Import/export HS code 6111: Baby clothes and accessories, knitted or crocheted

Clothing and accessories for babies, such as sweaters, hats, and booties, made by knitting or crocheting

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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 £
India 150,946,540
Bangladesh 124,459,134
Sri Lanka 119,788,754
China 118,300,676
Turkey 21,754,245

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 £
India 74,065,627 76,880,913 +2,815,286
Bangladesh 64,579,299 59,879,835 -4,699,464
Sri Lanka 61,342,142 58,446,612 -2,895,530
China 61,628,544 56,672,132 -4,956,412
Turkey 12,481,681 9,272,564 -3,209,117
France 8,348,741 6,877,844 -1,470,897
Spain 6,355,206 5,968,602 -386,604
Cambodia 5,981,120 4,823,071 -1,158,049
Italy 5,506,037 4,134,946 -1,371,091
Ireland 3,508,993 5,723,816 +2,214,823

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 £
India 155,689,774
China 130,044,531
Bangladesh 128,759,466
Sri Lanka 119,339,036
Turkey 23,277,959

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 £
India 76,860,141 78,829,633 +1,969,492
China 68,336,276 61,708,255 -6,628,021
Bangladesh 66,707,560 62,051,906 -4,655,654
Sri Lanka 60,766,896 58,572,140 -2,194,756
Turkey 13,185,024 10,092,935 -3,092,089
Portugal 6,671,924 6,316,245 -355,679
Cambodia 7,042,165 5,701,069 -1,341,096
Viet Nam 5,574,981 4,117,882 -1,457,099
Pakistan 3,935,835 3,634,494 -301,341
Spain 2,867,058 2,783,438 -83,620

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 100
Inner London - East 68
Greater Manchester 57
West Yorkshire 39
Outer London - West and North West 37

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 79 73 -6
Inner London - East 46 47 +1
Greater Manchester 42 41 -1
West Yorkshire 34 25 -9
Outer London - West and North West 21 34 +13
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 21 14 -7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 18 17 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 16 16 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 15 16 +1
Essex 17 8 -9

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) 468,266,741
Other 76,230,341
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 51,195,577
Air transport 42,324,764
Road transport 1,713,147

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) 211,873,304 256,393,437 +44,520,133
Other 61,768,637 14,461,704 -47,306,933
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 27,676,830 23,518,747 -4,158,083
Air transport 26,472,339 15,852,425 -10,619,914
Road transport 829,635 883,512 +53,877

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 161,469,766
Felixstowe 159,167,146
000 76,230,341
499 64,309,390
Southampton 43,007,411

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 Gateway Port 72,461,146 89,008,620 +16,547,474
Felixstowe 101,742,425 57,424,721 -44,317,704
000 61,768,637 14,461,704 -47,306,933
499 27,112 64,282,278 +64,255,166
Southampton 19,850,895 23,156,516 +3,305,621
Middlesbrough 12,717,752 17,646,282 +4,928,530
London Heathrow Airport 13,141,768 6,130,577 -7,011,191
Eurotunnel 8,304,972 7,616,801 -688,171
Dover 8,412,669 5,679,706 -2,732,963
Manchester Airport 7,281,016 4,067,370 -3,213,646

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
364
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
239
Manufacture of wearing apparel
29
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
21
Manufacture of textiles
16

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 112
2026-04 126
2026-03 142
2026-02 172
2026-01 130

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
0-1m 221
1m-15m 216
54m+ 117
Other 53
15m-54m 47

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 25,786,189
United Arab Emirates 7,810,490
Germany 7,340,886
Iceland 4,038,479
South Korea 3,799,980

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 13,302,202 12,483,987 -818,215
United Arab Emirates 4,364,902 3,445,588 -919,314
Germany 4,716,060 2,624,826 -2,091,234
Iceland 1,342,044 2,696,435 +1,354,391
South Korea 3,799,980 0 -3,799,980
Armenia 493,051 3,181,533 +2,688,482
Poland 775,934 1,784,627 +1,008,693
United States 760,555 664,123 -96,432
Italy 643,216 599,280 -43,936
Spain 783,478 316,530 -466,948

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 7,792,643
Bangladesh 6,658,528
Sri Lanka 3,096,042
China 1,866,253
Viet Nam 553,168

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 4,013,139 3,779,504 -233,635
Bangladesh 3,475,681 3,182,847 -292,834
Sri Lanka 1,640,849 1,455,193 -185,656
China 903,452 962,801 +59,349
Viet Nam 312,821 240,347 -72,474
Turkey 317,779 229,950 -87,829
Pakistan 130,850 125,627 -5,223
Belgium 50,284 113,240 +62,956
Myanmar 56,859 58,020 +1,161
Cambodia 52,337 56,111 +3,774

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 29,668,500
Other 21,938,166
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,990,562
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,273,120

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 14,971,873 14,696,627 -275,246
Other 11,488,110 10,450,056 -1,038,054
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,781,670 9,208,892 -1,572,778
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 949,123 1,323,997 +374,874

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 21,938,166
East Midlands Airport 16,191,408
Dover / Eurotunnel 15,307,641
London Heathrow Airport 6,265,086
London Stansted Airport 4,424,096

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 11,488,110 10,450,056 -1,038,054
East Midlands Airport 6,040,465 10,150,943 +4,110,478
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,744,888 6,562,753 -2,182,135
London Heathrow Airport 5,076,538 1,188,548 -3,887,990
London Stansted Airport 2,274,614 2,149,482 -125,132
Holyhead 1,296,100 1,888,310 +592,210
Birmingham Airport 827,583 404,140 -423,443
London Gateway Port 446,948 659,784 +212,836
London Gatwick Airport 563,406 514,796 -48,610
Felixstowe 442,586 521,473 +78,887

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 6111

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

Description: Clothing and accessories for babies, such as sweaters, hats, and booties, made by knitting or crocheting