049
London Heathrow Airport 131,960,314
Holyhead 110,927,235
000 65,491,889

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 231,644,714 220,637,453 -11,007,261
East Midlands Airport 82,014,720 78,752,329 -3,262,391
London Heathrow Airport 69,404,646 62,555,668 -6,848,978
Holyhead 64,418,478 46,508,757 -17,909,721
000 32,668,579 32,823,310 +154,731
Southampton 29,232,487 34,874,076 +5,641,589
Felixstowe 31,976,867 18,605,894 -13,370,973
Immingham Docks 24,971,255 20,080,859 -4,890,396
Dover 22,389,555 18,818,173 -3,571,382
London Gateway Port 12,928,917 13,330,485 +401,568

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