Import/export HS code 42029110: Leather or fake leather travel and sports bags

Travel bags, toilet bags, backpacks, and sports bags made with outer surfaces of leather or imitation leather

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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 £
Italy 16,829,351
France 12,929,334
China 6,804,382
India 5,658,215
Switzerland 3,148,067

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 £
Italy 8,666,911 8,162,440 -504,471
France 6,894,513 6,034,821 -859,692
China 3,472,029 3,332,353 -139,676
India 2,433,647 3,224,568 +790,921
Switzerland 2,664,287 483,780 -2,180,507
Spain 777,481 1,753,800 +976,319
Belgium 318,501 2,028,145 +1,709,644
Germany 1,186,878 669,957 -516,921
United States 692,194 570,101 -122,093
Netherlands 422,512 307,328 -115,184

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 £
Italy 18,741,338
France 8,534,896
China 8,246,479
India 6,330,306
Viet Nam 4,855,316

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 £
Italy 9,227,783 9,513,555 +285,772
France 4,315,722 4,219,174 -96,548
China 4,220,747 4,025,732 -195,015
India 2,987,230 3,343,076 +355,846
Viet Nam 3,227,723 1,627,593 -1,600,130
Spain 1,195,924 3,050,289 +1,854,365
Thailand 1,455,086 143,354 -1,311,732
Switzerland 1,095,964 26,480 -1,069,484
Philippines 190,129 287,411 +97,282
Cambodia 151,003 311,860 +160,857

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 116
Outer London - West and North West 28
Inner London - East 23
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20
Surrey, East and West Sussex 19

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 91 88 -3
Outer London - West and North West 22 15 -7
Inner London - East 16 16 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 14 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 15 10 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 12 12 +0
Greater Manchester 11 11 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 6 11 +5
West Midlands 5 6 +1
West Yorkshire 6 4 -2

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) 30,823,297
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,701,566
Air transport 9,683,946
Road transport 2,635,144
Other 1,500,414

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) 15,245,216 15,578,081 +332,865
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,328,245 6,373,321 +45,076
Air transport 4,856,491 4,827,455 -29,036
Road transport 2,422,875 212,269 -2,210,606
Other 665,872 834,542 +168,670

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,425,626
Eurotunnel 10,131,934
London Heathrow Airport 6,229,410
Dover 4,960,401
Felixstowe 4,455,323

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,187,942 7,237,684 +1,049,742
Eurotunnel 5,267,169 4,864,765 -402,404
London Heathrow Airport 3,112,721 3,116,689 +3,968
Dover 2,473,129 2,487,272 +14,143
Felixstowe 2,988,374 1,466,949 -1,521,425
London Gateway Port 1,310,769 2,019,013 +708,244
Southampton 1,460,845 1,587,711 +126,866
ZLC 2,497,545 364,408 -2,133,137
London 737,863 1,276,578 +538,715
East Midlands Airport 872,951 1,097,404 +224,453

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 225
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 111
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 22
Manufacture of leather and related products 15
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 13

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 91
2025-10 83
2025-09 79
2025-08 79
2025-07 86

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 154
54m+ 115
0-1m 48
15m-54m 38
Other 31

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 £
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,159,524
United States 2,463,139
France 2,399,876
Belgium 2,209,422
Japan 1,949,701

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 £
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,632,290 1,527,234 -1,105,056
United States 1,659,897 803,242 -856,655
France 1,043,138 1,356,738 +313,600
Belgium 80,958 2,128,464 +2,047,506
Japan 234,189 1,715,512 +1,481,323
Italy 995,206 851,968 -143,238
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 556,521 1,044,572 +488,051
Ireland 628,076 564,218 -63,858
Netherlands 522,724 479,408 -43,316
Germany 461,932 476,650 +14,718

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 £
Austria 67,066
India 33,315
XU 22,908
China 14,672
XI 1,290

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 £
Austria 22,281 44,785 +22,504
India 20,344 12,971 -7,373
XU 11,728 11,180 -548
China 4,185 10,487 +6,302
XI 0 1,290 +1,290
Portugal 329 0 -329
Czechia 0 234 +234
Italy 135 0 -135
Morocco 0 88 +88
Turkey 0 60 +60

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 16,312,008
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,926,019
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 625,578
Other 140,200
Road transport 22,738

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 9,001,750 7,310,258 -1,691,492
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,890,726 5,035,293 +2,144,567
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 162,263 463,315 +301,052
Other 59,003 81,197 +22,194
Road transport 22,738 0 -22,738

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 7,436,462
East Midlands Airport 7,233,174
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,672,629
Holyhead 826,415
ZLC 821,315

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 3,610,458 3,826,004 +215,546
East Midlands Airport 4,447,529 2,785,645 -1,661,884
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,110,732 3,561,897 +1,451,165
Holyhead 459,096 367,319 -91,777
ZLC 481,295 340,020 -141,275
London 0 709,432 +709,432
London Stansted Airport 446,667 240,254 -206,413
Dover 272,211 388,592 +116,381
London Gateway Port 115,224 172,535 +57,311
Southampton 31,560 142,887 +111,327

Quick facts

HS code: 42029110

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

Description: Travel bags, toilet bags, backpacks, and sports bags made with outer surfaces of leather or imitation leather