Import/export HS code 630231: Cotton table linen

Table linen made from cotton, such as tablecloths and napkins

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 £
Pakistan 203,084,242
India 53,101,174
China 23,990,626
Portugal 22,283,149
Bangladesh 18,946,400

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 102,187,700 100,896,542 -1,291,158
India 27,220,764 25,880,410 -1,340,354
China 12,339,263 11,651,363 -687,900
Portugal 11,836,158 10,446,991 -1,389,167
Bangladesh 6,211,686 12,734,714 +6,523,028
Germany 6,330,532 5,166,457 -1,164,075
Italy 2,393,810 2,105,691 -288,119
Turkey 1,085,649 1,895,711 +810,062
Sri Lanka 1,397,508 1,534,433 +136,925
France 1,363,648 1,413,606 +49,958

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 213,405,911
India 54,498,528
China 25,948,183
Portugal 23,750,796
Bangladesh 22,129,255

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 108,153,504 105,252,407 -2,901,097
India 27,609,865 26,888,663 -721,202
China 12,955,961 12,992,222 +36,261
Portugal 12,499,608 11,251,188 -1,248,420
Bangladesh 7,943,303 14,185,952 +6,242,649
Italy 2,407,674 1,972,300 -435,374
Turkey 1,738,671 2,378,328 +639,657
Bahrain 750,019 1,546,980 +796,961
France 532,837 530,395 -2,442
Viet Nam 307,180 197,639 -109,541

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 85
Greater Manchester 59
Inner London - East 27
Outer London - West and North West 25
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 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 61 61 +0
Greater Manchester 44 44 +0
Inner London - East 17 16 -1
Outer London - West and North West 17 20 +3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 14 14 +0
West Yorkshire 14 16 +2
West Midlands 7 10 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 10 6 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 9 8 -1
Outer London - South 9 8 -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) 279,775,182
Other 32,161,908
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 28,222,955
Air transport 13,293,420
Road transport 930,917

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) 138,354,054 141,421,128 +3,067,074
Other 15,863,808 16,298,100 +434,292
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,328,146 13,894,809 -433,337
Air transport 7,295,934 5,997,486 -1,298,448
Road transport 307,641 623,276 +315,635

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 112,539,158
Felixstowe 74,649,958
London Gateway Port 54,256,360
000 32,161,908
499 17,395,588

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 63,725,922 48,813,236 -14,912,686
Felixstowe 43,015,701 31,634,257 -11,381,444
London Gateway Port 20,761,471 33,494,889 +12,733,418
000 15,863,808 16,298,100 +434,292
499 153,948 17,241,640 +17,087,692
Dover 6,122,331 6,663,325 +540,994
Eurotunnel 4,198,237 3,545,259 -652,978
London 4,516,197 2,106,871 -2,409,326
Belfast Port 2,587,669 3,227,108 +639,439
London Heathrow Airport 2,768,314 1,934,402 -833,912

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 202
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 122
Manufacture of textiles 35
Accommodation 20
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 19

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 100
2025-11 104
2025-10 132
2025-09 106
2025-08 109

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 156
0-1m 101
54m+ 91
Other 53
15m-54m 37

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 8,731,193
United Arab Emirates 2,407,757
France 1,666,777
Iceland 1,361,289
United States 895,430

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 4,206,025 4,525,168 +319,143
United Arab Emirates 1,035,831 1,371,926 +336,095
France 1,181,052 485,725 -695,327
Iceland 118,648 1,242,641 +1,123,993
United States 526,436 368,994 -157,442
South Korea 786,631 72,492 -714,139
Spain 325,180 515,675 +190,495
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 367,301 169,636 -197,665
Qatar 242,418 251,363 +8,945
Netherlands 192,657 229,681 +37,024

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 £
Pakistan 1,168,296
XI 991,361
India 466,127
Bangladesh 283,209
China 269,275

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 £
Pakistan 548,141 620,155 +72,014
XI 601,473 389,888 -211,585
India 243,395 222,732 -20,663
Bangladesh 165,040 118,169 -46,871
China 181,036 88,239 -92,797
Egypt 21,572 1,308 -20,264
Turkey 6,207 9,051 +2,844
Sri Lanka 7,427 5,564 -1,863
Portugal 7,082 2,051 -5,031
Ireland 2,800 6,269 +3,469

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 8,914,566
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,256,402
Other 3,779,311
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,345,418
Road transport 17,038

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 4,238,242 4,676,324 +438,082
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,116,101 4,140,301 +24,200
Other 1,909,905 1,869,406 -40,499
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 722,552 622,866 -99,686
Road transport 17,038 0 -17,038

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 3,892,849
000 3,779,311
London Heathrow Airport 3,137,033
Holyhead 2,737,972
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,880,396

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 £
East Midlands Airport 1,480,052 2,412,797 +932,745
000 1,909,905 1,869,406 -40,499
London Heathrow Airport 1,975,770 1,161,263 -814,507
Holyhead 1,201,372 1,536,600 +335,228
Dover / Eurotunnel 899,294 981,102 +81,808
Liverpool Docks 660,133 543,275 -116,858
Heysham 461,006 606,704 +145,698
Manchester Airport 308,778 685,363 +376,585
London Gateway Port 236,274 283,052 +46,778
ZLC 319,359 107,890 -211,469

Quick facts

HS code: 630231

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

Description: Table linen made from cotton, such as tablecloths and napkins