Import/export HS code 650610: Safety headgear

Protective headgear designed for safety, such as helmets for construction or industrial use

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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 65,787,304
France 23,241,365
Germany 19,537,412
Italy 18,579,155
Japan 16,293,058

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 32,997,752 32,789,552 -208,200
France 11,514,608 11,726,757 +212,149
Germany 10,181,966 9,355,446 -826,520
Italy 8,896,961 9,682,194 +785,233
Japan 8,737,480 7,555,578 -1,181,902
United States 7,149,216 5,784,576 -1,364,640
Viet Nam 6,707,023 5,676,396 -1,030,627
Belgium 4,746,499 1,867,215 -2,879,284
Netherlands 3,650,870 2,710,767 -940,103
Taiwan 1,739,764 2,485,879 +746,115

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 98,499,928
Japan 16,813,023
Viet Nam 14,255,034
Italy 14,060,602
United States 13,248,483

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 49,391,155 49,108,773 -282,382
Japan 9,033,051 7,779,972 -1,253,079
Viet Nam 7,454,025 6,801,009 -653,016
Italy 6,709,034 7,351,568 +642,534
United States 7,362,811 5,885,672 -1,477,139
France 3,825,508 3,424,977 -400,531
Germany 3,409,185 2,754,272 -654,913
Turkey 4,415,820 1,487,472 -2,928,348
Bahrain 1,798,461 2,531,928 +733,467
Portugal 1,806,564 2,109,757 +303,193

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 66
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 47
Surrey, East and West Sussex 37
Greater Manchester 36
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 35

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 44 45 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 34 37 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 24 28 +4
Greater Manchester 27 23 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 27 30 +3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 23 24 +1
Inner London - East 19 20 +1
West Midlands 22 23 +1
Outer London - West and North West 22 19 -3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 20 23 +3

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) 95,253,898
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 62,067,466
Air transport 40,513,092
Other 15,468,829
Road transport 193,287

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) 47,576,287 47,677,611 +101,324
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 31,889,492 30,177,974 -1,711,518
Air transport 19,412,428 21,100,664 +1,688,236
Other 10,273,065 5,195,764 -5,077,301
Road transport 116,549 76,738 -39,811

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 43,380,714
Southampton 28,025,898
Dover 26,089,877
Eurotunnel 18,494,630
000 15,468,829

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 22,600,530 20,780,184 -1,820,346
Southampton 15,281,263 12,744,635 -2,536,628
Dover 11,743,239 14,346,638 +2,603,399
Eurotunnel 11,127,521 7,367,109 -3,760,412
000 10,273,065 5,195,764 -5,077,301
London Gateway Port 5,938,216 9,190,899 +3,252,683
London Heathrow Airport 7,514,068 5,726,828 -1,787,240
East Midlands Airport 4,769,047 7,666,439 +2,897,392
London Stansted Airport 2,684,588 3,079,276 +394,688
Immingham Docks 2,104,294 3,170,848 +1,066,554

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 240
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 217
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 57
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 43
Other manufacturing 39

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 188
2025-10 217
2025-09 194
2025-08 181
2025-07 216

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 321
54m+ 184
0-1m 151
15m-54m 83
Other 50

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 £
Sweden 41,317,588
United States 20,741,583
Germany 10,494,326
Ireland 6,669,050
Netherlands 5,058,588

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 £
Sweden 27,485,871 13,831,717 -13,654,154
United States 14,230,623 6,510,960 -7,719,663
Germany 5,266,407 5,227,919 -38,488
Ireland 3,537,351 3,131,699 -405,652
Netherlands 3,154,949 1,903,639 -1,251,310
France 2,472,549 2,495,169 +22,620
Italy 1,385,264 2,776,004 +1,390,740
Poland 414,981 3,691,236 +3,276,255
United Arab Emirates 1,405,760 725,143 -680,617
Spain 1,016,629 842,703 -173,926

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 526,137
Switzerland 338,723
XI 222,506
France 89,003
XU 24,583

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 304,922 221,215 -83,707
Switzerland 183,555 155,168 -28,387
XI 66,378 156,128 +89,750
France 77,918 11,085 -66,833
XU 15,945 8,638 -7,307
Portugal 16,067 8,424 -7,643
Germany 22,269 258 -22,011
Austria 13,160 2,837 -10,323
Ireland 11,558 3,969 -7,589
Sweden 2,601 2,787 +186

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) 58,363,780
Air transport 39,129,748
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 28,557,820
Other 1,308,077
Road transport 188,290

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) 27,584,008 30,779,772 +3,195,764
Air transport 22,688,874 16,440,874 -6,248,000
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,978,545 6,579,275 -15,399,270
Other 728,998 579,079 -149,919
Road transport 188,290 0 -188,290

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 41,141,860
Dover / Eurotunnel 23,266,912
London Heathrow Airport 15,820,439
East Midlands Airport 8,970,897
Dover 5,460,241

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 £
Immingham Docks 27,610,024 13,531,836 -14,078,188
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,657,259 12,609,653 +1,952,394
London Heathrow Airport 11,151,566 4,668,873 -6,482,693
East Midlands Airport 4,419,315 4,551,582 +132,267
Dover 3,363,952 2,096,289 -1,267,663
London Stansted Airport 2,070,321 2,593,909 +523,588
ZLC 1,661,959 2,271,813 +609,854
Felixstowe 1,047,378 2,837,238 +1,789,860
London Gateway Port 2,469,691 709,707 -1,759,984
Holyhead 1,338,565 1,583,941 +245,376

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 650610

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

Description: Protective headgear designed for safety, such as helmets for construction or industrial use