Import/export HS code 5703: Tufted carpets and rugs

Carpets and rugs made by tufting, a process that creates a soft, textured surface

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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 £
Netherlands 337,516,914
Turkey 208,508,992
Belgium 198,174,667
China 42,397,615
Viet Nam 37,435,567

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 164,942,058 172,574,856 +7,632,798
Turkey 98,447,187 110,061,805 +11,614,618
Belgium 119,602,541 78,572,126 -41,030,415
China 20,565,085 21,832,530 +1,267,445
Viet Nam 17,659,273 19,776,294 +2,117,021
France 18,852,940 18,393,255 -459,685
Denmark 19,390,848 16,680,713 -2,710,135
India 16,693,788 16,012,773 -681,015
Germany 14,506,796 9,345,554 -5,161,242
Hungary 8,020,798 5,500,266 -2,520,532

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 350,435,162
Turkey 217,563,865
Belgium 156,258,990
China 45,283,967
Viet Nam 44,827,757

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 187,291,139 163,144,023 -24,147,116
Turkey 104,522,321 113,041,544 +8,519,223
Belgium 81,866,266 74,392,724 -7,473,542
China 21,367,273 23,916,694 +2,549,421
Viet Nam 20,492,583 24,335,174 +3,842,591
India 20,001,833 18,726,507 -1,275,326
Denmark 16,901,761 14,412,955 -2,488,806
France 16,012,356 12,536,036 -3,476,320
Germany 11,982,331 9,351,974 -2,630,357
Portugal 5,536,674 9,659,467 +4,122,793

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 201
Greater Manchester 82
Inner London - East 64
Outer London - West and North West 55
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 44

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 149 130 -19
Greater Manchester 55 46 -9
Inner London - East 46 45 -1
Outer London - West and North West 39 36 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 29 35 +6
West Yorkshire 30 35 +5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21 30 +9
Essex 24 27 +3
West Midlands 25 32 +7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 26 26 +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) 578,383,880
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 416,164,582
Air transport 16,996,833
Other 15,896,354
Rail transport 3,983,675

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) 343,256,517 235,127,363 -108,129,154
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 167,338,211 248,826,371 +81,488,160
Air transport 9,051,109 7,945,724 -1,105,385
Other 8,553,119 7,343,235 -1,209,884
Rail transport 2,158,772 1,824,903 -333,869
Road transport 1,172,827 1,124,957 -47,870

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 230,035,787
Eurotunnel 111,691,840
Immingham Docks 98,657,772
London Gateway Port 86,820,633
Killingholme 82,952,617

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 126,099,331 103,936,456 -22,162,875
Eurotunnel 59,375,755 52,316,085 -7,059,670
Immingham Docks 42,714,453 55,943,319 +13,228,866
London Gateway Port 26,429,320 60,391,313 +33,961,993
Killingholme 45,234,478 37,718,139 -7,516,339
Purfleet 43,228,634 39,293,953 -3,934,681
Hull 42,515,189 32,816,447 -9,698,742
Dover 32,856,053 21,252,789 -11,603,264
London 21,657,673 18,578,029 -3,079,644
Southampton 20,621,167 17,064,617 -3,556,550

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 413
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 258
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 57
Specialised construction activities 54
Manufacture of textiles 53

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 201
2025-11 215
2025-10 241
2025-09 228
2025-08 206

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 428
0-1m 261
54m+ 235
15m-54m 91
Other 77

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 49,268,348
Belgium 42,200,930
Ireland 23,660,767
France 18,675,373
Poland 17,603,773

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 23,929,142 25,339,206 +1,410,064
Belgium 21,375,088 20,825,842 -549,246
Ireland 12,253,742 11,407,025 -846,717
France 11,218,025 7,457,348 -3,760,677
Poland 10,008,711 7,595,062 -2,413,649
Germany 9,283,958 6,150,785 -3,133,173
Czechia 7,603,970 3,977,039 -3,626,931
United States 5,902,043 5,661,013 -241,030
Russia 3,754,435 2,528,780 -1,225,655
Saudi Arabia 3,036,718 2,672,432 -364,286

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 38,651,828
Ireland 4,089,630
Netherlands 1,611,482
Belgium 632,795
Turkey 171,140

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 19,595,430 19,056,398 -539,032
Ireland 3,350,143 739,487 -2,610,656
Netherlands 1,004,328 607,154 -397,174
Belgium 418,679 214,116 -204,563
Turkey 64,802 106,338 +41,536
India 51,066 67,255 +16,189
China 10,931 19,433 +8,502
Egypt 13,111 9,376 -3,735
Germany 7,134 9,228 +2,094
Viet Nam 0 2,284 +2,284

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) 169,984,882
Other 46,012,151
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 43,082,475
Air transport 11,995,590
Road transport 65,759

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) 93,844,734 76,140,148 -17,704,586
Other 24,792,064 21,220,087 -3,571,977
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,504,717 19,577,758 -3,926,959
Air transport 4,613,437 7,382,153 +2,768,716
Road transport 64,638 1,121 -63,517

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 107,246,576
000 46,012,151
Immingham Docks 21,523,970
Hull 18,130,348
London Gateway Port 12,652,456

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 62,010,714 45,235,862 -16,774,852
000 24,792,064 21,220,087 -3,571,977
Immingham Docks 12,449,327 9,074,643 -3,374,684
Hull 9,181,725 8,948,623 -233,102
London Gateway Port 5,964,879 6,687,577 +722,698
Liverpool Docks 6,111,460 6,400,468 +289,008
Dover 5,072,193 4,918,999 -153,194
East Midlands Airport 1,603,388 4,860,735 +3,257,347
Southampton 2,151,922 3,255,021 +1,103,099
Holyhead 2,494,378 2,525,509 +31,131

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 5703

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

Description: Carpets and rugs made by tufting, a process that creates a soft, textured surface