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 99,722,225
India 40,746,350
Germany 12,945,302
Netherlands 12,249,691
France 9,493,949

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 55,732,621 43,989,604 -11,743,017
India 21,940,691 18,805,659 -3,135,032
Germany 7,049,788 5,895,514 -1,154,274
Netherlands 6,287,271 5,962,420 -324,851
France 4,540,260 4,953,689 +413,429
Italy 3,539,823 3,587,314 +47,491
Viet Nam 2,696,760 2,540,019 -156,741
United States 2,275,028 2,410,339 +135,311
Taiwan 1,894,048 1,427,246 -466,802
Hungary 1,417,786 1,445,670 +27,884

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 114,996,330
India 46,538,389
Germany 11,382,712
Italy 6,905,497
Viet Nam 6,048,734

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 63,579,567 51,416,763 -12,162,804
India 24,728,931 21,809,458 -2,919,473
Germany 6,218,419 5,164,293 -1,054,126
Italy 3,422,422 3,483,075 +60,653
Viet Nam 2,913,050 3,135,684 +222,634
France 3,250,702 2,708,015 -542,687
Hungary 1,807,138 1,847,216 +40,078
Taiwan 1,991,081 1,355,016 -636,065
United States 1,559,444 1,327,568 -231,876
Cambodia 665,490 844,216 +178,726

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 57
Greater Manchester 41
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 35
West Midlands 31
Surrey, East and West Sussex 27

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 31 -13
Greater Manchester 32 22 -10
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 28 23 -5
West Midlands 22 20 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 24 21 -3
Inner London - East 12 18 +6
Outer London - West and North West 17 15 -2
West Yorkshire 16 11 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14 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) 133,587,327
Air transport 47,207,017
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 30,703,656
Other 2,895,567
Road transport 1,191,947

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) 73,280,362 60,306,965 -12,973,397
Air transport 24,432,170 22,774,847 -1,657,323
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,195,814 14,507,842 -1,687,972
Other 2,140,840 754,727 -1,386,113
Road transport 693,586 498,361 -195,225
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 61,414,022
Southampton 39,815,450
London Gateway Port 20,101,499
London Heathrow Airport 15,876,735
East Midlands Airport 12,117,753

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 37,011,840 24,402,182 -12,609,658
Southampton 24,890,430 14,925,020 -9,965,410
London Gateway Port 6,183,156 13,918,343 +7,735,187
London Heathrow Airport 8,627,960 7,248,775 -1,379,185
East Midlands Airport 6,578,865 5,538,888 -1,039,977
Dover 5,411,524 4,744,917 -666,607
Eurotunnel 2,790,391 3,945,058 +1,154,667
Birmingham Airport 3,149,015 3,564,906 +415,891
London 3,492,463 3,186,888 -305,575
Thamesport 3,036,758 2,333,725 -703,033

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 229
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 174
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 25
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
2026-01 70
2025-11 100
2025-10 100
2025-09 94
2025-08 102

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 210
0-1m 128
54m+ 117
Other 52
15m-54m 51

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 16,980,127
Netherlands 12,573,006
France 7,254,075
Germany 5,466,157
Ireland 4,233,784

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 9,511,827 7,468,300 -2,043,527
Netherlands 6,590,220 5,982,786 -607,434
France 4,298,561 2,955,514 -1,343,047
Germany 2,770,768 2,695,389 -75,379
Ireland 2,291,724 1,942,060 -349,664
Australia 1,477,052 1,111,701 -365,351
Canada 1,373,351 890,713 -482,638
Denmark 1,205,323 966,985 -238,338
China 779,773 895,791 +116,018
Belgium 755,114 717,899 -37,215

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 1,037,182
Germany 139,023
XI 94,015
India 59,394
New Zealand 24,477

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 551,904 485,278 -66,626
Germany 75,384 63,639 -11,745
XI 80,094 13,921 -66,173
India 40,617 18,777 -21,840
New Zealand 16,230 8,247 -7,983
Ireland 17,400 4,072 -13,328
Switzerland 4,424 5,264 +840
Bangladesh 3,287 2,942 -345
Italy 1,953 1,906 -47
Turkey 1,351 419 -932

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 33,710,116
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 26,016,767
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,837,682
Other 1,504,625
Road transport 408,431

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 18,943,029 14,767,087 -4,175,942
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,430,285 12,586,482 -843,803
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,662,778 3,174,904 -487,874
Other 838,608 666,017 -172,591
Road transport 408,431 0 -408,431

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 19,857,047
Dover 15,674,107
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,050,392
ZLC 5,977,111
London Heathrow Airport 4,118,194

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 11,363,798 8,493,249 -2,870,549
Dover 7,970,016 7,704,091 -265,925
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,313,581 2,736,811 -576,770
ZLC 3,631,347 2,345,764 -1,285,583
London Heathrow Airport 1,937,156 2,181,038 +243,882
London Stansted Airport 2,449,914 1,596,321 -853,593
Southampton 823,750 1,161,500 +337,750
Felixstowe 932,090 966,105 +34,015
London Gateway Port 986,502 892,662 -93,840
Immingham Docks 780,665 759,252 -21,413

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