Import/export HS code 42050090: Miscellaneous leather goods

Various leather items, including small accessories and decorative pieces

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 18,102,832
France 7,285,717
Italy 5,720,261
India 4,979,141
Poland 3,450,831

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 10,230,380 7,872,452 -2,357,928
France 4,507,670 2,778,047 -1,729,623
Italy 3,275,610 2,444,651 -830,959
India 2,798,447 2,180,694 -617,753
Poland 2,530,714 920,117 -1,610,597
Portugal 1,304,964 916,144 -388,820
United States 1,029,614 1,056,980 +27,366
Germany 928,220 725,961 -202,259
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 534,631 905,317 +370,686
Slovakia 897,885 455,248 -442,637

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 20,694,644
Italy 7,038,079
France 5,321,114
India 5,179,576
Poland 3,588,906

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 11,478,240 9,216,404 -2,261,836
Italy 3,787,909 3,250,170 -537,739
France 3,557,396 1,763,718 -1,793,678
India 2,876,525 2,303,051 -573,474
Poland 2,625,156 963,750 -1,661,406
Portugal 1,391,209 983,598 -407,611
United States 815,101 890,041 +74,940
Slovakia 944,510 461,132 -483,378
Malaysia 448,343 681,733 +233,390
Czechia 378,084 688,703 +310,619

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 171
Inner London - East 46
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 39
Surrey, East and West Sussex 36
Outer London - West and North West 34

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 125 104 -21
Inner London - East 29 31 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 26 26 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 25 27 +2
Outer London - West and North West 20 22 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 24 21 -3
Greater Manchester 19 16 -3
West Midlands 18 19 +1
West Yorkshire 16 12 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 14 18 +4

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) 32,618,253
Air transport 23,874,566
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,106,558
Road transport 1,444,379
Other 133,857

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) 20,554,605 12,063,648 -8,490,957
Air transport 13,009,832 10,864,734 -2,145,098
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,126,656 7,979,902 -1,146,754
Road transport 707,614 736,765 +29,151
Other 73,450 60,407 -13,043

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
ZLC 14,858,581
London Heathrow Airport 10,240,273
Dover 9,253,339
East Midlands Airport 5,952,809
Eurotunnel 5,454,651

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 £
ZLC 8,468,259 6,390,322 -2,077,937
London Heathrow Airport 5,909,438 4,330,835 -1,578,603
Dover 5,928,212 3,325,127 -2,603,085
East Midlands Airport 3,370,723 2,582,086 -788,637
Eurotunnel 3,907,452 1,547,199 -2,360,253
Southampton 3,158,897 2,177,586 -981,311
Felixstowe 2,001,185 2,002,047 +862
London Gateway Port 1,228,282 1,818,396 +590,114
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,761,654 780,692 -980,962
London Stansted Airport 1,066,245 1,434,502 +368,257

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 281
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 199
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 50
Other manufacturing 29
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 25

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 96
2025-11 124
2025-10 125
2025-09 103
2025-08 111

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 276
54m+ 208
0-1m 107
Other 64
15m-54m 60

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 2,982,608
Netherlands 1,872,480
United Arab Emirates 1,800,262
Qatar 1,295,598
Italy 1,043,158

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 1,688,714 1,293,894 -394,820
Netherlands 898,046 974,434 +76,388
United Arab Emirates 1,449,734 350,528 -1,099,206
Qatar 174,420 1,121,178 +946,758
Italy 552,410 490,748 -61,662
France 394,716 359,796 -34,920
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 309,144 344,539 +35,395
Ireland 173,900 382,384 +208,484
Germany 263,314 222,208 -41,106
China 256,942 146,048 -110,894

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 £
Sri Lanka 121,164
Poland 16,858
Thailand 13,151
China 9,705
India 1,803

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 £
Sri Lanka 64,873 56,291 -8,582
Poland 77 16,781 +16,704
Thailand 10,357 2,794 -7,563
China 1,100 8,605 +7,505
India 1,564 239 -1,325
Netherlands 1,045 356 -689
XI 552 353 -199
Italy 0 13 +13

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 11,411,265
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,773,490
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,216,467
Other 313,606
Road transport 53,313

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 6,340,965 5,070,300 -1,270,665
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,866,533 1,906,957 +40,424
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 567,935 648,532 +80,597
Other 117,540 196,066 +78,526
Road transport 53,313 0 -53,313

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 4,701,736
East Midlands Airport 3,731,427
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,682,924
London Stansted Airport 1,451,497
London Gateway Port 994,920

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 2,160,661 2,541,075 +380,414
East Midlands Airport 2,339,956 1,391,471 -948,485
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,425,158 1,257,766 -167,392
London Stansted Airport 899,882 551,615 -348,267
London Gateway Port 480,971 513,949 +32,978
ZLC 455,693 400,893 -54,800
Dover 248,241 448,300 +200,059
Manchester Airport 429,599 169,752 -259,847
000 117,540 196,066 +78,526
Eurotunnel 117,894 50,179 -67,715

Quick facts

HS code: 42050090

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

Description: Various leather items, including small accessories and decorative pieces