Import/export HS code 640690: Various shoe parts

Miscellaneous shoe parts not covered in other categories. Includes various components used in shoe assembly

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 £
China 21,996,176
Italy 4,910,818
Germany 4,730,666
France 3,589,102
India 3,092,689

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 10,521,848 11,474,328 +952,480
Italy 2,139,427 2,771,391 +631,964
Germany 2,881,661 1,849,005 -1,032,656
France 1,940,672 1,648,430 -292,242
India 1,459,773 1,632,916 +173,143
United States 1,330,147 1,551,624 +221,477
Taiwan 1,313,353 1,292,677 -20,676
Poland 1,070,754 905,721 -165,033
Spain 1,262,709 537,669 -725,040
Viet Nam 540,405 1,251,841 +711,436

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 24,897,579
Viet Nam 4,043,823
Italy 3,901,426
India 3,145,655
Taiwan 2,853,069

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 11,945,829 12,951,750 +1,005,921
Viet Nam 1,975,270 2,068,553 +93,283
Italy 1,852,024 2,049,402 +197,378
India 1,473,654 1,672,001 +198,347
Taiwan 1,378,670 1,474,399 +95,729
Poland 1,384,184 1,226,915 -157,269
United States 1,017,301 1,212,111 +194,810
Indonesia 1,373,081 577,227 -795,854
South Korea 480,939 1,082,887 +601,948
Spain 847,761 566,069 -281,692

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 62
Greater Manchester 49
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 42
Inner London - East 36
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 48 38 -10
Greater Manchester 28 35 +7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 36 33 -3
Inner London - East 23 22 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 21 17 -4
West Midlands 18 15 -3
West Yorkshire 18 13 -5
Outer London - West and North West 14 8 -6
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 13 11 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 15 7 -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) 26,508,034
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,788,709
Air transport 13,799,025
Other 898,205
Road transport 68,727

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) 11,720,230 14,787,804 +3,067,574
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,209,291 7,579,418 -629,873
Air transport 6,800,644 6,998,381 +197,737
Other 625,181 273,024 -352,157
Road transport 15,881 52,846 +36,965

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 10,601,562
Southampton 5,655,404
London Gateway Port 4,606,273
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,407,571
London Heathrow Airport 3,805,693

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 5,571,929 5,029,633 -542,296
Southampton 2,334,958 3,320,446 +985,488
London Gateway Port 1,343,073 3,263,200 +1,920,127
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,685,521 1,722,050 -963,471
London Heathrow Airport 1,938,771 1,866,922 -71,849
Dover 1,877,021 1,735,420 -141,601
London 1,196,001 1,645,355 +449,354
499 554,268 1,982,539 +1,428,271
Manchester Airport 1,009,239 1,442,988 +433,749
Harwich 1,167,465 966,112 -201,353

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 232
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 214
Other manufacturing 37
Manufacture of leather and related products 32
Manufacture of wearing apparel 22

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 98
2026-03 101
2026-02 117
2026-01 95
2025-12 92

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 233
0-1m 117
54m+ 107
15m-54m 60
Other 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 £
Finland 2,229,335
Ireland 1,703,320
France 1,231,051
Netherlands 1,134,322
Germany 788,376

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 £
Finland 2,198,096 31,239 -2,166,857
Ireland 796,433 906,887 +110,454
France 649,840 581,211 -68,629
Netherlands 731,898 402,424 -329,474
Germany 377,075 411,301 +34,226
United States 218,751 339,332 +120,581
Belgium 234,390 316,233 +81,843
Australia 268,614 147,096 -121,518
South Korea 290,175 70,289 -219,886
Japan 103,044 247,362 +144,318

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 40,768
China 19,894
Bangladesh 13,089
Poland 7,006
Viet Nam 4,910

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 15,923 24,845 +8,922
China 9,320 10,574 +1,254
Bangladesh 4 13,085 +13,081
Poland 2,095 4,911 +2,816
Viet Nam 2,004 2,906 +902
Turkey 1,125 458 -667
XI 253 607 +354
Japan 258 470 +212
Singapore 518 129 -389
Spain 154 132 -22

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) 6,264,751
Air transport 5,062,581
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 827,110
Other 92,612
Road transport 3,202

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) 3,278,007 2,986,744 -291,263
Air transport 3,550,306 1,512,275 -2,038,031
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 428,531 398,579 -29,952
Other 33,717 58,895 +25,178
Road transport 3,202 0 -3,202

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,736,843
ZLC 2,487,148
East Midlands Airport 1,472,728
London Heathrow Airport 881,381
Holyhead 790,817

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 1,566,461 1,170,382 -396,079
ZLC 2,340,985 146,163 -2,194,822
East Midlands Airport 560,843 911,885 +351,042
London Heathrow Airport 535,848 345,533 -190,315
Holyhead 383,722 407,095 +23,373
Liverpool Docks 273,007 371,472 +98,465
Immingham Docks 278,574 350,975 +72,401
Dover 337,605 232,705 -104,900
Portsmouth 292,922 227,309 -65,613
London Gateway Port 312,456 182,156 -130,300

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 640690

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

Description: Miscellaneous shoe parts not covered in other categories. Includes various components used in shoe assembly