Import/export HS code 420310: Leather clothing

Clothing items made from leather or imitation leather, such as jackets, pants, and skirts

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 £
Italy 58,626,793
France 35,932,960
India 28,171,755
Pakistan 21,976,623
Spain 11,131,539

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 28,873,378 29,753,415 +880,037
France 18,848,717 17,084,243 -1,764,474
India 11,723,120 16,448,635 +4,725,515
Pakistan 10,734,149 11,242,474 +508,325
Spain 4,793,204 6,338,335 +1,545,131
Germany 3,875,259 3,840,724 -34,535
Netherlands 3,079,128 4,130,048 +1,050,920
United States 2,253,142 2,496,913 +243,771
Turkey 2,278,730 2,400,746 +122,016
Mauritius 880,294 2,280,893 +1,400,599

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 73,942,981
India 47,155,655
Pakistan 24,773,153
Turkey 14,479,879
France 10,349,484

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 36,806,802 37,136,179 +329,377
India 21,105,257 26,050,398 +4,945,141
Pakistan 12,159,691 12,613,462 +453,771
Turkey 7,416,155 7,063,724 -352,431
France 6,342,097 4,007,387 -2,334,710
China 2,051,896 5,347,903 +3,296,007
Mauritius 904,115 2,570,927 +1,666,812
Viet Nam 1,364,600 1,894,799 +530,199
United States 1,316,636 972,146 -344,490
Spain 1,092,803 976,991 -115,812

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 200
Inner London - East 71
Surrey, East and West Sussex 26
Outer London - West and North West 25
Greater Manchester 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 153 170 +17
Inner London - East 53 52 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21 19 -2
Outer London - West and North West 17 16 -1
Greater Manchester 18 15 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 12 15 +3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 13 9 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 11 10 -1
Outer London - East and North East 10 10 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 9 9 +0

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 86,430,935
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 73,019,667
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,993,450
Other 12,567,367
Road transport 2,601,497

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 41,254,190 45,176,745 +3,922,555
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 36,475,053 36,544,614 +69,561
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,378,352 16,615,098 +7,236,746
Other 7,527,947 5,039,420 -2,488,527
Road transport 1,689,837 911,660 -778,177

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 46,486,941
Eurotunnel 27,029,294
Dover / Eurotunnel 21,348,345
Dover 15,003,114
East Midlands Airport 14,326,019

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 22,909,932 23,577,009 +667,077
Eurotunnel 12,412,260 14,617,034 +2,204,774
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,666,797 10,681,548 +14,751
Dover 7,745,689 7,257,425 -488,264
East Midlands Airport 6,890,323 7,435,696 +545,373
000 7,527,947 5,039,420 -2,488,527
London Stansted Airport 3,864,200 6,190,009 +2,325,809
Felixstowe 4,377,164 5,186,059 +808,895
London 5,211,648 3,836,322 -1,375,326
499 339,334 5,826,983 +5,487,649

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 332
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 133
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 35
Manufacture of wearing apparel 23
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 22

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 168
2025-10 194
2025-09 195
2025-08 193
2025-07 155

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 259
54m+ 166
0-1m 73
15m-54m 43
Other 42

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 13,936,241
Italy 13,911,622
United States 10,696,240
Japan 6,536,099
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 5,614,057

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 7,039,053 6,897,188 -141,865
Italy 6,806,465 7,105,157 +298,692
United States 5,980,418 4,715,822 -1,264,596
Japan 3,805,870 2,730,229 -1,075,641
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,312,942 3,301,115 +988,173
Germany 2,114,817 2,694,023 +579,206
Netherlands 2,724,274 1,818,951 -905,323
Ireland 1,229,635 1,082,569 -147,066
Switzerland 1,417,835 543,360 -874,475
United Arab Emirates 909,245 925,511 +16,266

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 £
India 386,250
XU 265,375
Pakistan 108,929
China 78,273
Turkey 45,124

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 £
India 163,784 222,466 +58,682
XU 124,338 141,037 +16,699
Pakistan 55,487 53,442 -2,045
China 41,450 36,823 -4,627
Turkey 31,207 13,917 -17,290
Denmark 17,614 83 -17,531
Italy 13,310 0 -13,310
Ireland 5,335 762 -4,573
Bangladesh 3,128 1,552 -1,576
XI 2,582 1,594 -988

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 52,502,888
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 28,698,268
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,628,477
Other 933,730
Road transport 177,635

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 26,505,833 25,997,055 -508,778
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,982,139 13,716,129 -1,266,010
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,219,261 409,216 -810,045
Other 460,687 473,043 +12,356
Road transport 175,659 1,976 -173,683

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 22,041,826
East Midlands Airport 21,608,425
London Heathrow Airport 17,108,977
London Stansted Airport 7,941,767
ZLC 5,408,629

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 11,552,487 10,489,339 -1,063,148
East Midlands Airport 11,398,960 10,209,465 -1,189,495
London Heathrow Airport 8,448,081 8,660,896 +212,815
London Stansted Airport 3,853,192 4,088,575 +235,383
ZLC 2,732,978 2,675,651 -57,327
Dover 2,073,092 1,675,731 -397,361
Eurotunnel 488,224 659,799 +171,575
000 460,687 473,043 +12,356
Holyhead 479,540 453,404 -26,136
Harwich 446,031 280,679 -165,352

Quick facts

HS code: 420310

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

Description: Clothing items made from leather or imitation leather, such as jackets, pants, and skirts