Import/export HS code 640299: Various rubber or plastic footwear

Miscellaneous rubber or plastic footwear not covered in other categories. Includes a wide range of styles and designs

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* 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 491,176,110
Viet Nam 214,186,078
Belgium 121,679,393
Germany 79,709,074
Netherlands 69,233,497

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 264,652,819 226,523,291 -38,129,528
Viet Nam 101,597,717 112,588,361 +10,990,644
Belgium 54,763,732 66,915,661 +12,151,929
Germany 47,391,371 32,317,703 -15,073,668
Netherlands 42,625,148 26,608,349 -16,016,799
Indonesia 23,347,983 28,026,233 +4,678,250
Italy 21,870,939 17,106,982 -4,763,957
Spain 17,711,146 16,578,742 -1,132,404
France 13,514,339 16,637,467 +3,123,128
Cambodia 11,111,738 15,968,282 +4,856,544

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 590,420,942
Viet Nam 332,144,210
Indonesia 101,257,591
Germany 40,273,365
Cambodia 35,422,653

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 321,025,482 269,395,460 -51,630,022
Viet Nam 162,343,268 169,800,942 +7,457,674
Indonesia 45,067,568 56,190,023 +11,122,455
Germany 21,601,847 18,671,518 -2,930,329
Cambodia 15,234,132 20,188,521 +4,954,389
Italy 15,547,828 12,346,697 -3,201,131
India 8,442,729 8,807,347 +364,618
Bosnia and Herzegovina 10,061,845 5,023,707 -5,038,138
Myanmar 4,226,743 3,974,663 -252,080
Bangladesh 3,758,214 3,364,216 -393,998

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 182
Inner London - East 87
Greater Manchester 74
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 57
West Midlands 42

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 147 129 -18
Inner London - East 64 66 +2
Greater Manchester 60 56 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 39 42 +3
West Midlands 31 26 -5
Outer London - West and North West 20 20 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 18 24 +6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 22 16 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 23 17 -6
West Yorkshire 20 17 -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) 765,693,744
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 315,400,204
Other 126,357,294
Air transport 29,760,866
Road transport 4,837,313

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) 375,939,142 389,754,602 +13,815,460
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 163,405,483 151,994,721 -11,410,762
Other 84,495,403 41,861,891 -42,633,512
Air transport 16,341,330 13,419,536 -2,921,794
Road transport 2,401,758 2,435,555 +33,797

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 332,435,570
Southampton 156,269,562
Eurotunnel 145,277,083
000 126,357,294
London Gateway Port 120,062,267

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 218,584,819 113,850,751 -104,734,068
Southampton 71,666,318 84,603,244 +12,936,926
Eurotunnel 72,960,997 72,316,086 -644,911
000 84,495,403 41,861,891 -42,633,512
London Gateway Port 28,548,024 91,514,243 +62,966,219
Dover / Eurotunnel 32,270,439 31,186,042 -1,084,397
499 592,201 53,231,248 +52,639,047
Dover 26,437,376 24,595,219 -1,842,157
Immingham Docks 26,349,760 16,166,991 -10,182,769
Liverpool Docks 16,393,874 19,242,410 +2,848,536

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 506
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 329
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 40
Manufacture of wearing apparel 39
Other manufacturing 28

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 218
2026-03 261
2026-02 250
2026-01 203
2025-12 184

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 350
54m+ 240
0-1m 195
Other 86
15m-54m 82

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 50,033,377
Netherlands 21,421,650
Belgium 8,671,534
Germany 8,256,387
France 7,674,004

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 37,406,449 12,626,928 -24,779,521
Netherlands 13,272,230 8,149,420 -5,122,810
Belgium 4,996,999 3,674,535 -1,322,464
Germany 5,185,792 3,070,595 -2,115,197
France 4,224,881 3,449,123 -775,758
Italy 2,394,922 3,188,747 +793,825
Iceland 763,443 3,805,922 +3,042,479
Spain 2,130,811 1,265,608 -865,203
Austria 1,886,711 1,413,380 -473,331
United States 1,191,555 1,595,120 +403,565

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 10,016,765
Viet Nam 933,083
Belgium 288,882
Spain 188,718
Cambodia 174,461

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 5,296,918 4,719,847 -577,071
Viet Nam 508,263 424,820 -83,443
Belgium 164,968 123,914 -41,054
Spain 123,303 65,415 -57,888
Cambodia 130,103 44,358 -85,745
India 71,972 57,005 -14,967
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 20,631 36,848 +16,217
Germany 54,047 0 -54,047
Italy 18,361 12,988 -5,373
Ireland 14,981 15,340 +359

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) 93,054,204
Air transport 19,851,395
Other 15,204,178
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,138,590
Road transport 7,211

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) 63,727,267 29,326,937 -34,400,330
Air transport 9,493,367 10,358,028 +864,661
Other 7,857,300 7,346,878 -510,422
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,053,446 5,085,144 +2,031,698
Road transport 6,227 984 -5,243

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 37,686,135
Holyhead 33,046,453
Felixstowe 17,953,579
000 15,204,178
East Midlands Airport 9,560,566

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 21,349,198 16,336,937 -5,012,261
Holyhead 28,215,084 4,831,369 -23,383,715
Felixstowe 11,197,773 6,755,806 -4,441,967
000 7,857,300 7,346,878 -510,422
East Midlands Airport 2,647,535 6,913,031 +4,265,496
Immingham Docks 2,367,749 3,456,977 +1,089,228
London Heathrow Airport 4,173,211 1,533,099 -2,640,112
Dover 1,351,118 987,949 -363,169
London Stansted Airport 753,967 827,482 +73,515
Southampton 445,360 1,080,941 +635,581

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 640299

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

Description: Miscellaneous rubber or plastic footwear not covered in other categories. Includes a wide range of styles and designs