Import/export HS code 640419: Various textile footwear

Footwear with textile uppers and rubber, plastic, or leather soles, not including sports shoes. Includes a variety of styles for different uses

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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 £
China 396,965,847
Viet Nam 199,189,686
Belgium 157,371,680
Italy 98,908,741
France 98,662,188

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 £
China 212,033,816 184,932,031 -27,101,785
Viet Nam 89,859,518 109,330,168 +19,470,650
Belgium 85,827,744 71,543,936 -14,283,808
Italy 52,897,371 46,011,370 -6,886,001
France 52,353,874 46,308,314 -6,045,560
Germany 64,888,943 31,062,633 -33,826,310
Netherlands 32,985,463 29,570,916 -3,414,547
Indonesia 21,593,155 29,287,820 +7,694,665
Spain 19,705,487 14,233,917 -5,471,570
United States 19,492,036 6,717,933 -12,774,103

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 £
China 550,967,088
Viet Nam 420,379,136
Italy 107,228,671
Indonesia 79,420,308
Cambodia 33,587,793

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 £
China 304,932,415 246,034,673 -58,897,742
Viet Nam 218,400,722 201,978,414 -16,422,308
Italy 58,591,026 48,637,645 -9,953,381
Indonesia 36,342,514 43,077,794 +6,735,280
Cambodia 16,304,328 17,283,465 +979,137
Portugal 13,385,839 12,204,713 -1,181,126
Spain 8,751,412 6,588,191 -2,163,221
Bangladesh 6,500,061 7,649,675 +1,149,614
Romania 7,028,207 6,813,909 -214,298
India 7,412,722 5,796,178 -1,616,544

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 302
Inner London - East 114
Greater Manchester 98
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 70
Outer London - West and North West 59

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 241 240 -1
Inner London - East 86 82 -4
Greater Manchester 75 75 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 57 53 -4
Outer London - West and North West 41 43 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 38 39 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 37 41 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 37 31 -6
West Yorkshire 34 29 -5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 31 21 -10

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) 682,138,145
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 449,976,608
Other 114,500,496
Air transport 81,102,230
Road transport 8,601,964

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) 337,973,948 344,164,197 +6,190,249
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 258,650,590 191,326,018 -67,324,572
Other 69,350,664 45,149,832 -24,200,832
Air transport 41,465,435 39,636,795 -1,828,640
Road transport 4,213,006 4,388,958 +175,952
Rail transport 3,097 6,799 +3,702

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 333,107,967
Dover / Eurotunnel 183,610,559
Southampton 126,261,924
000 114,500,496
Dover 102,906,125

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 195,212,801 137,895,166 -57,317,635
Dover / Eurotunnel 109,480,370 74,130,189 -35,350,181
Southampton 67,292,437 58,969,487 -8,322,950
000 69,350,664 45,149,832 -24,200,832
Dover 59,986,343 42,919,782 -17,066,561
London Gateway Port 20,499,219 72,103,138 +51,603,919
Eurotunnel 37,427,080 36,330,638 -1,096,442
London 39,142,545 28,348,501 -10,794,044
London Heathrow Airport 20,871,633 18,243,399 -2,628,234
Liverpool Docks 13,905,128 18,326,311 +4,421,183

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 846
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 445
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 60
Manufacture of wearing apparel 39
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 33

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 322
2025-10 400
2025-09 409
2025-08 382
2025-07 390

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 587
0-1m 355
54m+ 305
15m-54m 126
Other 116

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 34,525,533
France 22,908,746
Netherlands 19,588,618
Japan 13,561,061
Germany 13,045,582

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 17,270,092 17,255,441 -14,651
France 10,845,169 12,063,577 +1,218,408
Netherlands 8,681,130 10,907,488 +2,226,358
Japan 6,427,257 7,133,804 +706,547
Germany 7,191,003 5,854,579 -1,336,424
Italy 5,437,736 5,938,390 +500,654
United States 6,758,797 2,917,022 -3,841,775
Austria 3,573,966 3,666,164 +92,198
Belgium 3,335,784 3,167,265 -168,519
China 3,176,883 2,334,171 -842,712

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 5,958,366
XU 3,450,234
Viet Nam 1,061,567
India 82,557
Cambodia 66,070

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 3,149,039 2,809,327 -339,712
XU 1,662,266 1,787,968 +125,702
Viet Nam 515,017 546,550 +31,533
India 44,468 38,089 -6,379
Cambodia 40,985 25,085 -15,900
Lao People's Democratic Republic 38,504 26,069 -12,435
Ireland 32,620 21,772 -10,848
Germany 44,360 1,653 -42,707
Indonesia 21,411 21,244 -167
Thailand 4,000 30,012 +26,012

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) 109,186,706
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 33,776,519
Air transport 33,457,400
Other 11,005,858
Road transport 320,817

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) 50,686,650 58,500,056 +7,813,406
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,613,236 16,163,283 -1,449,953
Air transport 17,276,191 16,181,209 -1,094,982
Other 5,629,693 5,376,165 -253,528
Road transport 320,817 0 -320,817

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 63,882,759
Holyhead 20,153,924
Southampton 19,483,567
East Midlands Airport 16,101,840
London Heathrow Airport 13,061,431

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 30,948,380 32,934,379 +1,985,999
Holyhead 9,621,711 10,532,213 +910,502
Southampton 9,225,880 10,257,687 +1,031,807
East Midlands Airport 6,807,387 9,294,453 +2,487,066
London Heathrow Airport 8,532,077 4,529,354 -4,002,723
Immingham Docks 5,099,890 7,484,456 +2,384,566
000 5,629,693 5,376,165 -253,528
Dover 3,047,298 3,341,145 +293,847
Liverpool Docks 3,651,543 2,704,481 -947,062
Felixstowe 1,946,597 1,815,636 -130,961

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 640419

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

Description: Footwear with textile uppers and rubber, plastic, or leather soles, not including sports shoes. Includes a variety of styles for different uses