Import/export HS code 640419: Various textile footwear

Footwear with textile uppers and rubber, plastic, or leather soles, not including sports shoes. Includes a variety of styles for different uses

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* 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 £
China 381,820,401
Viet Nam 197,618,586
Belgium 147,055,901
France 93,857,408
Italy 92,793,938

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 £
China 216,607,778 165,212,623 -51,395,155
Viet Nam 102,813,970 94,804,616 -8,009,354
Belgium 82,248,135 64,807,766 -17,440,369
France 52,318,226 41,539,182 -10,779,044
Italy 52,917,465 39,876,473 -13,040,992
Germany 62,569,091 27,713,932 -34,855,159
Netherlands 33,672,143 26,137,198 -7,534,945
Indonesia 26,220,994 24,757,370 -1,463,624
Spain 18,877,764 13,230,733 -5,647,031
United States 19,463,450 6,109,063 -13,354,387

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 £
China 524,948,614
Viet Nam 407,126,125
Italy 100,545,508
Indonesia 77,190,727
Cambodia 32,030,953

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 £
China 306,452,331 218,496,283 -87,956,048
Viet Nam 227,823,618 179,302,507 -48,521,111
Italy 57,195,934 43,349,574 -13,846,360
Indonesia 40,611,226 36,579,501 -4,031,725
Cambodia 17,537,783 14,493,170 -3,044,613
Portugal 14,019,228 10,294,242 -3,724,986
Spain 8,311,780 6,162,710 -2,149,070
Bangladesh 7,571,370 6,859,417 -711,953
Romania 7,590,792 5,938,514 -1,652,278
India 8,075,227 5,093,858 -2,981,369

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 298
Inner London - East 115
Greater Manchester 96
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 70
Outer London - West and North West 58

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 244 228 -16
Inner London - East 84 78 -6
Greater Manchester 72 74 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 56 51 -5
Outer London - West and North West 41 39 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 35 33 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 36 38 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 35 31 -4
West Yorkshire 32 29 -3
West Midlands 32 24 -8

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) 667,158,386
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 423,669,334
Other 104,818,523
Air transport 78,109,405
Road transport 7,351,209

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) 359,799,590 307,358,796 -52,440,794
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 252,664,399 171,004,935 -81,659,464
Other 70,449,409 34,369,114 -36,080,295
Air transport 43,842,952 34,266,453 -9,576,499
Road transport 4,055,731 3,295,478 -760,253
Rail transport 3,097 10,251 +7,154

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 316,760,165
Dover / Eurotunnel 174,956,393
Southampton 121,129,090
000 104,818,523
London Gateway Port 98,644,289

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 209,795,494 106,964,671 -102,830,823
Dover / Eurotunnel 106,939,252 68,017,141 -38,922,111
Southampton 72,491,867 48,637,223 -23,854,644
000 70,449,409 34,369,114 -36,080,295
London Gateway Port 22,750,086 75,894,203 +53,144,117
Dover 54,531,077 40,133,107 -14,397,970
Eurotunnel 37,887,262 31,010,081 -6,877,181
London 38,085,908 25,127,577 -12,958,331
London Heathrow Airport 21,364,070 16,291,183 -5,072,887
499 1,125,377 33,785,562 +32,660,185

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 818
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 437
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 57
Manufacture of wearing apparel 38
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 32

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 350
2025-11 323
2025-10 401
2025-09 410
2025-08 382

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 567
0-1m 334
54m+ 302
15m-54m 123
Other 117

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 £
Ireland 34,040,995
France 22,253,948
Netherlands 18,529,985
Japan 12,741,211
Germany 12,144,252

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 £
Ireland 18,203,095 15,837,900 -2,365,195
France 11,167,462 11,086,486 -80,976
Netherlands 8,307,111 10,222,874 +1,915,763
Japan 5,734,614 7,006,597 +1,271,983
Germany 6,746,149 5,398,103 -1,348,046
Italy 5,431,554 5,772,986 +341,432
United States 6,325,244 2,768,872 -3,556,372
Austria 4,076,603 3,165,132 -911,471
Belgium 3,564,122 2,614,945 -949,177
China 3,102,323 2,009,159 -1,093,164

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 5,757,579
Viet Nam 1,033,253
India 80,771
Cambodia 68,298
Lao People's Democratic Republic 61,521

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 3,122,868 2,634,711 -488,157
Viet Nam 530,571 502,682 -27,889
India 43,733 37,038 -6,695
Cambodia 40,080 28,218 -11,862
Lao People's Democratic Republic 37,424 24,097 -13,327
Ireland 33,969 20,393 -13,576
Indonesia 17,685 26,543 +8,858
Germany 42,265 1,112 -41,153
Thailand 6,096 29,033 +22,937
Bangladesh 18,007 16,768 -1,239

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) 107,144,570
Air transport 31,504,051
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 30,955,906
Other 10,668,544
Road transport 233,113

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) 53,023,220 54,121,350 +1,098,130
Air transport 16,665,517 14,838,534 -1,826,983
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,490,286 15,465,620 -24,666
Other 5,686,793 4,981,751 -705,042
Road transport 139,989 93,124 -46,865

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 61,576,678
Holyhead 20,210,905
Southampton 18,320,930
East Midlands Airport 15,196,073
Immingham Docks 12,909,685

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 30,816,539 30,760,139 -56,400
Holyhead 9,675,757 10,535,148 +859,391
Southampton 8,487,436 9,833,494 +1,346,058
East Midlands Airport 6,406,845 8,789,228 +2,382,383
Immingham Docks 5,811,858 7,097,827 +1,285,969
London Heathrow Airport 7,890,426 4,281,691 -3,608,735
000 5,686,793 4,981,751 -705,042
Liverpool Docks 4,102,060 2,209,428 -1,892,632
Dover 3,031,712 2,865,174 -166,538
Felixstowe 1,701,475 1,846,159 +144,684

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 640419

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

Description: Footwear with textile uppers and rubber, plastic, or leather soles, not including sports shoes. Includes a variety of styles for different uses