Import/export HS code 560313: Heavyweight nonwovens

Nonwoven fabrics weighing between 70 g/m² and 150 g/m², used in durable products like geotextiles

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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 £
Luxembourg 50,541,110
Germany 29,503,543
Poland 12,993,564
Belgium 12,703,932
United States 11,115,629

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 £
Luxembourg 21,008,640 29,532,470 +8,523,830
Germany 17,106,507 12,397,036 -4,709,471
Poland 6,107,884 6,885,680 +777,796
Belgium 6,692,590 6,011,342 -681,248
United States 5,847,402 5,268,227 -579,175
France 5,690,639 5,405,799 -284,840
Netherlands 5,688,297 4,883,707 -804,590
China 4,656,711 4,487,208 -169,503
Italy 4,325,250 4,505,683 +180,433
South Africa 2,713,741 2,752,472 +38,731

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 £
Germany 30,740,100
United States 14,461,575
Poland 14,453,947
Belgium 12,050,252
China 11,240,163

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 £
Germany 16,973,439 13,766,661 -3,206,778
United States 8,020,100 6,441,475 -1,578,625
Poland 7,058,813 7,395,134 +336,321
Belgium 6,342,066 5,708,186 -633,880
China 5,486,133 5,754,030 +267,897
Luxembourg 4,046,177 4,936,448 +890,271
Italy 4,356,078 4,366,433 +10,355
Netherlands 3,708,440 2,960,522 -747,918
Czechia 3,503,337 2,548,007 -955,330
South Africa 2,731,038 2,714,380 -16,658

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Greater Manchester 30
West Yorkshire 25
Inner London - West 22
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 22
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 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
Greater Manchester 25 23 -2
West Yorkshire 20 21 +1
Inner London - West 17 14 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 16 13 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 15 16 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 17 16 -1
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 14 12 -2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 14 12 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 12 13 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 13 12 -1

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) 93,672,220
Other 44,150,876
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,895,676
Air transport 3,582,355
Road transport 446,669

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) 48,457,370 45,214,850 -3,242,520
Other 18,355,169 25,795,707 +7,440,538
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,948,808 19,946,868 -3,001,940
Air transport 1,951,626 1,630,729 -320,897
Road transport 280,819 165,850 -114,969

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 44,150,876
Dover 42,929,901
Immingham Docks 18,685,549
Felixstowe 12,119,165
Killingholme 8,769,572

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 £
000 18,355,169 25,795,707 +7,440,538
Dover 23,662,833 19,267,068 -4,395,765
Immingham Docks 7,448,118 11,237,431 +3,789,313
Felixstowe 6,621,968 5,497,197 -1,124,771
Killingholme 5,209,422 3,560,150 -1,649,272
London Gateway Port 3,574,482 4,229,717 +655,235
Liverpool Docks 4,035,695 2,781,240 -1,254,455
Southampton 3,115,074 3,058,782 -56,292
Eurotunnel 3,334,526 2,393,782 -940,744
Hull 3,076,427 2,068,968 -1,007,459

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 119
Other manufacturing 63
Manufacture of textiles 37
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 28
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 27

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 94
2025-11 103
2025-10 107
2025-09 94
2025-08 107

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 174
54m+ 125
15m-54m 65
0-1m 39
Other 22

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 23,948,569
France 14,837,702
Malaysia 14,354,219
Germany 12,772,916
Ireland 11,057,482

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 12,622,484 11,326,085 -1,296,399
France 6,607,515 8,230,187 +1,622,672
Malaysia 13,696,527 657,692 -13,038,835
Germany 5,863,524 6,909,392 +1,045,868
Ireland 5,700,765 5,356,717 -344,048
United States 3,089,981 5,924,627 +2,834,646
South Korea 1,615,410 1,811,911 +196,501
Netherlands 1,485,610 1,641,475 +155,865
Poland 1,712,819 1,343,080 -369,739
Italy 1,413,659 1,621,336 +207,677

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 £
Luxembourg 19,835,729
XI 12,022,950
United States 1,108,361
Hungary 323,266
Greece 221,592

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 £
Luxembourg 13,617,325 6,218,404 -7,398,921
XI 79,929 11,943,021 +11,863,092
United States 937,340 171,021 -766,319
Hungary 159,455 163,811 +4,356
Greece 136,864 84,728 -52,136
Czechia 73,164 57,450 -15,714
Germany 12,743 26,245 +13,502
Ireland 31,978 4,137 -27,841
Belgium 15,124 8,035 -7,089
China 460 15,137 +14,677

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 62,058,275
Other 38,863,453
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,382,605
Air transport 2,911,604

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 36,154,153 25,904,122 -10,250,031
Other 16,891,389 21,972,064 +5,080,675
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,807,407 9,575,198 +767,791
Air transport 1,171,468 1,740,136 +568,668

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 38,863,453
Belfast Port 31,742,566
Southampton 16,610,298
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,776,064
London Gateway Port 5,520,269

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 £
000 16,891,389 21,972,064 +5,080,675
Belfast Port 22,491,674 9,250,892 -13,240,782
Southampton 8,103,738 8,506,560 +402,822
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,502,012 4,274,052 -1,227,960
London Gateway Port 2,145,578 3,374,691 +1,229,113
Felixstowe 768,333 2,636,786 +1,868,453
Fishguard 802,517 1,180,741 +378,224
Immingham Docks 899,658 994,404 +94,746
Holyhead 828,790 997,886 +169,096
Ayr Harbour 906,188 516,203 -389,985

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 560313

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

Description: Nonwoven fabrics weighing between 70 g/m² and 150 g/m², used in durable products like geotextiles