Import/export HS code 621133: Man-made fiber garments

Clothing made from synthetic fibers like polyester or nylon

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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 69,424,753
Bangladesh 19,663,471
Viet Nam 15,353,253
Morocco 13,882,851
Italy 12,018,483

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 36,167,267 33,257,486 -2,909,781
Bangladesh 9,617,361 10,046,110 +428,749
Viet Nam 8,933,397 6,419,856 -2,513,541
Morocco 7,045,513 6,837,338 -208,175
Italy 5,832,954 6,185,529 +352,575
Myanmar 4,122,491 4,649,040 +526,549
Singapore 6,156,683 608,046 -5,548,637
India 3,174,378 2,584,545 -589,833
Pakistan 2,617,309 2,868,481 +251,172
Madagascar 2,345,736 2,235,072 -110,664

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 81,402,949
Bangladesh 21,835,274
Viet Nam 19,631,114
Morocco 14,150,260
Myanmar 9,092,529

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 45,442,480 35,960,469 -9,482,011
Bangladesh 10,465,381 11,369,893 +904,512
Viet Nam 11,306,867 8,324,247 -2,982,620
Morocco 7,271,233 6,879,027 -392,206
Myanmar 4,266,642 4,825,887 +559,245
Italy 2,647,818 3,434,677 +786,859
India 3,166,575 2,725,855 -440,720
Pakistan 2,721,703 3,002,093 +280,390
Madagascar 2,348,983 2,246,210 -102,773
Tunisia 2,201,102 1,369,324 -831,778

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 157
Greater Manchester 79
Inner London - East 68
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 48
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 45

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 109 111 +2
Greater Manchester 51 65 +14
Inner London - East 45 41 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 32 34 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 32 34 +2
Outer London - West and North West 32 32 +0
West Midlands 22 35 +13
West Yorkshire 25 27 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 16 25 +9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 17 22 +5

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) 110,506,431
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 37,243,454
Air transport 35,732,910
Other 21,535,635
Road transport 1,527,370

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) 55,687,922 54,818,509 -869,413
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,115,390 18,128,064 -987,326
Air transport 19,141,755 16,591,155 -2,550,600
Other 12,995,813 8,539,822 -4,455,991
Road transport 712,577 814,793 +102,216

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 49,590,463
Felixstowe 37,111,577
000 21,535,635
London Heathrow Airport 19,101,018
London 16,705,361

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 £
Southampton 25,030,269 24,560,194 -470,075
Felixstowe 21,350,970 15,760,607 -5,590,363
000 12,995,813 8,539,822 -4,455,991
London Heathrow Airport 11,519,687 7,581,331 -3,938,356
London 8,195,844 8,509,517 +313,673
London Gateway Port 5,625,879 7,678,878 +2,052,999
Dover 4,222,316 4,255,275 +32,959
East Midlands Airport 3,031,020 3,109,587 +78,567
Eurotunnel 2,494,429 2,932,360 +437,931
Manchester Airport 2,100,115 2,089,508 -10,607

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 421
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 318
Manufacture of wearing apparel 57
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 52
Other manufacturing 32

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 211
2025-10 220
2025-09 212
2025-08 188
2025-07 218

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 422
54m+ 243
0-1m 191
15m-54m 102
Other 84

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 6,848,141
Netherlands 3,943,618
United States 2,936,837
Slovenia 2,321,530
Germany 2,201,467

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 3,736,596 3,111,545 -625,051
Netherlands 1,577,585 2,366,033 +788,448
United States 1,823,634 1,113,203 -710,431
Slovenia 268,198 2,053,332 +1,785,134
Germany 1,469,026 732,441 -736,585
France 1,315,954 610,789 -705,165
Norway 998,765 777,512 -221,253
New Zealand 871,186 825,538 -45,648
Trinidad and Tobago 47,863 1,371,326 +1,323,463
Australia 1,008,076 360,407 -647,669

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 965,231
Bangladesh 352,323
Viet Nam 345,048
XU 97,671
Pakistan 94,294

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 509,807 455,424 -54,383
Bangladesh 144,360 207,963 +63,603
Viet Nam 196,208 148,840 -47,368
XU 38,296 59,375 +21,079
Pakistan 27,228 67,066 +39,838
Myanmar 57,945 28,737 -29,208
Turkey 7,210 35,682 +28,472
Cambodia 16,842 25,033 +8,191
XI 13,390 11,044 -2,346
India 2,908 15,103 +12,195

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 20,920,845
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,675,245
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,211,683
Other 2,088,384
Road transport 157,830

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 10,680,773 10,240,072 -440,701
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,415,116 9,260,129 -154,987
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,506,170 2,705,513 +199,343
Other 1,024,417 1,063,967 +39,550
Road transport 153,325 4,505 -148,820

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,174,393
London Heathrow Airport 9,043,197
East Midlands Airport 6,558,040
ZLC 2,854,133
London Gateway Port 2,822,716

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 5,260,798 5,913,595 +652,797
London Heathrow Airport 4,269,558 4,773,639 +504,081
East Midlands Airport 3,292,526 3,265,514 -27,012
ZLC 1,841,197 1,012,936 -828,261
London Gateway Port 959,491 1,863,225 +903,734
Holyhead 1,712,419 1,067,434 -644,985
Immingham Docks 1,340,290 1,161,797 -178,493
000 1,024,417 1,063,967 +39,550
Dover 1,221,358 484,632 -736,726
Manchester Airport 1,023,440 392,686 -630,754

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 621133

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

Description: Clothing made from synthetic fibers like polyester or nylon