Import/export HS code 611011: Wool sweaters and pullovers

Sweaters and pullovers made of wool, including lightweight and heavyweight options

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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 74,905,930
Italy 69,999,556
France 36,399,589
Netherlands 26,877,938
Bangladesh 24,401,062

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 34,384,993 40,520,937 +6,135,944
Italy 36,975,956 33,023,600 -3,952,356
France 20,863,545 15,536,044 -5,327,501
Netherlands 17,141,517 9,736,421 -7,405,096
Bangladesh 11,093,860 13,307,202 +2,213,342
Cambodia 3,525,381 8,023,700 +4,498,319
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 5,439,518 4,525,562 -913,956
Madagascar 4,107,282 5,420,477 +1,313,195
Spain 4,227,933 4,334,347 +106,414
Turkey 3,908,941 4,364,313 +455,372

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 126,919,920
Italy 66,330,689
Bangladesh 27,014,984
Cambodia 18,779,293
Turkey 11,912,010

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 64,188,813 62,731,107 -1,457,706
Italy 36,543,997 29,786,692 -6,757,305
Bangladesh 12,767,742 14,247,242 +1,479,500
Cambodia 6,876,366 11,902,927 +5,026,561
Turkey 6,193,898 5,718,112 -475,786
Viet Nam 6,337,380 4,105,239 -2,232,141
Madagascar 4,559,384 5,767,450 +1,208,066
Romania 4,596,736 4,724,576 +127,840
Portugal 4,263,992 3,828,667 -435,325
Bulgaria 2,593,509 3,294,229 +700,720

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 347
Inner London - East 146
Greater Manchester 104
Outer London - West and North West 68
Surrey, East and West Sussex 63

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 279 283 +4
Inner London - East 117 105 -12
Greater Manchester 73 73 +0
Outer London - West and North West 46 43 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 46 41 -5
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 37 38 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 27 27 +0
West Midlands 25 26 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 26 22 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 27 21 -6

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) 116,696,944
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 103,223,047
Air transport 83,804,187
Other 25,655,218
Road transport 4,360,083

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) 63,777,941 52,919,003 -10,858,938
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 38,408,168 64,814,879 +26,406,711
Air transport 45,555,683 38,248,504 -7,307,179
Other 19,637,462 6,017,756 -13,619,706
Road transport 2,462,493 1,897,590 -564,903

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 40,944,869
London Heathrow Airport 38,431,431
Dover 36,410,743
Felixstowe 35,535,213
499 25,783,262

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 £
Eurotunnel 24,216,713 16,728,156 -7,488,557
London Heathrow Airport 21,627,895 16,803,536 -4,824,359
Dover 18,006,860 18,403,883 +397,023
Felixstowe 18,565,552 16,969,661 -1,595,891
499 30,276 25,752,986 +25,722,710
000 19,637,462 6,017,756 -13,619,706
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,173,980 8,284,482 -1,889,498
Southampton 10,002,109 8,205,830 -1,796,279
London Gateway Port 5,002,875 11,188,042 +6,185,167
London 7,847,766 6,604,327 -1,243,439

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 944
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 383
Manufacture of wearing apparel 87
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 50
Other personal service activities 30

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 292
2025-11 385
2025-10 487
2025-09 538
2025-08 454

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 599
0-1m 458
54m+ 226
Other 102
15m-54m 80

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 15,383,684
United States 13,133,301
Italy 12,985,322
Netherlands 8,917,463
Japan 8,174,031

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 8,226,440 7,157,244 -1,069,196
United States 6,727,081 6,406,220 -320,861
Italy 8,051,425 4,933,897 -3,117,528
Netherlands 5,354,972 3,562,491 -1,792,481
Japan 3,911,513 4,262,518 +351,005
Germany 3,285,412 2,578,997 -706,415
Ireland 3,416,650 2,393,894 -1,022,756
South Korea 3,190,012 1,531,697 -1,658,315
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,742,294 1,807,934 -934,360
Belgium 1,303,887 1,025,154 -278,733

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 1,105,259
Bangladesh 343,458
Cambodia 248,367
Madagascar 214,837
Turkey 185,706

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 671,283 433,976 -237,307
Bangladesh 163,721 179,737 +16,016
Cambodia 137,153 111,214 -25,939
Madagascar 159,868 54,969 -104,899
Turkey 111,217 74,489 -36,728
Myanmar 106,037 6,399 -99,638
Ireland 42,047 23,571 -18,476
XI 19,319 0 -19,319
Sri Lanka 18 13,759 +13,741
India 4,394 708 -3,686

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 56,222,233
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 35,628,460
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,907,644
Other 3,750,435
Road transport 19,971

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 30,907,661 25,314,572 -5,593,089
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 20,405,700 15,222,760 -5,182,940
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,184,033 2,723,611 -460,422
Other 2,316,544 1,433,891 -882,653
Road transport 16,339 3,632 -12,707

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 28,655,470
Dover / Eurotunnel 26,611,039
London Heathrow Airport 19,757,396
Dover 5,578,470
000 3,750,435

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 16,433,984 12,221,486 -4,212,498
Dover / Eurotunnel 15,574,982 11,036,057 -4,538,925
London Heathrow Airport 10,496,704 9,260,692 -1,236,012
Dover 3,112,618 2,465,852 -646,766
000 2,316,544 1,433,891 -882,653
ZLC 1,629,963 1,692,573 +62,610
London Stansted Airport 1,422,538 960,650 -461,888
Southampton 437,292 1,867,447 +1,430,155
London Gateway Port 1,654,045 218,153 -1,435,892
Manchester Airport 453,439 718,023 +264,584

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 611011

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

Description: Sweaters and pullovers made of wool, including lightweight and heavyweight options