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 65,150,327
Spain 26,965,344
India 21,309,285
Bangladesh 14,870,417
Ireland 13,172,773

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 36,525,105 28,625,222 -7,899,883
Spain 19,686,739 7,278,605 -12,408,134
India 12,245,340 9,063,945 -3,181,395
Bangladesh 6,589,491 8,280,926 +1,691,435
Ireland 8,038,720 5,134,053 -2,904,667
Italy 6,232,771 6,354,205 +121,434
France 5,901,172 4,354,328 -1,546,844
Netherlands 4,517,598 5,463,983 +946,385
Pakistan 3,736,799 5,068,922 +1,332,123
Turkey 3,809,519 3,153,491 -656,028

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 76,771,265
India 23,072,695
Morocco 17,761,977
Bangladesh 16,834,320
Turkey 13,551,513

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 42,413,797 34,357,468 -8,056,329
India 12,811,836 10,260,859 -2,550,977
Morocco 9,808,489 7,953,488 -1,855,001
Bangladesh 7,935,885 8,898,435 +962,550
Turkey 8,381,396 5,170,117 -3,211,279
Viet Nam 7,298,784 4,805,103 -2,493,681
Cambodia 7,931,569 4,012,299 -3,919,270
Romania 6,302,274 4,876,117 -1,426,157
Pakistan 3,816,207 5,136,436 +1,320,229
Sri Lanka 1,860,591 4,918,631 +3,058,040

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 135
Greater Manchester 110
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 173 162 -11
Inner London - East 91 94 +3
Greater Manchester 75 80 +5
Outer London - West and North West 67 56 -11
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 50 41 -9
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 39 40 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 36 29 -7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 32 32 +0
West Yorkshire 34 26 -8
West Midlands 30 27 -3

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) 85,114,576
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 59,298,604
Air transport 52,384,739
Other 36,617,863
Road transport 1,795,782

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) 40,927,478 44,187,098 +3,259,620
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 36,804,948 22,493,656 -14,311,292
Air transport 28,189,890 24,194,849 -3,995,041
Other 21,114,731 15,503,132 -5,611,599
Road transport 1,037,103 758,679 -278,424

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 36,617,863
Felixstowe 36,216,236
Eurotunnel 30,101,812
London Heathrow Airport 26,381,356
Southampton 23,147,401

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 21,114,731 15,503,132 -5,611,599
Felixstowe 21,820,124 14,396,112 -7,424,012
Eurotunnel 21,147,349 8,954,463 -12,192,886
London Heathrow Airport 16,218,856 10,162,500 -6,056,356
Southampton 11,490,953 11,656,448 +165,495
London Gateway Port 3,567,948 10,835,613 +7,267,665
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,972,806 5,054,603 +81,797
Manchester Airport 4,058,744 5,538,544 +1,479,800
Dover 5,813,643 2,943,618 -2,870,025
499 703,748 6,500,865 +5,797,117

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 665
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 425
Manufacture of wearing apparel 92
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 54
Manufacture of textiles 28

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 239
2025-10 257
2025-09 258
2025-08 267
2025-07 273

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 522
0-1m 351
54m+ 243
15m-54m 113
Other 100

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 7,167,896
Netherlands 4,707,091
Iceland 2,972,406
Germany 2,436,632
United States 2,328,274

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 3,671,626 3,496,270 -175,356
Netherlands 2,527,819 2,179,272 -348,547
Iceland 1,064,602 1,907,804 +843,202
Germany 1,337,021 1,099,611 -237,410
United States 1,344,449 983,825 -360,624
France 1,142,071 1,079,615 -62,456
Italy 477,514 427,579 -49,935
United Arab Emirates 371,098 444,174 +73,076
South Korea 596,429 13,518 -582,911
Sweden 536,924 23,164 -513,760

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 1,762,453
XU 1,137,420
India 503,970
Morocco 465,255
Bangladesh 366,330

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 918,384 844,069 -74,315
XU 566,801 570,619 +3,818
India 261,379 242,591 -18,788
Morocco 245,929 219,326 -26,603
Bangladesh 167,507 198,823 +31,316
Turkey 185,857 118,298 -67,559
Viet Nam 92,412 109,031 +16,619
XI 120,804 51,480 -69,324
United Arab Emirates 82,702 80,530 -2,172
Tunisia 26,329 113,893 +87,564

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) 10,537,562
Air transport 9,841,762
Other 5,638,865
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,309,523
Road transport 441,991

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) 4,956,176 5,581,386 +625,210
Air transport 4,931,998 4,909,764 -22,234
Other 2,879,830 2,759,035 -120,795
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,027,021 2,282,502 -744,519
Road transport 441,991 0 -441,991
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 18,066 2,021 -16,045

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,905,465
000 5,638,865
London Heathrow Airport 4,014,663
East Midlands Airport 3,770,723
Immingham Docks 2,099,248

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 3,053,985 3,851,480 +797,495
000 2,879,830 2,759,035 -120,795
London Heathrow Airport 1,994,796 2,019,867 +25,071
East Midlands Airport 1,756,421 2,014,302 +257,881
Immingham Docks 1,463,604 635,644 -827,960
Middlesbrough 889,565 1,129,277 +239,712
Holyhead 658,702 655,497 -3,205
ZLC 870,210 252,719 -617,491
London Gateway Port 357,964 474,423 +116,459
Felixstowe 396,868 323,379 -73,489

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