Import/export HS code 640399: Various types of footwear

Various styles of footwear not specifically categorized

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  • 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 310,670,716
Italy 235,432,115
Belgium 217,086,655
Germany 200,333,364
China 185,391,601

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 161,363,002 149,307,714 -12,055,288
Italy 117,136,960 118,295,155 +1,158,195
Belgium 123,996,501 93,090,154 -30,906,347
Germany 96,879,079 103,454,285 +6,575,206
China 96,762,173 88,629,428 -8,132,745
France 65,690,020 73,354,157 +7,664,137
India 67,268,912 68,731,949 +1,463,037
Indonesia 64,113,318 56,099,328 -8,013,990
Netherlands 38,508,498 39,474,629 +966,131
Spain 29,183,420 30,967,068 +1,783,648

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 553,171,068
Italy 265,453,707
China 264,302,693
Indonesia 226,913,214
India 186,742,187

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 290,882,646 262,288,422 -28,594,224
Italy 129,782,525 135,671,182 +5,888,657
China 134,556,741 129,745,952 -4,810,789
Indonesia 116,633,542 110,279,672 -6,353,870
India 99,864,825 86,877,362 -12,987,463
Portugal 56,543,765 52,851,685 -3,692,080
Germany 38,910,495 44,272,853 +5,362,358
Cambodia 30,052,418 28,623,642 -1,428,776
Spain 22,176,238 18,099,614 -4,076,624
Turkey 8,942,416 6,240,473 -2,701,943

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 353
Inner London - East 153
Greater Manchester 84
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 80
Surrey, East and West Sussex 76

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 275 288 +13
Inner London - East 111 118 +7
Greater Manchester 65 54 -11
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 63 70 +7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 57 60 +3
Outer London - West and North West 43 51 +8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 33 40 +7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 30 42 +12
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 33 34 +1
West Midlands 35 30 -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) 866,589,655
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 769,717,833
Other 159,062,394
Air transport 142,159,102
Road transport 16,015,350

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) 437,020,189 429,569,466 -7,450,723
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 376,122,963 393,594,870 +17,471,907
Other 109,702,716 49,359,678 -60,343,038
Air transport 70,139,495 72,019,607 +1,880,112
Road transport 9,481,890 6,533,460 -2,948,430
Rail transport 0 16,794 +16,794

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 401,858,837
Felixstowe 263,777,156
Dover / Eurotunnel 178,183,970
Southampton 167,970,468
000 159,062,394

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 214,951,983 186,906,854 -28,045,129
Felixstowe 165,942,728 97,834,428 -68,108,300
Dover / Eurotunnel 77,936,936 100,247,034 +22,310,098
Southampton 91,680,830 76,289,638 -15,391,192
000 109,702,716 49,359,678 -60,343,038
Dover 78,544,590 80,442,583 +1,897,993
London Gateway Port 41,883,744 91,548,685 +49,664,941
Liverpool Docks 49,790,089 37,434,982 -12,355,107
499 1,858,626 84,757,407 +82,898,781
London Heathrow Airport 31,453,064 31,209,956 -243,108

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 1094
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 442
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 66
Manufacture of leather and related products 40
Manufacture of wearing apparel 39

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 458
2026-03 544
2026-02 539
2026-01 437
2025-12 366

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 624
0-1m 591
54m+ 278
Other 139
15m-54m 99

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 59,340,761
Italy 43,274,797
Ireland 31,261,250
France 30,752,337
Germany 25,546,781

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 28,169,320 31,171,441 +3,002,121
Italy 20,256,760 23,018,037 +2,761,277
Ireland 16,263,693 14,997,557 -1,266,136
France 14,598,787 16,153,550 +1,554,763
Germany 13,659,220 11,887,561 -1,771,659
Netherlands 8,560,166 10,240,959 +1,680,793
United States 7,789,536 8,023,252 +233,716
Belgium 7,005,893 3,726,343 -3,279,550
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,519,418 3,959,024 -560,394
Poland 3,877,809 3,929,217 +51,408

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 2,983,510
China 2,964,222
Viet Nam 1,553,146
Tunisia 281,696
Cambodia 273,157

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 1,482,233 1,501,277 +19,044
China 1,332,251 1,631,971 +299,720
Viet Nam 660,649 892,497 +231,848
Tunisia 154,544 127,152 -27,392
Cambodia 160,391 112,766 -47,625
Brazil 133,471 105,778 -27,693
Bangladesh 72,502 67,909 -4,593
Spain 75,142 35,476 -39,666
Indonesia 8,203 82,595 +74,392
Italy 42,340 35,813 -6,527

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) 155,475,306
Air transport 81,464,166
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 65,440,054
Other 14,039,130
Road transport 40,741

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) 77,627,015 77,848,291 +221,276
Air transport 39,970,633 41,493,533 +1,522,900
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 32,801,744 32,638,310 -163,434
Other 6,528,974 7,510,156 +981,182
Road transport 23,203 17,538 -5,665

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 122,865,501
East Midlands Airport 37,565,828
Southampton 34,007,195
London Heathrow Airport 32,368,167
Felixstowe 22,524,626

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 60,784,879 62,080,622 +1,295,743
East Midlands Airport 18,063,118 19,502,710 +1,439,592
Southampton 13,819,978 20,187,217 +6,367,239
London Heathrow Airport 16,053,812 16,314,355 +260,543
Felixstowe 15,942,142 6,582,484 -9,359,658
000 6,528,974 7,510,156 +981,182
Holyhead 5,803,277 6,061,108 +257,831
Dover 5,252,400 5,090,031 -162,369
London Gateway Port 2,555,113 4,672,763 +2,117,650
Immingham Docks 2,312,432 2,758,950 +446,518

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