Import/export HS code 65050090: Various types of hats and headgear

Includes all other hats and headgear not specified elsewhere, made from various materials

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 127,562,393
Italy 13,030,654
Netherlands 12,571,021
France 9,526,958
Germany 6,341,807

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 72,154,548 55,407,845 -16,746,703
Italy 7,915,683 5,114,971 -2,800,712
Netherlands 7,698,155 4,872,866 -2,825,289
France 5,729,723 3,797,235 -1,932,488
Germany 3,382,050 2,959,757 -422,293
United States 3,552,814 2,465,475 -1,087,339
Belgium 2,524,538 1,389,323 -1,135,215
India 2,033,368 1,410,479 -622,889
Bangladesh 1,609,786 1,510,540 -99,246
Viet Nam 1,298,327 1,073,058 -225,269

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 153,172,343
Italy 13,882,818
Viet Nam 4,693,872
Bangladesh 4,490,767
India 3,307,995

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 87,153,488 66,018,855 -21,134,633
Italy 8,394,826 5,487,992 -2,906,834
Viet Nam 2,513,162 2,180,710 -332,452
Bangladesh 2,226,903 2,263,864 +36,961
India 1,931,040 1,376,955 -554,085
United States 1,850,634 948,441 -902,193
Indonesia 1,133,619 1,374,709 +241,090
Cambodia 1,097,365 811,608 -285,757
Sri Lanka 1,050,525 793,616 -256,909
Turkey 1,069,963 478,564 -591,399

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 417
Inner London - East 211
Greater Manchester 157
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 134
Outer London - West and North West 126

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 316 275 -41
Inner London - East 149 144 -5
Greater Manchester 123 114 -9
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 97 88 -9
Outer London - West and North West 94 76 -18
Surrey, East and West Sussex 73 62 -11
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 73 54 -19
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 55 54 -1
West Midlands 55 44 -11
West Yorkshire 48 39 -9

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) 117,768,101
Air transport 39,229,727
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 38,984,967
Other 15,563,888
Road transport 1,636,397

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) 64,856,686 52,911,415 -11,945,271
Air transport 21,201,122 18,028,605 -3,172,517
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 23,827,475 15,157,492 -8,669,983
Other 11,915,995 3,647,893 -8,268,102
Road transport 356,977 1,279,420 +922,443

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 58,190,392
Southampton 21,926,019
London Gateway Port 17,993,489
London Heathrow Airport 16,140,279
000 15,563,888

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 40,243,635 17,946,757 -22,296,878
Southampton 11,772,223 10,153,796 -1,618,427
London Gateway Port 6,151,263 11,842,226 +5,690,963
London Heathrow Airport 8,802,196 7,338,083 -1,464,113
000 11,915,995 3,647,893 -8,268,102
Eurotunnel 7,000,103 4,627,462 -2,372,641
499 34,444 9,754,928 +9,720,484
Dover 6,003,381 3,236,152 -2,767,229
East Midlands Airport 4,312,647 3,411,942 -900,705
London 3,923,630 2,567,117 -1,356,513

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 1030
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 824
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 146
Manufacture of wearing apparel 138
Other manufacturing 73

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 363
2025-11 449
2025-10 577
2025-09 554
2025-08 482

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 1010
0-1m 544
54m+ 501
15m-54m 234
Other 174

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 £
Saudi Arabia 32,963,295
France 8,427,157
Ireland 7,331,540
Netherlands 4,813,975
Germany 3,361,169

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 £
Saudi Arabia 18,098,410 14,864,885 -3,233,525
France 3,445,258 4,981,899 +1,536,641
Ireland 4,098,898 3,232,642 -866,256
Netherlands 2,763,760 2,050,215 -713,545
Germany 1,930,380 1,430,789 -499,591
United States 1,702,563 1,387,279 -315,284
Italy 1,574,503 917,716 -656,787
Belgium 1,244,912 604,474 -640,438
Japan 859,345 619,470 -239,875
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,102,634 294,774 -807,860

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 1,943,074
India 142,789
Sri Lanka 51,509
XI 44,873
Bangladesh 29,868

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 1,174,891 768,183 -406,708
India 71,868 70,921 -947
Sri Lanka 35,108 16,401 -18,707
XI 25,885 18,988 -6,897
Bangladesh 12,608 17,260 +4,652
Viet Nam 19,302 7,681 -11,621
Cambodia 3,164 5,272 +2,108
Ireland 5,062 2,192 -2,870
Italy 1,875 2,551 +676
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,829 1,850 +21

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 35,070,772
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 23,153,065
Air transport 18,930,277
Other 2,508,336
Road transport 1,405

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,451,817 15,618,955 -3,832,862
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,554,723 11,598,342 +43,619
Air transport 11,118,533 7,811,744 -3,306,789
Other 1,505,704 1,002,632 -503,072
Road transport 1,405 0 -1,405

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 28,862,207
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,311,224
East Midlands Airport 10,236,740
London Heathrow Airport 4,131,068
Dover 3,792,370

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 £
London Gateway Port 15,135,902 13,726,305 -1,409,597
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,418,571 5,892,653 -1,525,918
East Midlands Airport 6,125,439 4,111,301 -2,014,138
London Heathrow Airport 2,516,128 1,614,940 -901,188
Dover 939,822 2,852,548 +1,912,726
Felixstowe 3,184,290 130,983 -3,053,307
ZLC 1,557,102 1,295,462 -261,640
000 1,505,704 1,002,632 -503,072
Holyhead 1,063,272 1,171,291 +108,019
Grangemouth Docks 10,190 1,320,705 +1,310,515

Quick facts

HS code: 65050090

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

Description: Includes all other hats and headgear not specified elsewhere, made from various materials