Import/export HS code 640411: Sports shoes

Footwear designed for sports activities, such as tennis shoes, basketball shoes, gym shoes, and training shoes. Perfect for athletes and fitness enthusiasts

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 £
Viet Nam 444,567,982
Belgium 299,495,783
Indonesia 97,845,851
China 73,086,494
Germany 48,940,587

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 £
Viet Nam 200,300,564 244,267,418 +43,966,854
Belgium 142,772,685 156,723,098 +13,950,413
Indonesia 46,216,153 51,629,698 +5,413,545
China 33,887,403 39,199,091 +5,311,688
Germany 24,042,432 24,898,155 +855,723
France 23,828,661 19,103,175 -4,725,486
Netherlands 15,373,889 9,123,778 -6,250,111
Italy 6,675,554 8,493,450 +1,817,896
United States 6,043,603 2,929,375 -3,114,228
Ireland 3,551,721 3,451,175 -100,546

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 699,392,180
Indonesia 186,316,316
China 138,924,992
Cambodia 15,678,485
India 9,135,803

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 324,150,391 375,241,789 +51,091,398
Indonesia 90,099,958 96,216,358 +6,116,400
China 71,405,126 67,519,866 -3,885,260
Cambodia 7,830,927 7,847,558 +16,631
India 4,481,130 4,654,673 +173,543
Italy 3,849,791 3,723,559 -126,232
United Kingdom 1,425,116 1,404,333 -20,783
Romania 820,201 842,836 +22,635
United States 1,036,575 439,588 -596,987
Portugal 754,772 566,796 -187,976

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 123
Inner London - East 58
Greater Manchester 35
Surrey, East and West Sussex 25
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 24

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 81 85 +4
Inner London - East 42 35 -7
Greater Manchester 28 18 -10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 17 14 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 16 19 +3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 15 17 +2
Outer London - West and North West 15 14 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 14 17 +3
West Midlands 16 12 -4
West Yorkshire 13 13 +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) 525,404,335
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 373,479,060
Other 131,464,712
Air transport 68,293,218
Road transport 619,158

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) 228,607,996 296,796,339 +68,188,343
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 184,225,033 189,254,027 +5,028,994
Other 76,276,255 55,188,457 -21,087,798
Air transport 35,587,892 32,705,326 -2,882,566
Road transport 431,987 187,171 -244,816

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 272,272,590
Southampton 271,169,370
000 131,464,712
Felixstowe 126,142,464
London Gateway Port 61,436,131

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 128,624,230 143,648,360 +15,024,130
Southampton 123,052,848 148,116,522 +25,063,674
000 76,276,255 55,188,457 -21,087,798
Felixstowe 75,858,487 50,283,977 -25,574,510
London Gateway Port 10,509,589 50,926,542 +40,416,953
London Heathrow Airport 25,885,884 22,687,703 -3,198,181
Dover 19,674,595 17,897,589 -1,777,006
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,277,805 20,783,884 +7,506,079
499 1,442,591 29,677,047 +28,234,456
Liverpool Docks 14,078,980 9,805,481 -4,273,499

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 328
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 184
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 25
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 19
Manufacture of wearing apparel 19

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 94
2025-11 110
2025-10 112
2025-09 114
2025-08 110

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 230
54m+ 144
0-1m 121
Other 52
15m-54m 41

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 £
Netherlands 45,414,579
Ireland 29,473,912
France 27,550,205
Belgium 20,826,947
Germany 12,339,944

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 £
Netherlands 27,605,392 17,809,187 -9,796,205
Ireland 16,845,488 12,628,424 -4,217,064
France 15,542,778 12,007,427 -3,535,351
Belgium 12,359,709 8,467,238 -3,892,471
Germany 7,689,863 4,650,081 -3,039,782
Spain 7,396,503 4,048,378 -3,348,125
Saudi Arabia 5,628,791 5,029,941 -598,850
Italy 6,044,591 4,052,912 -1,991,679
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,088,449 2,413,926 -674,523
United Arab Emirates 2,323,620 1,759,755 -563,865

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 1,376,428
Viet Nam 81,084
Indonesia 29,812
Ireland 22,687
Cambodia 7,930

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 736,753 639,675 -97,078
Viet Nam 51,861 29,223 -22,638
Indonesia 20,703 9,109 -11,594
Ireland 10,636 12,051 +1,415
Cambodia 7,711 219 -7,492
India 2,028 348 -1,680
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 336 1,382 +1,046
Bangladesh 380 1,013 +633
Myanmar 1,183 131 -1,052
Japan 1,010 0 -1,010

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) 161,153,844
Air transport 37,979,588
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,541,399
Other 3,446,931
Road transport 28,799

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) 95,873,512 65,280,332 -30,593,180
Air transport 21,717,761 16,261,827 -5,455,934
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,161,974 1,379,425 -1,782,549
Other 1,666,320 1,780,611 +114,291
Road transport 28,799 0 -28,799

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 109,650,740
Holyhead 22,390,416
London Heathrow Airport 16,437,529
Immingham Docks 12,413,614
East Midlands Airport 10,940,436

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 63,813,456 45,837,284 -17,976,172
Holyhead 11,970,658 10,419,758 -1,550,900
London Heathrow Airport 12,490,860 3,946,669 -8,544,191
Immingham Docks 7,532,599 4,881,015 -2,651,584
East Midlands Airport 5,396,929 5,543,507 +146,578
Eurotunnel 7,409,424 1,226,964 -6,182,460
Birmingham Airport 1,900,737 5,174,670 +3,273,933
Dover 2,210,951 1,949,282 -261,669
000 1,666,320 1,780,611 +114,291
London Stansted Airport 1,182,663 850,596 -332,067

Quick facts

HS code: 640411

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

Description: Footwear designed for sports activities, such as tennis shoes, basketball shoes, gym shoes, and training shoes. Perfect for athletes and fitness enthusiasts