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 4,404,050
China 1,275,598
France 1,047,078
Cambodia 633,656
Bangladesh 321,766

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 2,364,520 2,039,530 -324,990
China 556,734 718,864 +162,130
France 656,373 390,705 -265,668
Cambodia 27,941 605,715 +577,774
Bangladesh 219,863 101,903 -117,960
Netherlands 188,934 113,347 -75,587
Germany 133,813 77,252 -56,561
United States 122,141 53,049 -69,092
Turkey 124,494 12,254 -112,240
Pakistan 127,630 6,654 -120,976

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 4,874,772
China 2,194,346
Cambodia 640,610
Bangladesh 381,044
Turkey 156,857

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 2,702,427 2,172,345 -530,082
China 1,125,121 1,069,225 -55,896
Cambodia 32,554 608,056 +575,502
Bangladesh 272,843 108,201 -164,642
Turkey 134,741 22,116 -112,625
United Kingdom 65,764 89,533 +23,769
Portugal 84,412 57,864 -26,548
Pakistan 127,630 7,532 -120,098
Romania 71,683 53,404 -18,279
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 84
Inner London - East 23
Greater Manchester 11
Outer London - West and North West 10
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 69 67 -2
Inner London - East 19 13 -6
Greater Manchester 6 7 +1
Outer London - West and North West 6 6 +0
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
East Central Scotland 3 3 +0

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) 4,912,005
Air transport 2,591,121
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,641,424
Other 377,569
Road transport 218,473

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) 2,794,575 2,117,430 -677,145
Air transport 1,271,304 1,319,817 +48,513
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 641,609 999,815 +358,206
Other 293,620 83,949 -209,671
Road transport 186,345 32,128 -154,217

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London 2,434,994
London Heathrow Airport 1,299,970
Eurotunnel 900,233
Dover / Eurotunnel 695,604
East Midlands Airport 679,365

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 1,291,139 1,143,855 -147,284
London Heathrow Airport 694,090 605,880 -88,210
Eurotunnel 460,415 439,818 -20,597
Dover / Eurotunnel 428,625 266,979 -161,646
East Midlands Airport 359,146 320,219 -38,927
499 0 668,814 +668,814
Dover 495,535 154,754 -340,781
Felixstowe 328,077 285,387 -42,690
000 293,620 83,949 -209,671
ZLC 218,526 50,887 -167,639

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 148
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 49
Manufacture of wearing apparel 13
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 12
Manufacture of textiles 7

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 24
2025-11 50
2025-10 50
2025-09 54
2025-08 48

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 76
54m+ 62
0-1m 27
Other 27
15m-54m 19

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 2,906,058
Italy 1,631,860
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 504,310
United States 393,922
Germany 172,506

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 1,702,310 1,203,748 -498,562
Italy 1,032,233 599,627 -432,606
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 272,280 232,030 -40,250
United States 186,567 207,355 +20,788
Germany 140,093 32,413 -107,680
Netherlands 62,786 52,646 -10,140
United Arab Emirates 77,326 32,222 -45,104
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 80,567 27,701 -52,866
Switzerland 55,133 43,079 -12,054
China 34,302 40,568 +6,266

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 6,675
China 5,491
France 576
Pakistan 573
Morocco 206

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 4,879 +3,083
China 2,924 2,567 -357
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 4,906,508
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,627,292
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 38,650
Other 15,684

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 2,770,586 2,135,922 -634,664
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,114,919 512,373 -602,546
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 36,238 2,412 -33,826
Other 6,558 9,126 +2,568

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 3,677,476
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,469,055
London Heathrow Airport 995,297
ZLC 110,889
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 2,182,537 1,494,939 -687,598
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,047,736 421,319 -626,417
London Heathrow Airport 470,112 525,185 +55,073
ZLC 42,034 68,855 +26,821
Eurotunnel 42,541 61,690 +19,149
London Stansted Airport 65,619 22,307 -43,312
Dover 18,635 7,785 -10,850
Manchester Airport 935 22,301 +21,366
Liverpool Docks 19,355 1,143 -18,212
000 6,558 9,126 +2,568

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