Import/export HS code 6117: Knitted or crocheted clothing accessories

Other knitted or crocheted clothing items like accessories or parts of garments

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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
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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 50,227,071
Italy 6,375,258
Pakistan 4,587,237
France 4,148,969
Cambodia 3,381,343

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 26,832,003 23,395,068 -3,436,935
Italy 3,346,963 3,028,295 -318,668
Pakistan 2,104,874 2,482,363 +377,489
France 2,579,222 1,569,747 -1,009,475
Cambodia 1,534,640 1,846,703 +312,063
Germany 1,358,352 1,289,465 -68,887
Netherlands 1,523,875 995,311 -528,564
Spain 1,176,522 1,253,941 +77,419
India 960,773 646,260 -314,513
Portugal 866,829 698,077 -168,752

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 57,603,011
Italy 6,796,516
Pakistan 4,606,618
Cambodia 3,532,719
Spain 1,975,399

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 30,876,136 26,726,875 -4,149,261
Italy 3,966,514 2,830,002 -1,136,512
Pakistan 2,119,248 2,487,370 +368,122
Cambodia 1,539,532 1,993,187 +453,655
Spain 983,628 991,771 +8,143
Portugal 1,029,253 802,678 -226,575
Turkey 1,130,579 658,429 -472,150
India 1,068,105 710,052 -358,053
Poland 1,122,156 538,436 -583,720
Bangladesh 517,774 796,684 +278,910

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 292
Inner London - East 122
Greater Manchester 102
Surrey, East and West Sussex 59
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 58

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 204 212 +8
Inner London - East 86 86 +0
Greater Manchester 77 78 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 42 39 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 42 38 -4
Outer London - West and North West 46 33 -13
West Midlands 33 32 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 40 27 -13
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 31 30 -1
West Yorkshire 28 28 +0

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) 48,218,513
Air transport 22,331,959
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,104,061
Other 5,190,823
Road transport 517,638

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) 24,063,819 24,154,694 +90,875
Air transport 11,264,434 11,067,525 -196,909
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,209,905 6,894,156 -2,315,749
Other 4,488,737 702,086 -3,786,651
Road transport 161,314 356,324 +195,010

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 21,651,989
London Gateway Port 10,053,569
Southampton 8,351,061
London Heathrow Airport 6,943,768
Manchester Airport 6,106,069

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 14,416,766 7,235,223 -7,181,543
London Gateway Port 3,105,161 6,948,408 +3,843,247
Southampton 4,781,420 3,569,641 -1,211,779
London Heathrow Airport 3,621,407 3,322,361 -299,046
Manchester Airport 2,744,923 3,361,146 +616,223
499 100,761 5,506,298 +5,405,537
000 4,488,737 702,086 -3,786,651
Dover 2,977,017 1,803,011 -1,174,006
Eurotunnel 2,495,945 1,834,298 -661,647
Birmingham Airport 2,066,756 1,593,936 -472,820

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
690
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
482
Manufacture of wearing apparel
101
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
54
Other manufacturing
33

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 128
2026-04 132
2026-03 147
2026-02 160
2026-01 159

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 602
0-1m 300
54m+ 273
15m-54m 112
Other 104

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 £
France 8,780,942
Ireland 1,890,558
South Korea 1,872,718
Japan 1,776,132
Germany 1,675,145

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 £
France 3,270,136 5,510,806 +2,240,670
Ireland 800,286 1,090,272 +289,986
South Korea 1,441,141 431,577 -1,009,564
Japan 1,161,435 614,697 -546,738
Germany 842,268 832,877 -9,391
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 993,454 618,897 -374,557
United States 949,702 625,264 -324,438
Netherlands 512,758 823,220 +310,462
Italy 423,961 462,469 +38,508
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 308,158 317,017 +8,859

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 657,746
Pakistan 32,153
India 29,360
Bangladesh 22,147
Turkey 21,611

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 285,609 372,137 +86,528
Pakistan 22,047 10,106 -11,941
India 15,184 14,176 -1,008
Bangladesh 15,158 6,989 -8,169
Turkey 12,939 8,672 -4,267
XI 9,734 8,271 -1,463
Ireland 10,247 2,276 -7,971
Italy 3,642 6,982 +3,340
Cambodia 3,207 6,458 +3,251
United States 2,927 1,274 -1,653

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 17,066,161
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,762,710
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 989,993
Other 979,105

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 8,747,745 8,318,416 -429,329
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,826,333 4,936,377 +1,110,044
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 685,133 304,860 -380,273
Other 467,400 511,705 +44,305

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 9,898,863
London Heathrow Airport 4,969,281
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,214,974
Dover 3,251,798
ZLC 1,307,531

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 £
East Midlands Airport 4,625,515 5,273,348 +647,833
London Heathrow Airport 3,142,735 1,826,546 -1,316,189
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,112,628 2,102,346 -10,282
Dover 1,189,179 2,062,619 +873,440
ZLC 546,975 760,556 +213,581
000 467,400 511,705 +44,305
Immingham Docks 199,756 261,991 +62,235
Holyhead 143,153 297,368 +154,215
London Stansted Airport 183,672 202,620 +18,948
Grangemouth Docks 274,575 900 -273,675

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 6117

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

Description: Other knitted or crocheted clothing items like accessories or parts of garments