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 474,645,128
Belgium 313,437,998
Indonesia 107,209,044
China 81,927,374
Germany 51,919,130

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 219,827,239 254,817,889 +34,990,650
Belgium 146,051,120 167,386,878 +21,335,758
Indonesia 46,452,211 60,756,833 +14,304,622
China 34,505,963 47,421,411 +12,915,448
Germany 22,252,332 29,666,798 +7,414,466
France 21,596,026 23,515,938 +1,919,912
Netherlands 12,715,712 7,597,748 -5,117,964
Italy 7,024,261 8,409,218 +1,384,957
United States 5,565,596 3,188,813 -2,376,783
Ireland 3,748,247 3,720,647 -27,600

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 744,178,334
Indonesia 202,013,180
China 143,110,607
Cambodia 15,801,544
India 9,527,326

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 343,613,089 400,565,245 +56,952,156
Indonesia 90,061,320 111,951,860 +21,890,540
China 67,918,896 75,191,711 +7,272,815
Cambodia 8,515,156 7,286,388 -1,228,768
India 4,262,862 5,264,464 +1,001,602
Italy 3,737,101 3,381,965 -355,136
United Kingdom 1,550,911 1,365,932 -184,979
Romania 711,526 949,992 +238,466
Portugal 700,544 727,951 +27,407
United States 1,052,536 170,317 -882,219

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 126
Inner London - East 57
Greater Manchester 35
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 25
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 24

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 75 96 +21
Inner London - East 43 32 -11
Greater Manchester 28 22 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 17 19 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 15 20 +5
Outer London - West and North West 14 17 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 16 17 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 14 12 -2
West Midlands 16 13 -3
Lancashire 13 14 +1

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) 589,376,657
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 388,385,915
Other 111,320,724
Air transport 71,621,695
Road transport 617,254

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) 242,873,321 346,503,336 +103,630,015
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 182,058,319 206,327,596 +24,269,277
Other 77,038,243 34,282,481 -42,755,762
Air transport 37,512,125 34,109,570 -3,402,555
Road transport 405,548 211,706 -193,842

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 297,380,611
Eurotunnel 283,231,712
Felixstowe 121,473,846
000 111,320,724
London Gateway Port 80,146,380

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 126,411,256 170,969,355 +44,558,099
Eurotunnel 132,512,139 150,719,573 +18,207,434
Felixstowe 81,204,196 40,269,650 -40,934,546
000 77,038,243 34,282,481 -42,755,762
London Gateway Port 15,526,316 64,620,064 +49,093,748
499 1,594,812 53,760,855 +52,166,043
London Heathrow Airport 27,743,379 22,122,545 -5,620,834
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,882,370 26,035,521 +11,153,151
Dover 14,967,500 22,988,359 +8,020,859
Liverpool Docks 12,862,944 9,641,445 -3,221,499

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 321
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 180
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 27
Manufacture of wearing apparel 18
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 17

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 105
2026-03 113
2026-02 121
2026-01 94
2025-12 87

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 231
54m+ 147
0-1m 119
Other 53
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 45,304,109
Ireland 30,164,318
France 26,755,446
Belgium 20,776,578
Germany 11,560,833

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 23,910,671 21,393,438 -2,517,233
Ireland 16,381,162 13,783,156 -2,598,006
France 14,750,474 12,004,972 -2,745,502
Belgium 11,112,869 9,663,709 -1,449,160
Germany 6,911,329 4,649,504 -2,261,825
Saudi Arabia 5,741,353 5,453,967 -287,386
Spain 6,272,288 4,339,480 -1,932,808
Italy 5,713,695 3,652,411 -2,061,284
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,714,735 3,044,348 +329,613
United Arab Emirates 2,561,769 2,341,107 -220,662

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 1,454,795
Viet Nam 65,700
Indonesia 36,217
Ireland 22,105
Cambodia 3,977

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 967,472 487,323 -480,149
Viet Nam 45,196 20,504 -24,692
Indonesia 13,310 22,907 +9,597
Ireland 9,924 12,181 +2,257
Cambodia 3,864 113 -3,751
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 799 1,120 +321
Bangladesh 704 967 +263
India 1,073 364 -709
Myanmar 833 518 -315
United States 0 391 +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) 158,261,575
Air transport 37,531,604
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,756,983
Other 3,657,741

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) 86,967,073 71,294,502 -15,672,571
Air transport 20,011,245 17,520,359 -2,490,886
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,934,280 1,822,703 -1,111,577
Other 2,011,691 1,646,050 -365,641

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 108,737,565
Holyhead 23,013,608
London Heathrow Airport 15,018,384
Immingham Docks 13,586,493
East Midlands Airport 10,553,555

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 57,671,064 51,066,501 -6,604,563
Holyhead 11,275,318 11,738,290 +462,972
London Heathrow Airport 10,149,512 4,868,872 -5,280,640
Immingham Docks 8,606,427 4,980,066 -3,626,361
East Midlands Airport 5,477,048 5,076,507 -400,541
Birmingham Airport 2,725,767 5,623,224 +2,897,457
Eurotunnel 3,898,594 994,438 -2,904,156
Dover 2,189,424 1,577,312 -612,112
000 2,011,691 1,646,050 -365,641
London Stansted Airport 1,082,631 1,010,900 -71,731

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