Import/export HS code 950629: Various water sports equipment

Various equipment for water-based sports

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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 35,484,633
Netherlands 10,649,536
Italy 6,559,318
France 4,650,463
United States 4,338,179

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 17,687,070 17,797,563 +110,493
Netherlands 5,154,493 5,495,043 +340,550
Italy 2,869,188 3,690,130 +820,942
France 2,607,500 2,042,963 -564,537
United States 2,596,497 1,741,682 -854,815
Austria 1,109,634 1,210,838 +101,204
Germany 993,438 1,167,787 +174,349
Spain 868,962 1,117,453 +248,491
Thailand 1,059,353 887,746 -171,607
Taiwan 864,172 973,967 +109,795

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 49,710,930
Italy 4,578,460
United States 3,577,476
Thailand 3,203,481
Netherlands 2,901,959

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 25,720,785 23,990,145 -1,730,640
Italy 2,046,183 2,532,277 +486,094
United States 1,985,180 1,592,296 -392,884
Thailand 1,649,854 1,553,627 -96,227
Netherlands 516,585 2,385,374 +1,868,789
Taiwan 1,148,517 1,277,545 +129,028
Poland 824,462 1,278,348 +453,886
Sri Lanka 997,264 883,614 -113,650
Australia 944,589 635,382 -309,207
Spain 607,221 649,957 +42,736

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 35
Devon 33
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 32
Surrey, East and West Sussex 28
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 27

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 22 22 +0
Devon 28 26 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 19 26 +7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 18 19 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 19 16 -3
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 17 19 +2
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 18 13 -5
Essex 15 14 -1
Greater Manchester 11 14 +3
Inner London - East 13 12 -1

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) 43,756,442
Air transport 23,442,048
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,528,189
Other 1,749,714
Road transport 103,105

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) 22,915,939 20,840,503 -2,075,436
Air transport 10,676,003 12,766,045 +2,090,042
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,100,839 7,427,350 +1,326,511
Other 1,029,144 720,570 -308,574
Road transport 65,137 37,968 -27,169

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 16,211,298
Felixstowe 15,096,563
Birmingham Airport 6,424,179
London Heathrow Airport 5,537,944
East Midlands Airport 5,421,002

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 8,295,298 7,916,000 -379,298
Felixstowe 7,748,565 7,347,998 -400,567
Birmingham Airport 2,331,119 4,093,060 +1,761,941
London Heathrow Airport 3,147,476 2,390,468 -757,008
East Midlands Airport 2,497,691 2,923,311 +425,620
Thamesport 3,482,532 1,750,589 -1,731,943
Dover 1,194,476 2,221,586 +1,027,110
London Gateway Port 1,156,478 2,217,300 +1,060,822
London Stansted Airport 1,344,277 1,608,727 +264,450
London 2,036,367 885,717 -1,150,650

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 221
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 112
Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities 40
Other manufacturing 35
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 33

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 72
2025-11 66
2025-10 85
2025-09 90
2025-08 112

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
0-1m 196
1m-15m 188
54m+ 86
15m-54m 37
Other 34

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 £
France 2,970,596
United States 2,461,192
Netherlands 2,259,731
Germany 1,912,248
Indonesia 1,484,194

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 £
France 1,657,905 1,312,691 -345,214
United States 1,407,758 1,053,434 -354,324
Netherlands 1,346,786 912,945 -433,841
Germany 965,188 947,060 -18,128
Indonesia 0 1,484,194 +1,484,194
Belgium 444,508 560,056 +115,548
Italy 489,372 493,024 +3,652
Ireland 515,413 419,735 -95,678
United Arab Emirates 455,918 271,017 -184,901
Spain 254,700 274,346 +19,646

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 1,430
Ireland 1,291

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 788 642 -146
Ireland 1,053 238 -815

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 11,296,167
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,802,901
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,588,096
Road transport 57,070
Other 2,917

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 4,904,263 6,391,904 +1,487,641
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,268,933 4,533,968 -734,965
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,558,990 1,029,106 -529,884
Road transport 57,070 0 -57,070
Other 1,841 1,076 -765

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,368,074
East Midlands Airport 3,891,739
London Heathrow Airport 2,716,134
ZLC 2,299,429
London Stansted Airport 1,590,249

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,530,139 2,837,935 -692,204
East Midlands Airport 2,069,984 1,821,755 -248,229
London Heathrow Airport 1,289,338 1,426,796 +137,458
ZLC 1,087,395 1,212,034 +124,639
London Stansted Airport 446,535 1,143,714 +697,179
Dover 668,289 550,906 -117,383
Immingham Docks 496,109 325,362 -170,747
Southampton 394,706 410,213 +15,507
Edinburgh Airport 0 729,144 +729,144
London Gateway Port 437,252 251,548 -185,704

Quick facts

HS code: 950629

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

Description: Various equipment for water-based sports