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 337,973,855
Turkey 208,962,773
Belgium 203,265,393
China 41,638,687
France 37,207,835

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 164,497,210 173,476,645 +8,979,435
Turkey 100,250,382 108,712,391 +8,462,009
Belgium 124,574,987 78,690,406 -45,884,581
China 20,236,158 21,402,529 +1,166,371
France 18,887,700 18,320,135 -567,565
Denmark 19,611,290 16,584,104 -3,027,186
Viet Nam 17,477,639 18,711,962 +1,234,323
India 16,835,612 15,452,963 -1,382,649
Germany 14,871,443 9,321,560 -5,549,883
Hungary 8,059,862 5,546,640 -2,513,222

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 354,136,478
Turkey 218,282,209
Belgium 157,917,754
China 44,680,293
Viet Nam 43,440,861

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 190,109,147 164,027,331 -26,081,816
Turkey 106,421,383 111,860,826 +5,439,443
Belgium 83,684,124 74,233,630 -9,450,494
China 20,916,068 23,764,225 +2,848,157
Viet Nam 20,045,893 23,394,968 +3,349,075
India 20,025,784 18,336,817 -1,688,967
Denmark 17,190,564 14,317,255 -2,873,309
France 15,870,818 12,597,805 -3,273,013
Germany 12,274,706 9,349,822 -2,924,884
Portugal 5,493,542 9,717,839 +4,224,297

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 205
Greater Manchester 82
Inner London - East 66
Outer London - West and North West 55
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 43

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 150 134 -16
Greater Manchester 54 48 -6
Inner London - East 48 45 -3
Outer London - West and North West 38 35 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 30 32 +2
West Yorkshire 28 35 +7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21 27 +6
Essex 25 25 +0
West Midlands 25 31 +6
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) 590,848,483
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 407,918,282
Air transport 17,097,134
Other 16,066,561
Rail transport 3,890,400

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) 347,180,284 243,668,199 -103,512,085
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 169,974,474 237,943,808 +67,969,334
Air transport 9,211,170 7,885,964 -1,325,206
Other 8,635,790 7,430,771 -1,205,019
Rail transport 1,834,126 2,056,274 +222,148
Road transport 1,214,386 1,121,198 -93,188

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 233,941,014
Eurotunnel 112,044,077
Immingham Docks 98,273,337
Purfleet 85,667,050
Killingholme 83,139,056

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 130,874,651 103,066,363 -27,808,288
Eurotunnel 59,158,902 52,885,175 -6,273,727
Immingham Docks 40,502,134 57,771,203 +17,269,069
Purfleet 46,261,059 39,405,991 -6,855,068
Killingholme 45,633,841 37,505,215 -8,128,626
London Gateway Port 22,814,815 58,455,884 +35,641,069
Hull 42,951,775 32,714,760 -10,237,015
Dover 35,350,117 20,676,895 -14,673,222
London 22,075,709 17,819,823 -4,255,886
Southampton 20,758,989 17,260,894 -3,498,095

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 412
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 261
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 56
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 53
Manufacture of textiles 52

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 215
2025-10 241
2025-09 228
2025-08 205
2025-07 231

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 430
0-1m 258
54m+ 238
15m-54m 90
Other 79

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 48,986,646
Belgium 41,315,411
Ireland 23,735,079
France 19,541,396
Poland 18,008,827

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 24,702,934 24,283,712 -419,222
Belgium 19,915,452 21,399,959 +1,484,507
Ireland 12,385,513 11,349,566 -1,035,947
France 12,082,982 7,458,414 -4,624,568
Poland 10,167,928 7,840,899 -2,327,029
Germany 9,760,269 6,477,640 -3,282,629
Czechia 7,531,367 4,565,692 -2,965,675
United States 5,474,034 6,089,086 +615,052
Russia 3,447,767 2,957,022 -490,745
Saudi Arabia 3,057,833 2,867,519 -190,314

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 38,565,102
Ireland 4,155,736
Netherlands 1,616,411
XU 685,711
Belgium 644,825

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 20,079,252 18,485,850 -1,593,402
Ireland 3,342,534 813,202 -2,529,332
Netherlands 993,545 622,866 -370,679
XU 269,159 416,552 +147,393
Belgium 421,270 223,555 -197,715
Turkey 55,290 106,489 +51,199
India 51,542 62,392 +10,850
China 10,479 19,876 +9,397
Egypt 15,638 4,187 -11,451
Germany 7,701 9,495 +1,794

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) 170,717,415
Other 46,015,557
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 45,576,820
Air transport 11,542,837
Road transport 140,090

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) 92,592,664 78,124,751 -14,467,913
Other 25,247,224 20,768,333 -4,478,891
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,277,113 20,299,707 -4,977,406
Air transport 4,825,723 6,717,114 +1,891,391
Road transport 138,969 1,121 -137,848

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 108,966,762
000 46,015,557
Immingham Docks 21,511,188
Hull 18,178,763
London Gateway Port 12,760,848

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 63,562,228 45,404,534 -18,157,694
000 25,247,224 20,768,333 -4,478,891
Immingham Docks 11,275,944 10,235,244 -1,040,700
Hull 9,510,141 8,668,622 -841,519
London Gateway Port 6,036,956 6,723,892 +686,936
Liverpool Docks 5,699,680 6,765,166 +1,065,486
Dover 4,156,034 5,927,239 +1,771,205
East Midlands Airport 1,655,098 4,311,199 +2,656,101
Felixstowe 3,523,670 1,940,607 -1,583,063
Southampton 2,222,288 3,059,067 +836,779

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