Import/export HS code 640411: Sports shoes

Footwear designed for sports activities, such as tennis shoes, basketball shoes, gym shoes, and training shoes. Perfect for athletes and fitness enthusiasts

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 459,940,100
Belgium 304,706,596
Indonesia 103,979,708
China 79,666,003
Germany 49,988,932

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 234,169,960 225,770,140 -8,399,820
Belgium 156,034,139 148,672,457 -7,361,682
Indonesia 47,150,027 56,829,681 +9,679,654
China 36,000,172 43,665,831 +7,665,659
Germany 22,444,516 27,544,416 +5,099,900
France 21,355,869 23,013,539 +1,657,670
Netherlands 12,289,176 6,164,066 -6,125,110
Italy 7,557,531 7,683,393 +125,862
United States 5,058,526 2,821,240 -2,237,286
Ireland 3,871,425 3,263,369 -608,056

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 721,849,375
Indonesia 196,673,044
China 135,850,253
Cambodia 15,680,536
India 8,873,445

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 364,854,134 356,995,241 -7,858,893
Indonesia 91,858,885 104,814,159 +12,955,274
China 69,063,576 66,786,677 -2,276,899
Cambodia 8,777,391 6,903,145 -1,874,246
India 4,182,449 4,690,996 +508,547
Italy 3,913,772 3,196,914 -716,858
United Kingdom 1,627,414 1,106,423 -520,991
Romania 677,227 908,396 +231,169
Portugal 642,937 719,960 +77,023
United States 1,044,101 154,097 -890,004

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 121
Inner London - East 54
Greater Manchester 29
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 27
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 25

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 83 88 +5
Inner London - East 42 30 -12
Greater Manchester 22 20 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 17 22 +5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 18 16 -2
Outer London - West and North West 12 19 +7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 16 11 -5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 12 13 +1
West Midlands 16 11 -5
Lancashire 11 15 +4

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 574,107,076
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 376,792,536
Other 101,794,009
Air transport 69,960,211
Road transport 645,775

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 249,790,542 324,316,534 +74,525,992
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 191,435,874 185,356,662 -6,079,212
Other 83,823,440 17,970,569 -65,852,871
Air transport 38,084,048 31,876,163 -6,207,885
Road transport 396,073 249,702 -146,371

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 284,478,579
Eurotunnel 277,286,776
Felixstowe 111,327,098
000 101,794,009
London Gateway Port 83,139,897

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 £
Southampton 125,509,843 158,968,736 +33,458,893
Eurotunnel 142,681,675 134,605,101 -8,076,574
Felixstowe 77,222,592 34,104,506 -43,118,086
000 83,823,440 17,970,569 -65,852,871
London Gateway Port 26,859,439 56,280,458 +29,421,019
499 1,644,016 60,171,953 +58,527,937
London Heathrow Airport 28,162,288 21,056,919 -7,105,369
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,368,182 24,044,193 +6,676,011
Dover 14,499,819 20,997,935 +6,498,116
Liverpool Docks 12,803,361 8,884,604 -3,918,757

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
317
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
174
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
27
Manufacture of wearing apparel
17
Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities
15

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 113
2026-04 105
2026-03 113
2026-02 121
2026-01 94

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 219
54m+ 147
0-1m 116
Other 58
15m-54m 39

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 £
Netherlands 43,502,780
Ireland 28,090,177
France 24,956,933
Belgium 19,472,263
Saudi Arabia 10,659,674

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 £
Netherlands 22,941,277 20,561,503 -2,379,774
Ireland 16,031,914 12,058,263 -3,973,651
France 14,234,301 10,722,632 -3,511,669
Belgium 10,721,896 8,750,367 -1,971,529
Saudi Arabia 5,603,223 5,056,451 -546,772
Germany 6,300,252 4,169,972 -2,130,280
Spain 5,793,436 4,118,044 -1,675,392
Italy 5,529,582 3,107,760 -2,421,822
United States 1,796,010 5,646,231 +3,850,221
United Arab Emirates 2,679,951 2,647,288 -32,663

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 £
China 1,326,184
Viet Nam 53,292
Indonesia 39,580
Ireland 22,105
Cambodia 2,153

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 £
China 1,142,672 183,512 -959,160
Viet Nam 36,031 17,261 -18,770
Indonesia 10,077 29,503 +19,426
Ireland 9,924 12,181 +2,257
Cambodia 2,040 113 -1,927
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,327 592 -735
Bangladesh 998 673 -325
Myanmar 505 1,157 +652
India 965 105 -860
United States 391 0 -391

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) 150,807,896
Air transport 32,828,275
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,703,892
Other 3,480,566

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) 82,968,095 67,839,801 -15,128,294
Air transport 17,400,648 15,427,627 -1,973,021
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,947,547 5,756,345 +2,808,798
Other 2,232,697 1,247,869 -984,828

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 103,857,798
Holyhead 21,230,458
Immingham Docks 12,751,720
London Heathrow Airport 11,951,745
East Midlands Airport 9,511,232

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 54,865,413 48,992,385 -5,873,028
Holyhead 10,781,414 10,449,044 -332,370
Immingham Docks 8,349,677 4,402,043 -3,947,634
London Heathrow Airport 6,925,330 5,026,415 -1,898,915
East Midlands Airport 5,852,459 3,658,773 -2,193,686
Birmingham Airport 3,226,602 4,888,650 +1,662,048
Southampton 1,059,695 4,360,280 +3,300,585
Dover 2,155,745 2,724,142 +568,397
Eurotunnel 3,613,980 211,263 -3,402,717
000 2,232,697 1,247,869 -984,828

Quick facts

HS code: 640411

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

Description: Footwear designed for sports activities, such as tennis shoes, basketball shoes, gym shoes, and training shoes. Perfect for athletes and fitness enthusiasts