Import/export HS code 61102010: Lightweight cotton sweaters

Lightweight fine-knit cotton sweaters, such as roll-neck, polo, or turtleneck styles

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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* 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 13,367,681
China 11,976,322
Pakistan 8,502,227
India 4,036,757
Turkey 3,668,693

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 6,641,393 6,726,288 +84,895
China 6,636,219 5,340,103 -1,296,116
Pakistan 5,294,116 3,208,111 -2,086,005
India 1,685,407 2,351,350 +665,943
Turkey 2,225,494 1,443,199 -782,295
United States 1,398,203 770,371 -627,832
Viet Nam 1,305,666 766,034 -539,632
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,167,109 757,857 -409,252
Netherlands 1,134,506 243,205 -891,301
Italy 664,820 651,561 -13,259

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 15,571,095
Bangladesh 14,061,841
Pakistan 8,582,159
Turkey 4,291,122
India 3,973,187

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 9,030,467 6,540,628 -2,489,839
Bangladesh 6,717,955 7,343,886 +625,931
Pakistan 5,331,399 3,250,760 -2,080,639
Turkey 2,731,475 1,559,647 -1,171,828
India 1,752,407 2,220,780 +468,373
Viet Nam 1,651,370 909,912 -741,458
Portugal 1,488,807 800,672 -688,135
Cambodia 744,808 566,883 -177,925
Italy 558,935 534,718 -24,217
United States 585,779 227,699 -358,080

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 147
Inner London - East 79
Greater Manchester 75
Outer London - West and North West 33
West Midlands 27

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 111 82 -29
Inner London - East 60 45 -15
Greater Manchester 55 48 -7
Outer London - West and North West 24 21 -3
West Midlands 21 17 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 18 15 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 21 14 -7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 15 14 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20 12 -8
Essex 13 7 -6

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) 27,299,291
Air transport 19,319,281
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,913,811
Other 3,272,987
Road transport 965,803

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) 12,420,868 14,878,423 +2,457,555
Air transport 12,416,245 6,903,036 -5,513,209
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,303,798 2,610,013 -1,693,785
Other 2,741,307 531,680 -2,209,627
Road transport 493,544 472,259 -21,285

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 11,333,467
London Heathrow Airport 9,751,082
Southampton 7,932,641
Manchester Airport 5,866,882
London Gateway Port 5,752,215

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 5,358,745 5,974,722 +615,977
London Heathrow Airport 6,369,822 3,381,260 -2,988,562
Southampton 4,029,465 3,903,176 -126,289
Manchester Airport 3,586,358 2,280,524 -1,305,834
London Gateway Port 2,517,098 3,235,117 +718,019
000 2,741,307 531,680 -2,209,627
East Midlands Airport 1,496,246 470,358 -1,025,888
Dover 1,200,243 614,572 -585,671
ZLC 705,843 579,249 -126,594
Eurotunnel 824,037 459,657 -364,380

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 375
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 227
Manufacture of wearing apparel 43
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 40
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 17

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 103
2025-11 117
2025-10 113
2025-09 122
2025-08 114

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 298
0-1m 175
54m+ 151
Other 55
15m-54m 51

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 5,074,233
Canada 2,904,243
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 2,766,451
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,326,445
Netherlands 2,287,995

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 3,731,307 1,342,926 -2,388,381
Canada 2,207,423 696,820 -1,510,603
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 985,333 1,781,118 +795,785
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,241,418 1,085,027 -156,391
Netherlands 1,483,961 804,034 -679,927
Ireland 803,508 705,248 -98,260
France 610,021 338,788 -271,233
Australia 569,989 352,260 -217,729
United Arab Emirates 450,150 470,279 +20,129
Germany 549,632 265,045 -284,587

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 £
India 269,682
Pakistan 177,265
Turkey 97,515
China 87,307
Bangladesh 38,531

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 £
India 150,493 119,189 -31,304
Pakistan 111,064 66,201 -44,863
Turkey 74,134 23,381 -50,753
China 72,484 14,823 -57,661
Bangladesh 35,252 3,279 -31,973
Morocco 10,089 7,643 -2,446
Cambodia 10,806 0 -10,806
New Zealand 4,192 3,036 -1,156
Egypt 3,845 192 -3,653
Bulgaria 2,722 0 -2,722

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 13,348,207
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,502,152
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,485,228
Other 719,404
Road transport 4,135

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 7,527,228 5,820,979 -1,706,249
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,242,604 1,259,548 -2,983,056
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,082,585 2,402,643 -679,942
Other 481,238 238,166 -243,072
Road transport 4,135 0 -4,135

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 5,842,318
London Heathrow Airport 5,657,420
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,130,109
Liverpool Docks 2,488,769
London Gateway Port 2,194,440

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 3,880,314 1,962,004 -1,918,310
London Heathrow Airport 2,739,623 2,917,797 +178,174
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,728,165 1,401,944 -326,221
Liverpool Docks 1,996,404 492,365 -1,504,039
London Gateway Port 1,682,342 512,098 -1,170,244
London Stansted Airport 218,614 676,242 +457,628
000 481,238 238,166 -243,072
Felixstowe 516,172 187,874 -328,298
Holyhead 230,994 437,454 +206,460
Eurotunnel 499,795 74,566 -425,229

Quick facts

HS code: 61102010

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

Description: Lightweight fine-knit cotton sweaters, such as roll-neck, polo, or turtleneck styles