Import/export HS code 64: Footwear and related items

Includes all types of shoes, boots, gaiters, and their parts, such as soles and uppers

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 1,782,646,043
Viet Nam 1,248,372,946
Belgium 899,316,378
Italy 675,039,360
Germany 523,453,647

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 1,018,173,767 764,472,276 -253,701,491
Viet Nam 635,234,840 613,138,106 -22,096,734
Belgium 477,406,932 421,909,446 -55,497,486
Italy 366,885,037 308,154,323 -58,730,714
Germany 299,061,227 224,392,420 -74,668,807
France 239,174,705 189,354,434 -49,820,271
Indonesia 189,657,478 174,737,860 -14,919,618
Netherlands 175,659,402 126,943,522 -48,715,880
India 146,962,426 135,853,719 -11,108,707
Spain 110,676,738 87,389,711 -23,287,027

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 2,268,602,468
Viet Nam 2,145,735,126
Italy 763,288,649
Indonesia 679,677,409
India 368,928,794

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 1,294,926,160 973,676,308 -321,249,852
Viet Nam 1,134,092,037 1,011,643,089 -122,448,948
Italy 418,318,773 344,969,876 -73,348,897
Indonesia 351,924,861 327,752,548 -24,172,313
India 199,628,204 169,300,590 -30,327,614
Portugal 141,147,987 111,170,415 -29,977,572
Cambodia 101,685,983 105,079,254 +3,393,271
Germany 79,383,672 61,082,439 -18,301,233
Spain 66,791,256 47,436,274 -19,354,982
Romania 29,963,178 21,541,547 -8,421,631

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 642
Inner London - East 331
Greater Manchester 255
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 176
Outer London - West and North West 176

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 518 487 -31
Inner London - East 248 243 -5
Greater Manchester 195 180 -15
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 146 142 -4
Outer London - West and North West 129 124 -5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 132 126 -6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 131 124 -7
West Midlands 117 99 -18
West Yorkshire 100 90 -10
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 95 89 -6

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) 3,660,335,651
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,659,072,999
Other 720,296,873
Air transport 532,959,208
Road transport 46,101,480

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) 1,919,844,908 1,740,490,743 -179,354,165
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,463,527,376 1,195,545,623 -267,981,753
Other 464,807,367 255,489,506 -209,317,861
Air transport 295,823,611 237,135,597 -58,688,014
Road transport 27,544,857 18,556,623 -8,988,234
Rail transport 21,231 21,613 +382

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 1,531,203,289
Eurotunnel 1,144,286,935
Southampton 894,098,945
000 719,947,965
Dover / Eurotunnel 560,944,113

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 1,007,367,902 523,835,387 -483,532,515
Eurotunnel 618,103,876 526,183,059 -91,920,817
Southampton 484,316,972 409,781,973 -74,534,999
000 464,804,483 255,143,482 -209,661,001
Dover / Eurotunnel 300,467,079 260,477,034 -39,990,045
London Gateway Port 137,719,649 389,265,229 +251,545,580
Dover 285,709,633 230,927,030 -54,782,603
London Heathrow Airport 146,746,176 108,196,174 -38,550,002
Liverpool Docks 119,472,267 99,690,683 -19,781,584
499 7,806,598 211,277,719 +203,471,121

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 2120
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 1210
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 172
Manufacture of wearing apparel 122
Other manufacturing 108

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 1036
2025-11 1124
2025-10 1329
2025-09 1253
2025-08 1234

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 1598
0-1m 1401
54m+ 635
Other 300
15m-54m 274

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 187,852,997
France 126,733,425
Netherlands 126,164,529
Italy 118,507,604
Germany 78,665,924

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 116,751,537 71,101,460 -45,650,077
France 69,706,502 57,026,923 -12,679,579
Netherlands 72,171,273 53,993,256 -18,178,017
Italy 65,058,480 53,449,124 -11,609,356
Germany 45,942,779 32,723,145 -13,219,634
United States 40,177,434 27,072,046 -13,105,388
China 34,584,654 29,318,901 -5,265,753
Belgium 35,927,282 21,113,777 -14,813,505
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 25,612,459 14,065,331 -11,547,128
Spain 19,538,388 13,282,368 -6,256,020

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 £
China 25,727,717
India 7,315,378
Viet Nam 3,842,700
Switzerland 1,344,402
Turkey 840,285

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 £
China 14,356,782 11,370,935 -2,985,847
India 3,932,909 3,382,469 -550,440
Viet Nam 1,986,431 1,856,269 -130,162
Switzerland 750,398 594,004 -156,394
Turkey 490,863 349,422 -141,441
Cambodia 431,885 230,488 -201,397
Belgium 398,463 186,922 -211,541
Spain 296,996 116,936 -180,060
Ireland 208,971 148,423 -60,548
Brazil 160,243 156,764 -3,479

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) 673,485,805
Air transport 355,432,591
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 136,697,506
Other 59,552,383
Road transport 1,123,946

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) 388,973,914 284,511,891 -104,462,023
Air transport 204,584,993 150,847,598 -53,737,395
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 76,429,088 60,268,418 -16,160,670
Other 32,024,438 27,527,945 -4,496,493
Road transport 981,463 142,483 -838,980

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 428,665,998
East Midlands Airport 165,614,455
London Heathrow Airport 129,187,550
Holyhead 109,062,098
000 59,085,280

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 240,526,260 188,139,738 -52,386,522
East Midlands Airport 89,734,682 75,879,773 -13,854,909
London Heathrow Airport 81,810,315 47,377,235 -34,433,080
Holyhead 69,043,025 40,019,073 -29,023,952
000 32,000,370 27,084,910 -4,915,460
Southampton 24,193,540 30,350,482 +6,156,942
Felixstowe 38,247,293 14,840,772 -23,406,521
Immingham Docks 21,921,812 21,742,776 -179,036
Dover 22,754,548 16,946,542 -5,808,006
London Gateway Port 11,424,832 11,414,912 -9,920

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 64

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

Description: Includes all types of shoes, boots, gaiters, and their parts, such as soles and uppers