Import/export HS code 640351: Ankle-high shoes

Shoes that cover the ankle, made with various materials

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 £
Italy 20,712,360
France 14,616,712
India 8,067,835
Portugal 6,213,380
China 4,163,393

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 £
Italy 10,321,472 10,390,888 +69,416
France 8,022,067 6,594,645 -1,427,422
India 4,473,232 3,594,603 -878,629
Portugal 3,420,269 2,793,111 -627,158
China 2,807,973 1,355,420 -1,452,553
Spain 2,138,374 1,395,405 -742,969
Switzerland 1,720,774 1,663,448 -57,326
Netherlands 949,444 1,094,496 +145,052
Germany 803,086 1,076,215 +273,129
United States 479,471 657,500 +178,029

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 £
Italy 37,643,624
India 8,197,394
Portugal 8,184,361
China 5,154,789
Spain 4,779,480

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 £
Italy 19,200,074 18,443,550 -756,524
India 4,513,287 3,684,107 -829,180
Portugal 4,615,788 3,568,573 -1,047,215
China 3,430,419 1,724,370 -1,706,049
Spain 2,365,061 2,414,419 +49,358
Australia 307,500 647,011 +339,511
Viet Nam 386,152 538,849 +152,697
Turkey 510,916 342,743 -168,173
France 455,747 286,807 -168,940
United Kingdom 369,646 120,396 -249,250

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 161
Inner London - East 49
Surrey, East and West Sussex 31
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 24
Greater Manchester 16

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 130 117 -13
Inner London - East 41 31 -10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 23 25 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 18 18 +0
Greater Manchester 11 11 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 8 9 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 9 9 +0
Outer London - West and North West 9 7 -2
West Midlands 9 7 -2
West Yorkshire 9 5 -4

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 35,049,470
Air transport 18,837,298
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,386,879
Other 1,107,451
Road transport 856,481

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,525,138 17,524,332 -806
Air transport 9,448,561 9,388,737 -59,824
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,758,132 5,628,747 -3,129,385
Other 912,177 195,274 -716,903
Road transport 706,056 150,425 -555,631

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 12,444,718
London Heathrow Airport 8,558,839
Dover 8,315,097
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,605,672
London Gateway Port 5,291,784

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 6,563,112 5,881,606 -681,506
London Heathrow Airport 4,450,962 4,107,877 -343,085
Dover 3,836,669 4,478,428 +641,759
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,514,149 4,091,523 +577,374
London Gateway Port 2,740,905 2,550,879 -190,026
East Midlands Airport 2,215,978 1,930,635 -285,343
Felixstowe 2,627,927 1,080,053 -1,547,874
London 2,039,841 1,646,824 -393,017
Thamesport 1,450,522 692,169 -758,353
London Stansted Airport 847,382 1,260,552 +413,170

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 326
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 107
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 29
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 16
Manufacture of leather and related products 10

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 118
2025-10 128
2025-09 138
2025-08 132
2025-07 120

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 190
54m+ 112
0-1m 105
15m-54m 37
Other 31

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 5,715,134
Italy 5,260,929
United States 3,357,660
Netherlands 1,353,374
Germany 942,408

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 3,587,682 2,127,452 -1,460,230
Italy 3,238,665 2,022,264 -1,216,401
United States 2,331,973 1,025,687 -1,306,286
Netherlands 845,363 508,011 -337,352
Germany 580,253 362,155 -218,098
Ireland 551,476 318,423 -233,053
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 468,855 282,954 -185,901
Poland 467,537 254,723 -212,814
Spain 468,162 244,758 -223,404
Denmark 184,669 526,798 +342,129

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 £
Italy 10,334
XU 10,172
Ireland 7,743
China 5,363
India 3,000

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 £
Italy 9,410 924 -8,486
XU 3,297 6,875 +3,578
Ireland 4,749 2,994 -1,755
China 1,380 3,983 +2,603
India 2,059 941 -1,118
Viet Nam 0 2,456 +2,456
XI 1,308 609 -699
Portugal 437 220 -217
Brazil 0 494 +494
Spain 55 72 +17

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 12,749,882
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,839,305
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,597,949
Road transport 79,634
Other 42,297

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 8,150,669 4,599,213 -3,551,456
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,148,236 4,691,069 -2,457,167
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,037,139 560,810 -476,329
Road transport 79,634 0 -79,634
Other 22,695 19,602 -3,093

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,186,159
East Midlands Airport 7,071,102
London Heathrow Airport 3,321,853
Dover 1,165,708
ZLC 911,816

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 5,612,524 3,573,635 -2,038,889
East Midlands Airport 4,521,742 2,549,360 -1,972,382
London Heathrow Airport 2,143,043 1,178,810 -964,233
Dover 715,541 450,167 -265,374
ZLC 518,202 393,614 -124,588
London Stansted Airport 593,108 315,408 -277,700
London Gateway Port 441,856 354,867 -86,989
Holyhead 365,813 234,214 -131,599
Birmingham Airport 383,302 153,306 -229,996
Liverpool Docks 414,031 13,176 -400,855

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 640351

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

Description: Shoes that cover the ankle, made with various materials