Import/export HS code 610461: Women's or girls' knitted shorts made of wool or fine animal hair

Warm and stylish shorts made from wool or fine animal hair

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  • 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 £
Italy 4,255,574
China 1,352,555
France 998,642
Cambodia 789,113
Bangladesh 289,435

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 £
Italy 2,189,270 2,066,304 -122,966
China 575,353 777,202 +201,849
France 584,948 413,694 -171,254
Cambodia 60,401 728,712 +668,311
Bangladesh 250,192 39,243 -210,949
Netherlands 163,669 101,991 -61,678
Germany 126,671 85,804 -40,867
United States 94,182 52,623 -41,559
Turkey 133,125 7,330 -125,795
Portugal 43,847 52,404 +8,557

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 £
Italy 4,702,450
China 2,207,502
Cambodia 802,754
Bangladesh 312,518
Viet Nam 189,476

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 £
Italy 2,493,014 2,209,436 -283,578
China 1,059,752 1,147,750 +87,998
Cambodia 65,014 737,740 +672,726
Bangladesh 266,095 46,423 -219,672
Viet Nam 57,024 132,452 +75,428
Turkey 143,372 17,192 -126,180
United Kingdom 77,911 81,990 +4,079
Portugal 56,317 83,482 +27,165
Romania 39,850 90,647 +50,797
Bulgaria 75,194 23,649 -51,545

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 85
Inner London - East 21
Outer London - West and North West 9
Greater Manchester 8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 6

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 68 66 -2
Inner London - East 16 15 -1
Outer London - West and North West 5 5 +0
Greater Manchester 5 6 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 5 4 -1
East Central Scotland 3 3 +0
Lancashire 3 2 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 3 3 +0
West Midlands 1 3 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 3 2 -1

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,787,689
Air transport 2,568,041
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,758,008
Other 285,951
Road transport 202,995

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,510,528 2,277,161 -233,367
Air transport 1,153,857 1,414,184 +260,327
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 583,275 1,174,733 +591,458
Other 263,906 22,045 -241,861
Road transport 183,384 19,611 -163,773

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London 2,362,224
London Heathrow Airport 1,136,645
499 936,428
Eurotunnel 891,717
East Midlands Airport 741,381

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 £
London 1,216,252 1,145,972 -70,280
London Heathrow Airport 534,038 602,607 +68,569
499 0 936,428 +936,428
Eurotunnel 403,400 488,317 +84,917
East Midlands Airport 369,164 372,217 +3,053
Dover / Eurotunnel 337,004 360,348 +23,344
Dover 445,948 180,820 -265,128
Felixstowe 370,804 225,443 -145,361
000 263,906 22,045 -241,861
ZLC 205,669 33,498 -172,171

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
151
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
43
Manufacture of wearing apparel
11
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
7
Manufacture of textiles
5

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 27
2026-04 14
2026-03 18
2026-02 17
2026-01 24

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 67
54m+ 61
Other 28
0-1m 24
15m-54m 22

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 2,019,886
Italy 1,503,111
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 465,710
United States 437,137
Netherlands 125,138

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 1,089,424 930,462 -158,962
Italy 925,683 577,428 -348,255
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 232,056 233,654 +1,598
United States 165,809 271,328 +105,519
Netherlands 47,176 77,962 +30,786
Germany 60,822 53,638 -7,184
United Arab Emirates 68,912 33,475 -35,437
Switzerland 32,647 59,251 +26,604
China 33,513 43,351 +9,838
Kuwait 32,919 32,690 -229

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 £
Cambodia 7,320
China 6,142
Madagascar 2,211
Pakistan 586
Morocco 3

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 £
Cambodia 356 6,964 +6,608
China 3,066 3,076 +10
Madagascar 0 2,211 +2,211
Pakistan 276 310 +34
Morocco 3 0 -3

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 3,983,666
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,373,860
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,078
Other 18,624

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 1,926,327 2,057,339 +131,012
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 954,007 419,853 -534,154
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,211 4,867 -21,344
Other 4,757 13,867 +9,110

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 2,764,359
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,200,756
London Heathrow Airport 989,878
ZLC 120,016
Eurotunnel 106,705

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 £
East Midlands Airport 1,442,331 1,322,028 -120,303
Dover / Eurotunnel 849,457 351,299 -498,158
London Heathrow Airport 355,584 634,294 +278,710
ZLC 77,419 42,597 -34,822
Eurotunnel 75,363 31,342 -44,021
London Stansted Airport 44,299 33,351 -10,948
Dover 17,203 15,563 -1,640
Manchester Airport 935 22,301 +21,366
Immingham Docks 3,688 19,389 +15,701
Liverpool Docks 19,355 1,143 -18,212

Quick facts

HS code: 610461

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

Description: Warm and stylish shorts made from wool or fine animal hair