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 54,083,020
China 39,570,207
Cambodia 20,521,319
Netherlands 18,833,925
France 14,567,037

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 26,414,631 27,668,389 +1,253,758
China 17,595,023 21,975,184 +4,380,161
Cambodia 4,893,074 15,628,245 +10,735,171
Netherlands 9,572,831 9,261,094 -311,737
France 6,930,710 7,636,327 +705,617
Madagascar 821,462 3,983,816 +3,162,354
United States 1,849,703 2,325,138 +475,435
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,831,287 1,283,761 -547,526
Nepal 1,555,040 1,047,778 -507,262
Germany 1,334,272 1,251,142 -83,130

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 59,227,520
China 58,954,611
Cambodia 30,627,687
United Kingdom 6,440,117
Madagascar 5,174,325

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 29,436,950 29,790,570 +353,620
China 27,124,725 31,829,886 +4,705,161
Cambodia 9,667,363 20,960,324 +11,292,961
United Kingdom 2,524,656 3,915,461 +1,390,805
Madagascar 1,015,323 4,159,002 +3,143,679
Nepal 1,551,885 1,083,365 -468,520
Viet Nam 1,317,304 958,076 -359,228
Pakistan 1,251,374 677,806 -573,568
Mongolia 938,595 948,563 +9,968
Bangladesh 747,050 861,590 +114,540

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 221
Inner London - East 69
Greater Manchester 38
Surrey, East and West Sussex 37
Outer London - West and North West 31

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 172 180 +8
Inner London - East 45 48 +3
Greater Manchester 23 29 +6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 27 23 -4
Outer London - West and North West 24 17 -7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 19 15 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 10 11 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 9 8 -1
Lancashire 10 7 -3
Essex 5 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 67,803,706
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 60,617,099
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,705,054
Other 8,377,627
Road transport 580,687

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 32,036,132 35,767,574 +3,731,442
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 31,440,849 29,176,250 -2,264,599
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,831,772 30,873,282 +19,041,510
Other 5,388,474 2,989,153 -2,399,321
Road transport 329,830 250,857 -78,973

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 31,702,557
London 19,081,537
499 16,981,450
Eurotunnel 16,233,151
East Midlands Airport 13,126,177

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 16,341,670 15,360,887 -980,783
London 9,499,277 9,582,260 +82,983
499 22,186 16,959,264 +16,937,078
Eurotunnel 8,988,382 7,244,769 -1,743,613
East Midlands Airport 5,499,178 7,626,999 +2,127,821
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,966,033 6,221,454 +255,421
Dover 6,368,299 5,406,043 -962,256
Manchester Airport 5,233,292 5,008,440 -224,852
London Gateway Port 1,430,435 8,309,911 +6,879,476
Felixstowe 4,908,035 4,329,214 -578,821

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 443
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 136
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 30
Manufacture of wearing apparel 26
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
2026-04 83
2026-03 98
2026-02 151
2026-01 137
2025-12 143

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 238
0-1m 191
54m+ 125
Other 56
15m-54m 48

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 40,601,765
United States 16,841,951
Italy 11,801,731
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,321,084
Germany 3,264,664

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 18,368,965 22,232,800 +3,863,835
United States 8,917,833 7,924,118 -993,715
Italy 6,896,524 4,905,207 -1,991,317
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,889,983 2,431,101 +541,118
Germany 1,655,590 1,609,074 -46,516
Switzerland 1,345,435 1,433,821 +88,386
Netherlands 1,184,115 1,188,379 +4,264
South Korea 1,200,134 851,157 -348,977
Ireland 1,015,786 926,984 -88,802
Japan 743,047 628,354 -114,693

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 534,655
China 146,760
Madagascar 68,791
Myanmar 14,911
Malaysia 14,547

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 251,164 283,491 +32,327
China 70,410 76,350 +5,940
Madagascar 41,175 27,616 -13,559
Myanmar 3,234 11,677 +8,443
Malaysia 6,276 8,271 +1,995
Sri Lanka 0 4,548 +4,548
Turkey 0 3,262 +3,262
Italy 1,452 0 -1,452
Switzerland 0 869 +869
Bangladesh 213 625 +412

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 76,690,670
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,956,865
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,600,162
Other 876,389

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 35,877,569 40,813,101 +4,935,532
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,745,245 7,211,620 -2,533,625
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,419,202 180,960 -1,238,242
Other 417,437 458,952 +41,515

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 59,344,456
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,744,214
London Heathrow Airport 11,182,611
ZLC 3,064,214
Dover 1,749,236

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 28,732,915 30,611,541 +1,878,626
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,355,559 5,388,655 -2,966,904
London Heathrow Airport 4,435,469 6,747,142 +2,311,673
ZLC 1,586,268 1,477,946 -108,322
Dover 853,923 895,313 +41,390
London Stansted Airport 814,484 724,873 -89,611
Manchester Airport 97,078 1,168,014 +1,070,936
Liverpool Docks 858,944 50,236 -808,708
000 417,437 458,952 +41,515
Eurotunnel 227,719 588,200 +360,481

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