Import/export HS code 530919: Various flax fabrics

Woven flax fabrics that are neither unbleached nor bleached, including dyed or treated fabrics

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 8,641,918
Belgium 6,548,874
France 5,585,409
Turkey 4,633,418
India 4,068,294

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 4,394,773 4,247,145 -147,628
Belgium 3,109,242 3,439,632 +330,390
France 2,544,406 3,041,003 +496,597
Turkey 2,384,307 2,249,111 -135,196
India 1,999,224 2,069,070 +69,846
Thailand 1,910,214 1,941,543 +31,329
Lithuania 1,271,133 1,549,172 +278,039
United States 851,265 763,787 -87,478
Spain 644,638 688,068 +43,430
Netherlands 458,978 361,039 -97,939

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 12,422,886
Belgium 6,804,260
Turkey 4,929,640
India 4,297,028
Thailand 3,966,438

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 6,107,556 6,315,330 +207,774
Belgium 3,356,902 3,447,358 +90,456
Turkey 2,544,829 2,384,811 -160,018
India 2,150,977 2,146,051 -4,926
Thailand 1,955,926 2,010,512 +54,586
Lithuania 1,345,900 1,575,532 +229,632
France 607,020 1,031,611 +424,591
China 637,366 664,495 +27,129
Spain 520,837 548,319 +27,482
United States 410,491 362,368 -48,123

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 115
Inner London - East 22
Outer London - West and North West 16
Surrey, East and West Sussex 15
Lancashire 13

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 85 80 -5
Inner London - East 19 17 -2
Outer London - West and North West 9 12 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 11 13 +2
Lancashire 9 9 +0
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 8 8 +0
Greater Manchester 6 6 +0
Outer London - East and North East 6 9 +3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 8 6 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 8 5 -3

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) 20,016,432
Air transport 12,929,929
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,760,759
Other 653,710
Road transport 204,990

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) 9,935,597 10,080,835 +145,238
Air transport 6,287,768 6,642,161 +354,393
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,604,695 5,156,064 +551,369
Other 317,838 335,872 +18,034
Road transport 147,338 57,652 -89,686

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 6,681,598
Thamesport 5,133,126
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,406,239
Eurotunnel 4,246,214
East Midlands Airport 4,064,658

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 3,681,401 3,000,197 -681,204
Thamesport 2,320,199 2,812,927 +492,728
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,483,700 1,922,539 -561,161
Eurotunnel 2,016,892 2,229,322 +212,430
East Midlands Airport 1,751,786 2,312,872 +561,086
London 999,930 2,291,324 +1,291,394
London Heathrow Airport 1,488,041 1,436,277 -51,764
London Stansted Airport 1,441,808 1,130,120 -311,688
Manchester Airport 1,001,259 1,101,532 +100,273
London Gateway Port 792,869 1,058,054 +265,185

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 98
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 96
Manufacture of textiles 38
Other professional, scientific and technical activities 38
Manufacture of wearing apparel 22

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 69
2025-11 86
2025-10 76
2025-09 60
2025-08 64

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 160
0-1m 86
54m+ 33
15m-54m 28
Other 15

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 29,226,193
Netherlands 4,212,578
France 3,471,752
India 3,384,168
Germany 2,786,371

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 14,576,107 14,650,086 +73,979
Netherlands 1,844,184 2,368,394 +524,210
France 1,938,699 1,533,053 -405,646
India 1,918,601 1,465,567 -453,034
Germany 1,136,806 1,649,565 +512,759
Italy 795,832 729,060 -66,772
Spain 521,642 470,679 -50,963
Australia 483,988 437,005 -46,983
Switzerland 387,295 363,796 -23,499
China 514,241 236,828 -277,413

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 £
XI 4,650,367
Nicaragua 160,401
Poland 52,318
Czechia 41,622
France 32,063

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 £
XI 1,469,558 3,180,809 +1,711,251
Nicaragua 160,401 0 -160,401
Poland 31,785 20,533 -11,252
Czechia 10,463 31,159 +20,696
France 367 31,696 +31,329
Ireland 9,396 8,738 -658
China 0 1,985 +1,985
Italy 946 0 -946

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 40,029,171
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,773,911
Other 5,328,843
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,625,862
Road transport 211,068

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 20,335,646 19,693,525 -642,121
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,085,694 3,688,217 -397,477
Other 2,053,923 3,274,920 +1,220,997
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,190,939 2,434,923 +243,984
Road transport 211,068 0 -211,068

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 11,918,341
London Stansted Airport 10,291,315
London Heathrow Airport 7,487,088
ZLC 6,970,726
000 5,328,843

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 6,907,710 5,010,631 -1,897,079
London Stansted Airport 4,611,403 5,679,912 +1,068,509
London Heathrow Airport 3,635,922 3,851,166 +215,244
ZLC 3,709,013 3,261,713 -447,300
000 2,053,923 3,274,920 +1,220,997
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,106,264 2,002,899 -103,365
Dover 1,242,770 1,363,380 +120,610
Belfast Port 1,368,082 658,919 -709,163
Manchester Airport 842,153 1,108,515 +266,362
Belfast Airport 776,271 742,084 -34,187

Quick facts

HS code: 530919

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

Description: Woven flax fabrics that are neither unbleached nor bleached, including dyed or treated fabrics