Import/export HS code 610461: Women's or girls' knitted shorts made of wool or fine animal hair

Warm and stylish shorts made from wool or fine animal hair

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  • 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 £
Italy 4,398,593
China 1,306,801
France 1,021,167
Cambodia 632,702
Bangladesh 340,164

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 £
Italy 2,430,139 1,968,454 -461,685
China 612,232 694,569 +82,337
France 642,006 379,161 -262,845
Cambodia 27,010 605,692 +578,682
Bangladesh 165,931 174,233 +8,302
Netherlands 200,264 116,045 -84,219
Germany 127,480 86,435 -41,045
United States 120,883 59,575 -61,308
Turkey 124,494 12,254 -112,240
Pakistan 128,891 5,514 -123,377

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 £
Italy 4,857,482
China 2,257,925
Cambodia 639,656
Bangladesh 407,807
United Kingdom 164,982

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 £
Italy 2,769,142 2,088,340 -680,802
China 1,202,011 1,055,914 -146,097
Cambodia 31,623 608,033 +576,410
Bangladesh 226,370 181,437 -44,933
United Kingdom 69,195 95,787 +26,592
Turkey 134,741 22,116 -112,625
Portugal 87,750 52,873 -34,877
Pakistan 128,891 6,392 -122,499
Romania 70,739 50,121 -20,618
Madagascar 42,056 63,621 +21,565

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 85
Inner London - East 24
Greater Manchester 11
Outer London - West and North West 9
Surrey, East and West Sussex 6

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 70 70 +0
Inner London - East 19 12 -7
Greater Manchester 6 7 +1
Outer London - West and North West 6 5 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 5 4 -1
Cheshire 4 3 -1
Lancashire 4 3 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 4 3 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 3 3 +0
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 4 2 -2

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,830,581
Air transport 2,658,835
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,661,094
Other 427,039
Road transport 239,614

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,811,458 2,019,123 -792,335
Air transport 1,348,593 1,310,242 -38,351
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 591,153 1,069,941 +478,788
Other 324,709 102,330 -222,379
Road transport 200,386 39,228 -161,158

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London 2,375,895
London Heathrow Airport 1,331,325
Eurotunnel 878,416
East Midlands Airport 717,336
Dover / Eurotunnel 690,044

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 £
London 1,352,233 1,023,662 -328,571
London Heathrow Airport 738,990 592,335 -146,655
Eurotunnel 430,349 448,067 +17,718
East Midlands Airport 378,457 338,879 -39,578
Dover / Eurotunnel 427,329 262,715 -164,614
499 3,820 662,266 +658,446
Dover 480,579 175,351 -305,228
Felixstowe 318,917 319,418 +501
000 324,709 102,330 -222,379
ZLC 234,674 57,987 -176,687

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 151
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 50
Manufacture of wearing apparel 13
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 13
Manufacture of textiles 7

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 50
2025-10 50
2025-09 54
2025-08 48
2025-07 35

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 78
54m+ 64
0-1m 29
Other 26
15m-54m 17

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 3,396,241
Italy 1,611,812
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 498,517
United States 393,100
Germany 173,337

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 2,142,814 1,253,427 -889,387
Italy 1,049,044 562,768 -486,276
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 260,997 237,520 -23,477
United States 177,007 216,093 +39,086
Germany 140,593 32,744 -107,849
Netherlands 51,953 63,274 +11,321
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 77,577 28,247 -49,330
United Arab Emirates 74,000 31,199 -42,801
Switzerland 58,392 43,079 -15,313
China 24,374 53,879 +29,505

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 £
Cambodia 6,102
China 5,443
XU 1,615
France 576
Pakistan 573

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 £
Cambodia 1,796 4,306 +2,510
China 2,812 2,631 -181
XU 482 1,133 +651
France 576 0 -576
Pakistan 235 338 +103
Morocco 206 0 -206
India 118 0 -118
Turkey 12 0 -12
Bangladesh 1 0 -1

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 5,365,207
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,666,534
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 38,650
Other 14,678

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 3,168,166 2,197,041 -971,125
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,142,944 523,590 -619,354
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 36,238 2,412 -33,826
Other 6,270 8,408 +2,138

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 4,200,107
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,499,701
London Heathrow Airport 931,564
ZLC 112,297
Eurotunnel 104,231

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 2,626,751 1,573,356 -1,053,395
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,070,605 429,096 -641,509
London Heathrow Airport 438,912 492,652 +53,740
ZLC 32,832 79,465 +46,633
Eurotunnel 42,541 61,690 +19,149
London Stansted Airport 59,169 25,736 -33,433
Dover 23,791 11,225 -12,566
Manchester Airport 935 22,301 +21,366
Liverpool Docks 19,355 1,143 -18,212
000 6,270 8,408 +2,138

Quick facts

HS code: 610461

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

Description: Warm and stylish shorts made from wool or fine animal hair