Import/export HS code 6116: Knitted or crocheted gloves and mittens

Gloves, mittens, and mitts made by knitting or crocheting, including all types and styles

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* 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 132,446,237
Pakistan 24,825,207
Sri Lanka 19,328,172
Viet Nam 10,453,038
Malaysia 6,662,112

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 76,038,494 56,407,743 -19,630,751
Pakistan 12,011,928 12,813,279 +801,351
Sri Lanka 11,157,725 8,170,447 -2,987,278
Viet Nam 5,380,257 5,072,781 -307,476
Malaysia 4,017,940 2,644,172 -1,373,768
Netherlands 2,844,209 3,489,961 +645,752
France 3,367,657 2,791,641 -576,016
Germany 2,773,899 2,172,489 -601,410
Spain 2,936,037 458,275 -2,477,762
United States 2,382,454 982,821 -1,399,633

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 150,793,869
Pakistan 26,797,497
Sri Lanka 21,999,542
Viet Nam 15,303,345
Malaysia 6,710,319

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 86,625,759 64,168,110 -22,457,649
Pakistan 13,015,976 13,781,521 +765,545
Sri Lanka 12,817,493 9,182,049 -3,635,444
Viet Nam 8,254,983 7,048,362 -1,206,621
Malaysia 4,074,546 2,635,773 -1,438,773
Indonesia 1,747,013 1,860,666 +113,653
Cambodia 1,647,386 1,805,420 +158,034
Bangladesh 882,980 1,257,173 +374,193
Italy 859,303 856,373 -2,930
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,117,599 511,904 -605,695

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 151
Greater Manchester 98
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 72
Inner London - East 70
West Midlands 67

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 106 112 +6
Greater Manchester 75 72 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 50 58 +8
Inner London - East 53 50 -3
West Midlands 54 39 -15
Outer London - West and North West 40 34 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 38 39 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 41 34 -7
West Yorkshire 37 33 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 29 27 -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) 164,840,772
Air transport 27,648,464
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 27,252,531
Other 26,535,227
Road transport 2,142,190

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) 84,913,451 79,927,321 -4,986,130
Air transport 15,036,842 12,611,622 -2,425,220
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,650,037 11,602,494 -4,047,543
Other 24,119,109 2,416,118 -21,702,991
Road transport 138,043 2,004,147 +1,866,104

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 70,184,219
Southampton 34,993,700
London Gateway Port 33,964,078
000 26,535,227
499 15,876,675

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 44,588,506 25,595,713 -18,992,793
Southampton 19,394,601 15,599,099 -3,795,502
London Gateway Port 14,085,175 19,878,903 +5,793,728
000 24,119,109 2,416,118 -21,702,991
499 229,260 15,647,415 +15,418,155
London Heathrow Airport 8,120,161 6,267,262 -1,852,899
Eurotunnel 5,757,124 3,535,225 -2,221,899
Dover 3,673,080 2,727,155 -945,925
London 2,633,528 2,234,491 -399,037
Liverpool Docks 2,217,603 2,248,839 +31,236

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
523
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
472
Manufacture of wearing apparel
69
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
58
Other manufacturing
48

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 175
2026-04 181
2026-03 180
2026-02 215
2026-01 201

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 530
54m+ 305
0-1m 218
15m-54m 148
Other 111

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 6,398,413
Netherlands 4,061,076
France 3,089,220
Germany 1,711,349
Italy 1,654,142

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 3,525,406 2,873,007 -652,399
Netherlands 2,014,967 2,046,109 +31,142
France 1,780,261 1,308,959 -471,302
Germany 846,990 864,359 +17,369
Italy 746,650 907,492 +160,842
United States 720,054 677,791 -42,263
Poland 297,680 986,664 +688,984
Belgium 549,880 658,777 +108,897
Spain 391,723 438,039 +46,316
Iceland 356,989 454,379 +97,390

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 £
China 864,113
Switzerland 143,005
Hungary 119,107
Malaysia 60,454
XI 34,382

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 £
China 480,246 383,867 -96,379
Switzerland 77,777 65,228 -12,549
Hungary 96,809 22,298 -74,511
Malaysia 8,544 51,910 +43,366
XI 29,040 5,342 -23,698
Austria 26,537 5,305 -21,232
Pakistan 21,293 9,645 -11,648
Sri Lanka 16,355 13,152 -3,203
Ireland 8,629 11,816 +3,187
Myanmar 0 12,931 +12,931

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,448,705
Air transport 8,923,360
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,691,898
Other 1,546,218
Road transport 3,747

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,639,804 8,808,901 +169,097
Air transport 4,946,954 3,976,406 -970,548
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,760,590 1,931,308 +170,718
Other 878,057 668,161 -209,896
Road transport 3,747 0 -3,747

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,300,606
East Midlands Airport 3,562,872
London Heathrow Airport 2,536,369
Holyhead 2,334,120
Liverpool Docks 1,665,352

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 3,949,185 4,351,421 +402,236
East Midlands Airport 2,204,205 1,358,667 -845,538
London Heathrow Airport 1,247,643 1,288,726 +41,083
Holyhead 1,107,591 1,226,529 +118,938
Liverpool Docks 1,241,601 423,751 -817,850
Felixstowe 368,186 1,274,966 +906,780
000 878,057 668,161 -209,896
ZLC 733,394 727,849 -5,545
Immingham Docks 444,474 916,637 +472,163
London Gateway Port 859,176 494,818 -364,358

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 6116

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

Description: Gloves, mittens, and mitts made by knitting or crocheting, including all types and styles