Import/export HS code 640391: Ankle-high shoes

Footwear that covers the ankle, made with various materials

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 £
Italy 82,128,959
India 80,070,108
China 66,014,129
Viet Nam 63,901,451
Belgium 52,070,289

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 40,724,072 41,404,887 +680,815
India 40,867,103 39,203,005 -1,664,098
China 36,514,102 29,500,027 -7,014,075
Viet Nam 31,028,880 32,872,571 +1,843,691
Belgium 28,787,056 23,283,233 -5,503,823
Germany 22,431,169 21,110,873 -1,320,296
Portugal 24,766,435 16,004,118 -8,762,317
France 20,126,127 16,872,667 -3,253,460
Spain 15,944,104 16,061,200 +117,096
Netherlands 13,167,422 12,298,529 -868,893

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 111,343,569
China 97,643,656
India 89,306,143
Italy 73,654,446
Portugal 67,784,498

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 57,617,807 53,725,762 -3,892,045
China 52,129,500 45,514,156 -6,615,344
India 46,221,197 43,084,946 -3,136,251
Italy 35,827,576 37,826,870 +1,999,294
Portugal 40,058,286 27,726,212 -12,332,074
Indonesia 16,377,682 13,377,161 -3,000,521
Spain 13,009,046 11,787,709 -1,221,337
Cambodia 9,568,008 10,295,470 +727,462
Romania 11,144,938 5,881,317 -5,263,621
Bangladesh 6,403,605 6,217,147 -186,458

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 245
Inner London - East 101
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 64
Surrey, East and West Sussex 57
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 186 198 +12
Inner London - East 78 68 -10
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 53 57 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 44 46 +2
Greater Manchester 39 32 -7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 27 32 +5
West Yorkshire 28 27 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 26 23 -3
West Midlands 25 22 -3
Outer London - West and North West 27 27 +0

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) 260,106,890
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 256,395,903
Other 56,934,819
Air transport 48,198,412
Road transport 8,144,338

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) 139,856,151 120,250,739 -19,605,412
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 118,436,713 137,959,190 +19,522,477
Other 44,427,148 12,507,671 -31,919,477
Air transport 24,495,018 23,703,394 -791,624
Road transport 3,172,911 4,971,427 +1,798,516

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 93,376,454
Eurotunnel 90,454,903
Dover 84,405,753
000 56,934,819
London Gateway Port 55,832,946

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 60,027,991 33,348,463 -26,679,528
Eurotunnel 50,624,484 39,830,419 -10,794,065
Dover 43,677,394 40,728,359 -2,949,035
000 44,427,148 12,507,671 -31,919,477
London Gateway Port 17,614,055 38,218,891 +20,604,836
Southampton 28,759,218 25,456,431 -3,302,787
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,541,699 17,671,423 +129,724
499 158,208 33,819,692 +33,661,484
London Heathrow Airport 9,628,311 7,079,232 -2,549,079
Thamesport 8,694,137 7,083,643 -1,610,494

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
736
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
289
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
48
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
2026-05 223
2026-04 223
2026-03 246
2026-02 278
2026-01 275

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 472
0-1m 309
54m+ 219
Other 94
15m-54m 77

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 11,633,779
United States 9,759,642
France 9,537,688
Netherlands 7,888,880
Ireland 7,626,071

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 6,592,274 5,041,505 -1,550,769
United States 5,186,688 4,572,954 -613,734
France 4,371,071 5,166,617 +795,546
Netherlands 3,377,062 4,511,818 +1,134,756
Ireland 3,570,623 4,055,448 +484,825
Germany 2,562,894 2,957,309 +394,415
Belgium 1,722,935 842,404 -880,531
Japan 1,086,009 1,250,813 +164,804
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,355,852 821,046 -534,806
Sweden 942,053 849,605 -92,448

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 1,789,095
China 854,271
Belgium 249,311
Viet Nam 204,527
Cambodia 173,458

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 872,753 916,342 +43,589
China 374,092 480,179 +106,087
Belgium 153,235 96,076 -57,159
Viet Nam 64,371 140,156 +75,785
Cambodia 73,980 99,478 +25,498
Portugal 16,939 58,413 +41,474
Spain 26,075 17,347 -8,728
Italy 16,317 14,939 -1,378
Brazil 4,352 10,939 +6,587
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) 37,835,473
Air transport 28,664,615
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,350,966
Other 4,835,862
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) 19,059,207 18,776,266 -282,941
Air transport 13,812,769 14,851,846 +1,039,077
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,651,171 3,699,795 -951,376
Other 2,317,611 2,518,251 +200,640
Road transport 5,849 7,255 +1,406

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 30,259,335
East Midlands Airport 17,019,940
London Heathrow Airport 8,342,599
000 4,835,862
Dover 3,592,931

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 14,900,423 15,358,912 +458,489
East Midlands Airport 7,838,793 9,181,147 +1,342,354
London Heathrow Airport 4,279,921 4,062,678 -217,243
000 2,317,611 2,518,251 +200,640
Dover 2,165,890 1,427,041 -738,849
Felixstowe 2,298,919 616,743 -1,682,176
London Gateway Port 1,239,688 1,075,080 -164,608
Southampton 675,916 1,567,312 +891,396
Immingham Docks 776,975 767,186 -9,789
ZLC 603,431 663,915 +60,484

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