Import/export HS code 6302: Bed and kitchen linens

Includes bed linen, table linen, toilet linen, and kitchen linen made from various materials

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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 £
Pakistan 791,509,136
China 272,158,868
India 182,868,078
Turkey 64,140,272
Bangladesh 60,278,221

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 £
Pakistan 407,283,431 384,225,705 -23,057,726
China 137,595,689 134,563,179 -3,032,510
India 97,292,725 85,575,353 -11,717,372
Turkey 29,286,101 34,854,171 +5,568,070
Bangladesh 28,322,436 31,955,785 +3,633,349
Portugal 26,725,778 27,111,381 +385,603
Germany 12,844,637 9,502,957 -3,341,680
Italy 6,703,111 6,245,133 -457,978
France 5,918,788 5,109,371 -809,417
Netherlands 4,066,091 6,655,517 +2,589,426

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 £
Pakistan 822,229,266
China 283,309,673
India 185,688,577
Turkey 70,578,269
Bangladesh 67,497,607

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 £
Pakistan 423,131,415 399,097,851 -24,033,564
China 143,780,334 139,529,339 -4,250,995
India 97,504,111 88,184,466 -9,319,645
Turkey 32,860,360 37,717,909 +4,857,549
Bangladesh 32,551,763 34,945,844 +2,394,081
Portugal 28,773,073 28,567,446 -205,627
Italy 6,018,159 5,671,975 -346,184
Spain 3,119,290 3,184,931 +65,641
Egypt 2,093,279 3,403,982 +1,310,703
France 1,908,108 1,766,637 -141,471

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 379
Greater Manchester 225
Inner London - East 161
Outer London - West and North West 145
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 120

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 263 267 +4
Greater Manchester 165 170 +5
Inner London - East 116 114 -2
Outer London - West and North West 109 89 -20
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 73 87 +14
Surrey, East and West Sussex 77 66 -11
West Midlands 55 59 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 58 53 -5
Outer London - East and North East 52 51 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 41 38 -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) 1,258,413,182
Other 118,769,243
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 103,664,938
Air transport 55,458,471
Road transport 6,984,742

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) 631,524,264 626,888,918 -4,635,346
Other 68,591,733 50,177,510 -18,414,223
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 54,629,698 49,035,240 -5,594,458
Air transport 29,820,044 25,638,427 -4,181,617
Road transport 2,758,391 4,226,351 +1,467,960

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 470,779,289
Felixstowe 432,765,419
London Gateway Port 219,600,553
000 118,769,243
499 52,838,375

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 £
Southampton 259,653,108 211,126,181 -48,526,927
Felixstowe 257,435,534 175,329,885 -82,105,649
London Gateway Port 73,334,601 146,265,952 +72,931,351
000 68,591,733 50,177,510 -18,414,223
499 1,111,187 51,727,188 +50,616,001
Dover 18,624,770 20,182,055 +1,557,285
Belfast Port 13,386,459 12,474,753 -911,706
London 15,122,540 9,672,461 -5,450,079
Eurotunnel 10,477,229 9,963,070 -514,159
London Heathrow Airport 10,536,183 8,779,732 -1,756,451

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 942
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 766
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 137
Manufacture of textiles 105
Other personal service activities 81

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 385
2025-11 460
2025-10 502
2025-09 432
2025-08 464

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 909
0-1m 607
54m+ 395
15m-54m 227
Other 217

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 36,425,772
United States 8,733,986
France 7,075,904
United Arab Emirates 6,268,582
Iceland 6,206,435

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 18,778,650 17,647,122 -1,131,528
United States 3,520,511 5,213,475 +1,692,964
France 3,742,493 3,333,411 -409,082
United Arab Emirates 3,214,976 3,053,606 -161,370
Iceland 450,490 5,755,945 +5,305,455
Netherlands 1,555,737 1,424,809 -130,928
South Korea 2,289,575 139,343 -2,150,232
Germany 1,255,982 1,098,497 -157,485
Pakistan 90,091 2,198,971 +2,108,880
Spain 969,269 1,124,878 +155,609

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 6,467,652
Pakistan 3,572,905
India 1,460,562
China 1,399,179
Portugal 744,246

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 3,565,682 2,901,970 -663,712
Pakistan 1,774,506 1,798,399 +23,893
India 821,988 638,574 -183,414
China 807,682 591,497 -216,185
Portugal 330,587 413,659 +83,072
Bangladesh 302,509 166,785 -135,724
Turkey 292,889 162,541 -130,348
Ireland 151,162 115,789 -35,373
Netherlands 33,464 33,355 -109
Egypt 23,083 1,469 -21,614

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) 37,148,097
Air transport 34,193,489
Other 17,109,374
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,121,099
Road transport 53,291

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) 18,860,160 18,287,937 -572,223
Air transport 14,734,951 19,458,538 +4,723,587
Other 8,727,326 8,382,048 -345,278
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,926,354 6,194,745 +1,268,391
Road transport 47,280 6,011 -41,269

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 17,109,374
East Midlands Airport 16,033,281
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,518,678
London Heathrow Airport 11,971,315
Holyhead 10,341,670

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 £
000 8,727,326 8,382,048 -345,278
East Midlands Airport 5,274,897 10,758,384 +5,483,487
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,247,705 6,270,973 +23,268
London Heathrow Airport 6,339,410 5,631,905 -707,505
Holyhead 5,173,136 5,168,534 -4,602
London Gateway Port 2,767,223 3,337,091 +569,868
Heysham 2,605,668 2,486,635 -119,033
Liverpool Docks 2,281,334 2,143,011 -138,323
Manchester Airport 1,678,055 1,485,940 -192,115
Dover 914,849 1,295,986 +381,137

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 6302

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

Description: Includes bed linen, table linen, toilet linen, and kitchen linen made from various materials