Import/export HS code 621210: Brassieres

Women's undergarments designed to support the breasts

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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 189,595,410
Bangladesh 136,448,152
Viet Nam 40,015,119
Sri Lanka 26,597,746
France 22,134,474

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 88,888,828 100,706,582 +11,817,754
Bangladesh 53,449,019 82,999,133 +29,550,114
Viet Nam 11,893,325 28,121,794 +16,228,469
Sri Lanka 12,231,811 14,365,935 +2,134,124
France 11,780,309 10,354,165 -1,426,144
Cambodia 8,799,043 11,591,564 +2,792,521
Belgium 9,235,617 9,960,110 +724,493
Netherlands 8,202,607 6,099,731 -2,102,876
United States 7,220,984 5,034,922 -2,186,062
Austria 3,953,553 4,432,836 +479,283

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 214,050,250
Bangladesh 139,807,273
Viet Nam 56,185,203
Sri Lanka 38,608,552
Cambodia 22,433,184

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 102,323,213 111,727,037 +9,403,824
Bangladesh 54,756,342 85,050,931 +30,294,589
Viet Nam 20,305,957 35,879,246 +15,573,289
Sri Lanka 19,492,901 19,115,651 -377,250
Cambodia 9,922,455 12,510,729 +2,588,274
Morocco 10,135,265 6,383,679 -3,751,586
Tunisia 7,862,945 7,090,191 -772,754
Indonesia 5,490,374 7,083,410 +1,593,036
Thailand 4,259,745 4,781,384 +521,639
Turkey 2,150,825 1,925,844 -224,981

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 127
Inner London - East 49
Greater Manchester 44
Outer London - West and North West 25
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 22

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 94 94 +0
Inner London - East 40 26 -14
Greater Manchester 32 33 +1
Outer London - West and North West 20 21 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 17 16 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 19 15 -4
West Yorkshire 16 14 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 18 11 -7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 15 11 -4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 14 14 +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) 318,589,930
Air transport 88,343,675
Other 87,040,397
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 59,106,283
Road transport 1,807,634

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) 143,643,112 174,946,818 +31,303,706
Air transport 44,896,173 43,447,502 -1,448,671
Other 28,975,371 58,065,026 +29,089,655
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 32,480,316 26,625,967 -5,854,349
Road transport 739,450 1,068,184 +328,734

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 138,448,478
000 87,040,397
London Gateway Port 72,529,562
London Heathrow Airport 51,322,127
Southampton 42,303,506

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 85,532,773 52,915,705 -32,617,068
000 28,975,371 58,065,026 +29,089,655
London Gateway Port 18,220,907 54,308,655 +36,087,748
London Heathrow Airport 27,570,708 23,751,419 -3,819,289
Southampton 21,835,794 20,467,712 -1,368,082
499 483,639 34,130,610 +33,646,971
Eurotunnel 15,400,249 10,911,399 -4,488,850
London 11,916,042 10,188,881 -1,727,161
Middlesbrough 8,239,873 8,357,295 +117,422
Dover 6,988,024 5,693,680 -1,294,344

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 338
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 140
Manufacture of wearing apparel 41
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 19
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 17

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 132
2025-10 150
2025-09 155
2025-08 140
2025-07 145

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 201
0-1m 139
54m+ 130
Other 50
15m-54m 43

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 9,854,641
Australia 6,751,313
United States 6,372,943
Belgium 4,362,090
Germany 4,016,891

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 5,716,788 4,137,853 -1,578,935
Australia 3,581,481 3,169,832 -411,649
United States 3,342,793 3,030,150 -312,643
Belgium 1,467,009 2,895,081 +1,428,072
Germany 1,964,080 2,052,811 +88,731
Netherlands 1,947,926 1,422,049 -525,877
France 826,989 1,011,484 +184,495
New Zealand 1,077,477 630,244 -447,233
United Arab Emirates 375,115 1,075,125 +700,010
Iceland 196,436 1,233,026 +1,036,590

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 £
Bangladesh 2,457,917
Viet Nam 1,695,826
Sri Lanka 1,291,940
China 1,268,893
XU 931,470

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 £
Bangladesh 1,439,167 1,018,750 -420,417
Viet Nam 949,483 746,343 -203,140
Sri Lanka 753,214 538,726 -214,488
China 753,824 515,069 -238,755
XU 341,746 589,724 +247,978
Cambodia 313,923 181,056 -132,867
Indonesia 222,103 133,762 -88,341
India 44,563 29,060 -15,503
Thailand 53,996 3,152 -50,844
Morocco 34,678 14,848 -19,830

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 25,083,531
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,098,737
Other 8,766,415
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,661,853
Road transport 64,644

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 13,400,738 11,682,793 -1,717,945
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,363,553 9,735,184 +1,371,631
Other 4,964,695 3,801,720 -1,162,975
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 867,046 794,807 -72,239
Road transport 64,644 0 -64,644

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 14,193,791
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,789,957
000 8,766,415
London Heathrow Airport 8,643,334
Immingham Docks 1,617,894

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 £
East Midlands Airport 8,138,459 6,055,332 -2,083,127
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,831,260 6,958,697 +127,437
000 4,964,695 3,801,720 -1,162,975
London Heathrow Airport 4,479,963 4,163,371 -316,592
Immingham Docks 360,635 1,257,259 +896,624
Dover 471,322 753,878 +282,556
ZLC 584,107 556,033 -28,074
Holyhead 669,771 301,747 -368,024
London Stansted Airport 210,064 695,918 +485,854
London Gateway Port 56,776 406,055 +349,279

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 621210

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

Description: Women's undergarments designed to support the breasts