Import/export HS code 610469: Women's or girls' knitted shorts made of other textile materials

Includes shorts made from silk, linen, or blends

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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 £
Bangladesh 58,562,138
China 18,756,338
Cambodia 14,622,464
Turkey 9,537,790
Pakistan 9,157,078

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 £
Bangladesh 30,017,766 28,544,372 -1,473,394
China 10,480,005 8,276,333 -2,203,672
Cambodia 7,212,604 7,409,860 +197,256
Turkey 5,402,361 4,135,429 -1,266,932
Pakistan 3,785,836 5,371,242 +1,585,406
Italy 2,605,718 1,728,756 -876,962
Spain 1,000,347 2,262,737 +1,262,390
Netherlands 1,575,463 704,103 -871,360
India 963,564 878,221 -85,343
Viet Nam 1,237,760 490,676 -747,084

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 £
Bangladesh 60,206,884
China 22,340,687
Cambodia 16,638,741
Turkey 10,745,657
Pakistan 9,216,054

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 £
Bangladesh 31,125,322 29,081,562 -2,043,760
China 12,222,759 10,117,928 -2,104,831
Cambodia 7,859,217 8,779,524 +920,307
Turkey 6,166,776 4,578,881 -1,587,895
Pakistan 3,801,719 5,414,335 +1,612,616
Italy 2,760,601 1,732,605 -1,027,996
Viet Nam 1,553,530 872,349 -681,181
India 987,906 903,596 -84,310
Sri Lanka 968,724 432,529 -536,195
Bulgaria 718,109 324,918 -393,191

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 168
Greater Manchester 107
Inner London - East 81
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 44
Outer London - West and North West 34

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 139 106 -33
Greater Manchester 86 76 -10
Inner London - East 63 46 -17
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 29 29 +0
Outer London - West and North West 28 17 -11
West Midlands 20 18 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 22 12 -10
West Yorkshire 16 13 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 16 13 -3
Essex 14 11 -3

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) 80,337,967
Air transport 20,517,475
Other 18,033,015
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,446,950
Road transport 2,748,419

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) 41,349,759 38,988,208 -2,361,551
Air transport 10,455,743 10,061,732 -394,011
Other 9,708,335 8,324,680 -1,383,655
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,944,311 6,502,639 -1,441,672
Road transport 1,830,863 917,556 -913,307

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 35,220,509
London Gateway Port 25,162,432
000 18,033,015
499 10,477,390
Manchester Airport 6,903,268

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 26,845,247 8,375,262 -18,469,985
London Gateway Port 8,197,524 16,964,908 +8,767,384
000 9,708,335 8,324,680 -1,383,655
499 219,679 10,257,711 +10,038,032
Manchester Airport 2,989,890 3,913,378 +923,488
London Heathrow Airport 3,415,079 2,708,776 -706,303
Southampton 3,323,090 2,099,214 -1,223,876
Eurotunnel 2,611,878 2,216,980 -394,898
Dover 2,468,101 2,041,088 -427,013
East Midlands Airport 1,795,195 1,796,967 +1,772

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 446
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 258
Manufacture of wearing apparel 59
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 19
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 11

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 141
2025-11 149
2025-10 146
2025-09 154
2025-08 164

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 334
0-1m 161
54m+ 146
Other 63
15m-54m 56

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 5,654,352
Ireland 1,684,390
Viet Nam 748,824
Germany 733,332
France 618,631

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 4,556,422 1,097,930 -3,458,492
Ireland 972,509 711,881 -260,628
Viet Nam 0 748,824 +748,824
Germany 482,212 251,120 -231,092
France 452,140 166,491 -285,649
Iceland 30,892 501,395 +470,503
Italy 223,799 213,188 -10,611
United Arab Emirates 135,865 192,886 +57,021
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 168,789 80,488 -88,301
Netherlands 143,515 93,909 -49,606

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 £
Bangladesh 898,275
Cambodia 195,565
China 124,808
Turkey 78,226
India 35,755

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 £
Bangladesh 566,300 331,975 -234,325
Cambodia 93,135 102,430 +9,295
China 87,268 37,540 -49,728
Turkey 34,367 43,859 +9,492
India 12,168 23,587 +11,419
Indonesia 24,700 6,718 -17,982
Sri Lanka 11,695 17,506 +5,811
Viet Nam 6,712 4,467 -2,245
Morocco 3,521 7,095 +3,574
Pakistan 4,135 3,120 -1,015

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 8,476,291
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,333,592
Other 1,512,405
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 358,115
Road transport 1,024

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 5,543,266 2,933,025 -2,610,241
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,416,827 916,765 -500,062
Other 889,702 622,703 -266,999
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 110,068 248,047 +137,979
Road transport 1,024 0 -1,024

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 6,345,085
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,821,243
East Midlands Airport 1,764,991
000 1,512,405
London Stansted Airport 243,116

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 4,475,754 1,869,331 -2,606,423
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,111,582 709,661 -401,921
East Midlands Airport 807,354 957,637 +150,283
000 889,702 622,703 -266,999
London Stansted Airport 181,609 61,507 -120,102
Liverpool Docks 24,510 161,273 +136,763
London Gateway Port 42,381 99,976 +57,595
Dover 92,673 47,128 -45,545
Holyhead 55,316 60,299 +4,983
Eurotunnel 67,254 21,922 -45,332

Quick facts

HS code: 610469

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

Description: Includes shorts made from silk, linen, or blends