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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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
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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 458,882,099
Viet Nam 205,432,274
Belgium 119,763,644
Germany 70,779,075
Netherlands 59,836,466

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 259,497,513 199,384,586 -60,112,927
Viet Nam 103,184,268 102,248,006 -936,262
Belgium 61,210,684 58,552,960 -2,657,724
Germany 44,735,449 26,043,626 -18,691,823
Netherlands 37,243,229 22,593,237 -14,649,992
Indonesia 23,533,927 25,859,226 +2,325,299
Italy 21,744,263 14,251,570 -7,492,693
Spain 17,614,483 14,564,751 -3,049,732
France 13,336,047 17,424,187 +4,088,140
Cambodia 11,043,248 14,816,692 +3,773,444

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 551,546,956
Viet Nam 318,727,453
Indonesia 97,181,403
Germany 35,257,648
Cambodia 34,596,753

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 314,987,810 236,559,146 -78,428,664
Viet Nam 165,587,441 153,140,012 -12,447,429
Indonesia 48,646,637 48,534,766 -111,871
Germany 18,907,447 16,350,201 -2,557,246
Cambodia 15,367,889 19,228,864 +3,860,975
Italy 15,305,181 10,291,896 -5,013,285
India 8,694,480 8,900,136 +205,656
Bosnia and Herzegovina 7,346,313 3,953,192 -3,393,121
Myanmar 4,226,759 3,492,490 -734,269
Bangladesh 3,689,079 3,280,693 -408,386

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 177
Inner London - East 86
Greater Manchester 69
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 58
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 145 124 -21
Inner London - East 68 59 -9
Greater Manchester 55 56 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 42 40 -2
West Midlands 30 28 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 22 16 -6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 18 21 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22 16 -6
Outer London - West and North West 15 20 +5
Lancashire 15 22 +7

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) 728,996,550
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 295,892,702
Other 111,920,469
Air transport 28,043,354
Road transport 4,533,330

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) 366,963,885 362,032,665 -4,931,220
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 162,055,596 133,837,106 -28,218,490
Other 89,445,606 22,474,863 -66,970,743
Air transport 15,921,517 12,121,837 -3,799,680
Road transport 2,395,164 2,138,166 -256,998

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 296,400,553
Southampton 150,492,054
Eurotunnel 137,870,125
London Gateway Port 125,141,951
000 111,920,469

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 196,644,829 99,755,724 -96,889,105
Southampton 68,479,627 82,012,427 +13,532,800
Eurotunnel 74,208,058 63,662,067 -10,545,991
London Gateway Port 44,460,722 80,681,229 +36,220,507
000 89,445,606 22,474,863 -66,970,743
Dover / Eurotunnel 33,613,196 27,258,926 -6,354,270
499 694,610 60,066,378 +59,371,768
Dover 25,415,019 21,816,679 -3,598,340
Immingham Docks 23,281,275 13,341,560 -9,939,715
Liverpool Docks 17,482,435 16,245,540 -1,236,895

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
494
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
320
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
38
Manufacture of wearing apparel
37
Other manufacturing
25

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 215
2026-04 218
2026-03 261
2026-02 250
2026-01 203

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 338
54m+ 239
0-1m 189
Other 82
15m-54m 79

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 41,459,869
Netherlands 18,975,656
Belgium 7,845,165
Germany 7,536,843
France 6,651,314

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 30,374,255 11,085,614 -19,288,641
Netherlands 11,966,966 7,008,690 -4,958,276
Belgium 4,405,597 3,439,568 -966,029
Germany 5,156,907 2,379,936 -2,776,971
France 3,983,129 2,668,185 -1,314,944
Italy 2,583,271 2,688,177 +104,906
Iceland 1,773,393 2,810,379 +1,036,986
Spain 2,018,413 1,055,002 -963,411
Austria 1,850,109 1,131,443 -718,666
United States 817,205 1,658,676 +841,471

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 9,320,923
Viet Nam 877,596
Belgium 246,720
Cambodia 162,657
Spain 152,850

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 5,031,316 4,289,607 -741,709
Viet Nam 506,242 371,354 -134,888
Belgium 144,329 102,391 -41,938
Cambodia 115,819 46,838 -68,981
Spain 118,661 34,189 -84,472
India 64,806 53,305 -11,501
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 33,621 22,297 -11,324
Ireland 17,831 13,149 -4,682
Indonesia 1,768 26,449 +24,681
Italy 15,413 9,472 -5,941

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) 79,993,435
Air transport 17,933,505
Other 14,259,941
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,926,803
Road transport 3,995

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) 54,610,558 25,382,877 -29,227,681
Air transport 9,878,652 8,054,853 -1,823,799
Other 7,717,367 6,542,574 -1,174,793
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,457,563 4,469,240 +2,011,677
Road transport 3,011 984 -2,027

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 34,145,214
Holyhead 25,659,267
Felixstowe 15,628,431
000 14,259,941
East Midlands Airport 9,183,759

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 20,176,374 13,968,840 -6,207,534
Holyhead 21,367,877 4,291,390 -17,076,487
Felixstowe 9,729,674 5,898,757 -3,830,917
000 7,717,367 6,542,574 -1,174,793
East Midlands Airport 4,172,826 5,010,933 +838,107
Immingham Docks 2,277,491 3,051,018 +773,527
London Heathrow Airport 3,132,595 1,432,207 -1,700,388
Dover 1,308,304 731,005 -577,299
Southampton 371,739 1,157,814 +786,075
London Stansted Airport 777,847 734,175 -43,672

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