Import/export HS code 6306: Tarpaulins, awnings, tents, and sails

Includes tarpaulins, awnings, sunblinds, tents, sails for boats, and camping goods like temporary canopies

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 162,118,180
Germany 31,356,442
Bangladesh 30,883,526
Netherlands 22,227,945
Poland 12,560,836

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 84,019,933 78,098,247 -5,921,686
Germany 15,727,896 15,628,546 -99,350
Bangladesh 15,745,431 15,138,095 -607,336
Netherlands 12,693,272 9,534,673 -3,158,599
Poland 8,043,296 4,517,540 -3,525,756
France 5,780,571 4,882,043 -898,528
Denmark 5,128,891 4,840,310 -288,581
Belgium 3,424,908 4,667,894 +1,242,986
Sri Lanka 4,076,549 3,975,581 -100,968
Italy 3,091,216 2,788,067 -303,149

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 181,995,401
Bangladesh 37,332,113
Germany 27,302,667
Poland 17,381,178
Netherlands 9,096,776

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 93,516,851 88,478,550 -5,038,301
Bangladesh 18,861,487 18,470,626 -390,861
Germany 13,997,500 13,305,167 -692,333
Poland 10,855,896 6,525,282 -4,330,614
Netherlands 5,912,924 3,183,852 -2,729,072
Sri Lanka 4,107,774 4,024,736 -83,038
Viet Nam 3,311,668 4,488,510 +1,176,842
South Africa 2,883,905 2,665,899 -218,006
Italy 2,542,111 1,809,563 -732,548
Belgium 1,580,402 2,096,729 +516,327

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Greater Manchester 75
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 67
Inner London - West 64
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 50
Surrey, East and West Sussex 49

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
Greater Manchester 49 57 +8
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 39 44 +5
Inner London - West 45 44 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 29 38 +9
Surrey, East and West Sussex 38 32 -6
Essex 35 33 -2
Inner London - East 28 32 +4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 32 28 -4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 30 26 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 24 29 +5

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) 186,936,217
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 96,564,362
Air transport 33,546,579
Other 28,385,453
Road transport 1,146,568

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) 92,827,722 94,108,495 +1,280,773
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 52,228,046 44,336,316 -7,891,730
Air transport 16,595,966 16,950,613 +354,647
Other 15,285,825 13,099,628 -2,186,197
Road transport 608,878 537,690 -71,188

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 125,764,954
Southampton 33,412,709
London Gateway Port 32,861,129
000 28,385,453
Dover 20,723,948

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 67,765,056 57,999,898 -9,765,158
Southampton 17,789,032 15,623,677 -2,165,355
London Gateway Port 11,025,099 21,836,030 +10,810,931
000 15,285,825 13,099,628 -2,186,197
Dover 10,285,926 10,438,022 +152,096
Immingham Docks 7,915,046 8,216,898 +301,852
London Heathrow Airport 7,210,557 6,328,734 -881,823
Eurotunnel 5,797,089 5,780,598 -16,491
London 7,314,981 3,926,903 -3,388,078
Harwich 6,890,095 2,304,264 -4,585,831

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 339
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 281
Other manufacturing 68
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 57
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 53

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 133
2025-10 188
2025-09 166
2025-08 174
2025-07 213

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 453
0-1m 239
54m+ 239
15m-54m 126
Other 78

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 £
France 13,741,515
Ireland 8,712,124
Denmark 7,735,880
Netherlands 7,707,236
Germany 7,133,322

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 £
France 7,420,931 6,320,584 -1,100,347
Ireland 4,806,382 3,905,742 -900,640
Denmark 4,119,090 3,616,790 -502,300
Netherlands 4,836,918 2,870,318 -1,966,600
Germany 3,732,519 3,400,803 -331,716
Sweden 2,348,480 3,971,997 +1,623,517
United States 2,413,601 1,373,109 -1,040,492
Spain 1,084,305 2,494,768 +1,410,463
Poland 489,661 1,896,491 +1,406,830
Finland 279,677 1,223,396 +943,719

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 6,183,090
China 94,553
Bangladesh 57,040
XU 27,354
Ireland 23,794

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 2,891,757 3,291,333 +399,576
China 46,876 47,677 +801
Bangladesh 30,608 26,432 -4,176
XU 14,494 12,860 -1,634
Ireland 14,512 9,282 -5,230
Viet Nam 11,271 8,059 -3,212
India 3,004 2,346 -658
Germany 0 2,507 +2,507
South Korea 144 111 -33
France 245 0 -245

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) 39,721,578
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,971,271
Air transport 12,549,272
Other 6,413,681
Road transport 106,356

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) 21,113,169 18,608,409 -2,504,760
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,190,263 11,781,008 +2,590,745
Air transport 6,490,915 6,058,357 -432,558
Other 3,013,074 3,400,607 +387,533
Road transport 106,356 0 -106,356

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 25,852,209
Immingham Docks 13,723,298
000 6,413,681
East Midlands Airport 5,167,892
London Heathrow Airport 4,908,955

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 14,359,669 11,492,540 -2,867,129
Immingham Docks 5,684,715 8,038,583 +2,353,868
000 3,013,074 3,400,607 +387,533
East Midlands Airport 2,564,139 2,603,753 +39,614
London Heathrow Airport 2,567,794 2,341,161 -226,633
London 2,849,317 1,364,521 -1,484,796
Southampton 1,166,784 1,310,596 +143,812
Harwich 196,480 1,999,123 +1,802,643
Dover 1,108,931 971,372 -137,559
Holyhead 949,623 741,232 -208,391

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 6306

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

Description: Includes tarpaulins, awnings, sunblinds, tents, sails for boats, and camping goods like temporary canopies