Import/export HS code 620230: Women's and girls' outerwear made of cotton

Outerwear like coats, jackets, and capes made entirely or mainly from cotton fabric

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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 £
China 30,184,641
Italy 27,797,552
Spain 15,041,765
Bangladesh 14,250,176
France 12,307,157

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 13,334,551 16,850,090 +3,515,539
Italy 15,106,677 12,690,875 -2,415,802
Spain 6,933,488 8,108,277 +1,174,789
Bangladesh 6,959,298 7,290,878 +331,580
France 6,226,451 6,080,706 -145,745
Viet Nam 5,411,319 5,233,878 -177,441
Netherlands 2,125,820 2,656,378 +530,558
Turkey 1,808,038 2,303,998 +495,960
Germany 1,233,302 1,384,096 +150,794
India 943,666 1,551,872 +608,206

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 39,354,817
Bangladesh 19,161,941
Italy 17,925,416
Viet Nam 13,185,747
United Kingdom 8,321,417

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 17,387,494 21,967,323 +4,579,829
Bangladesh 9,743,559 9,418,382 -325,177
Italy 9,011,208 8,914,208 -97,000
Viet Nam 6,206,588 6,979,159 +772,571
United Kingdom 4,322,169 3,999,248 -322,921
Turkey 2,867,876 3,190,478 +322,602
Thailand 2,395,985 1,997,663 -398,322
Bulgaria 1,860,749 2,275,357 +414,608
Cambodia 1,402,367 2,253,017 +850,650
India 1,263,421 2,144,991 +881,570

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 202
Inner London - East 80
Greater Manchester 43
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 24
Surrey, East and West Sussex 24

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 161 160 -1
Inner London - East 60 56 -4
Greater Manchester 25 31 +6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 19 17 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 19 18 -1
Outer London - West and North West 16 13 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 15 10 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 9 12 +3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 5 11 +6
West Midlands 12 3 -9

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) 52,171,935
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 44,511,719
Air transport 25,694,580
Other 17,804,672
Road transport 1,391,598

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) 26,643,720 25,528,215 -1,115,505
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,104,915 25,406,804 +6,301,889
Air transport 12,103,118 13,591,462 +1,488,344
Other 9,469,449 8,335,223 -1,134,226
Road transport 819,130 572,468 -246,662

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 19,070,336
Eurotunnel 18,707,740
000 17,804,672
London 11,303,736
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,204,636

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 10,693,111 8,377,225 -2,315,886
Eurotunnel 8,967,767 9,739,973 +772,206
000 9,469,449 8,335,223 -1,134,226
London 6,870,084 4,433,652 -2,436,432
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,765,218 5,439,418 -325,800
London Heathrow Airport 5,032,137 4,825,504 -206,633
Dover 4,583,838 4,849,615 +265,777
London Gateway Port 2,428,947 6,302,244 +3,873,297
Southampton 4,620,694 3,306,275 -1,314,419
499 21,401 5,952,681 +5,931,280

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 441
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 182
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 31
Manufacture of wearing apparel 30
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 13

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 165
2025-11 144
2025-10 161
2025-09 177
2025-08 166

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 273
54m+ 157
0-1m 110
Other 56
15m-54m 54

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 £
Italy 44,327,291
United States 9,764,633
France 4,821,337
Ireland 4,267,007
Germany 3,391,803

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 £
Italy 25,249,921 19,077,370 -6,172,551
United States 3,775,526 5,989,107 +2,213,581
France 2,541,356 2,279,981 -261,375
Ireland 2,380,254 1,886,753 -493,501
Germany 1,671,020 1,720,783 +49,763
Netherlands 1,587,141 1,472,954 -114,187
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,248,103 1,041,504 -206,599
Canada 541,274 462,909 -78,365
Iceland 0 908,725 +908,725
South Korea 637,446 144,728 -492,718

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 £
Bangladesh 766,093
China 525,889
Sri Lanka 367,137
Viet Nam 229,958
India 149,821

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 £
Bangladesh 339,926 426,167 +86,241
China 251,519 274,370 +22,851
Sri Lanka 192,727 174,410 -18,317
Viet Nam 125,252 104,706 -20,546
India 54,342 95,479 +41,137
Pakistan 30,091 31,835 +1,744
Myanmar 22,120 23,364 +1,244
Turkey 12,721 19,778 +7,057
Morocco 6,892 14,062 +7,170
Cambodia 1,461 11,760 +10,299

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) 52,859,251
Air transport 25,725,195
Other 3,131,659
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 334,182
Road transport 38,277

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) 29,679,447 23,179,804 -6,499,643
Air transport 11,836,904 13,888,291 +2,051,387
Other 1,493,978 1,637,681 +143,703
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 157,992 176,190 +18,198
Road transport 38,277 0 -38,277

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 49,457,846
East Midlands Airport 12,474,096
Manchester Airport 5,977,415
London Heathrow Airport 5,198,552
000 3,131,659

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 27,835,230 21,622,616 -6,212,614
East Midlands Airport 6,415,846 6,058,250 -357,596
Manchester Airport 2,322,127 3,655,288 +1,333,161
London Heathrow Airport 2,033,233 3,165,319 +1,132,086
000 1,493,978 1,637,681 +143,703
Dover 1,285,749 913,411 -372,338
London Stansted Airport 827,099 614,204 -212,895
Holyhead 351,237 198,019 -153,218
ZLC 224,135 288,808 +64,673
Immingham Docks 70,070 157,005 +86,935

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 620230

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

Description: Outerwear like coats, jackets, and capes made entirely or mainly from cotton fabric