Import/export HS code 560314: Extra-heavy nonwovens

Nonwoven fabrics weighing more than 150 g/m², used in heavy-duty applications

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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 £
Germany 18,454,793
Italy 12,404,889
Belgium 11,472,085
Netherlands 5,743,304
France 5,198,029

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 £
Germany 10,814,148 7,640,645 -3,173,503
Italy 5,934,366 6,470,523 +536,157
Belgium 5,417,116 6,054,969 +637,853
Netherlands 3,021,236 2,722,068 -299,168
France 3,259,858 1,938,171 -1,321,687
United States 3,002,257 2,186,626 -815,631
Poland 2,721,414 2,341,984 -379,430
Czechia 2,265,985 2,145,834 -120,151
Luxembourg 1,569,353 944,266 -625,087
China 1,550,116 931,035 -619,081

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 19,077,368
Italy 12,803,770
France 7,836,159
Belgium 6,592,178
Poland 5,643,844

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 11,295,121 7,782,247 -3,512,874
Italy 6,303,874 6,499,896 +196,022
France 3,975,553 3,860,606 -114,947
Belgium 3,458,869 3,133,309 -325,560
Poland 3,137,386 2,506,458 -630,928
Czechia 2,821,017 2,542,928 -278,089
United States 2,745,195 1,925,034 -820,161
China 2,421,019 1,833,860 -587,159
Luxembourg 1,603,921 1,519,053 -84,868
Austria 1,626,445 936,149 -690,296

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 27
West Yorkshire 24
Surrey, East and West Sussex 23
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 21
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
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 23 22 -1
West Yorkshire 21 17 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 14 17 +3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 19 12 -7
Greater Manchester 20 16 -4
Lancashire 17 16 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 16 +3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 17 15 -2
Inner London - West 14 14 +0
West Midlands 13 13 +0

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) 58,335,921
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,332,616
Air transport 6,716,974
Other 1,178,498
Road transport 290,332

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) 32,260,403 26,075,518 -6,184,885
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,852,261 9,480,355 -371,906
Air transport 3,500,203 3,216,771 -283,432
Other 99,901 1,078,597 +978,696
Road transport 145,730 144,602 -1,128

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 27,125,821
Immingham Docks 14,482,286
Felixstowe 7,109,562
Eurotunnel 4,768,009
Hull 4,325,514

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 15,006,423 12,119,398 -2,887,025
Immingham Docks 7,209,852 7,272,434 +62,582
Felixstowe 4,256,772 2,852,790 -1,403,982
Eurotunnel 2,437,033 2,330,976 -106,057
Hull 1,833,538 2,491,976 +658,438
London Heathrow Airport 1,908,581 1,358,244 -550,337
London 1,696,035 1,550,928 -145,107
Killingholme 1,855,864 990,915 -864,949
Harwich 1,637,936 1,089,439 -548,497
Purfleet 1,220,973 856,040 -364,933

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 131
Other manufacturing 50
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 37
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 28
Specialised construction activities 27

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 105
2025-10 116
2025-09 105
2025-08 109
2025-07 117

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 185
54m+ 125
15m-54m 63
0-1m 46
Other 28

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 £
Kyrgyzstan 5,446,404
Ireland 5,343,837
Germany 2,525,407
Denmark 2,481,250
France 2,158,215

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 £
Kyrgyzstan 0 5,446,404 +5,446,404
Ireland 3,075,285 2,268,552 -806,733
Germany 1,452,952 1,072,455 -380,497
Denmark 1,213,003 1,268,247 +55,244
France 1,194,690 963,525 -231,165
New Zealand 750,448 1,017,990 +267,542
Hungary 1,127,984 59,204 -1,068,780
Netherlands 484,835 532,034 +47,199
Kazakhstan 242,814 673,389 +430,575
South Africa 854,515 33,381 -821,134

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 £
XU 327,640
Czechia 121,231
XI 93,026
Germany 7,164
Belgium 6,001

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 £
XU 149,577 178,063 +28,486
Czechia 55,667 65,564 +9,897
XI 42,201 50,825 +8,624
Germany 2,527 4,637 +2,110
Belgium 6,001 0 -6,001
Nicaragua 3,019 0 -3,019
Italy 246 0 -246
United States 0 140 +140
China 46 0 -46

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,211,813
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,532,511
Air transport 1,289,056
Other 558,513

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,741,505 7,470,308 -2,271,197
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,798,580 9,733,931 +3,935,351
Air transport 720,106 568,950 -151,156
Other 259,284 299,229 +39,945

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,161,637
London 6,447,414
Immingham Docks 4,006,192
Holyhead 2,802,614
London Gateway Port 2,719,307

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 5,119,106 3,042,531 -2,076,575
London 272,338 6,175,076 +5,902,738
Immingham Docks 1,914,568 2,091,624 +177,056
Holyhead 1,554,553 1,248,061 -306,492
London Gateway Port 2,072,451 646,856 -1,425,595
Felixstowe 957,262 689,371 -267,891
Southampton 508,655 982,806 +474,151
Grangemouth Docks 461,644 878,966 +417,322
Heysham 552,351 220,549 -331,802
Ayr Harbour 383,998 262,038 -121,960

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 560314

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

Description: Nonwoven fabrics weighing more than 150 g/m², used in heavy-duty applications