Import/export HS code 57: Carpets and textile floor coverings

All types of carpets and floor coverings made from textile materials, including knotted, woven, and tufted styles

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  • 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 £
Netherlands 353,018,045
Turkey 306,156,007
Belgium 253,099,139
India 142,190,374
China 120,124,884

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 £
Netherlands 181,069,060 171,948,985 -9,120,075
Turkey 158,685,399 147,470,608 -11,214,791
Belgium 153,754,680 99,344,459 -54,410,221
India 74,562,544 67,627,830 -6,934,714
China 64,535,832 55,589,052 -8,946,780
France 36,064,316 33,020,013 -3,044,303
Germany 28,316,020 19,353,547 -8,962,473
Denmark 23,727,059 18,531,567 -5,195,492
Viet Nam 18,351,230 17,492,206 -859,024
Poland 10,668,178 9,492,528 -1,175,650

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 £
Netherlands 359,610,063
Turkey 322,053,403
Belgium 210,571,959
India 173,025,819
China 126,386,251

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 £
Netherlands 199,021,607 160,588,456 -38,433,151
Turkey 169,070,380 152,983,023 -16,087,357
Belgium 114,661,378 95,910,581 -18,750,797
India 92,369,318 80,656,501 -11,712,817
China 66,992,345 59,393,906 -7,598,439
France 27,529,862 21,225,014 -6,304,848
Viet Nam 21,604,223 21,549,140 -55,083
Denmark 19,926,848 15,518,851 -4,407,997
Germany 16,816,468 14,291,045 -2,525,423
Poland 18,259,563 12,625,037 -5,634,526

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 343
Greater Manchester 137
Inner London - East 127
Outer London - West and North West 111
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 86

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 269 226 -43
Greater Manchester 94 82 -12
Inner London - East 94 80 -14
Outer London - West and North West 77 79 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 62 58 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 51 50 -1
West Midlands 50 54 +4
West Yorkshire 50 56 +6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 46 46 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 34 48 +14

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) 724,080,741
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 702,736,503
Air transport 65,177,338
Other 40,104,710
Road transport 7,459,259

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) 437,730,045 286,350,696 -151,379,349
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 331,093,539 371,642,964 +40,549,425
Air transport 34,492,958 30,684,380 -3,808,578
Other 24,719,266 15,385,444 -9,333,822
Road transport 2,875,754 4,583,505 +1,707,751
Rail transport 2,455,332 1,528,343 -926,989

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 362,056,684
Eurotunnel 154,151,091
London Gateway Port 149,251,616
Immingham Docks 112,296,762
Killingholme 95,940,712

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 £
Felixstowe 212,916,924 149,139,760 -63,777,164
Eurotunnel 84,353,558 69,797,533 -14,556,025
London Gateway Port 55,852,048 93,399,568 +37,547,520
Immingham Docks 53,587,351 58,709,411 +5,122,060
Killingholme 53,840,780 42,099,932 -11,740,848
Dover 56,230,271 39,375,791 -16,854,480
Southampton 51,992,910 43,033,081 -8,959,829
Purfleet 46,497,079 40,989,441 -5,507,638
Hull 47,265,324 32,478,398 -14,786,926
London 30,303,995 21,884,435 -8,419,560

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 724
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 475
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 95
Manufacture of textiles 76
Specialised construction activities 74

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 370
2025-11 408
2025-10 467
2025-09 427
2025-08 366

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 766
0-1m 475
54m+ 352
15m-54m 180
Other 149

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 £
Netherlands 87,144,299
United States 65,150,470
France 51,434,172
Belgium 43,789,154
Ireland 33,933,151

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 £
Netherlands 44,295,255 42,849,044 -1,446,211
United States 35,360,221 29,790,249 -5,569,972
France 31,156,083 20,278,089 -10,877,994
Belgium 26,352,820 17,436,334 -8,916,486
Ireland 18,880,539 15,052,612 -3,827,927
Germany 13,664,138 7,671,182 -5,992,956
Poland 11,375,674 8,016,807 -3,358,867
Czechia 8,387,604 3,714,170 -4,673,434
United Arab Emirates 5,189,684 2,897,689 -2,291,995
Sweden 4,951,817 2,809,781 -2,142,036

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 53,512,530
Ireland 2,278,946
Netherlands 1,533,386
India 701,925
Belgium 611,263

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 29,365,032 24,147,498 -5,217,534
Ireland 1,676,975 601,971 -1,075,004
Netherlands 1,009,486 523,900 -485,586
India 382,487 319,438 -63,049
Belgium 428,322 182,941 -245,381
Turkey 176,324 143,401 -32,923
Sweden 20,502 104,542 +84,040
China 30,827 27,297 -3,530
Egypt 29,228 10,816 -18,412
Germany 7,311 8,714 +1,403

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) 260,860,635
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 100,842,960
Other 61,305,745
Air transport 31,525,785
Road transport 146,675

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) 153,076,183 107,784,452 -45,291,731
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 56,017,433 44,825,527 -11,191,906
Other 33,958,610 27,347,135 -6,611,475
Air transport 15,680,207 15,845,578 +165,371
Road transport 82,754 63,921 -18,833

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 143,321,730
000 60,466,356
Hull 48,491,870
Liverpool Docks 44,742,700
Immingham Docks 30,044,263

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 86,901,813 56,419,917 -30,481,896
000 33,852,777 26,613,579 -7,239,198
Hull 25,961,770 22,530,100 -3,431,670
Liverpool Docks 23,892,058 20,850,642 -3,041,416
Immingham Docks 17,271,743 12,772,520 -4,499,223
London Gateway Port 11,444,079 9,064,563 -2,379,516
Southampton 6,207,806 7,858,174 +1,650,368
East Midlands Airport 4,738,283 7,669,271 +2,930,988
London Heathrow Airport 5,899,548 5,393,079 -506,469
Dover 8,914,821 2,208,907 -6,705,914

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 57

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

Description: All types of carpets and floor coverings made from textile materials, including knotted, woven, and tufted styles