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 £
India 77,506,058
Italy 76,662,709
China 64,771,731
Viet Nam 60,992,583
Belgium 54,232,507

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 £
India 40,525,768 36,980,290 -3,545,478
Italy 40,460,101 36,202,608 -4,257,493
China 36,113,738 28,657,993 -7,455,745
Viet Nam 31,277,920 29,714,663 -1,563,257
Belgium 29,805,863 24,426,644 -5,379,219
Portugal 25,711,427 16,825,302 -8,886,125
Germany 23,066,678 18,284,301 -4,782,377
France 20,718,944 14,177,226 -6,541,718
Spain 16,075,662 14,691,932 -1,383,730
Netherlands 13,606,581 10,233,254 -3,373,327

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 106,795,254
China 96,343,412
India 86,468,238
Italy 69,372,724
Portugal 68,177,285

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 57,882,093 48,913,161 -8,968,932
China 52,694,830 43,648,582 -9,046,248
India 45,886,518 40,581,720 -5,304,798
Italy 36,325,837 33,046,887 -3,278,950
Portugal 40,984,414 27,192,871 -13,791,543
Indonesia 17,374,024 13,500,555 -3,873,469
Spain 13,357,590 11,148,389 -2,209,201
Cambodia 9,472,230 9,645,064 +172,834
Romania 11,738,523 5,584,153 -6,154,370
Bangladesh 6,215,121 4,833,346 -1,381,775

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 236
Inner London - East 99
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 64
Surrey, East and West Sussex 53
Greater Manchester 45

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 182 196 +14
Inner London - East 77 66 -11
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 52 56 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 43 41 -2
Greater Manchester 39 29 -10
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 30 31 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 27 24 -3
West Midlands 27 22 -5
West Yorkshire 27 27 +0
Outer London - West and North West 30 24 -6

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) 253,750,810
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 239,670,921
Other 63,758,393
Air transport 44,632,376
Road transport 6,966,192

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 142,639,490 111,111,320 -31,528,170
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 116,645,836 123,025,085 +6,379,249
Other 47,606,320 16,152,073 -31,454,247
Air transport 24,469,522 20,162,854 -4,306,668
Road transport 3,162,641 3,803,551 +640,910

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 93,861,298
Eurotunnel 90,940,975
Dover 81,641,698
000 63,758,393
Southampton 50,884,203

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 61,373,881 32,487,417 -28,886,464
Eurotunnel 52,639,552 38,301,423 -14,338,129
Dover 44,263,243 37,378,455 -6,884,788
000 47,606,320 16,152,073 -31,454,247
Southampton 28,240,587 22,643,616 -5,596,971
London Gateway Port 14,762,212 34,356,083 +19,593,871
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,960,200 14,488,945 -2,471,255
499 167,318 26,726,920 +26,559,602
London Heathrow Airport 9,915,020 5,944,016 -3,971,004
Thamesport 8,673,092 5,999,555 -2,673,537

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 715
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 284
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 49
Manufacture of leather and related products 33
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 27

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 275
2025-11 343
2025-10 392
2025-09 386
2025-08 357

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 466
0-1m 304
54m+ 211
Other 85
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 11,058,849
United States 9,049,447
France 8,053,958
Netherlands 6,918,751
Ireland 6,456,934

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 6,164,107 4,894,742 -1,269,365
United States 4,945,104 4,104,343 -840,761
France 4,193,260 3,860,698 -332,562
Netherlands 3,479,120 3,439,631 -39,489
Ireland 3,573,029 2,883,905 -689,124
Germany 2,945,135 2,208,299 -736,836
Belgium 2,013,553 784,329 -1,229,224
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,360,044 821,792 -538,252
Japan 1,065,476 1,065,367 -109
Portugal 943,564 786,014 -157,550

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 1,595,332
China 726,947
Belgium 215,090
Viet Nam 171,444
Cambodia 151,025

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 881,002 714,330 -166,672
China 375,062 351,885 -23,177
Belgium 137,522 77,568 -59,954
Viet Nam 66,287 105,157 +38,870
Cambodia 74,195 76,830 +2,635
Portugal 16,966 36,814 +19,848
Spain 37,144 15,191 -21,953
Italy 22,740 10,704 -12,036
Brazil 4,994 8,572 +3,578
Bangladesh 6,782 2,956 -3,826

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) 35,232,714
Air transport 25,897,146
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,929,373
Other 4,249,662
Road transport 71,388

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) 19,861,421 15,371,293 -4,490,128
Air transport 13,434,606 12,462,540 -972,066
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,618,523 3,310,850 -1,307,673
Other 2,302,692 1,946,970 -355,722
Road transport 62,842 8,546 -54,296

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 27,928,431
East Midlands Airport 14,993,351
London Heathrow Airport 7,786,733
000 4,249,662
Dover 3,500,535

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 15,552,070 12,376,361 -3,175,709
East Midlands Airport 7,662,423 7,330,928 -331,495
London Heathrow Airport 4,093,330 3,693,403 -399,927
000 2,302,692 1,946,970 -355,722
Dover 2,250,725 1,249,810 -1,000,915
Felixstowe 2,691,909 228,699 -2,463,210
London Gateway Port 1,122,530 1,114,331 -8,199
Southampton 308,192 1,555,092 +1,246,900
Immingham Docks 703,729 809,069 +105,340
ZLC 719,357 553,009 -166,348

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