Import/export HS code 611710: Knitted scarves and shawls

Shawls, scarves, mufflers, veils, and similar items made by knitting or crocheting

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • 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 31,258,942
Italy 4,699,304
France 3,061,477
Cambodia 1,996,396
Netherlands 1,856,241

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 15,991,518 15,267,424 -724,094
Italy 2,427,807 2,271,497 -156,310
France 1,882,538 1,178,939 -703,599
Cambodia 799,890 1,196,506 +396,616
Netherlands 1,157,985 698,256 -459,729
Poland 727,422 785,477 +58,055
Germany 738,483 661,811 -76,672
Turkey 900,755 483,118 -417,637
Portugal 599,480 633,481 +34,001
Bangladesh 184,971 511,841 +326,870

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 35,575,396
Italy 5,357,424
Cambodia 2,048,836
Poland 1,670,565
Turkey 1,601,940

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 18,299,349 17,276,047 -1,023,302
Italy 3,075,119 2,282,305 -792,814
Cambodia 803,646 1,245,190 +441,544
Poland 886,381 784,184 -102,197
Turkey 1,094,461 507,479 -586,982
Portugal 691,276 673,086 -18,190
India 463,023 322,174 -140,849
Bangladesh 182,497 533,899 +351,402
Viet Nam 171,587 305,204 +133,617
Nepal 238,745 176,634 -62,111

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 208
Inner London - East 98
Greater Manchester 70
Outer London - West and North West 40
Surrey, East and West Sussex 39

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 152 150 -2
Inner London - East 66 72 +6
Greater Manchester 50 56 +6
Outer London - West and North West 31 24 -7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 30 27 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 25 22 -3
West Midlands 21 20 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 20 18 -2
West Yorkshire 20 19 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 15 19 +4

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) 27,470,826
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,658,252
Air transport 10,515,387
Other 3,852,272
Road transport 529,070

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) 12,636,795 14,834,031 +2,197,236
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,640,506 5,017,746 -1,622,760
Air transport 5,387,784 5,127,603 -260,181
Other 3,234,497 617,775 -2,616,722
Road transport 221,962 307,108 +85,146

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 11,987,267
Southampton 5,246,505
London Gateway Port 4,614,802
London Heathrow Airport 4,429,985
499 4,068,782

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 7,912,525 4,074,742 -3,837,783
Southampton 3,063,940 2,182,565 -881,375
London Gateway Port 1,006,862 3,607,940 +2,601,078
London Heathrow Airport 2,322,912 2,107,073 -215,839
499 31,062 4,037,720 +4,006,658
000 3,234,497 617,775 -2,616,722
Dover 2,239,525 1,443,034 -796,491
Eurotunnel 1,609,969 1,099,078 -510,891
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,127,147 1,036,502 -90,645
Birmingham Airport 959,768 870,554 -89,214

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 486
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 328
Manufacture of wearing apparel 75
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 36
Manufacture of textiles 22

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 70
2026-03 83
2026-02 82
2026-01 93
2025-12 128

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 378
54m+ 192
0-1m 191
Other 85
15m-54m 75

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 7,284,125
Japan 1,651,900
South Korea 1,437,977
Ireland 1,359,520
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,296,629

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 3,246,666 4,037,459 +790,793
Japan 1,002,984 648,916 -354,068
South Korea 1,003,418 434,559 -568,859
Ireland 565,552 793,968 +228,416
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 732,731 563,898 -168,833
Germany 551,780 592,655 +40,875
Netherlands 336,531 674,429 +337,898
United States 449,639 494,418 +44,779
Italy 388,629 363,099 -25,530
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 466,983 196,345 -270,638

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 552,670
Pakistan 34,119
Turkey 21,682
Bangladesh 21,193
XI 10,338

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 243,972 308,698 +64,726
Pakistan 24,280 9,839 -14,441
Turkey 14,017 7,665 -6,352
Bangladesh 13,635 7,558 -6,077
XI 4,466 5,872 +1,406
Italy 3,496 6,679 +3,183
Cambodia 3,227 6,307 +3,080
India 3,015 4,090 +1,075
Netherlands 2,775 411 -2,364
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,003 888 -1,115

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 12,650,578
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,377,048
Other 798,397
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 690,651

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 7,262,050 5,388,528 -1,873,522
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,022,243 4,354,805 +2,332,562
Other 380,734 417,663 +36,929
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 528,143 162,508 -365,635

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 7,495,809
London Heathrow Airport 3,477,425
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,849,095
Dover 2,771,370
ZLC 964,102

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 4,641,636 2,854,173 -1,787,463
London Heathrow Airport 1,876,860 1,600,565 -276,295
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,424,990 1,424,105 -885
Dover 274,968 2,496,402 +2,221,434
ZLC 411,614 552,488 +140,874
000 380,734 417,663 +36,929
Immingham Docks 124,868 207,580 +82,712
London Stansted Airport 124,313 170,217 +45,904
Glasgow Airport 162,763 126,935 -35,828
Grangemouth Docks 274,575 900 -273,675

Quick facts

HS code: 611710

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

Description: Shawls, scarves, mufflers, veils, and similar items made by knitting or crocheting