Import/export HS code 61102010: Lightweight cotton sweaters

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

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • 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 13,871,853
China 13,609,653
Pakistan 8,553,605
India 4,661,865
Turkey 4,001,545

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 6,901,974 6,969,879 +67,905
China 6,566,119 7,043,534 +477,415
Pakistan 5,386,363 3,167,242 -2,219,121
India 1,974,772 2,687,093 +712,321
Turkey 2,250,216 1,751,329 -498,887
Viet Nam 1,265,695 1,230,128 -35,567
United States 1,277,602 1,148,970 -128,632
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,137,468 899,044 -238,424
Italy 768,492 995,967 +227,475
Netherlands 1,104,529 295,922 -808,607

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 17,375,109
Bangladesh 15,327,700
Pakistan 8,664,774
Turkey 4,454,364
India 4,451,097

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 8,995,878 8,379,231 -616,647
Bangladesh 7,214,561 8,113,139 +898,578
Pakistan 5,418,485 3,246,289 -2,172,196
Turkey 2,593,353 1,861,011 -732,342
India 1,849,964 2,601,133 +751,169
Viet Nam 1,595,745 1,440,957 -154,788
Portugal 1,550,431 1,160,980 -389,451
Cambodia 750,617 653,603 -97,014
Italy 650,946 481,874 -169,072
United States 520,228 404,689 -115,539

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 156
Greater Manchester 82
Inner London - East 80
Outer London - West and North West 35
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 29

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 114 95 -19
Greater Manchester 56 57 +1
Inner London - East 57 50 -7
Outer London - West and North West 24 21 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 20 18 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 17 17 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 19 16 -3
West Midlands 20 19 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 18 12 -6
Essex 12 9 -3

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) 30,769,905
Air transport 20,776,741
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,141,426
Other 2,755,351
Road transport 1,070,760

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) 13,297,737 17,472,168 +4,174,431
Air transport 12,270,558 8,506,183 -3,764,375
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,472,223 3,669,203 -803,020
Other 2,578,561 176,790 -2,401,771
Road transport 415,330 655,430 +240,100

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 12,462,482
London Heathrow Airport 10,892,605
Southampton 8,506,378
London Gateway Port 6,755,736
Manchester Airport 6,109,718

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 5,557,057 6,905,425 +1,348,368
London Heathrow Airport 5,987,796 4,904,809 -1,082,987
Southampton 4,097,446 4,408,932 +311,486
London Gateway Port 3,089,554 3,666,182 +576,628
Manchester Airport 3,647,233 2,462,485 -1,184,748
000 2,578,561 176,790 -2,401,771
Dover 1,006,637 1,444,419 +437,782
499 15,172 2,042,778 +2,027,606
East Midlands Airport 1,533,717 389,773 -1,143,944
Eurotunnel 896,261 788,611 -107,650

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
395
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
236
Manufacture of wearing apparel
46
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
2026-05 87
2026-04 90
2026-03 101
2026-02 96
2026-01 103

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 321
0-1m 169
54m+ 155
15m-54m 61
Other 56

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 4,750,217
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 3,607,935
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,969,234
Canada 2,681,935
Netherlands 2,582,363

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 3,417,499 1,332,718 -2,084,781
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 1,236,980 2,370,955 +1,133,975
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,353,066 1,616,168 +263,102
Canada 2,382,707 299,228 -2,083,479
Netherlands 1,419,945 1,162,418 -257,527
Ireland 742,523 1,094,974 +352,451
United Arab Emirates 444,204 510,536 +66,332
France 480,312 459,492 -20,820
Australia 600,475 319,327 -281,148
Germany 386,558 412,858 +26,300

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 310,737
Pakistan 220,547
China 121,336
Turkey 85,719
Bangladesh 25,716

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 156,472 154,265 -2,207
Pakistan 127,299 93,248 -34,051
China 67,280 54,056 -13,224
Turkey 62,053 23,666 -38,387
Bangladesh 18,025 7,691 -10,334
Morocco 8,720 6,883 -1,837
Cambodia 8,032 0 -8,032
New Zealand 4,192 3,036 -1,156
Egypt 3,405 201 -3,204
Bulgaria 2,315 0 -2,315

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 15,186,635
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,230,681
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,865,725
Other 804,223

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 7,407,310 7,779,325 +372,015
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,885,969 3,344,712 +458,743
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,281,155 584,570 -3,696,585
Other 460,985 343,238 -117,747

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 6,943,945
East Midlands Airport 6,324,139
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,488,086
Liverpool Docks 2,220,786
London Gateway Port 1,826,459

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 2,911,645 4,032,300 +1,120,655
East Midlands Airport 3,405,117 2,919,022 -486,095
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,585,416 1,902,670 +317,254
Liverpool Docks 2,186,386 34,400 -2,151,986
London Gateway Port 1,545,320 281,139 -1,264,181
London Stansted Airport 405,812 525,400 +119,588
Holyhead 215,659 693,309 +477,650
000 460,985 343,238 -117,747
Felixstowe 493,642 215,738 -277,904
Eurotunnel 518,182 73,337 -444,845

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