Import/export HS code 63: Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags

Includes a variety of textile items like sets, second-hand clothes, and fabric scraps

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* 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 1,424,670,914
Pakistan 865,498,357
India 390,449,093
Germany 131,964,341
Turkey 116,243,726

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 739,012,590 685,658,324 -53,354,266
Pakistan 439,746,589 425,751,768 -13,994,821
India 201,476,071 188,973,022 -12,503,049
Germany 71,036,679 60,927,662 -10,109,017
Turkey 56,178,596 60,065,130 +3,886,534
Bangladesh 51,380,046 57,204,338 +5,824,292
Viet Nam 48,808,975 49,929,509 +1,120,534
Netherlands 48,534,572 47,498,540 -1,036,032
United States 47,995,108 34,209,754 -13,785,354
France 42,242,894 39,864,307 -2,378,587

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 1,548,480,153
Pakistan 899,553,771
India 402,483,047
Turkey 127,765,523
Bangladesh 124,089,542

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 800,120,514 748,359,639 -51,760,875
Pakistan 457,752,139 441,801,632 -15,950,507
India 206,038,473 196,444,574 -9,593,899
Turkey 62,304,192 65,461,331 +3,157,139
Bangladesh 59,846,122 64,243,420 +4,397,298
Viet Nam 57,539,228 54,707,518 -2,831,710
Poland 45,064,463 25,837,737 -19,226,726
Portugal 35,287,987 33,847,463 -1,440,524
United States 31,322,312 26,420,606 -4,901,706
Germany 28,856,390 26,719,944 -2,136,446

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 1051
Greater Manchester 536
Inner London - East 516
Outer London - West and North West 462
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 459

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 768 730 -38
Greater Manchester 396 395 -1
Inner London - East 354 355 +1
Outer London - West and North West 324 319 -5
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 329 321 -8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 299 272 -27
West Midlands 235 251 +16
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 232 230 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 222 211 -11
West Yorkshire 220 199 -21

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) 2,751,711,214
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 537,719,036
Air transport 375,253,042
Other 272,093,108
Road transport 22,762,175

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) 1,387,617,553 1,364,093,661 -23,523,892
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 289,910,280 247,808,756 -42,101,524
Air transport 195,547,335 179,705,707 -15,841,628
Other 160,608,867 111,484,241 -49,124,626
Road transport 12,153,523 10,608,652 -1,544,871
Rail transport 88,489 132,044 +43,555
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 25,415 +25,415

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 1,157,640,040
Southampton 871,011,348
London Gateway Port 451,675,195
000 272,017,608
London Heathrow Airport 200,074,308

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 670,250,207 487,389,833 -182,860,374
Southampton 471,174,459 399,836,889 -71,337,570
London Gateway Port 140,918,863 310,756,332 +169,837,469
000 160,587,424 111,430,184 -49,157,240
London Heathrow Airport 107,712,316 92,361,992 -15,350,324
Dover 82,545,855 78,172,757 -4,373,098
Eurotunnel 51,161,058 46,812,847 -4,348,211
London 59,905,988 33,818,723 -26,087,265
499 9,987,813 81,427,430 +71,439,617
Immingham Docks 32,069,955 32,748,151 +678,196

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 2803
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 2648
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 527
Other manufacturing 413
Manufacture of textiles 267

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 1864
2025-10 2041
2025-09 1846
2025-08 1844
2025-07 1978

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 3606
0-1m 2212
54m+ 1580
15m-54m 813
Other 617

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 £
Pakistan 156,351,322
United Arab Emirates 139,055,410
Ireland 137,336,105
Ghana 125,264,188
Poland 113,970,371

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 £
Pakistan 97,880,827 58,470,495 -39,410,332
United Arab Emirates 79,708,248 59,347,162 -20,361,086
Ireland 71,813,070 65,523,035 -6,290,035
Ghana 58,306,361 66,957,827 +8,651,466
Poland 67,982,463 45,987,908 -21,994,555
Germany 47,773,184 47,483,119 -290,065
Ukraine 42,694,904 38,363,435 -4,331,469
France 41,300,570 38,512,585 -2,787,985
United States 28,524,274 28,638,338 +114,064
Netherlands 22,697,349 21,731,669 -965,680

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 £
XI 56,357,804
Luxembourg 10,454,373
China 8,731,523
XU 7,633,011
Ireland 5,222,484

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 £
XI 23,184,190 33,173,614 +9,989,424
Luxembourg 9,032,193 1,422,180 -7,610,013
China 4,493,828 4,237,695 -256,133
XU 3,732,178 3,900,833 +168,655
Ireland 2,517,569 2,704,915 +187,346
India 2,191,912 2,105,780 -86,132
Pakistan 2,148,021 2,127,028 -20,993
United States 118,490 762,630 +644,140
Nicaragua 752,526 103,106 -649,420
Turkey 453,770 307,323 -146,447

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 651,362,963
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 560,668,607
Air transport 195,951,259
Other 110,607,940
Road transport 1,574,132

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 374,201,425 277,161,538 -97,039,887
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 288,846,823 271,821,784 -17,025,039
Air transport 97,715,495 98,235,764 +520,269
Other 55,375,047 55,232,893 -142,154
Road transport 1,476,870 97,262 -1,379,608
Rail transport 0 47,910 +47,910

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 323,560,671
London Gateway Port 244,436,125
Belfast Port 123,306,537
000 110,159,332
Southampton 96,801,300

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 169,881,863 153,678,808 -16,203,055
London Gateway Port 123,773,056 120,663,069 -3,109,987
Belfast Port 76,646,063 46,660,474 -29,985,589
000 55,211,602 54,947,730 -263,872
Southampton 60,919,630 35,881,670 -25,037,960
London Heathrow Airport 39,292,602 36,909,157 -2,383,445
Dover 42,323,786 33,531,822 -8,791,964
Felixstowe 44,157,908 31,137,758 -13,020,150
East Midlands Airport 31,709,879 37,434,103 +5,724,224
Middlesbrough 23,402,893 24,439,920 +1,037,027

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 63

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

Description: Includes a variety of textile items like sets, second-hand clothes, and fabric scraps