Import/export HS code 611430: Man-made fibre knitted clothing

Clothing made from synthetic or artificial fibres using 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 £
China 108,889,392
Turkey 23,698,825
Spain 23,249,825
Bangladesh 21,190,815
Cambodia 10,973,714

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 £
China 58,168,038 50,721,354 -7,446,684
Turkey 12,455,542 11,243,283 -1,212,259
Spain 13,524,962 9,724,863 -3,800,099
Bangladesh 10,207,653 10,983,162 +775,509
Cambodia 6,078,794 4,894,920 -1,183,874
Italy 4,083,778 3,947,437 -136,341
Netherlands 4,459,925 3,338,456 -1,121,469
Viet Nam 3,215,761 4,048,217 +832,456
United States 3,897,472 2,607,969 -1,289,503
Germany 3,217,043 2,322,602 -894,441

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 128,369,865
Turkey 35,476,173
Bangladesh 24,327,191
Cambodia 14,129,006
Viet Nam 12,824,400

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 68,341,617 60,028,248 -8,313,369
Turkey 19,354,406 16,121,767 -3,232,639
Bangladesh 12,464,032 11,863,159 -600,873
Cambodia 8,279,284 5,849,722 -2,429,562
Viet Nam 6,643,002 6,181,398 -461,604
Morocco 4,463,391 2,645,140 -1,818,251
Italy 2,041,038 2,433,851 +392,813
Sri Lanka 1,416,490 1,935,720 +519,230
India 1,829,054 1,453,511 -375,543
Pakistan 1,245,927 1,712,323 +466,396

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 189
Greater Manchester 106
Inner London - East 88
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 54
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 40

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 132 145 +13
Greater Manchester 68 89 +21
Inner London - East 57 65 +8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 47 39 -8
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 28 31 +3
Outer London - West and North West 25 26 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 29 20 -9
West Midlands 24 22 -2
West Yorkshire 23 22 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 18 -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) 129,121,896
Air transport 52,803,280
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 50,324,111
Other 23,217,745
Road transport 3,968,046

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) 62,337,479 66,784,417 +4,446,938
Air transport 26,222,617 26,580,663 +358,046
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 28,940,979 21,383,132 -7,557,847
Other 18,559,505 4,658,240 -13,901,265
Road transport 1,048,041 2,920,005 +1,871,964

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 59,390,348
London Gateway Port 26,305,462
London Heathrow Airport 26,300,568
000 23,217,745
Eurotunnel 20,484,011

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 39,405,326 19,985,022 -19,420,304
London Gateway Port 7,176,692 19,128,770 +11,952,078
London Heathrow Airport 14,170,890 12,129,678 -2,041,212
000 18,559,505 4,658,240 -13,901,265
Eurotunnel 12,200,541 8,283,470 -3,917,071
Southampton 10,682,252 8,409,878 -2,272,374
499 89,624 16,343,999 +16,254,375
Dover 9,693,742 5,865,756 -3,827,986
East Midlands Airport 3,658,829 3,995,521 +336,692
Manchester Airport 2,895,982 2,542,885 -353,097

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
494
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
306
Manufacture of wearing apparel
77
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
43
Other manufacturing
26

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 195
2026-04 203
2026-03 218
2026-02 187
2026-01 185

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 398
54m+ 219
0-1m 190
Other 99
15m-54m 96

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 £
Netherlands 7,127,447
Ireland 3,860,241
Germany 3,646,957
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,937,841
United States 2,552,416

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 £
Netherlands 3,395,452 3,731,995 +336,543
Ireland 2,016,345 1,843,896 -172,449
Germany 2,335,784 1,311,173 -1,024,611
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,652,700 1,285,141 -367,559
United States 1,519,677 1,032,739 -486,938
France 742,759 845,387 +102,628
Spain 816,835 723,183 -93,652
Italy 625,718 682,479 +56,761
Iceland 289,966 784,666 +494,700
South Korea 764,880 145,344 -619,536

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 1,624,643
China 823,328
Morocco 280,437
Turkey 267,965
Bangladesh 183,369

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 726,918 897,725 +170,807
China 341,006 482,322 +141,316
Morocco 148,430 132,007 -16,423
Turkey 155,768 112,197 -43,571
Bangladesh 106,661 76,708 -29,953
Cambodia 56,412 54,970 -1,442
Sri Lanka 31,972 46,075 +14,103
India 11,893 46,864 +34,971
Viet Nam 30,637 26,044 -4,593
Ireland 16,367 7,472 -8,895

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 15,817,911
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,690,864
Other 3,937,260
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 939,715
Road transport 2,462

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 8,222,693 7,595,218 -627,475
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,697,457 6,993,407 -704,050
Other 1,829,059 2,108,201 +279,142
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 518,912 420,803 -98,109
Road transport 1,462 1,000 -462

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,407,443
East Midlands Airport 9,044,927
London Heathrow Airport 5,219,093
000 3,937,260
Immingham Docks 1,455,565

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,286,969 5,120,474 -166,495
East Midlands Airport 4,913,601 4,131,326 -782,275
London Heathrow Airport 2,752,573 2,466,520 -286,053
000 1,829,059 2,108,201 +279,142
Immingham Docks 800,679 654,886 -145,793
Dover 413,322 396,747 -16,575
ZLC 186,675 518,730 +332,055
Holyhead 381,224 292,583 -88,641
Eurotunnel 434,822 170,728 -264,094
London Stansted Airport 188,238 261,710 +73,472

Quick facts

HS code: 611430

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

Description: Clothing made from synthetic or artificial fibres using knitting or crocheting