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 139,919,956
Italy 14,080,767
Netherlands 13,617,913
France 10,845,695
Germany 7,281,864

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 71,921,179 67,998,777 -3,922,402
Italy 7,763,272 6,317,495 -1,445,777
Netherlands 7,387,595 6,230,318 -1,157,277
France 5,645,187 5,200,508 -444,679
Germany 3,457,755 3,824,109 +366,354
United States 3,518,046 3,165,031 -353,015
Belgium 2,499,762 1,874,593 -625,169
India 2,018,323 2,102,045 +83,722
Bangladesh 1,607,758 2,221,055 +613,297
Viet Nam 1,353,868 1,605,810 +251,942

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 168,413,578
Italy 15,485,333
Viet Nam 5,523,231
Bangladesh 5,321,960
India 4,005,582

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 86,781,690 81,631,888 -5,149,802
Italy 8,377,125 7,108,208 -1,268,917
Viet Nam 2,410,146 3,113,085 +702,939
Bangladesh 2,254,859 3,067,101 +812,242
India 1,904,428 2,101,154 +196,726
United States 1,820,837 1,186,851 -633,986
Indonesia 1,134,961 1,682,745 +547,784
Sri Lanka 1,000,346 1,044,411 +44,065
Cambodia 1,116,540 898,418 -218,122
Turkey 1,034,361 653,603 -380,758

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 436
Inner London - East 230
Greater Manchester 165
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 143
Outer London - West and North West 136

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 310 311 +1
Inner London - East 148 164 +16
Greater Manchester 116 129 +13
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 100 104 +4
Outer London - West and North West 95 88 -7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 71 74 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 76 69 -7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 55 64 +9
West Midlands 55 53 -2
West Yorkshire 47 45 -2

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) 131,425,118
Air transport 43,945,113
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 42,953,099
Other 15,458,451
Road transport 1,901,558

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) 64,367,029 67,058,089 +2,691,060
Air transport 21,194,137 22,750,976 +1,556,839
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 23,256,250 19,696,849 -3,559,401
Other 12,129,571 3,328,880 -8,800,691
Road transport 357,272 1,544,286 +1,187,014

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 62,469,474
Southampton 24,477,148
London Gateway Port 21,103,207
London Heathrow Airport 17,778,591
000 15,458,451

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 39,368,662 23,100,812 -16,267,850
Southampton 11,676,378 12,800,770 +1,124,392
London Gateway Port 6,645,909 14,457,298 +7,811,389
London Heathrow Airport 8,792,657 8,985,934 +193,277
000 12,129,571 3,328,880 -8,800,691
499 31,096 12,997,607 +12,966,511
Eurotunnel 6,860,789 5,487,341 -1,373,448
Dover 5,876,727 4,167,270 -1,709,457
East Midlands Airport 4,407,013 4,432,791 +25,778
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,644,457 3,544,481 -99,976

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 1090
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 871
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 160
Manufacture of wearing apparel 143
Other manufacturing 77

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 348
2026-03 371
2026-02 393
2026-01 363
2025-12 384

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 1069
0-1m 598
54m+ 525
15m-54m 239
Other 198

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 38,816,524
France 9,603,748
Ireland 8,032,275
Netherlands 5,454,730
United States 3,530,283

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 18,424,335 20,392,189 +1,967,854
France 3,461,411 6,142,337 +2,680,926
Ireland 4,095,584 3,936,691 -158,893
Netherlands 2,874,092 2,580,638 -293,454
United States 1,720,845 1,809,438 +88,593
Germany 1,776,620 1,706,833 -69,787
Italy 1,559,876 1,140,810 -419,066
Belgium 1,372,854 761,527 -611,327
Japan 849,762 724,444 -125,318
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,048,920 508,376 -540,544

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 2,243,148
India 163,605
XI 55,015
Sri Lanka 53,781
Bangladesh 36,090

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 1,207,043 1,036,105 -170,938
India 72,182 91,423 +19,241
XI 26,334 28,681 +2,347
Sri Lanka 32,918 20,863 -12,055
Bangladesh 13,105 22,985 +9,880
Viet Nam 19,635 9,482 -10,153
Ireland 5,774 4,966 -808
Cambodia 5,311 3,604 -1,707
Italy 1,992 3,730 +1,738
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,969 2,791 +822

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) 41,185,673
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 26,008,453
Air transport 20,685,851
Other 2,909,897
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) 19,670,099 21,515,574 +1,845,475
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,906,010 14,102,443 +2,196,433
Air transport 11,076,335 9,609,516 -1,466,819
Other 1,539,519 1,370,378 -169,141
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 34,728,481
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,675,545
East Midlands Airport 10,907,585
London Heathrow Airport 4,714,034
Dover 4,115,552

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 15,443,160 19,285,321 +3,842,161
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,301,313 7,374,232 +72,919
East Midlands Airport 5,888,557 5,019,028 -869,529
London Heathrow Airport 2,663,626 2,050,408 -613,218
Dover 921,710 3,193,842 +2,272,132
Felixstowe 3,194,392 254,908 -2,939,484
ZLC 1,529,099 1,520,442 -8,657
000 1,539,519 1,370,378 -169,141
Holyhead 1,031,671 1,443,668 +411,997
Harwich 817,308 818,607 +1,299

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