Import/export HS code 640590: Various footwear

Footwear not covered by other categories, including unique designs and materials for various uses

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 £
China 35,280,303
Italy 10,364,303
Viet Nam 8,736,168
France 7,799,965
Spain 3,237,780

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 17,440,808 17,839,495 +398,687
Italy 6,764,659 3,599,644 -3,165,015
Viet Nam 3,061,318 5,674,850 +2,613,532
France 3,937,826 3,862,139 -75,687
Spain 1,556,994 1,680,786 +123,792
Germany 486,696 2,618,178 +2,131,482
Netherlands 1,312,033 1,059,155 -252,878
United States 891,468 757,342 -134,126
Pakistan 891,403 372,855 -518,548
Cambodia 17,693 1,196,384 +1,178,691

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 41,524,394
Viet Nam 15,052,848
Italy 13,088,321
Cambodia 2,010,531
Spain 1,717,084

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 19,624,893 21,899,501 +2,274,608
Viet Nam 6,346,143 8,706,705 +2,360,562
Italy 7,540,955 5,547,366 -1,993,589
Cambodia 156,079 1,854,452 +1,698,373
Spain 963,848 753,236 -210,612
India 379,750 930,573 +550,823
Pakistan 832,576 397,761 -434,815
Philippines 631,705 497,007 -134,698
Portugal 310,686 813,314 +502,628
Indonesia 139,001 927,171 +788,170

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 167
Inner London - East 65
Greater Manchester 34
Outer London - West and North West 32
Surrey, East and West Sussex 26

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 113 112 -1
Inner London - East 40 37 -3
Greater Manchester 24 22 -2
Outer London - West and North West 22 20 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 19 13 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 20 8 -12
West Midlands 15 12 -3
West Yorkshire 14 12 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 10 11 +1
Outer London - East and North East 11 7 -4

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) 37,258,779
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,821,276
Other 13,891,387
Air transport 10,615,112
Road transport 1,176,945

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) 14,696,363 22,562,416 +7,866,053
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,754,837 10,066,439 -1,688,398
Other 8,381,955 5,509,432 -2,872,523
Air transport 5,429,682 5,185,430 -244,252
Road transport 245,501 931,444 +685,943

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 14,796,802
000 13,891,387
Dover 8,586,743
Southampton 7,046,470
London Gateway Port 6,264,204

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 8,726,025 6,070,777 -2,655,248
000 8,381,955 5,509,432 -2,872,523
Dover 5,295,522 3,291,221 -2,004,301
Southampton 3,884,462 3,162,008 -722,454
London Gateway Port 857,014 5,407,190 +4,550,176
499 24,584 5,790,827 +5,766,243
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,775,892 3,970,619 +2,194,727
London Heathrow Airport 2,116,113 1,609,732 -506,381
Eurotunnel 2,106,174 1,565,458 -540,716
Liverpool Docks 575,491 1,505,373 +929,882

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 379
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 153
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 34
Manufacture of wearing apparel 19
Manufacture of leather and related products 17

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 70
2025-10 94
2025-09 92
2025-08 89
2025-07 102

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 242
0-1m 157
54m+ 135
15m-54m 44
Other 44

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 6,184,791
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,900,189
Austria 1,879,548
Italy 1,510,237
Germany 1,402,692

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 5,204,503 980,288 -4,224,215
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 996,055 904,134 -91,921
Austria 714,374 1,165,174 +450,800
Italy 937,130 573,107 -364,023
Germany 536,823 865,869 +329,046
Netherlands 807,713 394,416 -413,297
France 400,547 493,436 +92,889
United States 488,853 292,714 -196,139
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 387,333 209,206 -178,127
Ghana 229,525 357,400 +127,875

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 232,524
Turkey 126,079
XU 3,443
India 2,426
Italy 1,610

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 124,181 108,343 -15,838
Turkey 36,200 89,879 +53,679
XU 2,973 470 -2,503
India 0 2,426 +2,426
Italy 1,610 0 -1,610
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 831 352 -479
Cambodia 58 482 +424
Viet Nam 84 309 +225
Spain 311 0 -311
Lao People's Democratic Republic 33 0 -33

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) 12,482,449
Air transport 6,921,442
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,585,500
Other 368,542
Road transport 14,856

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) 8,197,063 4,285,386 -3,911,677
Air transport 3,890,853 3,030,589 -860,264
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 967,459 618,041 -349,418
Other 166,281 202,261 +35,980
Road transport 14,856 0 -14,856

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 5,670,676
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,447,966
East Midlands Airport 3,627,007
London Heathrow Airport 2,099,438
Harwich 1,828,394

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 £
Holyhead 4,919,912 750,764 -4,169,148
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,365,422 2,082,544 -282,878
East Midlands Airport 2,070,941 1,556,066 -514,875
London Heathrow Airport 1,074,042 1,025,396 -48,646
Harwich 601,870 1,226,524 +624,654
London Gateway Port 404,710 515,860 +111,150
London Stansted Airport 560,292 241,742 -318,550
000 166,281 202,261 +35,980
ZLC 137,171 190,604 +53,433
London 284,933 13,347 -271,586

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 640590

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

Description: Footwear not covered by other categories, including unique designs and materials for various uses