Import/export HS code 640399: Various types of footwear

Various styles of footwear not specifically categorized

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 £
Viet Nam 294,912,705
Belgium 221,078,669
Italy 216,537,489
Germany 188,711,319
China 175,993,691

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 £
Viet Nam 163,840,366 131,072,339 -32,768,027
Belgium 132,394,442 88,684,227 -43,710,215
Italy 116,345,113 100,192,376 -16,152,737
Germany 99,609,760 89,101,559 -10,508,201
China 100,158,085 75,835,606 -24,322,479
India 66,830,241 62,274,227 -4,556,014
France 64,512,297 55,458,977 -9,053,320
Indonesia 63,395,508 51,191,032 -12,204,476
Netherlands 38,579,802 31,261,899 -7,317,903
Spain 29,990,968 26,283,812 -3,707,156

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 528,463,588
China 245,788,681
Italy 242,640,483
Indonesia 217,669,990
India 182,579,555

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 298,848,434 229,615,154 -69,233,280
China 134,170,182 111,618,499 -22,551,683
Italy 131,921,083 110,719,400 -21,201,683
Indonesia 121,122,614 96,547,376 -24,575,238
India 100,442,808 82,136,747 -18,306,061
Portugal 55,056,061 45,189,790 -9,866,271
Germany 39,881,845 36,436,667 -3,445,178
Cambodia 28,267,398 26,855,038 -1,412,360
Spain 23,542,848 16,988,997 -6,553,851
Turkey 9,770,528 5,018,528 -4,752,000

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 341
Inner London - East 149
Greater Manchester 82
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 80
Surrey, East and West Sussex 74

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 270 270 +0
Inner London - East 111 112 +1
Greater Manchester 63 53 -10
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 71 65 -6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 58 60 +2
Outer London - West and North West 47 49 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 36 35 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 34 38 +4
West Midlands 35 29 -6
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 34 29 -5

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) 812,504,209
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 709,498,927
Other 174,509,016
Air transport 130,036,233
Road transport 15,896,263

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) 449,363,383 363,140,826 -86,222,557
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 378,700,640 330,798,287 -47,902,353
Other 110,680,563 63,828,453 -46,852,110
Air transport 68,630,152 61,406,081 -7,224,071
Road transport 10,129,060 5,767,203 -4,361,857
Rail transport 0 11,362 +11,362

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 393,555,600
Felixstowe 266,537,381
000 174,509,016
Southampton 159,515,582
Dover / Eurotunnel 154,134,912

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 £
Eurotunnel 225,721,063 167,834,537 -57,886,526
Felixstowe 172,077,983 94,459,398 -77,618,585
000 110,680,563 63,828,453 -46,852,110
Southampton 92,798,624 66,716,958 -26,081,666
Dover / Eurotunnel 76,026,436 78,108,476 +2,082,040
Dover 78,258,505 67,412,436 -10,846,069
London Gateway Port 34,771,411 70,836,752 +36,065,341
Liverpool Docks 50,315,925 38,851,178 -11,464,747
London Heathrow Airport 30,949,722 26,573,267 -4,376,455
499 2,041,201 51,771,163 +49,729,962

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 1066
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 421
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 61
Manufacture of leather and related products 42
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 33

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 437
2025-11 411
2025-10 487
2025-09 493
2025-08 495

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 612
0-1m 579
54m+ 271
Other 117
15m-54m 93

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 £
China 52,309,200
Italy 41,103,476
Ireland 29,217,871
France 28,719,253
Germany 25,355,104

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 £
China 27,749,072 24,560,128 -3,188,944
Italy 21,544,426 19,559,050 -1,985,376
Ireland 16,451,747 12,766,124 -3,685,623
France 14,911,183 13,808,070 -1,103,113
Germany 14,760,378 10,594,726 -4,165,652
Netherlands 7,751,561 9,116,421 +1,364,860
United States 8,156,238 5,685,630 -2,470,608
Sweden 10,915,630 1,338,470 -9,577,160
Belgium 8,086,250 3,516,161 -4,570,089
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 5,103,013 3,338,180 -1,764,833

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 2,726,345
China 2,479,955
Viet Nam 1,333,678
Tunisia 277,853
Brazil 249,010

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 1,490,892 1,235,453 -255,439
China 1,283,911 1,196,044 -87,867
Viet Nam 620,953 712,725 +91,772
Tunisia 152,012 125,841 -26,171
Brazil 140,899 108,111 -32,788
Cambodia 173,033 68,760 -104,273
Spain 102,994 30,345 -72,649
Bangladesh 74,481 39,813 -34,668
Germany 75,648 2,977 -72,671
Italy 48,179 28,096 -20,083

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) 148,773,300
Air transport 85,630,504
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 59,838,435
Other 12,307,966
Road transport 395,673

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) 80,959,626 67,813,674 -13,145,952
Air transport 49,840,870 35,789,634 -14,051,236
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 33,486,772 26,351,663 -7,135,109
Other 6,265,685 6,042,281 -223,404
Road transport 377,146 18,527 -358,619

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 117,986,662
East Midlands Airport 45,606,791
London Heathrow Airport 29,181,592
Southampton 28,661,237
Felixstowe 23,050,462

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 64,734,116 53,252,546 -11,481,570
East Midlands Airport 27,561,887 18,044,904 -9,516,983
London Heathrow Airport 16,539,402 12,642,190 -3,897,212
Southampton 12,214,412 16,446,825 +4,232,413
Felixstowe 17,748,917 5,301,545 -12,447,372
000 6,265,685 6,042,281 -223,404
Holyhead 5,853,297 5,413,015 -440,282
Dover 5,384,767 4,479,362 -905,405
London Gateway Port 2,561,805 3,899,182 +1,337,377
Immingham Docks 2,295,055 2,783,808 +488,753

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 640399

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

Description: Various styles of footwear not specifically categorized