Import/export HS code 621420: Wool shawls and scarves

Shawls and scarves made from wool or fine animal hair, ideal for cold weather

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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 22,623,592
Italy 21,571,611
France 17,824,813
India 2,398,606
Sweden 1,460,749

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 11,840,269 10,783,323 -1,056,946
Italy 12,767,143 8,804,468 -3,962,675
France 9,539,604 8,285,209 -1,254,395
India 1,249,895 1,148,711 -101,184
Sweden 870,366 590,383 -279,983
Spain 949,083 498,956 -450,127
Netherlands 651,221 601,100 -50,121
Nepal 406,324 386,909 -19,415
Germany 294,771 252,305 -42,466
Norway 206,235 313,694 +107,459

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 £
Italy 29,531,082
China 24,459,244
United Kingdom 6,419,200
France 5,382,790
India 2,726,747

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 £
Italy 17,175,886 12,355,196 -4,820,690
China 12,870,229 11,589,015 -1,281,214
United Kingdom 3,126,162 3,293,038 +166,876
France 3,072,834 2,309,956 -762,878
India 1,396,012 1,330,735 -65,277
Nepal 606,273 587,898 -18,375
Norway 382,959 549,584 +166,625
Spain 606,336 61,874 -544,462
Ireland 222,647 100,302 -122,345
Germany 120,130 59,220 -60,910

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 174
Inner London - East 47
Surrey, East and West Sussex 33
Outer London - West and North West 31
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 16

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 130 138 +8
Inner London - East 32 32 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 25 25 +0
Outer London - West and North West 21 17 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 10 14 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 7 12 +5
Greater Manchester 8 6 -2
West Yorkshire 4 8 +4
Essex 3 7 +4
East Central Scotland 6 7 +1

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 30,847,327
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,509,047
Air transport 19,786,989
Other 1,204,217
Road transport 404,087

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,387,853 13,459,474 -3,928,379
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,488,542 10,020,505 -468,037
Air transport 10,786,128 9,000,861 -1,785,267
Other 1,050,015 154,202 -895,813
Road transport 266,922 137,165 -129,757

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Grangemouth Docks 10,795,888
London Heathrow Airport 10,210,171
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,089,374
London 8,276,133
Eurotunnel 7,766,587

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 £
Grangemouth Docks 6,331,123 4,464,765 -1,866,358
London Heathrow Airport 5,810,533 4,399,638 -1,410,895
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,563,480 4,525,894 -37,586
London 5,051,658 3,224,475 -1,827,183
Eurotunnel 3,975,023 3,791,564 -183,459
Dover 3,331,770 1,417,663 -1,914,107
Felixstowe 2,117,735 2,021,205 -96,530
East Midlands Airport 2,117,567 1,688,150 -429,417
London Gateway Port 290,695 2,444,306 +2,153,611
London Stansted Airport 1,022,103 1,163,346 +141,243

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 311
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 119
Manufacture of wearing apparel 27
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 27
Manufacture of textiles 13

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 117
2025-10 130
2025-09 125
2025-08 115
2025-07 99

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 198
54m+ 108
0-1m 103
15m-54m 32
Other 32

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 £
France 47,414,149
Italy 42,125,082
Spain 9,940,376
United States 6,741,665
Japan 5,709,051

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 £
France 28,905,257 18,508,892 -10,396,365
Italy 20,611,067 21,514,015 +902,948
Spain 3,757,361 6,183,015 +2,425,654
United States 3,400,547 3,341,118 -59,429
Japan 3,542,303 2,166,748 -1,375,555
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,944,114 1,703,171 -240,943
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 1,267,032 1,471,115 +204,083
Germany 668,050 938,972 +270,922
China 1,027,874 557,480 -470,394
South Korea 818,060 268,638 -549,422

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 235,790
Switzerland 10,878
Italy 549
XU 40
Bangladesh 6

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 110,085 125,705 +15,620
Switzerland 10,878 0 -10,878
Italy 411 138 -273
XU 40 0 -40
Bangladesh 6 0 -6

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) 98,103,621
Air transport 26,205,681
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,596,557
Other 247,263
Road transport 27,380

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) 52,203,817 45,899,804 -6,304,013
Air transport 14,103,159 12,102,522 -2,000,637
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,470,644 125,913 -1,344,731
Other 121,420 125,843 +4,423
Road transport 25,245 2,135 -23,110

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 94,945,584
East Midlands Airport 10,302,533
London Heathrow Airport 7,659,077
Manchester Airport 3,900,039
Eurotunnel 1,581,993

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 51,244,722 43,700,862 -7,543,860
East Midlands Airport 6,506,303 3,796,230 -2,710,073
London Heathrow Airport 3,608,381 4,050,696 +442,315
Manchester Airport 1,693,284 2,206,755 +513,471
Eurotunnel 67,205 1,514,788 +1,447,583
Glasgow Airport 778,971 681,215 -97,756
Dover 784,254 535,377 -248,877
Southampton 1,158,537 121,857 -1,036,680
ZLC 711,394 518,066 -193,328
London Stansted Airport 467,322 695,453 +228,131

Quick facts

HS code: 621420

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

Description: Shawls and scarves made from wool or fine animal hair, ideal for cold weather