Import/export HS code 6203: Men's and boys' suits and clothing sets

Includes suits, jackets, trousers, and shorts for men and boys, made from various materials

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.
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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 £
Bangladesh 625,990,869
China 394,462,622
Pakistan 198,863,018
Italy 174,975,819
Netherlands 135,047,318

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 £
Bangladesh 305,293,184 320,697,685 +15,404,501
China 199,025,042 195,437,580 -3,587,462
Pakistan 101,411,646 97,451,372 -3,960,274
Italy 93,127,548 81,848,271 -11,279,277
Netherlands 73,392,237 61,655,081 -11,737,156
Viet Nam 53,900,097 57,742,691 +3,842,594
France 46,033,275 34,855,398 -11,177,877
Germany 40,696,477 36,549,784 -4,146,693
Turkey 37,528,466 37,519,569 -8,897
Sri Lanka 28,012,453 41,117,139 +13,104,686

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 £
Bangladesh 722,519,253
China 462,403,914
Pakistan 229,781,304
Viet Nam 160,719,318
Italy 148,890,929

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 £
Bangladesh 357,668,027 364,851,226 +7,183,199
China 233,421,703 228,982,211 -4,439,492
Pakistan 117,552,730 112,228,574 -5,324,156
Viet Nam 82,167,079 78,552,239 -3,614,840
Italy 79,584,459 69,306,470 -10,277,989
Turkey 65,294,020 57,286,885 -8,007,135
Cambodia 33,625,990 44,257,033 +10,631,043
India 37,949,989 39,553,360 +1,603,371
Sri Lanka 32,440,761 41,555,560 +9,114,799
Tunisia 38,640,526 29,129,662 -9,510,864

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 620
Inner London - East 323
Greater Manchester 308
Outer London - West and North West 196
Surrey, East and West Sussex 163

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 484 472 -12
Inner London - East 240 239 -1
Greater Manchester 239 214 -25
Outer London - West and North West 142 127 -15
Surrey, East and West Sussex 120 115 -5
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 109 109 +0
West Midlands 109 99 -10
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 97 91 -6
West Yorkshire 99 95 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 90 81 -9

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) 1,234,811,512
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 577,076,678
Other 360,033,420
Air transport 331,356,858
Road transport 33,387,305

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) 576,421,664 658,389,848 +81,968,184
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 313,065,793 264,010,885 -49,054,908
Other 198,435,756 161,597,664 -36,838,092
Air transport 171,265,168 160,091,690 -11,173,478
Road transport 18,732,079 14,655,226 -4,076,853
Rail transport 32,324 0 -32,324

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 560,348,018
000 360,033,420
London Gateway Port 280,723,358
Southampton 175,950,996
London Heathrow Airport 151,262,154

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 334,293,899 226,054,119 -108,239,780
000 198,435,756 161,597,664 -36,838,092
London Gateway Port 105,768,662 174,954,696 +69,186,034
Southampton 89,661,270 86,289,726 -3,371,544
London Heathrow Airport 81,983,228 69,278,926 -12,704,302
Eurotunnel 81,419,054 67,298,160 -14,120,894
Dover 79,011,584 66,524,879 -12,486,705
499 1,123,283 127,959,323 +126,836,040
Dover / Eurotunnel 64,238,159 55,957,025 -8,281,134
ZLC 30,385,078 29,103,217 -1,281,861

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 1873
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 1126
Manufacture of wearing apparel 243
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 185
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 81

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 941
2025-11 958
2025-10 1070
2025-09 1073
2025-08 1017

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 1465
0-1m 1342
54m+ 577
Other 270
15m-54m 219

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 67,530,339
Netherlands 40,900,127
France 32,921,966
Italy 32,130,146
United States 29,690,436

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 35,533,914 31,996,425 -3,537,489
Netherlands 25,684,222 15,215,905 -10,468,317
France 16,723,785 16,198,181 -525,604
Italy 16,132,090 15,998,056 -134,034
United States 17,162,140 12,528,296 -4,633,844
Germany 10,778,595 9,437,217 -1,341,378
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 6,642,050 6,712,506 +70,456
United Arab Emirates 3,806,894 4,112,495 +305,601
China 5,999,426 1,240,039 -4,759,387
South Korea 6,263,838 746,134 -5,517,704

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 15,076,050
China 11,505,872
Ireland 6,512,141
Viet Nam 3,679,484
XI 2,255,285

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 7,957,665 7,118,385 -839,280
China 6,099,016 5,406,856 -692,160
Ireland 3,157,479 3,354,662 +197,183
Viet Nam 1,893,796 1,785,688 -108,108
XI 2,230,180 25,105 -2,205,075
Pakistan 1,071,244 1,121,759 +50,515
Turkey 1,084,721 1,067,349 -17,372
Austria 1,680,315 421,660 -1,258,655
India 831,152 924,764 +93,612
Cambodia 385,165 369,623 -15,542

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) 144,786,634
Air transport 128,932,294
Other 51,797,653
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,563,998
Road transport 322,786

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) 76,484,785 68,301,849 -8,182,936
Air transport 71,163,616 57,768,678 -13,394,938
Other 28,395,109 23,402,544 -4,992,565
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,614,341 6,949,657 +335,316
Road transport 320,677 2,109 -318,568
Rail transport 0 1,063 +1,063

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 106,835,557
London Heathrow Airport 54,071,238
000 51,797,653
East Midlands Airport 50,741,190
Dover 11,644,607

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 56,233,033 50,602,524 -5,630,509
London Heathrow Airport 30,301,442 23,769,796 -6,531,646
000 28,395,109 23,402,544 -4,992,565
East Midlands Airport 27,613,420 23,127,770 -4,485,650
Dover 6,680,978 4,963,629 -1,717,349
ZLC 6,265,728 4,935,828 -1,329,900
Holyhead 4,969,671 6,017,818 +1,048,147
London Stansted Airport 4,652,773 4,182,498 -470,275
Immingham Docks 2,532,974 2,489,309 -43,665
Eurotunnel 3,621,238 943,080 -2,678,158

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 6203

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

Description: Includes suits, jackets, trousers, and shorts for men and boys, made from various materials