Import/export HS code 42022290: Fabric travel bags and sports bags

Travel bags and sports bags made with outer surfaces of textile materials

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  • 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 100,387,557
Italy 87,524,142
France 61,606,697
India 34,798,981
Netherlands 12,171,840

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 54,083,740 46,303,817 -7,779,923
Italy 48,195,652 39,328,490 -8,867,162
France 33,861,465 27,745,232 -6,116,233
India 19,085,279 15,713,702 -3,371,577
Netherlands 6,184,705 5,987,135 -197,570
Belgium 4,198,131 3,655,524 -542,607
Viet Nam 3,802,234 3,057,976 -744,258
Spain 2,555,927 3,068,896 +512,969
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,731,035 2,533,829 -197,206
United States 1,830,693 1,597,042 -233,651

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 135,398,301
Italy 106,859,262
India 37,913,553
France 15,946,630
Viet Nam 14,266,750

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 71,423,563 63,974,738 -7,448,825
Italy 59,648,414 47,210,848 -12,437,566
India 20,772,953 17,140,600 -3,632,353
France 7,475,663 8,470,967 +995,304
Viet Nam 8,007,041 6,259,709 -1,747,332
Indonesia 3,701,467 3,246,116 -455,351
Romania 2,288,547 2,400,585 +112,038
Cambodia 2,579,962 2,036,200 -543,762
Tunisia 2,039,760 1,506,163 -533,597
Turkey 2,007,856 1,437,144 -570,712

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 324
Inner London - East 115
Greater Manchester 111
Outer London - West and North West 75
Surrey, East and West Sussex 59

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 237 241 +4
Inner London - East 76 81 +5
Greater Manchester 76 77 +1
Outer London - West and North West 42 53 +11
Surrey, East and West Sussex 46 37 -9
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 41 37 -4
West Midlands 30 30 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 27 31 +4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 24 26 +2
West Yorkshire 29 18 -11

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 144,557,314
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 120,560,406
Air transport 63,796,437
Other 17,214,683
Road transport 2,311,580

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 79,481,062 65,076,252 -14,404,810
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 63,220,429 57,339,977 -5,880,452
Air transport 33,621,297 30,175,140 -3,446,157
Other 10,478,917 6,735,766 -3,743,151
Road transport 1,656,946 654,634 -1,002,312

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 69,324,603
Felixstowe 58,315,455
Dover / Eurotunnel 33,488,809
Southampton 28,454,128
London Heathrow Airport 28,228,050

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 £
Eurotunnel 35,662,350 33,662,253 -2,000,097
Felixstowe 37,949,940 20,365,515 -17,584,425
Dover / Eurotunnel 18,247,644 15,241,165 -3,006,479
Southampton 15,848,195 12,605,933 -3,242,262
London Heathrow Airport 15,629,950 12,598,100 -3,031,850
Dover 16,198,739 8,683,319 -7,515,420
London Gateway Port 6,389,330 14,607,725 +8,218,395
000 10,478,917 6,735,766 -3,743,151
East Midlands Airport 8,357,507 7,956,480 -401,027
London 7,867,682 5,875,291 -1,992,391

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 667
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 465
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 80
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 53
Manufacture of wearing apparel 35

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 250
2025-11 262
2025-10 273
2025-09 247
2025-08 272

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 577
54m+ 345
0-1m 223
15m-54m 149
Other 106

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 £
Italy 9,405,487
France 7,179,493
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 6,801,960
United States 5,319,513
Netherlands 4,333,851

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 £
Italy 4,991,616 4,413,871 -577,745
France 3,919,899 3,259,594 -660,305
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 5,000,024 1,801,936 -3,198,088
United States 3,297,779 2,021,734 -1,276,045
Netherlands 2,337,896 1,995,955 -341,941
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 2,162,695 2,004,686 -158,009
Germany 1,245,815 1,142,535 -103,280
Ireland 1,078,390 1,250,232 +171,842
United Arab Emirates 1,206,453 920,020 -286,433
Bahrain 2,014,291 4,692 -2,009,599

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 278,111
India 26,088
Turkey 18,198
Viet Nam 13,360
Belgium 9,355

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 106,948 171,163 +64,215
India 9,755 16,333 +6,578
Turkey 10,656 7,542 -3,114
Viet Nam 7,103 6,257 -846
Belgium 444 8,911 +8,467
Italy 5,479 1,318 -4,161
XI 1,987 3,502 +1,515
Bangladesh 447 2,217 +1,770
Cambodia 1,292 720 -572
Indonesia 1,164 422 -742

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 38,046,354
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,357,854
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,237,306
Other 491,944
Road transport 69,854

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 23,646,007 14,400,347 -9,245,660
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,038,720 10,319,134 -719,586
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 591,226 646,080 +54,854
Other 193,233 298,711 +105,478
Road transport 68,551 1,303 -67,248

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 20,782,497
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,097,815
London Heathrow Airport 11,115,213
London Stansted Airport 2,950,153
ZLC 1,904,548

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 14,159,449 6,623,048 -7,536,401
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,066,029 8,031,786 -1,034,243
London Heathrow Airport 6,157,050 4,958,163 -1,198,887
London Stansted Airport 1,835,015 1,115,138 -719,877
ZLC 1,071,620 832,928 -238,692
Dover 793,618 715,992 -77,626
Holyhead 489,342 803,096 +313,754
Manchester Airport 95,390 613,971 +518,581
Immingham Docks 333,981 296,608 -37,373
000 193,233 298,711 +105,478

Quick facts

HS code: 42022290

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

Description: Travel bags and sports bags made with outer surfaces of textile materials