Import/export HS code 640391: Ankle-high shoes

Footwear that covers the ankle, made with various materials

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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 £
Italy 78,647,667
India 78,495,897
China 66,654,087
Viet Nam 63,788,543
Belgium 59,833,661

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 40,797,951 37,849,716 -2,948,235
India 39,178,562 39,317,335 +138,773
China 34,483,821 32,170,266 -2,313,555
Viet Nam 33,236,261 30,552,282 -2,683,979
Belgium 32,415,393 27,418,268 -4,997,125
Portugal 25,748,269 18,737,317 -7,010,952
Germany 23,171,035 19,770,117 -3,400,918
France 20,059,946 16,846,254 -3,213,692
Spain 16,113,803 15,448,797 -665,006
Netherlands 13,682,696 11,130,374 -2,552,322

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 £
Viet Nam 113,118,069
China 100,106,215
India 88,004,033
Italy 71,191,077
Portugal 70,553,895

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 £
Viet Nam 60,675,944 52,442,125 -8,233,819
China 52,198,975 47,907,240 -4,291,735
India 44,816,331 43,187,702 -1,628,629
Italy 36,858,393 34,332,684 -2,525,709
Portugal 39,486,435 31,067,460 -8,418,975
Indonesia 20,170,361 14,687,092 -5,483,269
Spain 13,538,606 11,838,836 -1,699,770
Cambodia 9,421,029 10,081,245 +660,216
Romania 11,397,121 6,591,608 -4,805,513
Bangladesh 6,058,618 5,361,670 -696,948

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 239
Inner London - East 101
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 65
Surrey, East and West Sussex 55
Greater Manchester 45

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 180 201 +21
Inner London - East 77 73 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 52 55 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 46 41 -5
Greater Manchester 37 30 -7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 31 30 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 29 24 -5
Outer London - West and North West 31 25 -6
West Yorkshire 26 29 +3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 22 20 -2

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) 266,203,480
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 243,679,937
Other 70,636,346
Air transport 46,011,866
Road transport 7,254,259

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) 144,485,135 121,718,345 -22,766,790
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 115,461,157 128,218,780 +12,757,623
Other 50,106,975 20,529,371 -29,577,604
Air transport 24,730,045 21,281,821 -3,448,224
Road transport 3,237,365 4,016,894 +779,529

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 99,614,241
Eurotunnel 97,407,638
Dover 84,777,233
000 70,636,346
Southampton 51,194,512

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 62,733,843 36,880,398 -25,853,445
Eurotunnel 54,789,358 42,618,280 -12,171,078
Dover 44,215,536 40,561,697 -3,653,839
000 50,106,975 20,529,371 -29,577,604
Southampton 27,183,293 24,011,219 -3,172,074
London Gateway Port 13,498,673 34,627,047 +21,128,374
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,693,790 15,846,687 -847,103
499 180,909 24,771,876 +24,590,967
London Heathrow Airport 9,987,946 6,507,790 -3,480,156
Thamesport 8,607,439 6,770,962 -1,836,477

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 722
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 288
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 51
Manufacture of leather and related products 32
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 28

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 342
2025-10 391
2025-09 386
2025-08 357
2025-07 321

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 480
0-1m 303
54m+ 210
Other 81
15m-54m 77

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 £
Italy 11,468,000
United States 9,540,130
France 8,301,881
Netherlands 7,254,273
Ireland 6,711,130

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 £
Italy 5,810,741 5,657,259 -153,482
United States 5,198,554 4,341,576 -856,978
France 4,118,185 4,183,696 +65,511
Netherlands 3,742,014 3,512,259 -229,755
Ireland 3,568,121 3,143,009 -425,112
Germany 3,224,898 2,421,159 -803,739
Belgium 2,325,557 1,101,042 -1,224,515
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,377,700 880,391 -497,309
Japan 1,101,938 1,125,597 +23,659
Portugal 894,030 940,439 +46,409

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 £
India 1,619,202
XU 1,204,340
China 725,613
Belgium 254,872
Viet Nam 173,937

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 £
India 848,853 770,349 -78,504
XU 605,737 598,603 -7,134
China 364,139 361,474 -2,665
Belgium 133,384 121,488 -11,896
Viet Nam 68,078 105,859 +37,781
Cambodia 67,151 79,684 +12,533
Portugal 19,179 34,634 +15,455
Spain 39,815 11,052 -28,763
Italy 27,702 12,271 -15,431
Brazil 5,323 7,578 +2,255

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) 37,434,259
Air transport 27,075,830
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,619,187
Other 4,341,814
Road transport 262,719

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) 20,105,375 17,328,884 -2,776,491
Air transport 14,047,230 13,028,600 -1,018,630
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,551,806 4,067,381 -484,425
Other 2,208,001 2,133,813 -74,188
Road transport 254,173 8,546 -245,627

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 29,673,641
East Midlands Airport 15,616,572
London Heathrow Airport 8,105,603
000 4,341,814
Dover 3,793,781

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 15,997,186 13,676,455 -2,320,731
East Midlands Airport 7,793,271 7,823,301 +30,030
London Heathrow Airport 4,516,632 3,588,971 -927,661
000 2,208,001 2,133,813 -74,188
Dover 2,100,857 1,692,924 -407,933
Felixstowe 2,305,036 785,349 -1,519,687
London Gateway Port 1,182,617 1,146,612 -36,005
Southampton 150,749 1,696,403 +1,545,654
Immingham Docks 938,321 869,946 -68,375
ZLC 907,275 568,260 -339,015

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 640391

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

Description: Footwear that covers the ankle, made with various materials