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 127,945,953
Pakistan 22,872,481
Sri Lanka 19,482,533
Viet Nam 9,914,371
Malaysia 6,767,016

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 73,783,026 54,162,927 -19,620,099
Pakistan 11,393,099 11,479,382 +86,283
Sri Lanka 10,884,652 8,597,881 -2,286,771
Viet Nam 5,594,801 4,319,570 -1,275,231
Malaysia 4,233,712 2,533,304 -1,700,408
France 3,520,095 2,540,941 -979,154
Netherlands 2,513,526 3,317,595 +804,069
Germany 2,587,819 2,129,121 -458,698
Spain 3,074,852 342,497 -2,732,355
Belgium 1,459,653 1,782,446 +322,793

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 145,662,222
Pakistan 24,710,052
Sri Lanka 22,188,735
Viet Nam 14,574,627
Malaysia 6,743,015

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 84,504,680 61,157,542 -23,347,138
Pakistan 12,356,405 12,353,647 -2,758
Sri Lanka 12,517,096 9,671,639 -2,845,457
Viet Nam 8,056,225 6,518,402 -1,537,823
Malaysia 4,186,354 2,556,661 -1,629,693
Cambodia 1,653,404 1,680,920 +27,516
Indonesia 1,648,822 1,586,300 -62,522
Bangladesh 1,035,300 886,281 -149,019
India 1,495,670 339,022 -1,156,648
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 902,989 801,461 -101,528

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 150
Greater Manchester 96
West Midlands 68
Inner London - East 67
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 64

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 114 101 -13
Greater Manchester 76 67 -9
West Midlands 55 44 -11
Inner London - East 54 44 -10
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 50 51 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 40 37 -3
Outer London - West and North West 38 35 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 40 38 -2
West Yorkshire 40 32 -8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 28 31 +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) 155,322,934
Other 31,419,693
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 26,315,015
Air transport 25,745,424
Road transport 1,294,582

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) 84,217,545 71,105,389 -13,112,156
Other 23,324,536 8,095,157 -15,229,379
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,719,528 11,595,487 -3,124,041
Air transport 14,585,308 11,160,116 -3,425,192
Road transport 228,743 1,065,839 +837,096

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 70,398,253
Southampton 34,869,099
000 31,419,693
London Gateway Port 29,905,855
London Heathrow Airport 13,413,268

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 45,607,853 24,790,400 -20,817,453
Southampton 18,749,774 16,119,325 -2,630,449
000 23,324,536 8,095,157 -15,229,379
London Gateway Port 12,609,385 17,296,470 +4,687,085
London Heathrow Airport 7,652,702 5,760,566 -1,892,136
499 236,630 9,299,277 +9,062,647
Eurotunnel 5,715,326 3,638,952 -2,076,374
Dover 3,524,231 2,581,619 -942,612
London 2,604,252 2,137,529 -466,723
Liverpool Docks 2,533,116 1,750,519 -782,597

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 506
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 465
Manufacture of wearing apparel 62
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 58
Other manufacturing 46

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 201
2025-11 283
2025-10 331
2025-09 308
2025-08 263

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 518
54m+ 296
0-1m 223
15m-54m 140
Other 109

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 6,036,148
Netherlands 4,113,268
France 3,106,482
Italy 1,600,459
Germany 1,514,195

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 3,344,213 2,691,935 -652,278
Netherlands 2,259,175 1,854,093 -405,082
France 1,892,303 1,214,179 -678,124
Italy 692,433 908,026 +215,593
Germany 750,607 763,588 +12,981
United States 776,675 465,586 -311,089
Belgium 646,883 517,134 -129,749
Iceland 341,915 473,078 +131,163
Japan 458,091 324,230 -133,861
Spain 316,214 461,448 +145,234

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 806,894
Switzerland 137,947
Hungary 98,563
Malaysia 34,473
XI 33,578

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 481,095 325,799 -155,296
Switzerland 79,989 57,958 -22,031
Hungary 22,103 76,460 +54,357
Malaysia 3,287 31,186 +27,899
XI 22,196 11,382 -10,814
Austria 33,213 0 -33,213
Sri Lanka 16,242 12,414 -3,828
Pakistan 19,977 7,184 -12,793
Ireland 6,693 9,300 +2,607
Bangladesh 11,169 2,373 -8,796

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) 16,054,966
Air transport 9,348,354
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,574,224
Other 1,394,139
Road transport 10,913

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) 8,738,762 7,316,204 -1,422,558
Air transport 5,805,890 3,542,464 -2,263,426
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,763,358 1,810,866 +47,508
Other 782,613 611,526 -171,087
Road transport 10,913 0 -10,913

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,840,149
East Midlands Airport 3,730,781
London Heathrow Airport 2,971,912
Holyhead 2,116,365
Liverpool Docks 1,848,473

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 4,016,107 3,824,042 -192,065
East Midlands Airport 2,439,188 1,291,593 -1,147,595
London Heathrow Airport 1,984,836 987,076 -997,760
Holyhead 1,047,049 1,069,316 +22,267
Liverpool Docks 1,257,873 590,600 -667,273
Immingham Docks 581,769 907,675 +325,906
000 782,613 611,526 -171,087
ZLC 667,587 723,154 +55,567
London Gateway Port 672,800 618,563 -54,237
Dover 712,835 484,469 -228,366

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