Import/export HS code 62121090: Various brassieres

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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 170,798,579
Bangladesh 131,456,708
Viet Nam 39,538,453
Sri Lanka 26,552,268
France 21,482,945

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 82,737,382 88,061,197 +5,323,815
Bangladesh 52,005,787 79,450,921 +27,445,134
Viet Nam 11,307,526 28,230,927 +16,923,401
Sri Lanka 12,612,687 13,939,581 +1,326,894
France 11,307,273 10,175,672 -1,131,601
Cambodia 7,685,142 11,573,819 +3,888,677
Belgium 8,871,840 10,230,911 +1,359,071
Netherlands 7,595,071 6,601,593 -993,478
United States 6,817,765 4,952,909 -1,864,856
Austria 4,043,387 4,262,576 +219,189

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 194,544,504
Bangladesh 134,734,460
Viet Nam 53,900,300
Sri Lanka 38,744,989
Cambodia 20,704,523

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 95,775,416 98,769,088 +2,993,672
Bangladesh 53,180,875 81,553,585 +28,372,710
Viet Nam 18,193,366 35,706,934 +17,513,568
Sri Lanka 19,673,106 19,071,883 -601,223
Cambodia 8,351,023 12,353,500 +4,002,477
Morocco 9,858,184 6,313,884 -3,544,300
Tunisia 7,728,675 7,004,472 -724,203
Indonesia 5,767,008 7,300,693 +1,533,685
Thailand 4,267,740 5,016,305 +748,565
Turkey 1,993,237 1,920,489 -72,748

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 120
Inner London - East 44
Greater Manchester 40
Outer London - West and North West 26
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21

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 88 91 +3
Inner London - East 36 23 -13
Greater Manchester 27 32 +5
Outer London - West and North West 18 21 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 18 14 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 13 17 +4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 16 13 -3
West Yorkshire 15 11 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 14 10 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 16 10 -6

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) 304,862,610
Other 84,093,372
Air transport 76,822,228
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 57,781,549
Road transport 1,740,535

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) 136,422,452 168,440,158 +32,017,706
Other 28,917,287 55,176,085 +26,258,798
Air transport 41,254,383 35,567,845 -5,686,538
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 31,136,866 26,644,683 -4,492,183
Road transport 659,442 1,081,093 +421,651

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 124,384,252
000 84,093,372
London Gateway Port 67,874,871
London Heathrow Airport 45,682,459
Southampton 41,777,482

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 77,994,816 46,389,436 -31,605,380
000 28,917,287 55,176,085 +26,258,798
London Gateway Port 18,064,707 49,810,164 +31,745,457
London Heathrow Airport 24,458,236 21,224,223 -3,234,013
Southampton 21,961,658 19,815,824 -2,145,834
499 539,323 40,514,369 +39,975,046
Eurotunnel 15,196,924 10,826,316 -4,370,608
London 12,710,992 9,214,730 -3,496,262
Middlesbrough 8,182,348 7,231,567 -950,781
Dover 6,209,767 5,901,177 -308,590

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 315
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 128
Manufacture of wearing apparel 39
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 17
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 15

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 140
2025-11 130
2025-10 139
2025-09 143
2025-08 134

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 182
54m+ 124
0-1m 121
Other 47
15m-54m 44

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 9,835,068
United States 4,459,096
Belgium 4,346,260
Germany 3,641,191
Australia 3,082,916

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 5,698,438 4,136,630 -1,561,808
United States 2,766,212 1,692,884 -1,073,328
Belgium 1,395,547 2,950,713 +1,555,166
Germany 1,692,170 1,949,021 +256,851
Australia 1,522,424 1,560,492 +38,068
Netherlands 1,677,987 1,339,548 -338,439
France 788,540 1,021,259 +232,719
United Arab Emirates 393,061 1,010,095 +617,034
Iceland 163,094 1,218,945 +1,055,851
Russia 832,677 539,765 -292,912

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 2,460,578
Viet Nam 1,727,399
Sri Lanka 1,283,490
China 1,256,153
Cambodia 498,297

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 1,445,821 1,014,757 -431,064
Viet Nam 972,490 754,909 -217,581
Sri Lanka 753,713 529,777 -223,936
China 744,518 511,635 -232,883
Cambodia 320,866 177,431 -143,435
Indonesia 232,450 124,686 -107,764
India 43,295 29,331 -13,964
Thailand 50,659 3,120 -47,539
Morocco 34,149 15,059 -19,090
XI 25,609 18,076 -7,533

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 17,205,037
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,948,849
Other 8,790,609
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,920,981
Road transport 42,907

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 8,858,601 8,346,436 -512,165
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,733,792 9,215,057 +1,481,265
Other 4,998,750 3,791,859 -1,206,891
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 689,400 1,231,581 +542,181
Road transport 42,907 0 -42,907

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,873,215
000 8,790,609
East Midlands Airport 8,550,258
London Heathrow Airport 6,634,848
Immingham Docks 1,486,752

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 6,152,765 6,720,450 +567,685
000 4,998,750 3,791,859 -1,206,891
East Midlands Airport 4,512,530 4,037,728 -474,802
London Heathrow Airport 3,608,020 3,026,828 -581,192
Immingham Docks 336,780 1,149,972 +813,192
Dover 543,314 620,580 +77,266
ZLC 454,420 507,584 +53,164
Holyhead 624,649 316,459 -308,190
London Stansted Airport 245,044 603,300 +358,256
London Gateway Port 74,994 607,260 +532,266

Quick facts

HS code: 62121090

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

Description: Brassieres sold individually or without matching briefs