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

Clothing made from synthetic or artificial fibres using 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 £
China 104,313,051
Turkey 21,555,917
Spain 21,426,129
Bangladesh 20,649,180
Cambodia 10,636,291

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 56,784,993 47,528,058 -9,256,935
Turkey 10,859,928 10,695,989 -163,939
Spain 12,296,281 9,129,848 -3,166,433
Bangladesh 10,297,956 10,351,224 +53,268
Cambodia 5,778,662 4,857,629 -921,033
Italy 3,769,998 3,738,833 -31,165
Netherlands 4,331,837 3,150,547 -1,181,290
Viet Nam 3,322,513 3,807,165 +484,652
United States 3,541,040 2,478,820 -1,062,220
Germany 3,164,122 2,147,333 -1,016,789

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 122,583,738
Turkey 32,228,123
Bangladesh 23,623,833
Cambodia 13,510,184
Viet Nam 12,509,981

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 66,386,348 56,197,390 -10,188,958
Turkey 16,945,575 15,282,548 -1,663,027
Bangladesh 12,463,034 11,160,799 -1,302,235
Cambodia 7,756,024 5,754,160 -2,001,864
Viet Nam 6,707,344 5,802,637 -904,707
Morocco 4,187,734 2,456,344 -1,731,390
Italy 2,074,721 2,235,810 +161,089
Sri Lanka 1,547,971 1,729,938 +181,967
India 1,558,436 1,356,092 -202,344
Pakistan 1,309,672 1,588,098 +278,426

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 185
Greater Manchester 105
Inner London - East 87
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 53
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 38

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 134 137 +3
Greater Manchester 69 88 +19
Inner London - East 59 61 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 47 36 -11
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 26 27 +1
Outer London - West and North West 25 25 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 28 19 -9
West Yorkshire 24 23 -1
West Midlands 20 20 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20 18 -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) 124,687,340
Air transport 49,507,275
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 46,712,916
Other 21,520,473
Road transport 3,883,635

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) 60,815,251 63,872,089 +3,056,838
Air transport 24,443,740 25,063,535 +619,795
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 26,745,500 19,967,416 -6,778,084
Other 18,208,264 3,312,209 -14,896,055
Road transport 1,044,473 2,839,162 +1,794,689

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 56,118,015
London Gateway Port 25,850,340
London Heathrow Airport 24,326,312
000 21,520,473
Eurotunnel 19,040,020

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 37,385,843 18,732,172 -18,653,671
London Gateway Port 7,507,949 18,342,391 +10,834,442
London Heathrow Airport 12,756,013 11,570,299 -1,185,714
000 18,208,264 3,312,209 -14,896,055
Eurotunnel 11,291,646 7,748,374 -3,543,272
Southampton 10,855,690 7,728,630 -3,127,060
499 103,405 16,325,911 +16,222,506
Dover 8,756,888 5,399,027 -3,357,861
East Midlands Airport 3,411,544 3,775,969 +364,425
Manchester Airport 2,753,447 2,365,889 -387,558

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
486
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
298
Manufacture of wearing apparel
76
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 390
54m+ 213
0-1m 188
15m-54m 94
Other 93

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 6,877,824
Ireland 3,746,446
Germany 3,369,352
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,732,010
United States 2,442,168

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 3,659,854 3,217,970 -441,884
Ireland 2,035,716 1,710,730 -324,986
Germany 2,264,487 1,104,865 -1,159,622
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,547,579 1,184,431 -363,148
United States 1,537,550 904,618 -632,932
France 794,667 767,992 -26,675
Spain 793,031 680,275 -112,756
Italy 645,371 562,107 -83,264
Iceland 384,738 689,894 +305,156
Belgium 265,425 532,438 +267,013

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 1,544,621
China 798,968
Morocco 274,577
Turkey 250,512
Bangladesh 173,074

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 766,697 777,924 +11,227
China 357,235 441,733 +84,498
Morocco 149,184 125,393 -23,791
Turkey 149,683 100,829 -48,854
Bangladesh 101,967 71,107 -30,860
Cambodia 57,302 51,927 -5,375
Sri Lanka 33,164 43,498 +10,334
India 11,144 46,541 +35,397
Viet Nam 31,511 24,669 -6,842
Ireland 18,543 5,296 -13,247

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 14,701,016
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,149,914
Other 3,773,427
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 923,101
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 7,829,341 6,871,675 -957,666
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,022,071 6,127,843 -1,894,228
Other 1,880,276 1,893,151 +12,875
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 564,126 358,975 -205,151
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 9,966,227
East Midlands Airport 8,553,576
London Heathrow Airport 4,629,428
000 3,773,427
Immingham Docks 1,417,311

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 5,478,715 4,487,512 -991,203
East Midlands Airport 4,867,558 3,686,018 -1,181,540
London Heathrow Airport 2,284,240 2,345,188 +60,948
000 1,880,276 1,893,151 +12,875
Immingham Docks 846,256 571,055 -275,201
Dover 429,990 355,468 -74,522
ZLC 300,269 390,134 +89,865
Holyhead 385,440 270,400 -115,040
Eurotunnel 437,639 148,107 -289,532
London Stansted Airport 195,377 246,471 +51,094

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