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 £
India 78,934,361
Italy 78,642,830
China 66,411,540
Viet Nam 63,738,956
Belgium 57,896,920

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 £
India 40,241,204 38,693,157 -1,548,047
Italy 40,508,201 38,134,629 -2,373,572
China 34,704,226 31,707,314 -2,996,912
Viet Nam 33,039,124 30,699,832 -2,339,292
Belgium 31,775,006 26,121,914 -5,653,092
Portugal 25,774,956 18,051,345 -7,723,611
Germany 22,857,499 19,581,247 -3,276,252
France 21,022,908 15,632,281 -5,390,627
Spain 16,079,446 15,817,751 -261,695
Netherlands 13,272,089 11,244,403 -2,027,686

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 111,983,595
China 99,526,373
India 88,087,441
Italy 71,272,197
Portugal 69,852,387

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 60,501,049 51,482,546 -9,018,503
China 52,122,073 47,404,300 -4,717,773
India 45,651,529 42,435,912 -3,215,617
Italy 36,148,079 35,124,118 -1,023,961
Portugal 40,619,305 29,233,082 -11,386,223
Indonesia 19,124,782 14,309,778 -4,815,004
Spain 13,369,366 12,210,053 -1,159,313
Cambodia 9,349,657 10,118,148 +768,491
Romania 11,806,994 6,159,710 -5,647,284
Bangladesh 6,121,188 5,215,902 -905,286

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 238
Inner London - East 102
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 65
Surrey, East and West Sussex 54
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 78 71 -7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 51 57 +6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 45 41 -4
Greater Manchester 38 29 -9
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 32 32 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 28 26 -2
Outer London - West and North West 30 25 -5
West Yorkshire 27 27 +0
West Midlands 23 22 -1

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) 263,475,135
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 245,525,348
Other 67,406,553
Air transport 46,090,654
Road transport 7,260,161

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) 144,640,096 118,835,039 -25,805,057
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 116,187,736 129,337,612 +13,149,876
Other 49,162,502 18,244,051 -30,918,451
Air transport 24,574,493 21,516,161 -3,058,332
Road transport 3,198,930 4,061,231 +862,301

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 98,004,691
Eurotunnel 95,177,586
Dover 84,721,315
000 67,406,553
Southampton 51,573,346

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 62,596,052 35,408,639 -27,187,413
Eurotunnel 54,151,431 41,026,155 -13,125,276
Dover 44,597,914 40,123,401 -4,474,513
000 49,162,502 18,244,051 -30,918,451
Southampton 27,563,336 24,010,010 -3,553,326
London Gateway Port 14,069,083 35,413,491 +21,344,408
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,107,139 15,230,061 -1,877,078
499 167,318 26,726,920 +26,559,602
London Heathrow Airport 10,081,787 6,405,450 -3,676,337
Thamesport 8,487,503 6,587,366 -1,900,137

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 724
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 285
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 49
Manufacture of leather and related products 33
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 27

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 275
2025-11 343
2025-10 392
2025-09 386
2025-08 357

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 478
0-1m 308
54m+ 211
Other 85
15m-54m 74

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 11,558,771
United States 9,379,612
France 8,461,437
Netherlands 7,309,228
Ireland 6,675,391

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 6,215,404 5,343,367 -872,037
United States 4,929,775 4,449,837 -479,938
France 4,121,094 4,340,343 +219,249
Netherlands 3,477,700 3,831,528 +353,828
Ireland 3,504,660 3,170,731 -333,929
Germany 2,979,846 2,417,948 -561,898
Belgium 2,190,928 922,967 -1,267,961
Japan 1,159,300 1,089,629 -69,671
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,353,648 868,936 -484,712
Portugal 907,855 859,266 -48,589

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 1,638,856
China 745,537
Belgium 239,537
Viet Nam 184,213
Cambodia 153,602

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 855,910 782,946 -72,964
China 370,346 375,191 +4,845
Belgium 129,092 110,445 -18,647
Viet Nam 69,931 114,282 +44,351
Cambodia 72,109 81,493 +9,384
Portugal 18,186 38,457 +20,271
Spain 39,391 15,674 -23,717
Italy 21,458 12,758 -8,700
Brazil 5,662 8,849 +3,187
Bangladesh 7,753 3,444 -4,309

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) 37,011,285
Air transport 27,100,218
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,406,422
Other 4,409,869
Road transport 173,006

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) 19,980,256 17,031,029 -2,949,227
Air transport 13,738,685 13,361,533 -377,152
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,833,593 3,572,829 -1,260,764
Other 2,242,096 2,167,773 -74,323
Road transport 164,460 8,546 -155,914

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 29,450,896
East Midlands Airport 15,576,527
London Heathrow Airport 8,152,267
000 4,409,869
Dover 3,654,201

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 15,747,834 13,703,062 -2,044,772
East Midlands Airport 7,645,353 7,931,174 +285,821
London Heathrow Airport 4,289,371 3,862,896 -426,475
000 2,242,096 2,167,773 -74,323
Dover 2,215,074 1,439,127 -775,947
Felixstowe 2,717,482 310,113 -2,407,369
London Gateway Port 1,144,121 1,121,465 -22,656
Southampton 122,591 1,745,172 +1,622,581
Immingham Docks 970,065 842,988 -127,077
ZLC 830,769 580,629 -250,140

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