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 795,407,019
China 267,735,492
India 182,755,793
Turkey 64,433,181
Bangladesh 60,083,438

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 403,507,531 391,899,488 -11,608,043
China 134,281,674 133,453,818 -827,856
India 97,059,867 85,695,926 -11,363,941
Turkey 30,226,759 34,206,422 +3,979,663
Bangladesh 27,385,936 32,697,502 +5,311,566
Portugal 27,160,803 26,899,741 -261,062
Germany 12,962,521 9,477,188 -3,485,333
Italy 6,803,658 6,222,659 -580,999
France 6,163,598 5,302,348 -861,250
Netherlands 4,514,661 6,622,022 +2,107,361

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 826,203,311
China 279,798,306
India 185,230,051
Turkey 70,968,804
Bangladesh 66,962,018

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 419,455,348 406,747,963 -12,707,385
China 140,722,177 139,076,129 -1,646,048
India 96,911,426 88,318,625 -8,592,801
Turkey 33,867,245 37,101,559 +3,234,314
Bangladesh 31,635,432 35,326,586 +3,691,154
Portugal 29,287,129 28,441,441 -845,688
Italy 5,964,750 5,670,675 -294,075
Spain 3,007,598 3,350,968 +343,370
Egypt 2,096,898 3,305,132 +1,208,234
France 2,010,347 1,774,474 -235,873

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 371
Greater Manchester 220
Inner London - East 165
Outer London - West and North West 149
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 123

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 262 265 +3
Greater Manchester 166 166 +0
Inner London - East 117 119 +2
Outer London - West and North West 110 92 -18
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 74 90 +16
Surrey, East and West Sussex 80 63 -17
West Midlands 55 60 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 58 54 -4
Outer London - East and North East 50 48 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 39 40 +1

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) 1,251,385,270
Other 124,783,711
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 105,076,746
Air transport 55,880,280
Road transport 6,659,281

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) 623,831,465 627,553,805 +3,722,340
Other 68,969,893 55,813,818 -13,156,075
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 55,633,771 49,442,975 -6,190,796
Air transport 29,674,204 26,206,076 -3,468,128
Road transport 2,657,408 4,001,873 +1,344,465

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 488,031,538
Felixstowe 431,728,524
London Gateway Port 204,602,104
000 124,783,711
499 44,586,281

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 264,104,574 223,926,964 -40,177,610
Felixstowe 248,694,153 183,034,371 -65,659,782
London Gateway Port 69,884,236 134,717,868 +64,833,632
000 68,969,893 55,813,818 -13,156,075
499 1,190,971 43,395,310 +42,204,339
Dover 18,747,732 20,334,416 +1,586,684
Belfast Port 12,341,616 13,283,488 +941,872
London 14,942,436 9,921,356 -5,021,080
Eurotunnel 11,388,403 9,724,289 -1,664,114
London Heathrow Airport 11,023,024 8,863,782 -2,159,242

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 759
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 135
Manufacture of textiles 104
Other personal service activities 82

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 459
2025-10 501
2025-09 432
2025-08 464
2025-07 477

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 916
0-1m 604
54m+ 393
15m-54m 223
Other 216

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 36,237,377
United States 8,344,729
France 7,409,295
United Arab Emirates 6,321,988
Iceland 6,149,558

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 18,736,206 17,501,171 -1,235,035
United States 3,593,765 4,750,964 +1,157,199
France 3,872,893 3,536,402 -336,491
United Arab Emirates 3,440,823 2,881,165 -559,658
Iceland 450,238 5,699,320 +5,249,082
Netherlands 1,594,040 1,376,079 -217,961
Pakistan 391,195 2,200,091 +1,808,896
South Korea 2,226,720 207,766 -2,018,954
Germany 1,325,142 1,048,114 -277,028
Spain 1,012,524 1,051,092 +38,568

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 6,492,216
Pakistan 3,517,451
XU 2,039,952
India 1,442,337
China 1,392,178

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 3,638,357 2,853,859 -784,498
Pakistan 1,743,737 1,773,714 +29,977
XU 541,655 1,498,297 +956,642
India 799,032 643,305 -155,727
China 809,139 583,039 -226,100
Portugal 317,012 413,911 +96,899
Bangladesh 298,906 172,254 -126,652
Turkey 287,668 174,724 -112,944
Ireland 132,077 120,830 -11,247
Netherlands 28,365 38,812 +10,447

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) 37,106,348
Air transport 34,067,063
Other 16,951,266
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,842,478
Road transport 65,952

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) 18,680,087 18,426,261 -253,826
Air transport 15,062,489 19,004,574 +3,942,085
Other 8,652,850 8,298,416 -354,434
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,248,618 6,593,860 +1,345,242
Road transport 59,941 6,011 -53,930

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 16,951,266
East Midlands Airport 16,000,217
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,611,139
London Heathrow Airport 11,913,279
Holyhead 10,525,710

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 8,652,850 8,298,416 -354,434
East Midlands Airport 5,405,758 10,594,459 +5,188,701
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,312,607 6,298,532 -14,075
London Heathrow Airport 6,504,514 5,408,765 -1,095,749
Holyhead 5,425,145 5,100,565 -324,580
London Gateway Port 2,153,657 3,937,381 +1,783,724
Heysham 2,304,568 2,529,886 +225,318
Liverpool Docks 2,340,836 2,113,879 -226,957
Manchester Airport 1,660,533 1,463,914 -196,619
Dover 919,578 1,288,295 +368,717

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