Import/export HS code 621143: Man-made fiber aprons, overalls, and workwear

Work clothing like aprons and overalls made of synthetic fibers

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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 64,688,631
Spain 25,187,555
India 20,909,038
Bangladesh 14,686,194
Ireland 13,317,575

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 36,098,046 28,590,585 -7,507,461
Spain 17,847,671 7,339,884 -10,507,787
India 11,899,569 9,009,469 -2,890,100
Bangladesh 6,748,509 7,937,685 +1,189,176
Ireland 7,935,131 5,382,444 -2,552,687
Italy 6,179,297 6,384,658 +205,361
Netherlands 4,737,614 5,316,309 +578,695
France 5,812,618 4,175,977 -1,636,641
Pakistan 3,931,597 5,139,323 +1,207,726
Sri Lanka 1,787,850 5,317,936 +3,530,086

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 76,260,835
India 22,710,339
Morocco 17,319,489
Bangladesh 16,528,670
Turkey 12,987,619

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 42,018,637 34,242,198 -7,776,439
India 12,450,448 10,259,891 -2,190,557
Morocco 9,323,460 7,996,029 -1,327,431
Bangladesh 7,978,792 8,549,878 +571,086
Turkey 8,023,873 4,963,746 -3,060,127
Viet Nam 6,934,199 4,768,163 -2,166,036
Cambodia 7,572,363 3,891,893 -3,680,470
Romania 6,289,073 4,852,262 -1,436,811
Pakistan 4,025,608 5,206,473 +1,180,865
Sri Lanka 1,917,199 5,245,260 +3,328,061

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 227
Inner London - East 137
Greater Manchester 111
Outer London - West and North West 81
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 60

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 169 167 -2
Inner London - East 92 100 +8
Greater Manchester 74 83 +9
Outer London - West and North West 66 59 -7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 51 41 -10
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 42 38 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 36 31 -5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 31 32 +1
West Midlands 31 28 -3
West Yorkshire 33 26 -7

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) 85,607,225
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 57,124,592
Air transport 52,167,968
Other 36,014,234
Road transport 1,713,840

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) 40,240,606 45,366,619 +5,126,013
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,988,631 22,135,961 -12,852,670
Air transport 28,202,640 23,965,328 -4,237,312
Other 21,491,062 14,523,172 -6,967,890
Road transport 889,827 824,013 -65,814

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 36,014,234
Felixstowe 35,268,796
Eurotunnel 28,429,147
London Heathrow Airport 25,778,264
Southampton 23,085,262

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 21,491,062 14,523,172 -6,967,890
Felixstowe 21,238,339 14,030,457 -7,207,882
Eurotunnel 19,500,752 8,928,395 -10,572,357
London Heathrow Airport 15,892,455 9,885,809 -6,006,646
Southampton 11,351,028 11,734,234 +383,206
London Gateway Port 3,876,008 11,003,243 +7,127,235
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,123,492 4,868,567 -254,925
Manchester Airport 4,423,421 5,469,519 +1,046,098
499 685,629 7,783,287 +7,097,658
Dover 5,482,845 2,838,457 -2,644,388

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 667
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 427
Manufacture of wearing apparel 93
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 53
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 28

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 243
2025-11 241
2025-10 258
2025-09 259
2025-08 267

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 527
0-1m 351
54m+ 247
15m-54m 109
Other 102

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 7,203,636
Netherlands 4,606,716
Iceland 2,968,365
Germany 2,468,262
United States 2,375,578

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 3,627,348 3,576,288 -51,060
Netherlands 2,425,716 2,181,000 -244,716
Iceland 1,094,498 1,873,867 +779,369
Germany 1,443,853 1,024,409 -419,444
United States 1,311,250 1,064,328 -246,922
France 1,191,803 1,045,249 -146,554
Italy 420,111 449,446 +29,335
United Arab Emirates 395,755 407,869 +12,114
Spain 171,141 426,528 +255,387
Qatar 20,130 528,110 +507,980

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 1,804,897
India 510,080
Morocco 471,523
Bangladesh 372,246
Turkey 291,932

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 867,369 937,528 +70,159
India 267,650 242,430 -25,220
Morocco 247,152 224,371 -22,781
Bangladesh 168,629 203,617 +34,988
Turkey 178,313 113,619 -64,694
Viet Nam 93,606 111,668 +18,062
XI 123,462 50,558 -72,904
United Arab Emirates 79,469 92,559 +13,090
Tunisia 28,964 122,424 +93,460
Cambodia 56,363 81,898 +25,535

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) 10,473,161
Air transport 9,452,695
Other 5,737,327
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,180,979
Road transport 434,734

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) 4,953,466 5,519,695 +566,229
Air transport 4,536,989 4,915,706 +378,717
Other 2,842,814 2,894,513 +51,699
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,931,610 2,249,369 -682,241
Road transport 434,734 0 -434,734
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 20,087 0 -20,087

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,946,592
000 5,737,327
London Heathrow Airport 3,805,433
East Midlands Airport 3,610,806
Middlesbrough 2,110,552

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 3,161,211 3,785,381 +624,170
000 2,842,814 2,894,513 +51,699
London Heathrow Airport 1,678,862 2,126,571 +447,709
East Midlands Airport 1,655,514 1,955,292 +299,778
Middlesbrough 1,015,212 1,095,340 +80,128
Immingham Docks 1,383,456 615,287 -768,169
Holyhead 605,523 652,167 +46,644
ZLC 862,509 254,072 -608,437
London Gateway Port 357,080 475,964 +118,884
Felixstowe 371,697 357,698 -13,999

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 621143

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

Description: Work clothing like aprons and overalls made of synthetic fibers