Import/export HS code 6704: Wigs and hair accessories

Includes wigs, false beards, eyebrows, eyelashes, and hair switches made from human hair, animal hair, or textiles. Also covers human hair products not listed elsewhere

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.
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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 185,583,367
Indonesia 11,403,520
United States 9,768,554
Senegal 8,437,238
Bangladesh 7,114,666

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 91,150,840 94,432,527 +3,281,687
Indonesia 7,433,216 3,970,304 -3,462,912
United States 5,344,936 4,423,618 -921,318
Senegal 4,018,200 4,419,038 +400,838
Bangladesh 2,754,786 4,359,880 +1,605,094
Germany 2,728,645 2,754,570 +25,925
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,526,244 2,143,795 -382,449
Kenya 2,254,121 1,175,586 -1,078,535
Nigeria 1,834,614 1,398,504 -436,110
Viet Nam 1,110,624 774,244 -336,380

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 195,497,043
Indonesia 18,457,115
Senegal 8,437,238
Bangladesh 7,533,120
Kenya 3,430,751

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 96,460,759 99,036,284 +2,575,525
Indonesia 11,112,178 7,344,937 -3,767,241
Senegal 4,018,200 4,419,038 +400,838
Bangladesh 2,782,311 4,750,809 +1,968,498
Kenya 2,254,121 1,176,630 -1,077,491
Nigeria 1,834,614 1,399,806 -434,808
Thailand 1,563,774 1,233,370 -330,404
United States 1,279,905 780,828 -499,077
Viet Nam 1,157,530 840,795 -316,735
South Korea 676,488 306,935 -369,553

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 49
Greater Manchester 36
Outer London - West and North West 24
Essex 21
Inner London - East 21

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 40 26 -14
Greater Manchester 28 22 -6
Outer London - West and North West 20 16 -4
Essex 16 16 +0
Inner London - East 16 13 -3
Outer London - East and North East 12 14 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 15 9 -6
West Midlands 12 13 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 12 10 -2
West Yorkshire 10 14 +4

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 157,818,796
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 86,361,150
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,889,808
Other 276,141
Road transport 58,101

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 £
Air transport 72,725,912 85,092,884 +12,366,972
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 50,312,305 36,048,845 -14,263,460
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,219,060 2,670,748 +451,688
Other 264,552 11,589 -252,963
Road transport 53,982 4,119 -49,863

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 57,126,898
London Heathrow Airport 43,123,546
Felixstowe 34,316,459
London Stansted Airport 20,959,819
Manchester Airport 20,183,508

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 £
East Midlands Airport 25,351,738 31,775,160 +6,423,422
London Heathrow Airport 19,662,041 23,461,505 +3,799,464
Felixstowe 22,472,667 11,843,792 -10,628,875
London Stansted Airport 8,624,211 12,335,608 +3,711,397
Manchester Airport 9,961,565 10,221,943 +260,378
Southampton 12,233,492 7,581,331 -4,652,161
London Gateway Port 8,866,849 9,700,283 +833,434
Birmingham Airport 3,293,102 4,802,819 +1,509,717
London 2,160,661 5,060,151 +2,899,490
Thamesport 4,778,437 1,626,853 -3,151,584

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
174
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
121
Other personal service activities
55
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
20
Warehousing and support activities for transportation
12

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 77
2026-04 76
2026-03 74
2026-02 78
2026-01 65

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 157
0-1m 130
54m+ 60
15m-54m 32
Other 26

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 £
France 12,709,998
Netherlands 6,410,557
Germany 6,204,548
China 5,500,195
Belgium 3,175,972

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 £
France 6,387,895 6,322,103 -65,792
Netherlands 3,094,067 3,316,490 +222,423
Germany 3,103,082 3,101,466 -1,616
China 2,779,569 2,720,626 -58,943
Belgium 1,488,650 1,687,322 +198,672
United States 1,287,888 1,380,958 +93,070
Denmark 1,574,957 1,081,662 -493,295
United Arab Emirates 869,449 1,200,350 +330,901
Sweden 676,769 1,309,040 +632,271
Ireland 1,099,454 755,957 -343,497

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 89,891
Indonesia 20,458
India 4,533
South Korea 3,212
United States 1,349

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 55,702 34,189 -21,513
Indonesia 16,105 4,353 -11,752
India 3,285 1,248 -2,037
South Korea 2,345 867 -1,478
United States 834 515 -319
Sri Lanka 235 151 -84
Ireland 118 0 -118
Viet Nam 33 11 -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) 36,000,290
Air transport 15,335,975
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,540,481
Other 122,384

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) 18,291,338 17,708,952 -582,386
Air transport 7,377,582 7,958,393 +580,811
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,917,485 2,622,996 -294,489
Other 79,228 43,156 -36,072

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 24,876,367
East Midlands Airport 8,601,228
Felixstowe 4,039,163
London Heathrow Airport 3,799,676
Immingham Docks 3,748,240

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 12,652,853 12,223,514 -429,339
East Midlands Airport 4,491,793 4,109,435 -382,358
Felixstowe 1,935,165 2,103,998 +168,833
London Heathrow Airport 1,230,827 2,568,849 +1,338,022
Immingham Docks 2,036,653 1,711,587 -325,066
Dover 1,314,245 1,760,502 +446,257
Southampton 766,098 647,945 -118,153
London 828,908 517,819 -311,089
London Stansted Airport 710,029 516,562 -193,467
ZLC 613,831 335,165 -278,666

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 6704

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

Description: Includes wigs, false beards, eyebrows, eyelashes, and hair switches made from human hair, animal hair, or textiles. Also covers human hair products not listed elsewhere