Import/export HS code 950440: Playing cards

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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 £
United States 119,629,730
Japan 43,131,697
France 28,260,991
China 23,942,751
Belgium 19,505,858

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 £
United States 39,481,789 80,147,941 +40,666,152
Japan 16,111,251 27,020,446 +10,909,195
France 14,389,732 13,871,259 -518,473
China 12,957,745 10,985,006 -1,972,739
Belgium 9,606,467 9,899,391 +292,924
Netherlands 6,475,398 11,224,750 +4,749,352
Germany 3,869,585 4,549,939 +680,354
Czechia 4,983,804 1,040,285 -3,943,519
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,763,675 1,807,763 +44,088
Ireland 1,343,451 1,394,492 +51,041

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 £
United States 122,124,435
Japan 45,590,315
China 37,255,984
Netherlands 26,105,710
Belgium 25,178,677

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 £
United States 45,856,473 76,267,962 +30,411,489
Japan 16,573,405 29,016,910 +12,443,505
China 17,031,610 20,224,374 +3,192,764
Netherlands 8,530,023 17,575,687 +9,045,664
Belgium 11,539,041 13,639,636 +2,100,595
Czechia 3,882,262 3,011,767 -870,495
Germany 4,672,032 1,445,622 -3,226,410
Poland 2,919,598 1,150,452 -1,769,146
Spain 1,139,843 1,036,423 -103,420
South Korea 410,268 1,731,777 +1,321,509

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 106
Outer London - West and North West 52
Inner London - East 48
Greater Manchester 37
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 30

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 62 71 +9
Outer London - West and North West 35 39 +4
Inner London - East 35 34 -1
Greater Manchester 23 23 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 20 20 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 19 20 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 16 11 -5
Kent 15 15 +0
West Midlands 14 15 +1
West Yorkshire 15 13 -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) 125,801,399
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 93,781,217
Air transport 67,900,934
Other 4,015,331
Road transport 1,769,127

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) 44,716,836 81,084,563 +36,367,727
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 48,466,388 45,314,829 -3,151,559
Air transport 23,743,954 44,156,980 +20,413,026
Other 2,251,360 1,763,971 -487,389
Road transport 472,979 1,296,148 +823,169
Rail transport 0 62,216 +62,216

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 96,243,918
Dover 49,020,156
London Heathrow Airport 31,772,347
Eurotunnel 25,408,952
London Stansted Airport 19,257,708

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 £
Southampton 29,279,742 66,964,176 +37,684,434
Dover 24,099,901 24,920,255 +820,354
London Heathrow Airport 11,805,149 19,967,198 +8,162,049
Eurotunnel 9,817,598 15,591,354 +5,773,756
London Stansted Airport 7,051,456 12,206,252 +5,154,796
Felixstowe 8,578,771 6,333,694 -2,245,077
London Gateway Port 6,791,265 5,109,899 -1,681,366
East Midlands Airport 2,149,072 7,244,402 +5,095,330
London 5,924,850 2,845,151 -3,079,699
Harwich 4,382,636 264,368 -4,118,268

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 271
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 176
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 41
Publishing activities 31
Other manufacturing 24

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 119
2025-10 128
2025-09 138
2025-08 104
2025-07 96

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 205
0-1m 186
54m+ 133
15m-54m 62
Other 54

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 £
United States 19,120,332
Ireland 7,581,055
Australia 7,486,770
Germany 3,916,275
France 3,905,561

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 £
United States 6,723,257 12,397,075 +5,673,818
Ireland 3,071,094 4,509,961 +1,438,867
Australia 3,931,398 3,555,372 -376,026
Germany 1,724,978 2,191,297 +466,319
France 1,534,770 2,370,791 +836,021
Canada 475,064 2,383,501 +1,908,437
Netherlands 616,456 1,281,665 +665,209
Malaysia 430,695 978,092 +547,397
Switzerland 486,823 707,100 +220,277
United Arab Emirates 346,922 817,103 +470,181

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 25,888
XI 19,724
XU 5,640
Germany 1,998
Ireland 1,818

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 7,623 18,265 +10,642
XI 19,691 33 -19,658
XU 2,573 3,067 +494
Germany 1,998 0 -1,998
Ireland 418 1,400 +982
Poland 54 0 -54

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 36,815,243
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,509,093
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,851,122
Road transport 106,177
Other 55,122

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 £
Air transport 13,076,320 23,738,923 +10,662,603
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,344,820 13,164,273 +4,819,453
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,899,100 1,952,022 -947,078
Road transport 106,177 0 -106,177
Other 32,357 22,765 -9,592

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 17,868,467
East Midlands Airport 10,114,347
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,865,189
Holyhead 6,564,353
London Stansted Airport 5,189,027

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 Heathrow Airport 6,055,838 11,812,629 +5,756,791
East Midlands Airport 4,309,573 5,804,774 +1,495,201
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,643,308 5,221,881 +578,573
Holyhead 2,439,829 4,124,524 +1,684,695
London Stansted Airport 1,108,378 4,080,649 +2,972,271
ZLC 1,519,924 1,298,498 -221,426
Dover 372,007 2,188,600 +1,816,593
Liverpool Docks 1,103,762 577,929 -525,833
Southampton 689,506 964,029 +274,523
London Gateway Port 806,465 401,629 -404,836

Quick facts

HS code: 950440

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

Description: All types of playing cards for games and entertainment