Import/export HS code 630260: Cotton terry toweling linen

Toilet and kitchen linen made from cotton terry toweling, such as towels and washcloths

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  • 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 123,194,227
India 75,120,506
Turkey 29,865,050
China 19,388,493
Bangladesh 16,304,884

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 62,766,247 60,427,980 -2,338,267
India 40,959,112 34,161,394 -6,797,718
Turkey 16,789,602 13,075,448 -3,714,154
China 9,672,849 9,715,644 +42,795
Bangladesh 10,304,705 6,000,179 -4,304,526
Portugal 7,616,657 6,937,775 -678,882
France 1,402,727 1,160,591 -242,136
Sri Lanka 1,670,692 836,384 -834,308
Italy 1,230,366 708,974 -521,392
Germany 1,055,375 844,090 -211,285

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 124,586,930
India 77,673,791
Turkey 32,260,476
China 20,747,607
Bangladesh 17,147,950

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 63,566,214 61,020,716 -2,545,498
India 42,422,597 35,251,194 -7,171,403
Turkey 18,039,850 14,220,626 -3,819,224
China 10,258,382 10,489,225 +230,843
Bangladesh 10,942,150 6,205,800 -4,736,350
Portugal 8,350,211 7,163,282 -1,186,929
Italy 669,625 429,916 -239,709
Austria 317,497 327,178 +9,681
France 260,333 272,889 +12,556
Bulgaria 350,724 142,647 -208,077

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 157
Greater Manchester 98
Inner London - East 70
Outer London - West and North West 56
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 46

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 116 109 -7
Greater Manchester 77 71 -6
Inner London - East 56 48 -8
Outer London - West and North West 37 34 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 25 33 +8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 36 29 -7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 32 28 -4
Outer London - East and North East 21 15 -6
West Yorkshire 21 16 -5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 16 15 -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) 250,596,845
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,977,530
Other 14,254,082
Air transport 5,272,746
Road transport 3,138,323

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) 131,776,221 118,820,624 -12,955,597
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,480,401 9,497,129 -2,983,272
Other 9,290,893 4,963,189 -4,327,704
Air transport 2,850,020 2,422,726 -427,294
Road transport 1,159,218 1,979,105 +819,887

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 104,314,501
Southampton 88,278,402
London Gateway Port 37,460,158
000 14,254,082
Dover 8,105,617

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 59,593,903 44,720,598 -14,873,305
Southampton 49,737,641 38,540,761 -11,196,880
London Gateway Port 13,463,018 23,997,140 +10,534,122
000 9,290,893 4,963,189 -4,327,704
Dover 4,368,899 3,736,718 -632,181
London 4,980,919 3,081,911 -1,899,008
Liverpool Docks 2,657,955 2,933,784 +275,829
Eurotunnel 2,311,600 2,357,074 +45,474
499 45,446 4,169,268 +4,123,822
ZLC 1,675,062 2,354,162 +679,100

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 358
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 338
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 55
Manufacture of textiles 39
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 34

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 148
2025-11 169
2025-10 188
2025-09 159
2025-08 180

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 350
54m+ 210
0-1m 196
15m-54m 88
Other 84

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 7,259,355
United Arab Emirates 1,805,141
South Africa 1,489,518
Netherlands 875,831
France 860,729

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 3,859,415 3,399,940 -459,475
United Arab Emirates 1,240,774 564,367 -676,407
South Africa 1,486,847 2,671 -1,484,176
Netherlands 565,179 310,652 -254,527
France 475,099 385,630 -89,469
Iceland 133,727 661,934 +528,207
United States 453,402 319,962 -133,440
Germany 310,774 338,676 +27,902
Italy 178,641 260,387 +81,746
Spain 133,353 190,116 +56,763

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 £
Portugal 563,333
India 559,908
XI 431,033
Pakistan 175,565
China 113,095

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 £
Portugal 270,165 293,168 +23,003
India 304,445 255,463 -48,982
XI 244,662 186,371 -58,291
Pakistan 73,200 102,365 +29,165
China 37,780 75,315 +37,535
Bangladesh 62,648 4,631 -58,017
Ireland 37,220 7,337 -29,883
Turkey 13,268 5,766 -7,502
Czechia 172 173 +1
United States 243 102 -141

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) 8,765,698
Air transport 5,435,777
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,827,169
Other 2,141,142
Road transport 2,053

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) 4,518,746 4,246,952 -271,794
Air transport 2,877,185 2,558,592 -318,593
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,292,864 534,305 -1,758,559
Other 1,071,124 1,070,018 -1,106
Road transport 2,053 0 -2,053

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,682,679
Holyhead 2,661,361
East Midlands Airport 2,251,469
000 2,141,142
London Gateway Port 1,899,966

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 1,397,719 1,284,960 -112,759
Holyhead 1,373,340 1,288,021 -85,319
East Midlands Airport 848,549 1,402,920 +554,371
000 1,071,124 1,070,018 -1,106
London Gateway Port 1,721,275 178,691 -1,542,584
London Heathrow Airport 997,759 680,789 -316,970
Heysham 922,192 702,901 -219,291
Manchester Airport 901,757 229,252 -672,505
Liverpool Docks 425,369 440,239 +14,870
Immingham Docks 151,200 186,013 +34,813

Quick facts

HS code: 630260

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

Description: Toilet and kitchen linen made from cotton terry toweling, such as towels and washcloths