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 66,170,637
France 23,541,858
Germany 19,527,890
Italy 18,445,977
Japan 16,542,613

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 33,989,166 32,181,471 -1,807,695
France 11,825,164 11,716,694 -108,470
Germany 10,061,336 9,466,554 -594,782
Italy 8,529,933 9,916,044 +1,386,111
Japan 8,327,452 8,215,161 -112,291
United States 6,951,651 5,768,473 -1,183,178
Viet Nam 6,862,720 5,717,227 -1,145,493
Netherlands 3,609,989 2,663,297 -946,692
Belgium 5,298,124 785,494 -4,512,630
Taiwan 1,694,260 2,547,775 +853,515

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 99,111,887
Japan 17,070,984
Viet Nam 14,565,726
Italy 13,741,643
United States 13,056,950

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 50,526,830 48,585,057 -1,941,773
Japan 8,630,400 8,440,584 -189,816
Viet Nam 7,284,845 7,280,881 -3,964
Italy 6,467,143 7,274,500 +807,357
United States 7,031,689 6,025,261 -1,006,428
France 3,805,676 3,574,686 -230,990
Germany 3,332,512 2,830,211 -502,301
Turkey 4,960,464 419,622 -4,540,842
Bahrain 1,791,894 2,514,383 +722,489
Portugal 1,872,093 2,074,405 +202,312

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 64
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 49
Surrey, East and West Sussex 39
Greater Manchester 37
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 36

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 44 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 33 40 +7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 26 29 +3
Greater Manchester 29 24 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 28 31 +3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 22 25 +3
Inner London - East 18 20 +2
Outer London - West and North West 22 19 -3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 19 25 +6
West Midlands 21 23 +2

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) 96,794,075
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 61,839,136
Air transport 40,684,860
Other 14,793,448
Road transport 186,368

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) 49,404,068 47,390,007 -2,014,061
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 31,421,943 30,417,193 -1,004,750
Air transport 19,198,323 21,486,537 +2,288,214
Other 10,399,877 4,393,571 -6,006,306
Road transport 151,072 35,296 -115,776

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 43,678,284
Southampton 28,316,979
Dover 26,206,223
Eurotunnel 18,158,948
London Gateway Port 15,724,297

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 23,249,486 20,428,798 -2,820,688
Southampton 15,394,059 12,922,920 -2,471,139
Dover 11,700,258 14,505,965 +2,805,707
Eurotunnel 10,883,712 7,275,236 -3,608,476
London Gateway Port 5,855,057 9,869,240 +4,014,183
000 10,399,877 4,393,571 -6,006,306
London Heathrow Airport 7,191,377 5,846,195 -1,345,182
East Midlands Airport 4,839,363 7,675,261 +2,835,898
London Stansted Airport 2,716,459 3,049,281 +332,822
Immingham Docks 2,081,584 3,226,780 +1,145,196

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 234
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 218
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 58
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 43
Other manufacturing 40

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 171
2025-11 189
2025-10 218
2025-09 194
2025-08 181

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 318
54m+ 182
0-1m 151
15m-54m 89
Other 51

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 41,412,541
United States 18,363,617
Germany 10,733,341
Ireland 6,552,911
Poland 5,177,301

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 30,293,449 11,119,092 -19,174,357
United States 11,582,047 6,781,570 -4,800,477
Germany 5,408,301 5,325,040 -83,261
Ireland 3,541,181 3,011,730 -529,451
Poland 408,378 4,768,923 +4,360,545
Netherlands 3,008,294 2,008,317 -999,977
France 2,339,540 2,476,047 +136,507
Italy 2,276,809 1,862,172 -414,637
United Arab Emirates 1,431,457 677,605 -753,852
Spain 1,096,330 749,531 -346,799

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 415,187
Switzerland 333,065
XI 220,008
France 84,197
Portugal 24,454

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 214,904 200,283 -14,621
Switzerland 174,002 159,063 -14,939
XI 72,342 147,666 +75,324
France 73,112 11,085 -62,027
Portugal 16,430 8,024 -8,406
Austria 13,160 2,837 -10,323
Germany 14,479 250 -14,229
Ireland 9,948 3,772 -6,176
Sweden 2,750 2,638 -112
Netherlands 3,229 1,020 -2,209

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) 59,350,891
Air transport 36,978,253
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 28,234,499
Other 1,169,966
Road transport 94,123

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) 29,616,269 29,734,622 +118,353
Air transport 20,202,960 16,775,293 -3,427,667
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,820,523 5,413,976 -17,406,547
Other 620,926 549,040 -71,886
Road transport 94,123 0 -94,123

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 41,318,136
Dover / Eurotunnel 23,054,931
London Heathrow Airport 13,579,896
East Midlands Airport 9,009,975
Dover 5,148,592

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 30,120,179 11,197,957 -18,922,222
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,404,402 11,650,529 +246,127
London Heathrow Airport 8,279,098 5,300,798 -2,978,300
East Midlands Airport 4,631,653 4,378,322 -253,331
Dover 3,044,768 2,103,824 -940,944
London Stansted Airport 2,132,799 2,843,523 +710,724
Felixstowe 982,756 3,924,780 +2,942,024
ZLC 1,609,108 2,213,646 +604,538
London Gateway Port 2,461,010 703,336 -1,757,674
Holyhead 1,352,292 1,651,478 +299,186

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