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 2,596,573,731
Bangladesh 2,067,375,475
Italy 1,022,081,388
India 838,366,954
Netherlands 698,508,580

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 1,383,115,585 1,213,458,146 -169,657,439
Bangladesh 1,035,615,963 1,031,759,512 -3,856,451
Italy 560,478,153 461,603,235 -98,874,918
India 438,045,784 400,321,170 -37,724,614
Netherlands 395,337,578 303,171,002 -92,166,576
France 347,982,373 259,543,366 -88,439,007
Spain 280,452,026 252,317,878 -28,134,148
Viet Nam 248,009,791 251,445,317 +3,435,526
Pakistan 235,088,823 205,662,878 -29,425,945
Turkey 248,195,446 186,506,295 -61,689,151

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 3,381,172,500
Bangladesh 2,373,055,519
India 970,910,114
Italy 857,307,244
Viet Nam 803,825,693

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 1,834,390,207 1,546,782,293 -287,607,914
Bangladesh 1,207,828,366 1,165,227,153 -42,601,213
India 508,829,499 462,080,615 -46,748,884
Italy 469,335,928 387,971,316 -81,364,612
Viet Nam 422,698,990 381,126,703 -41,572,287
Turkey 358,577,534 273,441,717 -85,135,817
Pakistan 265,295,008 233,236,325 -32,058,683
Cambodia 239,195,052 246,422,877 +7,227,825
Sri Lanka 163,167,719 163,904,986 +737,267
Morocco 169,857,885 150,344,349 -19,513,536

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 1448
Inner London - East 879
Greater Manchester 735
Outer London - West and North West 617
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 481

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 1147 1083 -64
Inner London - East 685 644 -41
Greater Manchester 580 548 -32
Outer London - West and North West 481 449 -32
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 355 349 -6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 360 332 -28
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 286 261 -25
West Midlands 271 254 -17
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 240 230 -10
West Yorkshire 246 216 -30

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) 5,276,023,134
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,152,252,464
Air transport 2,444,630,079
Other 1,828,200,299
Road transport 180,520,589

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) 2,546,018,493 2,730,004,641 +183,986,148
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,770,659,396 1,381,593,068 -389,066,328
Air transport 1,345,734,581 1,098,895,498 -246,839,083
Other 1,088,549,985 739,650,314 -348,899,671
Road transport 97,643,702 82,876,887 -14,766,815
Rail transport 63,996 815,740 +751,744

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 2,269,029,519
000 1,827,618,346
London Heathrow Airport 1,248,892,902
London Gateway Port 1,117,994,472
Eurotunnel 1,008,387,749

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 1,445,442,669 823,586,850 -621,855,819
000 1,088,508,806 739,109,540 -349,399,266
London Heathrow Airport 719,898,084 528,994,818 -190,903,266
London Gateway Port 398,021,387 719,973,085 +321,951,698
Eurotunnel 560,978,451 447,409,298 -113,569,153
Southampton 481,975,719 357,864,382 -124,111,337
Dover 396,595,559 305,954,454 -90,641,105
499 12,858,058 671,966,704 +659,108,646
Dover / Eurotunnel 372,639,464 297,208,440 -75,431,024
East Midlands Airport 198,332,186 158,316,562 -40,015,624

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 4621
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 2981
Manufacture of wearing apparel 546
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 496
Other manufacturing 277

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 2555
2025-11 2816
2025-10 3120
2025-09 3083
2025-08 2939

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 4119
1m-15m 3601
54m+ 1350
Other 659
15m-54m 565

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 362,289,082
Italy 300,077,204
United States 275,643,661
France 250,225,690
Netherlands 194,850,696

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 197,348,688 164,940,394 -32,408,294
Italy 165,975,727 134,101,477 -31,874,250
United States 161,952,074 113,691,587 -48,260,487
France 139,367,939 110,857,751 -28,510,188
Netherlands 114,567,585 80,283,111 -34,284,474
Germany 89,120,629 73,534,443 -15,586,186
United Arab Emirates 49,191,740 39,396,709 -9,795,031
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 51,272,252 35,061,855 -16,210,397
Australia 43,694,489 19,258,578 -24,435,911
Spain 26,260,413 32,814,698 +6,554,285

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 55,498,167
Bangladesh 53,347,893
India 21,332,258
Turkey 15,049,675
Viet Nam 12,807,033

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 29,421,384 26,076,783 -3,344,601
Bangladesh 29,815,624 23,532,269 -6,283,355
India 10,380,786 10,951,472 +570,686
Turkey 8,738,488 6,311,187 -2,427,301
Viet Nam 6,681,473 6,125,560 -555,913
Cambodia 4,550,391 3,830,590 -719,801
Morocco 3,930,187 3,798,016 -132,171
Ireland 3,773,661 3,587,039 -186,622
Sri Lanka 3,893,648 3,266,031 -627,617
Pakistan 2,162,163 2,337,760 +175,597

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 1,157,484,736
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 995,908,954
Other 257,160,548
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 128,915,164
Road transport 1,476,371

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 666,704,815 490,779,921 -175,924,894
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 547,929,302 447,979,652 -99,949,650
Other 137,772,351 119,388,197 -18,384,154
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 73,145,328 55,769,836 -17,375,492
Road transport 1,436,389 39,982 -1,396,407
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 20,087 0 -20,087
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 739,401,634
London Heathrow Airport 491,102,037
East Midlands Airport 443,129,238
000 254,826,796
London Stansted Airport 77,354,875

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 411,969,498 327,432,136 -84,537,362
London Heathrow Airport 293,831,892 197,270,145 -96,561,747
East Midlands Airport 246,020,429 197,108,809 -48,911,620
000 137,625,701 117,201,095 -20,424,606
London Stansted Airport 44,355,675 32,999,200 -11,356,475
Holyhead 39,347,524 37,879,649 -1,467,875
ZLC 43,911,379 32,492,264 -11,419,115
Dover 45,101,996 28,765,245 -16,336,751
Immingham Docks 26,533,243 26,040,074 -493,169
London Gateway Port 24,924,709 18,495,348 -6,429,361

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