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 136,555,388
Pakistan 25,602,211
Sri Lanka 20,370,969
Viet Nam 10,885,557
Malaysia 7,113,171

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 75,390,031 61,165,357 -14,224,674
Pakistan 12,228,602 13,373,609 +1,145,007
Sri Lanka 11,143,510 9,227,459 -1,916,051
Viet Nam 5,583,297 5,302,260 -281,037
Malaysia 4,102,383 3,010,788 -1,091,595
France 3,573,100 2,928,306 -644,794
Netherlands 2,849,926 3,592,565 +742,639
Germany 2,651,879 2,577,443 -74,436
United States 2,397,994 1,085,305 -1,312,689
Spain 3,034,022 438,328 -2,595,694

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 155,820,416
Pakistan 27,692,897
Sri Lanka 23,167,654
Viet Nam 15,843,442
Malaysia 7,117,395

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 86,332,597 69,487,819 -16,844,778
Pakistan 13,274,799 14,418,098 +1,143,299
Sri Lanka 12,719,262 10,448,392 -2,270,870
Viet Nam 8,211,937 7,631,505 -580,432
Malaysia 4,175,135 2,942,260 -1,232,875
Indonesia 1,741,046 1,848,631 +107,585
Cambodia 1,710,756 1,820,446 +109,690
Bangladesh 1,050,154 1,269,301 +219,147
Italy 878,614 943,496 +64,882
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,082,739 713,878 -368,861

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 152
Greater Manchester 101
Inner London - East 71
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 70
West Midlands 69

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 107 111 +4
Greater Manchester 77 74 -3
Inner London - East 51 51 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 50 58 +8
West Midlands 54 42 -12
Outer London - West and North West 39 35 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 38 39 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 41 35 -6
West Yorkshire 36 33 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 30 29 -1

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) 169,486,950
Other 29,301,827
Air transport 28,440,925
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 28,302,481
Road transport 2,057,037

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) 85,393,895 84,093,055 -1,300,840
Other 24,100,000 5,201,827 -18,898,173
Air transport 14,946,939 13,493,986 -1,452,953
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,462,095 12,840,386 -2,621,709
Road transport 180,469 1,876,568 +1,696,099

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 73,084,875
Southampton 36,433,821
London Gateway Port 34,605,650
000 29,301,827
499 14,873,049

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 45,385,599 27,699,276 -17,686,323
Southampton 18,781,521 17,652,300 -1,129,221
London Gateway Port 14,077,021 20,528,629 +6,451,608
000 24,100,000 5,201,827 -18,898,173
499 234,125 14,638,924 +14,404,799
London Heathrow Airport 7,955,277 6,819,589 -1,135,688
Eurotunnel 5,683,784 3,878,422 -1,805,362
Dover 3,600,392 2,980,149 -620,243
London 2,483,994 2,490,016 +6,022
Liverpool Docks 2,493,694 2,246,957 -246,737

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 528
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 477
Manufacture of wearing apparel 68
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 59
Other manufacturing 50

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 181
2026-03 180
2026-02 215
2026-01 201
2025-12 242

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 529
54m+ 309
0-1m 223
15m-54m 147
Other 120

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 6,616,937
Netherlands 4,417,375
France 3,231,717
Italy 1,684,120
Germany 1,663,388

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 3,408,306 3,208,631 -199,675
Netherlands 2,159,108 2,258,267 +99,159
France 1,844,391 1,387,326 -457,065
Italy 681,862 1,002,258 +320,396
Germany 731,124 932,264 +201,140
United States 760,366 691,600 -68,766
Belgium 645,383 668,400 +23,017
Poland 305,726 993,061 +687,335
Spain 352,692 489,881 +137,189
Iceland 365,946 474,474 +108,528

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 888,624
Switzerland 143,913
Hungary 119,107
Malaysia 55,139
Austria 38,289

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 472,930 415,694 -57,236
Switzerland 78,139 65,774 -12,365
Hungary 96,809 22,298 -74,511
Malaysia 3,075 52,064 +48,989
Austria 32,984 5,305 -27,679
XI 26,406 9,907 -16,499
Sri Lanka 16,646 13,146 -3,500
Pakistan 19,780 9,344 -10,436
Ireland 6,728 13,053 +6,325
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) 18,339,604
Air transport 9,799,056
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,848,170
Other 1,572,403
Road transport 5,690

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) 8,757,635 9,581,969 +824,334
Air transport 5,546,774 4,252,282 -1,294,492
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,794,028 2,054,142 +260,114
Other 862,951 709,452 -153,499
Road transport 5,690 0 -5,690

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,692,289
East Midlands Airport 3,767,272
London Heathrow Airport 3,107,450
Holyhead 2,408,712
Liverpool Docks 1,815,121

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 4,002,272 4,690,017 +687,745
East Midlands Airport 2,352,163 1,415,109 -937,054
London Heathrow Airport 1,804,143 1,303,307 -500,836
Holyhead 1,003,554 1,405,158 +401,604
Liverpool Docks 1,290,020 525,101 -764,919
Felixstowe 369,434 1,347,936 +978,502
000 862,951 709,452 -153,499
ZLC 636,549 894,408 +257,859
Immingham Docks 554,125 923,875 +369,750
London Gateway Port 809,733 585,379 -224,354

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