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 4,556,778
China 1,358,523
France 1,026,040
Cambodia 790,069
Bangladesh 320,705

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 2,347,373 2,209,405 -137,968
China 526,638 831,885 +305,247
France 606,513 419,527 -186,986
Cambodia 27,941 762,128 +734,187
Bangladesh 281,462 39,243 -242,219
Netherlands 173,095 104,102 -68,993
Germany 132,001 83,818 -48,183
United States 94,965 54,128 -40,837
Turkey 133,125 7,330 -125,795
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 72,253 21,746 -50,507

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 4,987,400
China 2,260,927
Cambodia 803,710
Bangladesh 351,818
United Kingdom 168,668

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 2,655,012 2,332,388 -322,624
China 1,045,082 1,215,845 +170,763
Cambodia 32,554 771,156 +738,602
Bangladesh 305,395 46,423 -258,972
United Kingdom 71,235 97,433 +26,198
Turkey 143,372 17,192 -126,180
Romania 62,198 95,454 +33,256
Viet Nam 57,024 95,991 +38,967
Portugal 66,569 63,877 -2,692
Bulgaria 79,614 22,420 -57,194

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 22
Greater Manchester 10
Outer London - West and North West 10
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 67 -1
Inner London - East 17 14 -3
Greater Manchester 5 6 +1
Outer London - West and North West 6 5 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 5 4 -1
Lancashire 4 3 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 4 3 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 3 2 -1
East Central Scotland 3 3 +0
West Midlands 1 3 +2

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) 5,072,940
Air transport 2,653,573
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,793,385
Other 357,127
Road transport 205,600

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) 2,690,534 2,382,406 -308,128
Air transport 1,185,355 1,468,218 +282,863
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 646,849 1,146,536 +499,687
Other 276,391 80,736 -195,655
Road transport 185,989 19,611 -166,378

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London 2,495,722
London Heathrow Airport 1,209,805
Eurotunnel 942,325
499 892,584
Dover / Eurotunnel 740,674

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 1,247,534 1,248,188 +654
London Heathrow Airport 589,361 620,444 +31,083
Eurotunnel 458,205 484,120 +25,915
499 0 892,584 +892,584
Dover / Eurotunnel 397,037 343,637 -53,400
East Midlands Airport 377,170 352,874 -24,296
Dover 464,153 199,620 -264,533
Felixstowe 387,588 226,855 -160,733
000 276,391 80,736 -195,655
ZLC 207,449 37,761 -169,688

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 148
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 44
Manufacture of wearing apparel 12
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 11
Manufacture of textiles 5

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 14
2026-03 18
2026-02 17
2026-01 24
2025-12 45

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 68
54m+ 63
Other 29
0-1m 26
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 2,251,455
Italy 1,475,608
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 464,841
United States 429,910
Netherlands 125,134

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 1,254,950 996,505 -258,445
Italy 931,052 544,556 -386,496
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 216,542 248,299 +31,757
United States 175,908 254,002 +78,094
Netherlands 54,447 70,687 +16,240
Germany 63,186 58,347 -4,839
United Arab Emirates 69,240 37,773 -31,467
Switzerland 34,049 60,264 +26,215
China 37,609 43,351 +5,742
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 7,512
China 6,225
Madagascar 2,211
Pakistan 577
India 67

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 548 6,964 +6,416
China 2,871 3,354 +483
Madagascar 0 2,211 +2,211
Pakistan 235 342 +107
India 67 0 -67
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 4,250,266
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,346,848
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 32,109
Other 18,957

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 2,137,116 2,113,150 -23,966
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 934,217 412,631 -521,586
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 29,697 2,412 -27,285
Other 4,697 14,260 +9,563

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 3,006,185
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,167,900
London Heathrow Airport 1,000,743
ZLC 119,943
Eurotunnel 106,164

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 1,617,158 1,389,027 -228,131
Dover / Eurotunnel 846,809 321,091 -525,718
London Heathrow Airport 393,611 607,132 +213,521
ZLC 62,749 57,194 -5,555
Eurotunnel 54,361 51,803 -2,558
London Stansted Airport 56,152 33,351 -22,801
Dover 21,320 14,400 -6,920
Manchester Airport 935 22,301 +21,366
Immingham Docks 0 20,622 +20,622
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