Import/export HS code 611012: Cashmere sweaters and pullovers

Sweaters and pullovers made from Kashmir (cashmere) goat wool

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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 £
Italy 51,961,618
China 39,279,060
Cambodia 20,453,031
Netherlands 18,705,424
France 14,199,268

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 26,087,408 25,874,210 -213,198
China 18,470,895 20,808,165 +2,337,270
Cambodia 6,415,259 14,037,772 +7,622,513
Netherlands 9,557,374 9,148,050 -409,324
France 6,709,579 7,489,689 +780,110
Madagascar 885,379 3,883,374 +2,997,995
United States 1,810,346 2,323,981 +513,635
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,897,432 1,230,440 -666,992
Nepal 1,557,335 987,515 -569,820
Germany 1,179,980 1,234,378 +54,398

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 58,407,870
Italy 56,537,156
Cambodia 30,545,120
United Kingdom 6,520,689
Madagascar 5,125,435

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 27,881,869 30,526,001 +2,644,132
Italy 28,813,734 27,723,422 -1,090,312
Cambodia 11,263,927 19,281,193 +8,017,266
United Kingdom 2,525,467 3,995,222 +1,469,755
Madagascar 1,069,608 4,055,827 +2,986,219
Nepal 1,595,548 1,018,771 -576,777
Viet Nam 1,329,784 923,602 -406,182
Pakistan 1,248,916 617,634 -631,282
Mongolia 831,494 921,201 +89,707
Bangladesh 746,773 858,466 +111,693

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 220
Inner London - East 69
Greater Manchester 37
Surrey, East and West Sussex 35
Outer London - West and North West 30

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 174 178 +4
Inner London - East 45 45 +0
Greater Manchester 23 27 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 26 23 -3
Outer London - West and North West 24 16 -8
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 14 15 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 8 9 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 8 9 +1
Essex 6 6 +0
Lancashire 9 7 -2

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 66,116,490
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 58,385,037
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,997,830
Other 8,111,068
Road transport 545,334

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 £
Air transport 31,107,815 35,008,675 +3,900,860
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 31,405,824 26,979,213 -4,426,611
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,553,476 30,444,354 +17,890,878
Other 7,147,259 963,809 -6,183,450
Road transport 351,077 194,257 -156,820

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 30,363,545
London 18,037,907
499 17,030,462
Eurotunnel 15,817,203
East Midlands Airport 13,098,993

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 Heathrow Airport 15,582,332 14,781,213 -801,119
London 9,624,757 8,413,150 -1,211,607
499 27,028 17,003,434 +16,976,406
Eurotunnel 8,889,345 6,927,858 -1,961,487
East Midlands Airport 5,451,392 7,647,601 +2,196,209
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,717,073 6,100,202 +383,129
Dover 6,560,621 4,855,886 -1,704,735
Manchester Airport 5,013,446 5,077,117 +63,671
London Gateway Port 2,214,170 7,660,156 +5,445,986
Felixstowe 4,834,078 4,142,142 -691,936

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
441
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
133
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
29
Manufacture of wearing apparel
24
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities
13

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 92
2026-04 83
2026-03 98
2026-02 151
2026-01 137

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 233
0-1m 186
54m+ 125
Other 56
15m-54m 46

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 40,348,475
United States 16,931,368
Italy 11,470,042
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,181,560
Germany 2,818,755

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 17,534,078 22,814,397 +5,280,319
United States 8,317,099 8,614,269 +297,170
Italy 6,660,996 4,809,046 -1,851,950
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,904,336 2,277,224 +372,888
Germany 1,372,010 1,446,745 +74,735
Switzerland 1,270,601 1,347,885 +77,284
Netherlands 1,179,508 1,163,502 -16,006
Ireland 978,757 873,203 -105,554
South Korea 820,423 802,512 -17,911
Japan 729,887 585,877 -144,010

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 530,512
China 145,834
Madagascar 65,530
Myanmar 14,911
Malaysia 14,911

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 254,964 275,548 +20,584
China 70,028 75,806 +5,778
Madagascar 37,502 28,028 -9,474
Myanmar 3,234 11,677 +8,443
Malaysia 9,000 5,911 -3,089
Sri Lanka 1,471 3,077 +1,606
Turkey 0 3,546 +3,546
Switzerland 53 949 +896
Bangladesh 247 528 +281
Viet Nam 0 520 +520

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 75,593,206
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,915,449
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,560,582
Other 867,917
Road transport 5,750

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 34,078,269 41,514,937 +7,436,668
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,067,581 6,847,868 -2,219,713
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,374,942 185,640 -1,189,302
Other 427,652 440,265 +12,613
Road transport 0 5,750 +5,750

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 59,071,102
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,809,022
London Heathrow Airport 10,717,411
ZLC 2,820,194
Dover 1,652,060

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 27,643,849 31,427,253 +3,783,404
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,698,795 5,110,227 -2,588,568
London Heathrow Airport 3,932,458 6,784,953 +2,852,495
ZLC 1,454,405 1,365,789 -88,616
Dover 814,978 837,082 +22,104
London Stansted Airport 738,514 693,347 -45,167
Manchester Airport 92,212 1,175,240 +1,083,028
Liverpool Docks 819,130 50,236 -768,894
000 427,652 440,265 +12,613
Eurotunnel 246,054 562,368 +316,314

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 611012

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

Description: Sweaters and pullovers made from Kashmir (cashmere) goat wool