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

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 £
India 155,079,058
Bangladesh 128,325,260
Sri Lanka 124,623,539
China 120,699,498
Turkey 23,416,335

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 70,434,322 84,644,736 +14,210,414
Bangladesh 62,174,825 66,150,435 +3,975,610
Sri Lanka 62,582,172 62,041,367 -540,805
China 60,034,269 60,665,229 +630,960
Turkey 12,988,437 10,427,898 -2,560,539
France 8,534,724 7,805,047 -729,677
Spain 6,337,927 6,364,269 +26,342
Cambodia 6,133,020 5,223,780 -909,240
Italy 5,819,334 4,817,309 -1,002,025
Ireland 3,417,322 6,106,567 +2,689,245

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 160,538,360
China 133,033,097
Bangladesh 132,733,390
Sri Lanka 123,921,411
Turkey 25,060,563

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 73,639,044 86,899,316 +13,260,272
China 66,413,983 66,619,114 +205,131
Bangladesh 64,296,523 68,436,867 +4,140,344
Sri Lanka 61,699,528 62,221,883 +522,355
Turkey 13,702,687 11,357,876 -2,344,811
Portugal 6,690,744 6,750,973 +60,229
Cambodia 7,161,663 6,226,548 -935,115
Viet Nam 5,207,718 5,346,674 +138,956
Pakistan 4,012,181 3,717,296 -294,885
Spain 2,910,322 2,949,628 +39,306

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 103
Inner London - East 70
Greater Manchester 58
West Yorkshire 38
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 77 79 +2
Inner London - East 48 50 +2
Greater Manchester 42 45 +3
West Yorkshire 34 24 -10
Outer London - West and North West 22 33 +11
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 20 15 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 16 19 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 20 17 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 14 15 +1
Essex 19 8 -11

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) 478,429,735
Other 82,483,170
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 55,515,759
Air transport 44,033,632
Road transport 1,760,037

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) 211,020,418 267,409,317 +56,388,899
Other 55,497,859 26,985,311 -28,512,548
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 29,416,240 26,099,519 -3,316,721
Air transport 26,768,568 17,265,064 -9,503,504
Road transport 755,137 1,004,900 +249,763

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 169,946,494
London Gateway Port 164,138,602
000 82,483,170
499 59,421,601
Southampton 43,442,136

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 107,030,305 62,916,189 -44,114,116
London Gateway Port 67,528,437 96,610,165 +29,081,728
000 55,497,859 26,985,311 -28,512,548
499 31,418 59,390,183 +59,358,765
Southampton 19,378,912 24,063,224 +4,684,312
Middlesbrough 12,320,205 19,088,503 +6,768,298
London Heathrow Airport 13,790,028 6,637,038 -7,152,990
Eurotunnel 9,226,106 8,200,640 -1,025,466
Dover 9,121,218 6,802,784 -2,318,434
Manchester Airport 6,872,245 4,508,056 -2,364,189

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 241
Manufacture of wearing apparel 29
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 22
Manufacture of textiles 18

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 126
2026-03 142
2026-02 172
2026-01 130
2025-12 142

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 225
0-1m 221
54m+ 119
Other 57
15m-54m 49

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 26,189,603
United Arab Emirates 8,057,184
Germany 7,853,403
South Korea 4,231,468
Iceland 4,037,410

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 13,200,901 12,988,702 -212,199
United Arab Emirates 4,509,140 3,548,044 -961,096
Germany 4,895,422 2,957,981 -1,937,441
South Korea 4,231,468 0 -4,231,468
Iceland 617,101 3,420,309 +2,803,208
Armenia 48,449 3,638,733 +3,590,284
Poland 764,516 1,592,930 +828,414
United States 880,063 675,559 -204,504
Italy 546,049 720,683 +174,634
Netherlands 862,683 319,591 -543,092

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 7,964,083
Bangladesh 6,764,197
Sri Lanka 3,227,974
China 1,879,433
Viet Nam 605,890

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 3,975,762 3,988,321 +12,559
Bangladesh 3,375,655 3,388,542 +12,887
Sri Lanka 1,711,382 1,516,592 -194,790
China 891,054 988,379 +97,325
Viet Nam 329,584 276,306 -53,278
Turkey 321,815 254,457 -67,358
Pakistan 128,667 132,422 +3,755
Belgium 62,666 111,666 +49,000
Cambodia 73,089 54,409 -18,680
Myanmar 58,055 56,533 -1,522

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 31,125,141
Other 22,517,770
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 20,661,327
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,410,509

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 14,293,929 16,831,212 +2,537,283
Other 11,366,233 11,151,537 -214,696
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,317,909 9,343,418 -1,974,491
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,092,072 1,318,437 +226,365

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 22,517,770
East Midlands Airport 16,849,670
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,203,492
London Heathrow Airport 6,697,123
London Stansted Airport 4,543,067

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 11,366,233 11,151,537 -214,696
East Midlands Airport 4,607,075 12,242,595 +7,635,520
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,367,339 6,836,153 -2,531,186
London Heathrow Airport 5,543,731 1,153,392 -4,390,339
London Stansted Airport 2,328,634 2,214,433 -114,201
Holyhead 1,278,457 1,663,590 +385,133
Birmingham Airport 752,853 501,076 -251,777
London Gateway Port 499,705 636,330 +136,625
London Gatwick Airport 717,984 412,458 -305,526
Felixstowe 461,268 585,209 +123,941

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