Import/export HS code 640219: Various rubber or plastic footwear

Miscellaneous footwear made of rubber or plastic not specifically categorized elsewhere. Includes various styles and uses

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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
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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 £
Belgium 60,904,683
Indonesia 34,196,588
China 32,813,938
Viet Nam 30,575,866
Germany 28,767,385

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 £
Belgium 23,651,278 37,253,405 +13,602,127
Indonesia 17,407,802 16,788,786 -619,016
China 19,036,287 13,777,651 -5,258,636
Viet Nam 16,905,898 13,669,968 -3,235,930
Germany 13,381,085 15,386,300 +2,005,215
Cambodia 6,780,397 7,658,069 +877,672
Italy 3,009,636 3,794,215 +784,579
France 2,614,411 2,293,626 -320,785
Spain 1,708,428 1,036,362 -672,066
Netherlands 1,642,166 1,035,858 -606,308

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 £
Indonesia 67,149,587
China 64,611,227
Viet Nam 50,289,499
Cambodia 21,245,444
Bosnia and Herzegovina 8,879,591

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 £
Indonesia 31,720,737 35,428,850 +3,708,113
China 33,555,877 31,055,350 -2,500,527
Viet Nam 24,412,049 25,877,450 +1,465,401
Cambodia 9,762,441 11,483,003 +1,720,562
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,759,114 5,120,477 +1,361,363
Italy 1,204,900 2,873,110 +1,668,210
Myanmar 1,275,207 453,097 -822,110
Spain 502,825 443,739 -59,086
Japan 406,603 267,838 -138,765
Germany 136,940 333,896 +196,956

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 38
Greater Manchester 20
Inner London - East 17
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 10
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 10

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 24 26 +2
Greater Manchester 14 14 +0
Inner London - East 11 12 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 7 7 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 6 8 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 8 7 -1
West Midlands 5 5 +0
West Yorkshire 8 5 -3
Outer London - West and North West 5 4 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 5 5 +0

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) 101,502,596
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 91,275,565
Other 24,219,767
Air transport 9,313,760
Road transport 554,237

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) 50,741,850 50,760,746 +18,896
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 38,890,308 52,385,257 +13,494,949
Other 15,251,284 8,968,483 -6,282,801
Air transport 5,140,775 4,172,985 -967,790
Road transport 305,221 249,016 -56,205

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 55,165,884
Felixstowe 43,284,343
000 24,219,767
Liverpool Docks 19,578,138
Dover / Eurotunnel 19,458,016

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 £
Eurotunnel 20,355,915 34,809,969 +14,454,054
Felixstowe 27,412,561 15,871,782 -11,540,779
000 15,251,284 8,968,483 -6,282,801
Liverpool Docks 7,813,170 11,764,968 +3,951,798
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,329,297 12,128,719 +4,799,422
Southampton 9,777,884 8,103,690 -1,674,194
Dover 8,286,181 2,944,848 -5,341,333
London Gateway Port 2,936,469 7,313,276 +4,376,807
499 143,640 5,160,078 +5,016,438
East Midlands Airport 1,295,568 1,980,279 +684,711

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 106
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 67
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 18
Other manufacturing 11
Manufacture of wearing apparel 9

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 35
2025-10 47
2025-09 37
2025-08 46
2025-07 44

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 85
54m+ 63
0-1m 39
15m-54m 20
Other 17

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 11,545,791
Belgium 5,539,440
Austria 2,350,338
Netherlands 2,165,843
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,128,374

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 6,234,082 5,311,709 -922,373
Belgium 3,046,647 2,492,793 -553,854
Austria 1,299,115 1,051,223 -247,892
Netherlands 1,420,530 745,313 -675,217
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 606,988 521,386 -85,602
Germany 676,610 438,502 -238,108
Viet Nam 552,493 360,889 -191,604
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 461,379 342,789 -118,590
France 266,409 302,094 +35,685
Italy 95,089 453,651 +358,562

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 350,877
XU 148,938
Belgium 72,998
Spain 16,875
Indonesia 6,484

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 42,399 308,478 +266,079
XU 49,645 99,293 +49,648
Belgium 52,581 20,417 -32,164
Spain 12,216 4,659 -7,557
Indonesia 2,271 4,213 +1,942
Viet Nam 1,406 2,706 +1,300
Cambodia 434 776 +342
Mauritius 512 0 -512
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 0 129 +129
Taiwan 106 0 -106

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) 23,046,455
Air transport 4,723,666
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 949,616
Other 602,241
Road transport 56,241

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) 12,224,382 10,822,073 -1,402,309
Air transport 2,466,061 2,257,605 -208,456
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 908,083 41,533 -866,550
Other 161,570 440,671 +279,101
Road transport 56,241 0 -56,241

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 9,760,666
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,120,726
London Heathrow Airport 3,185,616
Immingham Docks 2,095,355
Harwich 1,183,287

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 £
Holyhead 5,276,860 4,483,806 -793,054
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,003,210 4,117,516 -885,694
London Heathrow Airport 1,856,748 1,328,868 -527,880
Immingham Docks 1,028,146 1,067,209 +39,063
Harwich 620,735 562,552 -58,183
East Midlands Airport 452,745 721,925 +269,180
Liverpool Docks 542,848 187,684 -355,164
000 161,570 440,671 +279,101
Dover 247,986 227,580 -20,406
ZLC 126,538 102,099 -24,439

Quick facts

HS code: 640219

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

Description: Miscellaneous footwear made of rubber or plastic not specifically categorized elsewhere. Includes various styles and uses