Import/export HS code 65050090: Various types of hats and headgear

Includes all other hats and headgear not specified elsewhere, made from various materials

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 135,326,718
Italy 13,704,163
Netherlands 13,394,896
France 10,001,644
Germany 6,571,487

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 70,914,939 64,411,779 -6,503,160
Italy 7,783,313 5,920,850 -1,862,463
Netherlands 7,931,059 5,463,837 -2,467,222
France 5,420,002 4,581,642 -838,360
Germany 3,179,412 3,392,075 +212,663
United States 3,523,507 2,962,337 -561,170
Belgium 2,610,480 1,756,193 -854,287
India 1,819,490 1,865,264 +45,774
Bangladesh 1,705,989 1,753,343 +47,354
Viet Nam 1,177,203 1,349,769 +172,566

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 162,275,539
Italy 14,801,538
Viet Nam 5,017,648
Bangladesh 4,964,699
India 3,570,571

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 85,802,329 76,473,210 -9,329,119
Italy 8,304,961 6,496,577 -1,808,384
Viet Nam 2,412,851 2,604,797 +191,946
Bangladesh 2,378,311 2,586,388 +208,077
India 1,845,471 1,725,100 -120,371
United States 1,922,157 1,142,452 -779,705
Indonesia 1,075,378 1,474,906 +399,528
Cambodia 1,086,654 938,676 -147,978
Sri Lanka 994,487 1,010,761 +16,274
Turkey 997,122 733,176 -263,946

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 432
Inner London - East 218
Greater Manchester 165
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 139
Outer London - West and North West 130

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 314 302 -12
Inner London - East 139 162 +23
Greater Manchester 129 120 -9
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 101 91 -10
Outer London - West and North West 94 81 -13
Surrey, East and West Sussex 71 74 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 70 64 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 53 60 +7
West Midlands 57 46 -11
West Yorkshire 47 43 -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) 125,326,211
Air transport 41,802,753
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 41,253,908
Other 16,511,071
Road transport 1,784,287

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) 63,573,745 61,752,466 -1,821,279
Air transport 21,072,973 20,729,780 -343,193
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 23,563,041 17,690,867 -5,872,174
Other 11,873,086 4,637,985 -7,235,101
Road transport 481,244 1,303,043 +821,799

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 62,576,704
Southampton 24,065,677
London Gateway Port 18,383,494
London Heathrow Airport 17,290,120
000 16,511,071

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 39,171,195 23,405,509 -15,765,686
Southampton 12,337,957 11,727,720 -610,237
London Gateway Port 5,373,980 13,009,514 +7,635,534
London Heathrow Airport 8,786,186 8,503,934 -282,252
000 11,873,086 4,637,985 -7,235,101
Eurotunnel 6,934,508 5,296,114 -1,638,394
Dover 5,753,065 4,065,443 -1,687,622
499 44,367 9,763,868 +9,719,501
East Midlands Airport 4,158,711 4,113,151 -45,560
London 4,079,795 2,906,170 -1,173,625

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 1063
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 854
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 151
Manufacture of wearing apparel 140
Other manufacturing 77

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 363
2025-11 449
2025-10 577
2025-09 554
2025-08 482

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 1048
0-1m 566
54m+ 510
15m-54m 240
Other 186

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 £
Saudi Arabia 36,115,177
France 8,726,925
Ireland 7,725,853
Netherlands 5,373,963
Germany 3,526,907

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 £
Saudi Arabia 17,747,166 18,368,011 +620,845
France 3,412,107 5,314,818 +1,902,711
Ireland 3,857,473 3,868,380 +10,907
Netherlands 2,918,633 2,455,330 -463,303
Germany 1,904,181 1,622,726 -281,455
United States 1,679,527 1,579,221 -100,306
Italy 1,549,586 1,132,495 -417,091
Belgium 1,218,363 867,530 -350,833
Japan 842,766 755,327 -87,439
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,160,553 378,976 -781,577

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 2,046,613
India 152,621
Sri Lanka 60,583
XI 51,008
Bangladesh 32,966

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 889,457 1,157,156 +267,699
India 70,174 82,447 +12,273
Sri Lanka 39,033 21,550 -17,483
XI 27,964 23,044 -4,920
Bangladesh 12,876 20,090 +7,214
Viet Nam 20,563 9,996 -10,567
Cambodia 522 7,921 +7,399
Ireland 4,143 3,111 -1,032
Italy 1,272 3,305 +2,033
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,621 2,059 +438

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 38,722,697
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,400,348
Air transport 20,528,191
Other 2,662,152
Road transport 58,661

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,532,832 19,189,865 -342,967
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,043,735 13,356,613 +2,312,878
Air transport 11,774,335 8,753,856 -3,020,479
Other 1,223,124 1,439,028 +215,904
Road transport 57,256 1,405 -55,851

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 32,020,275
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,174,275
East Midlands Airport 10,949,966
London Heathrow Airport 4,752,875
Dover 4,160,563

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 £
London Gateway Port 16,958,101 15,062,174 -1,895,927
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,165,605 7,008,670 -156,935
East Midlands Airport 6,418,519 4,531,447 -1,887,072
London Heathrow Airport 2,927,632 1,825,243 -1,102,389
Dover 1,129,538 3,031,025 +1,901,487
Felixstowe 1,063,626 2,329,957 +1,266,331
ZLC 1,670,711 1,402,009 -268,702
000 1,223,124 1,439,028 +215,904
Holyhead 1,147,367 1,250,232 +102,865
Grangemouth Docks 7,036 1,326,235 +1,319,199

Quick facts

HS code: 65050090

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

Description: Includes all other hats and headgear not specified elsewhere, made from various materials