Import/export HS code 611090: Sweaters made of other materials

Sweaters and pullovers made of materials like flax, ramie, or other textiles

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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 30,133,034
Pakistan 26,096,599
China 24,622,071
Ireland 10,631,194
Bangladesh 9,545,150

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 16,090,310 14,042,724 -2,047,586
Pakistan 13,053,331 13,043,268 -10,063
China 11,910,303 12,711,768 +801,465
Ireland 5,158,055 5,473,139 +315,084
Bangladesh 5,207,615 4,337,535 -870,080
France 3,150,432 4,292,234 +1,141,802
Spain 1,758,350 2,491,139 +732,789
Turkey 1,742,680 1,261,051 -481,629
India 1,027,890 1,246,421 +218,531
United States 888,371 956,744 +68,373

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 33,923,026
China 31,578,212
Pakistan 26,457,574
Bangladesh 10,643,035
Turkey 3,947,299

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 17,379,355 16,543,671 -835,684
China 15,195,922 16,382,290 +1,186,368
Pakistan 13,151,453 13,306,121 +154,668
Bangladesh 5,680,208 4,962,827 -717,381
Turkey 1,930,552 2,016,747 +86,195
India 1,167,185 1,321,343 +154,158
Portugal 643,761 858,552 +214,791
Cambodia 499,277 558,075 +58,798
United States 423,391 553,399 +130,008
France 569,274 406,904 -162,370

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 332
Greater Manchester 165
Inner London - East 163
Outer London - West and North West 92
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 68

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 240 227 -13
Greater Manchester 120 116 -4
Inner London - East 113 108 -5
Outer London - West and North West 62 57 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 49 46 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 41 40 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 37 36 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 33 36 +3
West Midlands 35 32 -3
West Yorkshire 31 33 +2

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) 42,234,201
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 38,834,806
Air transport 38,145,171
Other 11,952,240
Road transport 1,472,068

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) 20,948,504 21,285,697 +337,193
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,228,399 19,606,407 +378,008
Air transport 19,746,257 18,398,914 -1,347,343
Other 6,095,815 5,856,425 -239,390
Road transport 932,400 539,668 -392,732

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 22,777,355
Southampton 15,228,353
Felixstowe 14,652,264
000 11,952,240
London Heathrow Airport 11,940,265

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 £
Eurotunnel 13,157,378 9,619,977 -3,537,401
Southampton 7,486,573 7,741,780 +255,207
Felixstowe 8,109,702 6,542,562 -1,567,140
000 6,095,815 5,856,425 -239,390
London Heathrow Airport 6,685,576 5,254,689 -1,430,887
Dover 2,814,426 6,668,544 +3,854,118
Manchester Airport 4,394,386 4,257,851 -136,535
London Gateway Port 4,305,910 4,339,453 +33,543
East Midlands Airport 4,157,895 3,348,000 -809,895
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,396,725 1,739,717 +342,992

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 861
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 523
Manufacture of wearing apparel 102
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 70
Manufacture of textiles 46

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 215
2026-03 270
2026-02 305
2026-01 231
2025-12 227

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 646
0-1m 511
54m+ 257
Other 117
15m-54m 103

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 £
Ireland 11,873,012
United States 5,180,833
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,704,690
France 1,754,334
Italy 1,558,568

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 £
Ireland 6,264,618 5,608,394 -656,224
United States 2,105,641 3,075,192 +969,551
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,518,579 2,186,111 +667,532
France 1,057,551 696,783 -360,768
Italy 813,266 745,302 -67,964
Spain 577,644 913,977 +336,333
United Arab Emirates 400,632 411,211 +10,579
Netherlands 275,999 382,700 +106,701
Japan 327,077 254,256 -72,821
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 253,959 313,673 +59,714

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 £
XI 10,681,906
China 57,191
Bangladesh 30,452
Cambodia 16,361
Taiwan 8,071

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 £
XI 5,746,579 4,935,327 -811,252
China 36,594 20,597 -15,997
Bangladesh 20,491 9,961 -10,530
Cambodia 15,170 1,191 -13,979
Taiwan 7,836 235 -7,601
Turkey 6,457 629 -5,828
Myanmar 645 226 -419
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 376 461 +85
Pakistan 475 0 -475
Morocco 300 81 -219

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 14,816,316
Other 10,847,716
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,465,250
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 525,721

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 6,774,048 8,042,268 +1,268,220
Other 5,872,240 4,975,476 -896,764
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,011,789 3,453,461 +441,672
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 376,728 148,993 -227,735

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 10,847,716
London Heathrow Airport 8,094,647
East Midlands Airport 5,297,460
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,253,825
London Stansted Airport 766,336

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 £
000 5,872,240 4,975,476 -896,764
London Heathrow Airport 2,901,558 5,193,089 +2,291,531
East Midlands Airport 3,035,572 2,261,888 -773,684
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,019,916 2,233,909 +213,993
London Stansted Airport 477,802 288,534 -189,268
Liverpool Docks 343,016 194,507 -148,509
ZLC 311,580 214,829 -96,751
Holyhead 186,361 322,988 +136,627
Dover 286,338 178,220 -108,118
Harwich 238,030 131,534 -106,496

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 611090

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

Description: Sweaters and pullovers made of materials like flax, ramie, or other textiles