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 111,154,273
Turkey 24,460,984
Spain 23,771,049
Bangladesh 21,021,275
Cambodia 11,076,294

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 60,625,875 50,528,398 -10,097,477
Turkey 13,137,573 11,323,411 -1,814,162
Spain 13,440,198 10,330,851 -3,109,347
Bangladesh 10,120,723 10,900,552 +779,829
Cambodia 6,664,294 4,412,000 -2,252,294
Italy 3,841,492 4,044,704 +203,212
Netherlands 3,941,879 3,699,976 -241,903
Viet Nam 2,850,617 4,056,373 +1,205,756
United States 4,101,011 2,338,606 -1,762,405
Germany 3,333,700 2,418,221 -915,479

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 130,974,077
Turkey 36,407,092
Bangladesh 24,169,809
Cambodia 14,632,968
Viet Nam 12,264,621

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 71,215,441 59,758,636 -11,456,805
Turkey 19,678,073 16,729,019 -2,949,054
Bangladesh 12,335,417 11,834,392 -501,025
Cambodia 9,186,184 5,446,784 -3,739,400
Viet Nam 5,761,688 6,502,933 +741,245
Morocco 4,515,693 2,744,704 -1,770,989
Italy 2,052,953 2,377,641 +324,688
India 1,937,640 1,424,303 -513,337
Sri Lanka 1,081,235 2,246,793 +1,165,558
Pakistan 1,181,385 1,648,191 +466,806

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 190
Greater Manchester 105
Inner London - East 90
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 56
Outer London - West and North West 43

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 136 143 +7
Greater Manchester 66 89 +23
Inner London - East 60 65 +5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 43 42 -1
Outer London - West and North West 27 27 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 27 32 +5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 23 23 +0
West Midlands 24 21 -3
West Yorkshire 25 22 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22 19 -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) 130,795,952
Air transport 52,512,828
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 51,150,483
Other 24,659,125
Road transport 4,009,856

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) 65,117,365 65,678,587 +561,222
Air transport 25,881,985 26,630,843 +748,858
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 29,197,626 21,952,857 -7,244,769
Other 19,103,491 5,555,634 -13,547,857
Road transport 1,221,870 2,787,986 +1,566,116

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 63,029,092
London Heathrow Airport 26,550,312
London Gateway Port 25,216,774
000 24,659,125
Eurotunnel 21,014,971

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 42,062,162 20,966,930 -21,095,232
London Heathrow Airport 13,864,977 12,685,335 -1,179,642
London Gateway Port 6,556,472 18,660,302 +12,103,830
000 19,103,491 5,555,634 -13,547,857
Eurotunnel 11,954,689 9,060,282 -2,894,407
Southampton 11,157,472 8,148,528 -3,008,944
Dover 10,057,329 5,909,175 -4,148,154
499 75,925 15,130,960 +15,055,035
East Midlands Airport 3,583,998 3,964,572 +380,574
Manchester Airport 2,967,693 2,402,996 -564,697

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 497
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 305
Manufacture of wearing apparel 79
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 45
Other manufacturing 28

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 203
2026-03 218
2026-02 187
2026-01 185
2025-12 188

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 405
54m+ 219
0-1m 188
Other 105
15m-54m 95

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 7,242,067
Ireland 3,847,534
Germany 3,794,102
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,018,799
United States 2,559,552

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 3,339,386 3,902,681 +563,295
Ireland 2,032,658 1,814,876 -217,782
Germany 2,416,818 1,377,284 -1,039,534
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,714,214 1,304,585 -409,629
United States 1,555,905 1,003,647 -552,258
France 724,089 906,735 +182,646
Spain 868,217 710,944 -157,273
Italy 655,679 726,135 +70,456
Iceland 195,383 879,249 +683,866
South Korea 810,945 146,318 -664,627

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 1,631,615
China 771,705
Turkey 295,481
Morocco 283,009
Bangladesh 187,486

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 735,101 896,514 +161,413
China 324,034 447,671 +123,637
Turkey 181,778 113,703 -68,075
Morocco 151,854 131,155 -20,699
Bangladesh 114,081 73,405 -40,676
Cambodia 57,185 52,483 -4,702
Sri Lanka 32,618 42,292 +9,674
Viet Nam 29,863 23,897 -5,966
India 12,238 31,393 +19,155
Ireland 16,367 6,550 -9,817

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 16,053,198
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,014,218
Other 3,887,595
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 970,939
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 8,331,699 7,721,499 -610,200
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,670,064 7,344,154 -325,910
Other 1,842,284 2,045,311 +203,027
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 546,982 423,957 -123,025
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 10,670,943
East Midlands Airport 9,377,061
London Heathrow Airport 5,152,915
000 3,887,595
Immingham Docks 1,487,011

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 5,309,726 5,361,217 +51,491
East Midlands Airport 4,930,834 4,446,227 -484,607
London Heathrow Airport 2,822,859 2,330,056 -492,803
000 1,842,284 2,045,311 +203,027
Immingham Docks 832,106 654,905 -177,201
Dover 416,583 412,958 -3,625
ZLC 230,047 465,287 +235,240
Holyhead 380,648 292,274 -88,374
Eurotunnel 431,622 235,974 -195,648
London Stansted Airport 185,321 261,838 +76,517

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