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 49,289,020
China 36,497,972
Cambodia 19,322,596
Netherlands 17,297,801
France 12,736,743

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 26,990,873 22,298,147 -4,692,726
China 17,472,444 19,025,528 +1,553,084
Cambodia 4,908,740 14,413,856 +9,505,116
Netherlands 9,630,754 7,667,047 -1,963,707
France 6,955,115 5,781,628 -1,173,487
Madagascar 848,250 3,834,902 +2,986,652
United States 1,821,931 1,794,832 -27,099
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,817,035 1,172,431 -644,604
Nepal 1,527,129 877,670 -649,459
Germany 1,300,676 1,011,342 -289,334

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 53,953,868
China 53,900,821
Cambodia 28,883,412
United Kingdom 5,228,329
Madagascar 5,046,378

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 29,971,213 23,982,655 -5,988,558
China 27,083,146 26,817,675 -265,471
Cambodia 9,662,406 19,221,006 +9,558,600
United Kingdom 2,511,881 2,716,448 +204,567
Madagascar 1,047,548 3,998,830 +2,951,282
Nepal 1,516,914 914,977 -601,937
Viet Nam 1,317,464 767,957 -549,507
Pakistan 1,189,374 658,754 -530,620
Mongolia 945,115 708,361 -236,754
Myanmar 1,046,878 508,644 -538,234

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 212
Inner London - East 63
Greater Manchester 35
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 168 173 +5
Inner London - East 44 42 -2
Greater Manchester 20 29 +9
Surrey, East and West Sussex 28 20 -8
Outer London - West and North West 24 17 -7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 19 13 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 10 10 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 8 8 +0
Essex 5 7 +2
Lancashire 10 5 -5

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 60,577,086
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 56,062,089
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 39,726,270
Other 8,413,246
Road transport 570,158

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 32,041,026 28,536,060 -3,504,966
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 32,018,751 24,043,338 -7,975,413
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,657,772 28,068,498 +16,410,726
Other 5,360,044 3,053,202 -2,306,842
Road transport 334,849 235,309 -99,540

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 29,382,768
London 17,659,568
499 15,116,137
Eurotunnel 14,618,756
Dover 11,259,644

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 16,474,912 12,907,856 -3,567,056
London 9,708,808 7,950,760 -1,758,048
499 22,186 15,093,951 +15,071,765
Eurotunnel 9,087,962 5,530,794 -3,557,168
Dover 6,360,693 4,898,951 -1,461,742
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,187,813 5,025,226 -1,162,587
East Midlands Airport 5,471,520 5,407,092 -64,428
London Gateway Port 1,416,162 7,940,658 +6,524,496
Manchester Airport 5,279,701 3,999,267 -1,280,434
Felixstowe 4,851,205 3,777,425 -1,073,780

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 424
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 128
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 31
Manufacture of wearing apparel 25
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
2026-01 137
2025-11 154
2025-10 195
2025-09 187
2025-08 196

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 235
0-1m 175
54m+ 123
Other 49
15m-54m 44

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 33,253,562
United States 15,686,979
Italy 10,494,515
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,557,676
Germany 3,099,688

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 18,194,617 15,058,945 -3,135,672
United States 8,955,557 6,731,422 -2,224,135
Italy 7,093,090 3,401,425 -3,691,665
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,864,545 1,693,131 -171,414
Germany 1,800,130 1,299,558 -500,572
Switzerland 1,334,525 969,071 -365,454
South Korea 1,153,165 835,120 -318,045
Netherlands 1,177,032 741,462 -435,570
Ireland 975,256 721,744 -253,512
Japan 743,076 494,447 -248,629

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 475,302
China 125,045
Madagascar 66,413
Malaysia 12,721
Myanmar 12,620

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 252,134 223,168 -28,966
China 70,052 54,993 -15,059
Madagascar 45,128 21,285 -23,843
Malaysia 2,574 10,147 +7,573
Myanmar 3,200 9,420 +6,220
Turkey 0 1,956 +1,956
Italy 1,452 0 -1,452
Bangladesh 242 625 +383
Switzerland 0 451 +451
Viet Nam 0 349 +349

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 65,420,636
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,046,843
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,598,107
Other 768,364

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 35,905,891 29,514,745 -6,391,146
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,828,630 5,218,213 -4,610,417
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,370,002 228,105 -1,141,897
Other 416,799 351,565 -65,234

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 50,205,877
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,334,510
London Heathrow Airport 9,559,970
ZLC 2,853,576
Dover 1,508,878

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 28,737,893 21,467,984 -7,269,909
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,523,975 3,810,535 -4,713,440
London Heathrow Airport 4,336,510 5,223,460 +886,950
ZLC 1,675,208 1,178,368 -496,840
Dover 808,752 700,126 -108,626
London Stansted Airport 811,503 480,664 -330,839
Manchester Airport 134,928 1,105,566 +970,638
Liverpool Docks 858,944 48,256 -810,688
000 416,799 351,565 -65,234
Southampton 497,220 118,138 -379,082

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