Import/export HS code 621142: Cotton aprons, overalls, and workwear

Work clothing like aprons and overalls made of cotton

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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 £
India 28,453,226
China 12,978,063
Spain 8,192,205
Bangladesh 7,181,989
Turkey 5,308,617

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 £
India 14,543,639 13,909,587 -634,052
China 5,135,391 7,842,672 +2,707,281
Spain 5,942,785 2,249,420 -3,693,365
Bangladesh 3,148,061 4,033,928 +885,867
Turkey 2,521,452 2,787,165 +265,713
Pakistan 3,273,398 1,878,355 -1,395,043
Ireland 1,690,976 2,017,370 +326,394
Netherlands 1,350,279 2,144,943 +794,664
Italy 1,751,193 1,091,516 -659,677
France 1,647,651 1,156,791 -490,860

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 £
India 31,265,463
China 15,291,759
Bangladesh 10,581,788
Turkey 7,273,670
Pakistan 7,137,642

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 £
India 15,705,667 15,559,796 -145,871
China 6,401,927 8,889,832 +2,487,905
Bangladesh 5,883,261 4,698,527 -1,184,734
Turkey 3,415,428 3,858,242 +442,814
Pakistan 5,145,266 1,992,376 -3,152,890
Italy 1,652,115 1,073,529 -578,586
Sri Lanka 1,341,358 962,031 -379,327
Morocco 966,398 946,033 -20,365
Portugal 1,085,130 685,071 -400,059
Viet Nam 480,136 1,175,683 +695,547

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 176
Inner London - East 85
Greater Manchester 71
Outer London - West and North West 51
Surrey, East and West Sussex 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 132 124 -8
Inner London - East 56 61 +5
Greater Manchester 49 49 +0
Outer London - West and North West 37 37 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 33 28 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 31 22 -9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 23 20 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 20 21 +1
West Midlands 18 22 +4
Essex 13 15 +2

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) 37,123,235
Air transport 21,156,860
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,056,635
Other 14,059,056
Road transport 1,301,682

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) 18,524,059 18,599,176 +75,117
Air transport 10,386,311 10,770,549 +384,238
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,156,200 7,900,435 -3,255,765
Other 6,356,095 7,702,961 +1,346,866
Road transport 597,544 704,138 +106,594

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 14,059,056
London Heathrow Airport 11,610,608
Felixstowe 11,205,163
London Gateway Port 10,854,025
Southampton 8,217,397

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 £
000 6,356,095 7,702,961 +1,346,866
London Heathrow Airport 7,147,713 4,462,895 -2,684,818
Felixstowe 6,358,628 4,846,535 -1,512,093
London Gateway Port 5,089,320 5,764,705 +675,385
Southampton 4,662,730 3,554,667 -1,108,063
Eurotunnel 5,978,199 2,040,502 -3,937,697
Manchester Airport 1,088,971 3,160,293 +2,071,322
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,894,571 2,125,559 +230,988
Dover 2,132,827 1,649,698 -483,129
ZLC 888,964 1,882,863 +993,899

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 473
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 329
Manufacture of wearing apparel 53
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 34
Manufacture of textiles 21

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 148
2025-11 135
2025-10 140
2025-09 143
2025-08 146

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 364
0-1m 226
54m+ 179
15m-54m 73
Other 66

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 1,808,871
Netherlands 1,375,389
United States 1,238,805
France 1,026,253
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 746,655

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 809,810 999,061 +189,251
Netherlands 372,334 1,003,055 +630,721
United States 610,921 627,884 +16,963
France 473,298 552,955 +79,657
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 460,989 285,666 -175,323
Germany 347,024 304,347 -42,677
Nigeria 449,055 173,028 -276,027
Italy 349,108 243,695 -105,413
United Arab Emirates 145,242 310,251 +165,009
Iceland 38,022 385,850 +347,828

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 £
India 493,731
Bangladesh 220,547
China 175,550
Turkey 76,987
Belgium 49,025

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 £
India 182,599 311,132 +128,533
Bangladesh 126,632 93,915 -32,717
China 90,657 84,893 -5,764
Turkey 32,697 44,290 +11,593
Belgium 47,031 1,994 -45,037
XI 19,230 24,918 +5,688
Madagascar 8,209 22,787 +14,578
Morocco 12,505 18,468 +5,963
Cambodia 21,839 2,613 -19,226
Sri Lanka 7,849 14,654 +6,805

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 5,415,781
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,664,235
Other 1,517,153
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 605,755
Road transport 5,757

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 3,019,019 2,396,762 -622,257
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,386,952 2,277,283 +890,331
Other 696,260 820,893 +124,633
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 257,739 348,016 +90,277
Road transport 5,757 0 -5,757

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 2,681,096
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,126,782
East Midlands Airport 1,889,999
000 1,517,153
Eurotunnel 754,530

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 1,766,131 914,965 -851,166
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,016,642 1,110,140 +93,498
East Midlands Airport 964,482 925,517 -38,965
000 696,260 820,893 +124,633
Eurotunnel 52,849 701,681 +648,832
Immingham Docks 162,832 190,333 +27,501
London Stansted Airport 149,369 199,458 +50,089
London Gateway Port 68,952 225,778 +156,826
Holyhead 84,057 179,488 +95,431
ZLC 98,006 104,864 +6,858

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 621142

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

Description: Work clothing like aprons and overalls made of cotton