Import/export HS code 62: Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted

Includes all types of non-knitted or non-crocheted clothing and accessories, such as jackets, coats, and similar items

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • 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 £
China 2,678,497,364
Bangladesh 2,130,388,534
Italy 1,081,273,294
India 856,704,592
Netherlands 728,144,760

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 £
China 1,345,380,448 1,333,116,916 -12,263,532
Bangladesh 1,009,199,254 1,121,189,280 +111,990,026
Italy 575,905,761 505,367,533 -70,538,228
India 434,582,359 422,122,233 -12,460,126
Netherlands 391,199,079 336,945,681 -54,253,398
France 346,142,049 294,423,352 -51,718,697
Spain 287,379,328 271,135,334 -16,243,994
Viet Nam 240,192,973 268,431,035 +28,238,062
Turkey 250,650,802 210,786,827 -39,863,975
Pakistan 227,071,762 223,836,417 -3,235,345

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 £
China 3,500,675,562
Bangladesh 2,448,501,232
India 992,397,353
Italy 907,015,500
Viet Nam 827,730,517

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 £
China 1,793,697,830 1,706,977,732 -86,720,098
Bangladesh 1,180,162,745 1,268,338,487 +88,175,742
India 502,068,033 490,329,320 -11,738,713
Italy 482,083,501 424,931,999 -57,151,502
Viet Nam 417,266,328 410,464,189 -6,802,139
Turkey 364,299,666 308,017,647 -56,282,019
Pakistan 256,672,735 253,222,083 -3,450,652
Cambodia 238,478,470 261,558,523 +23,080,053
Sri Lanka 156,695,168 180,201,000 +23,505,832
Morocco 172,755,912 163,758,705 -8,997,207

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 1460
Inner London - East 908
Greater Manchester 742
Outer London - West and North West 633
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 478

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 1158 1108 -50
Inner London - East 693 678 -15
Greater Manchester 577 563 -14
Outer London - West and North West 492 456 -36
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 356 358 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 360 340 -20
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 295 271 -24
West Midlands 272 264 -8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 240 239 -1
West Yorkshire 250 221 -29

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,355,857,564
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,325,787,073
Air transport 2,544,745,424
Other 1,951,825,312
Road transport 189,535,175

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,484,142,747 2,871,714,817 +387,572,070
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,793,543,724 1,532,243,349 -261,300,375
Air transport 1,343,608,030 1,201,137,394 -142,470,636
Other 1,067,219,128 884,606,184 -182,612,944
Road transport 98,664,104 90,871,071 -7,793,033
Rail transport 63,996 796,034 +732,038

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 2,417,063,366
000 1,951,747,178
London Heathrow Airport 1,310,054,945
London Gateway Port 1,109,722,371
Eurotunnel 1,063,489,995

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 1,421,807,897 995,255,469 -426,552,428
000 1,067,174,694 884,572,484 -182,602,210
London Heathrow Airport 727,243,875 582,811,070 -144,432,805
London Gateway Port 371,555,298 738,167,073 +366,611,775
Eurotunnel 563,475,350 500,014,645 -63,460,705
Southampton 475,902,009 402,004,916 -73,897,093
Dover 408,411,259 344,878,139 -63,533,120
Dover / Eurotunnel 374,458,000 322,605,974 -51,852,026
499 12,259,589 559,320,600 +547,061,011
East Midlands Airport 197,468,809 175,145,827 -22,322,982

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 4701
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 3024
Manufacture of wearing apparel 552
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 512
Other manufacturing 278

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 2811
2025-10 3116
2025-09 3082
2025-08 2939
2025-07 2842

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
0-1m 4224
1m-15m 3674
54m+ 1369
Other 670
15m-54m 566

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 £
Ireland 376,330,885
Italy 312,602,655
United States 296,276,328
France 263,691,826
Netherlands 214,224,911

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 £
Ireland 193,988,058 182,342,827 -11,645,231
Italy 172,447,921 140,154,734 -32,293,187
United States 168,963,499 127,312,829 -41,650,670
France 144,151,601 119,540,225 -24,611,376
Netherlands 124,930,717 89,294,194 -35,636,523
Germany 88,479,970 82,492,370 -5,987,600
United Arab Emirates 45,084,725 48,153,882 +3,069,157
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 53,096,750 39,197,299 -13,899,451
South Korea 56,420,572 13,789,446 -42,631,126
Australia 47,939,380 20,604,781 -27,334,599

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 £
China 57,143,360
Bangladesh 54,495,569
XU 41,928,882
India 21,570,886
Turkey 16,166,125

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 £
China 28,698,688 28,444,672 -254,016
Bangladesh 28,860,425 25,635,144 -3,225,281
XU 20,531,820 21,397,062 +865,242
India 9,947,954 11,622,932 +1,674,978
Turkey 8,725,366 7,440,759 -1,284,607
Viet Nam 6,301,800 6,635,085 +333,285
Cambodia 4,196,926 4,139,711 -57,215
Morocco 4,029,246 4,216,535 +187,289
Ireland 3,822,071 3,985,889 +163,818
Sri Lanka 3,682,722 3,573,194 -109,528

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 1,235,298,220
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,041,904,046
Other 267,792,454
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 143,585,926
Road transport 3,120,073

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 £
Air transport 696,563,731 538,734,489 -157,829,242
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 557,829,565 484,074,481 -73,755,084
Other 136,589,841 131,202,613 -5,387,228
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 82,546,872 61,039,054 -21,507,818
Road transport 3,077,691 42,382 -3,035,309
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 18,066 2,021 -16,045
Rail transport 0 2,991 +2,991

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 777,775,431
London Heathrow Airport 518,054,687
East Midlands Airport 477,656,985
000 265,887,605
ZLC 84,989,864

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 424,687,744 353,087,687 -71,600,057
London Heathrow Airport 308,194,016 209,860,671 -98,333,345
East Midlands Airport 260,510,465 217,146,520 -43,363,945
000 136,539,754 129,347,851 -7,191,903
ZLC 47,415,206 37,574,658 -9,840,548
London Stansted Airport 44,145,857 39,148,224 -4,997,633
Holyhead 43,027,155 39,506,841 -3,520,314
Dover 46,368,824 32,841,158 -13,527,666
Immingham Docks 32,059,374 27,534,764 -4,524,610
London Gateway Port 24,004,779 19,563,514 -4,441,265

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 62

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

Description: Includes all types of non-knitted or non-crocheted clothing and accessories, such as jackets, coats, and similar items