Import/export HS code 640391: Ankle-high shoes

Footwear that covers the ankle, made with various materials

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  • 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 £
Italy 81,854,402
India 80,956,833
China 66,811,936
Viet Nam 64,801,614
Belgium 54,464,595

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 £
Italy 40,597,873 41,256,529 +658,656
India 41,158,538 39,798,295 -1,360,243
China 36,596,143 30,215,793 -6,380,350
Viet Nam 31,653,492 33,148,122 +1,494,630
Belgium 29,350,926 25,113,669 -4,237,257
Germany 22,734,200 21,225,092 -1,509,108
Portugal 25,075,044 16,937,083 -8,137,961
France 20,237,347 16,942,215 -3,295,132
Spain 16,064,377 15,956,771 -107,606
Netherlands 13,070,563 12,332,246 -738,317

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 £
Viet Nam 112,047,288
China 100,769,888
India 90,210,533
Italy 73,931,363
Portugal 69,028,938

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 £
Viet Nam 57,294,196 54,753,092 -2,541,104
China 54,098,655 46,671,233 -7,427,422
India 46,419,275 43,791,258 -2,628,017
Italy 35,922,210 38,009,153 +2,086,943
Portugal 40,386,594 28,642,344 -11,744,250
Indonesia 17,037,330 13,848,408 -3,188,922
Spain 13,165,791 11,681,096 -1,484,695
Cambodia 9,359,513 10,571,833 +1,212,320
Romania 11,164,882 6,070,457 -5,094,425
Bangladesh 6,278,066 6,208,602 -69,464

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 241
Inner London - East 101
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 65
Surrey, East and West Sussex 55
Greater Manchester 46

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 184 197 +13
Inner London - East 79 68 -11
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 53 57 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 44 44 +0
Greater Manchester 38 32 -6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 28 32 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 26 24 -2
West Yorkshire 27 26 -1
Outer London - West and North West 29 26 -3
West Midlands 24 23 -1

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 264,251,252
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 256,811,643
Other 59,799,948
Air transport 48,230,894
Road transport 8,104,190

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 141,509,560 122,741,692 -18,767,868
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 118,306,436 138,505,207 +20,198,771
Other 46,331,379 13,468,569 -32,862,810
Air transport 24,343,551 23,887,343 -456,208
Road transport 3,180,641 4,923,549 +1,742,908

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 95,142,548
Eurotunnel 92,655,044
Dover 85,370,258
000 59,799,948
London Gateway Port 54,993,966

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 60,557,636 34,584,912 -25,972,724
Eurotunnel 51,534,578 41,120,466 -10,414,112
Dover 44,338,253 41,032,005 -3,306,248
000 46,331,379 13,468,569 -32,862,810
London Gateway Port 16,807,611 38,186,355 +21,378,744
Southampton 29,044,153 25,715,351 -3,328,802
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,891,244 18,201,270 +1,310,026
499 165,003 32,931,569 +32,766,566
London Heathrow Airport 9,729,661 7,159,941 -2,569,720
Thamesport 8,499,651 7,079,037 -1,420,614

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 729
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 290
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 50
Manufacture of leather and related products 33
Manufacture of wearing apparel 28

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 223
2026-03 246
2026-02 278
2026-01 275
2025-12 287

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 470
0-1m 308
54m+ 216
Other 94
15m-54m 78

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 £
Italy 11,856,649
United States 9,909,964
France 9,495,124
Netherlands 7,799,681
Ireland 7,646,301

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 £
Italy 6,394,582 5,462,067 -932,515
United States 5,192,484 4,717,480 -475,004
France 4,296,851 5,198,273 +901,422
Netherlands 3,427,511 4,372,170 +944,659
Ireland 3,580,468 4,065,833 +485,365
Germany 2,666,140 3,014,728 +348,588
Belgium 1,851,858 892,726 -959,132
Japan 1,053,007 1,177,339 +124,332
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,440,128 771,941 -668,187
Sweden 941,981 852,991 -88,990

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 £
India 1,798,936
China 853,526
Belgium 254,327
Viet Nam 204,004
Cambodia 173,848

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 £
India 885,206 913,730 +28,524
China 375,594 477,932 +102,338
Belgium 144,844 109,483 -35,361
Viet Nam 64,383 139,621 +75,238
Cambodia 74,092 99,756 +25,664
Portugal 17,015 57,085 +40,070
Spain 26,307 17,040 -9,267
Italy 17,987 14,870 -3,117
Brazil 4,347 11,132 +6,785
Ireland 5,468 5,505 +37

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) 38,495,664
Air transport 28,862,829
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,849,040
Other 4,854,033
Road transport 13,104

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) 19,104,652 19,391,012 +286,360
Air transport 14,092,743 14,770,086 +677,343
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,563,405 3,285,635 -1,277,770
Other 2,319,832 2,534,201 +214,369
Road transport 4,558 8,546 +3,988

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 30,807,294
East Midlands Airport 17,129,488
London Heathrow Airport 8,488,647
000 4,854,033
Dover 3,641,590

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 14,869,329 15,937,965 +1,068,636
East Midlands Airport 7,952,333 9,177,155 +1,224,822
London Heathrow Airport 4,456,183 4,032,464 -423,719
000 2,319,832 2,534,201 +214,369
Dover 2,184,742 1,456,848 -727,894
Felixstowe 2,420,794 193,501 -2,227,293
London Gateway Port 1,163,095 1,066,645 -96,450
Southampton 493,470 1,595,327 +1,101,857
Immingham Docks 813,486 796,841 -16,645
ZLC 640,771 609,792 -30,979

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 640391

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

Description: Footwear that covers the ankle, made with various materials