Import/export HS code 62045910: Women's or girls' shorts made of artificial fibers

Lightweight and smooth shorts made from artificial fibers like rayon or viscose

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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 6,401,731
India 5,303,053
Spain 4,278,783
Turkey 3,682,646
Bangladesh 3,002,809

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 3,002,136 3,399,595 +397,459
India 2,232,096 3,070,957 +838,861
Spain 1,695,283 2,583,500 +888,217
Turkey 1,784,045 1,898,601 +114,556
Bangladesh 1,421,186 1,581,623 +160,437
Netherlands 1,322,078 1,544,187 +222,109
Italy 1,185,561 1,237,952 +52,391
Sri Lanka 860,587 1,093,250 +232,663
Morocco 722,241 485,409 -236,832
France 607,544 570,494 -37,050

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 8,394,576
India 7,375,675
Turkey 5,354,988
Bangladesh 3,207,572
Morocco 2,711,616

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 3,877,602 4,516,974 +639,372
India 3,068,921 4,306,754 +1,237,833
Turkey 2,381,238 2,973,750 +592,512
Bangladesh 1,537,359 1,670,213 +132,854
Morocco 1,495,370 1,216,246 -279,124
Italy 1,244,547 1,388,979 +144,432
Sri Lanka 882,803 1,126,039 +243,236
Cambodia 797,085 1,047,902 +250,817
Viet Nam 443,327 794,078 +350,751
Romania 593,300 254,324 -338,976

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 132
Inner London - East 53
Greater Manchester 21
Outer London - West and North West 17
Surrey, East and West Sussex 16

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 103 110 +7
Inner London - East 35 41 +6
Greater Manchester 10 17 +7
Outer London - West and North West 12 11 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 11 14 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 6 11 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 9 6 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 9 5 -4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 5 6 +1
Outer London - South 5 5 +0

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) 13,597,930
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,308,589
Air transport 6,819,928
Other 5,597,672
Road transport 260,378

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) 5,980,371 7,617,559 +1,637,188
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,897,442 6,411,147 -486,295
Air transport 3,023,822 3,796,106 +772,284
Other 2,464,983 3,132,689 +667,706
Road transport 176,467 83,911 -92,556

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 6,746,805
000 5,597,672
Eurotunnel 4,468,115
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,717,485
London Gateway Port 3,237,434

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 3,906,108 2,840,697 -1,065,411
000 2,464,983 3,132,689 +667,706
Eurotunnel 1,977,326 2,490,789 +513,463
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,592,419 2,125,066 +532,647
London Gateway Port 818,254 2,419,180 +1,600,926
Dover 1,831,072 980,248 -850,824
London Heathrow Airport 1,397,296 1,342,056 -55,240
499 83,048 1,886,360 +1,803,312
Southampton 901,000 329,062 -571,938
Manchester Airport 193,467 979,693 +786,226

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 252
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 96
Manufacture of wearing apparel 30
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 12
Other professional, scientific and technical activities 7

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 71
2025-11 72
2025-10 72
2025-09 84
2025-08 93

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 168
54m+ 97
0-1m 49
15m-54m 28
Other 28

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 859,676
Italy 698,057
France 677,309
United States 601,718
Netherlands 407,802

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 408,286 451,390 +43,104
Italy 398,864 299,193 -99,671
France 419,017 258,292 -160,725
United States 333,455 268,263 -65,192
Netherlands 210,513 197,289 -13,224
Germany 205,586 177,955 -27,631
United Arab Emirates 190,601 128,837 -61,764
Iceland 0 195,750 +195,750
Qatar 49,179 128,530 +79,351
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 74,863 79,618 +4,755

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 142,355
Morocco 118,751
India 118,231
Turkey 105,553
Cambodia 90,098

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 83,962 58,393 -25,569
Morocco 30,446 88,305 +57,859
India 34,004 84,227 +50,223
Turkey 52,479 53,074 +595
Cambodia 56,742 33,356 -23,386
Bangladesh 30,995 24,867 -6,128
Sri Lanka 9,000 11,056 +2,056
Viet Nam 2,707 5,321 +2,614
Myanmar 4,383 2,536 -1,847
Switzerland 659 1,325 +666

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 2,590,049
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,825,276
Other 817,010
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 134,461

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 1,251,451 1,338,598 +87,147
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 940,316 884,960 -55,356
Other 384,878 432,132 +47,254
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 129,634 4,827 -124,807

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,424,428
East Midlands Airport 1,144,459
London Heathrow Airport 1,030,596
000 817,010
London Stansted Airport 157,059

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 734,362 690,066 -44,296
East Midlands Airport 606,111 538,348 -67,763
London Heathrow Airport 439,744 590,852 +151,108
000 384,878 432,132 +47,254
London Stansted Airport 88,763 68,296 -20,467
Dover 97,581 50,320 -47,261
Birmingham Airport 40,996 93,850 +52,854
London Gateway Port 92,977 2,070 -90,907
Eurotunnel 37,671 43,317 +5,646
Holyhead 23,312 37,108 +13,796

Quick facts

HS code: 62045910

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

Description: Lightweight and smooth shorts made from artificial fibers like rayon or viscose