Import/export HS code 4201: Animal saddles, harnesses, and related items

Equipment for animals like horses, dogs, and others, including saddles, harnesses, leads, muzzles, and saddlebags

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 99,257,213
India 40,897,437
Germany 13,064,642
Netherlands 12,326,505
France 9,458,873

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 54,604,823 44,652,390 -9,952,433
India 21,706,793 19,190,644 -2,516,149
Germany 7,249,570 5,815,072 -1,434,498
Netherlands 5,948,799 6,377,706 +428,907
France 4,708,927 4,749,946 +41,019
Italy 3,544,171 3,591,643 +47,472
Viet Nam 2,689,706 2,638,329 -51,377
United States 2,421,715 2,219,223 -202,492
Taiwan 1,953,662 1,433,128 -520,534
Hungary 1,367,903 1,447,650 +79,747

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 114,563,615
India 46,613,810
Germany 11,569,658
Italy 6,941,552
Viet Nam 6,071,231

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 62,389,943 52,173,672 -10,216,271
India 24,372,485 22,241,325 -2,131,160
Germany 6,591,032 4,978,626 -1,612,406
Italy 3,437,429 3,504,123 +66,694
Viet Nam 2,897,078 3,174,153 +277,075
France 3,399,580 2,667,171 -732,409
Hungary 1,781,676 1,857,583 +75,907
Taiwan 2,110,218 1,351,433 -758,785
United States 1,593,440 1,213,311 -380,129
Cambodia 441,188 1,013,299 +572,111

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 56
Greater Manchester 41
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 35
West Midlands 31
Surrey, East and West Sussex 29

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 44 30 -14
Greater Manchester 31 22 -9
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 29 23 -6
West Midlands 22 20 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 26 22 -4
Inner London - East 11 21 +10
Outer London - West and North West 16 15 -1
West Yorkshire 15 11 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 12 13 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 16 10 -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) 133,433,920
Air transport 47,170,221
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 31,067,843
Other 2,984,991
Road transport 1,236,445

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) 72,338,963 61,094,957 -11,244,006
Air transport 24,318,025 22,852,196 -1,465,829
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,339,627 14,728,216 -1,611,411
Other 2,099,622 885,369 -1,214,253
Road transport 703,911 532,534 -171,377
Rail transport 1,159 0 -1,159

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 62,150,587
Southampton 40,009,222
London Gateway Port 19,514,572
London Heathrow Airport 16,084,857
East Midlands Airport 12,248,098

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 36,734,659 25,415,928 -11,318,731
Southampton 24,432,331 15,576,891 -8,855,440
London Gateway Port 6,289,111 13,225,461 +6,936,350
London Heathrow Airport 8,699,028 7,385,829 -1,313,199
East Midlands Airport 6,660,020 5,588,078 -1,071,942
Dover 5,545,016 4,739,192 -805,824
Eurotunnel 2,887,965 3,958,310 +1,070,345
Birmingham Airport 3,024,000 3,571,344 +547,344
London 3,291,761 3,223,992 -67,769
Thamesport 3,058,339 2,304,925 -753,414

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 224
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 171
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 26
Other manufacturing 18
Other personal service activities 17

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 100
2025-10 99
2025-09 94
2025-08 102
2025-07 89

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 209
0-1m 126
54m+ 118
15m-54m 52
Other 49

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 £
United States 17,246,942
Netherlands 12,671,485
France 7,435,999
Germany 5,427,323
Ireland 4,344,447

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 £
United States 9,575,242 7,671,700 -1,903,542
Netherlands 6,489,748 6,181,737 -308,011
France 4,457,724 2,978,275 -1,479,449
Germany 2,790,018 2,637,305 -152,713
Ireland 2,356,419 1,988,028 -368,391
Australia 1,477,319 1,120,893 -356,426
Canada 1,400,975 910,437 -490,538
Denmark 1,212,610 954,141 -258,469
China 786,377 919,871 +133,494
Belgium 740,877 719,588 -21,289

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 1,056,458
XU 188,668
Germany 140,556
XI 94,000
India 61,444

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 572,052 484,406 -87,646
XU 130,872 57,796 -73,076
Germany 75,700 64,856 -10,844
XI 78,274 15,726 -62,548
India 41,085 20,359 -20,726
New Zealand 16,230 8,247 -7,983
Ireland 17,048 4,588 -12,460
Switzerland 4,378 4,430 +52
Bangladesh 3,388 2,760 -628
Taiwan 4,519 451 -4,068

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 33,857,305
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 26,010,766
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,183,648
Other 1,616,322
Road transport 498,085

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 £
Air transport 18,923,844 14,933,461 -3,990,383
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,273,815 12,736,951 -536,864
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,927,833 3,255,815 -672,018
Other 949,732 666,590 -283,142
Road transport 498,085 0 -498,085

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 20,120,713
Dover 15,579,699
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,308,695
ZLC 5,904,654
London Stansted Airport 4,160,691

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 £
East Midlands Airport 11,402,334 8,718,379 -2,683,955
Dover 7,684,865 7,894,834 +209,969
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,618,142 2,690,553 -927,589
ZLC 3,547,845 2,356,809 -1,191,036
London Stansted Airport 2,553,702 1,606,989 -946,713
London Heathrow Airport 1,925,655 2,102,499 +176,844
Southampton 848,936 1,243,715 +394,779
Felixstowe 892,546 974,614 +82,068
London Gateway Port 994,970 860,857 -134,113
000 949,732 666,590 -283,142

Quick facts

HS code: 4201

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

Description: Equipment for animals like horses, dogs, and others, including saddles, harnesses, leads, muzzles, and saddlebags