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 1,866,083,975
Viet Nam 1,348,219,935
Belgium 949,012,095
Italy 726,246,403
Germany 548,847,843

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 996,447,297 869,636,678 -126,810,619
Viet Nam 656,070,981 692,148,954 +36,077,973
Belgium 474,953,889 474,058,206 -895,683
Italy 366,180,865 360,065,538 -6,115,327
Germany 289,814,424 259,033,419 -30,781,005
France 237,307,811 243,222,314 +5,914,503
Indonesia 193,365,399 201,356,973 +7,991,574
Netherlands 171,150,140 144,309,764 -26,840,376
India 147,793,856 151,615,454 +3,821,598
Spain 105,026,124 102,524,933 -2,501,191

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 2,378,498,906
Viet Nam 2,308,792,205
Italy 825,137,135
Indonesia 734,443,927
India 385,442,375

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 1,274,051,273 1,104,447,633 -169,603,640
Viet Nam 1,146,564,796 1,162,227,409 +15,662,613
Italy 411,039,732 414,097,403 +3,057,671
Indonesia 355,039,040 379,404,887 +24,365,847
India 199,824,555 185,617,820 -14,206,735
Portugal 142,101,120 126,299,610 -15,801,510
Cambodia 110,410,392 115,020,445 +4,610,053
Germany 74,851,772 72,835,941 -2,015,831
Spain 60,341,112 52,005,368 -8,335,744
Romania 29,901,442 24,464,090 -5,437,352

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 669
Inner London - East 343
Greater Manchester 265
Outer London - West and North West 184
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 182

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 518 527 +9
Inner London - East 251 260 +9
Greater Manchester 198 196 -2
Outer London - West and North West 131 134 +3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 127 137 +10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 134 128 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 144 140 -4
West Midlands 121 104 -17
West Yorkshire 93 98 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 92 89 -3

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) 3,971,523,162
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,846,543,132
Other 663,124,024
Air transport 577,027,004
Road transport 49,219,192

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) 1,923,233,632 2,048,289,530 +125,055,898
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,441,480,817 1,405,062,315 -36,418,502
Other 464,787,486 198,336,538 -266,450,948
Air transport 294,907,308 282,119,696 -12,787,612
Road transport 25,459,199 23,759,993 -1,699,206
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 1,513,180,222
Eurotunnel 1,206,360,944
Southampton 962,532,122
London Gateway Port 664,789,095
000 661,679,609

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 973,780,787 539,399,435 -434,381,352
Eurotunnel 611,670,009 594,690,935 -16,979,074
Southampton 481,082,081 481,450,041 +367,960
London Gateway Port 175,781,546 489,007,549 +313,226,003
000 464,784,604 196,895,005 -267,889,599
Dover / Eurotunnel 304,762,021 327,984,561 +23,222,540
Dover 280,059,870 271,094,403 -8,965,467
499 7,972,034 340,680,547 +332,708,513
London Heathrow Airport 145,825,509 126,998,960 -18,826,549
Liverpool Docks 119,640,690 97,256,910 -22,383,780

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 2159
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 1263
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 186
Manufacture of wearing apparel 130
Other manufacturing 112

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 1135
2026-03 1251
2026-02 1219
2026-01 1037
2025-12 999

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 1645
0-1m 1433
54m+ 651
Other 323
15m-54m 278

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 201,033,261
France 133,773,266
Netherlands 133,098,233
Italy 124,400,369
Germany 80,115,745

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 115,569,224 85,464,037 -30,105,187
France 68,832,452 64,940,814 -3,891,638
Netherlands 70,108,865 62,989,368 -7,119,497
Italy 62,938,694 61,461,675 -1,477,019
Germany 43,257,062 36,858,683 -6,398,379
China 35,493,930 36,644,968 +1,151,038
United States 37,474,073 34,606,435 -2,867,638
Belgium 34,781,725 25,481,922 -9,299,803
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 24,121,055 15,788,409 -8,332,646
Spain 18,780,546 15,773,116 -3,007,430

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 28,614,063
India 8,097,950
Viet Nam 4,376,159
Switzerland 1,440,931
Turkey 959,911

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 14,272,541 14,341,522 +68,981
India 4,009,799 4,088,151 +78,352
Viet Nam 2,025,849 2,350,310 +324,461
Switzerland 730,647 710,284 -20,363
Turkey 490,954 468,957 -21,997
Cambodia 419,063 313,730 -105,333
Belgium 365,256 257,137 -108,119
Ireland 224,674 174,405 -50,269
Spain 261,478 134,668 -126,810
Brazil 153,166 161,505 +8,339

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) 709,495,969
Air transport 363,542,992
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 143,399,485
Other 66,100,116
Road transport 219,049

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) 383,093,754 326,402,215 -56,691,539
Air transport 188,060,589 175,482,403 -12,578,186
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 74,505,453 68,894,032 -5,611,421
Other 32,465,034 33,635,082 +1,170,048
Road transport 83,116 135,933 +52,817

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 453,675,798
East Midlands Airport 163,453,596
London Heathrow Airport 134,179,289
Holyhead 116,091,569
000 65,660,157

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 231,967,639 221,708,159 -10,259,480
East Midlands Airport 79,979,989 83,473,607 +3,493,618
London Heathrow Airport 74,395,186 59,784,103 -14,611,083
Holyhead 68,703,682 47,387,887 -21,315,795
000 32,415,163 33,244,994 +829,831
Southampton 27,174,238 32,550,012 +5,375,774
Felixstowe 35,552,545 17,805,155 -17,747,390
Immingham Docks 24,364,398 21,258,304 -3,106,094
Dover 22,335,033 18,367,057 -3,967,976
London Gateway Port 12,331,624 13,184,321 +852,697

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