Import/export HS code 65061010: Plastic safety headgear

Safety helmets made primarily from plastic materials

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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 50,890,527
France 19,713,445
Germany 18,998,695
Japan 13,867,842
Viet Nam 11,954,677

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 24,881,731 26,008,796 +1,127,065
France 10,453,641 9,259,804 -1,193,837
Germany 8,594,439 10,404,256 +1,809,817
Japan 6,007,839 7,860,003 +1,852,164
Viet Nam 5,618,926 6,335,751 +716,825
Italy 3,726,903 5,094,109 +1,367,206
Netherlands 3,006,957 2,230,048 -776,909
Belgium 3,371,244 743,447 -2,627,797
Taiwan 1,859,818 2,084,182 +224,364
Sweden 1,636,337 1,957,619 +321,282

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 77,778,530
Japan 14,085,040
Viet Nam 13,457,948
Italy 7,584,017
France 7,556,281

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 37,847,230 39,931,300 +2,084,070
Japan 6,223,534 7,861,506 +1,637,972
Viet Nam 6,173,634 7,284,314 +1,110,680
Italy 3,403,268 4,180,749 +777,481
France 3,566,667 3,989,614 +422,947
Germany 2,470,564 2,914,622 +444,058
Turkey 3,068,567 402,658 -2,665,909
Portugal 1,463,713 1,986,646 +522,933
Poland 1,595,963 1,713,597 +117,634
Taiwan 1,808,553 1,456,965 -351,588

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 43
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 30
Greater Manchester 26
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 26
West Midlands 25

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 27 33 +6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 17 27 +10
Greater Manchester 20 20 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 19 19 +0
West Midlands 17 21 +4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 20 17 -3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 19 17 -2
West Yorkshire 19 16 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 16 13 -3
Outer London - West and North West 17 11 -6

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) 78,198,090
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 49,227,807
Air transport 17,598,114
Other 11,793,636
Road transport 60,408

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) 35,225,298 42,972,792 +7,747,494
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 23,945,392 25,282,415 +1,337,023
Air transport 7,720,788 9,877,326 +2,156,538
Other 9,448,987 2,344,649 -7,104,338
Road transport 50,425 9,983 -40,442

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 38,225,086
Dover 19,521,296
Southampton 18,644,832
Eurotunnel 13,807,285
London Gateway Port 13,221,907

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 18,695,403 19,529,683 +834,280
Dover 9,475,204 10,046,092 +570,888
Southampton 8,682,755 9,962,077 +1,279,322
Eurotunnel 7,007,085 6,800,200 -206,885
London Gateway Port 5,077,914 8,143,993 +3,066,079
000 9,448,987 2,344,649 -7,104,338
Immingham Docks 2,353,728 3,559,264 +1,205,536
499 171,660 5,171,578 +4,999,918
London Heathrow Airport 2,329,564 2,945,001 +615,437
East Midlands Airport 1,692,024 2,771,992 +1,079,968

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 184
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 162
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 35
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 32
Other manufacturing 27

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 133
2026-03 130
2026-02 126
2026-01 118
2025-12 114

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 232
54m+ 125
0-1m 99
15m-54m 66
Other 42

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 £
Poland 8,741,432
Germany 7,546,142
United States 6,160,448
Ireland 5,414,731
Netherlands 5,018,314

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 £
Poland 189,229 8,552,203 +8,362,974
Germany 3,724,636 3,821,506 +96,870
United States 3,886,531 2,273,917 -1,612,614
Ireland 2,744,732 2,669,999 -74,733
Netherlands 2,620,766 2,397,548 -223,218
Sweden 1,895,498 327,701 -1,567,797
France 801,128 818,387 +17,259
United Arab Emirates 933,364 512,090 -421,274
Egypt 413,310 1,009,387 +596,077
Switzerland 92,883 973,410 +880,527

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 365,539
XI 232,263
Switzerland 84,457
Portugal 23,479
France 22,763

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 152,781 212,758 +59,977
XI 82,780 149,483 +66,703
Switzerland 43,413 41,044 -2,369
Portugal 14,405 9,074 -5,331
France 11,603 11,160 -443
Germany 12,320 457 -11,863
Ireland 6,407 4,230 -2,177
Sweden 2,378 2,869 +491
Netherlands 2,281 1,020 -1,261
Turkey 1,205 1,752 +547

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) 32,908,769
Air transport 11,336,066
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,229,692
Other 783,713
Road transport 4,948

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) 11,903,234 21,005,535 +9,102,301
Air transport 6,392,813 4,943,253 -1,449,560
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,455,359 3,774,333 -1,681,026
Other 343,094 440,619 +97,525
Road transport 4,948 0 -4,948

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,389,408
Felixstowe 7,934,491
East Midlands Airport 3,442,966
London Heathrow Airport 3,372,018
Southampton 3,129,339

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 7,752,231 9,637,177 +1,884,946
Felixstowe 521,595 7,412,896 +6,891,301
East Midlands Airport 1,931,008 1,511,958 -419,050
London Heathrow Airport 1,887,140 1,484,878 -402,262
Southampton 682,451 2,446,888 +1,764,437
London Gateway Port 2,306,631 550,734 -1,755,897
Holyhead 1,020,818 1,804,954 +784,136
Immingham Docks 1,897,524 746,051 -1,151,473
Dover 1,233,159 1,303,633 +70,474
Liverpool Docks 1,552,643 370,018 -1,182,625

Quick facts

HS code: 65061010

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

Description: Safety helmets made primarily from plastic materials