Import/export HS code 610469: Women's or girls' knitted shorts made of other textile materials

Includes shorts made from silk, linen, or blends

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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 £
Bangladesh 61,586,669
China 19,611,399
Cambodia 15,353,162
Turkey 10,515,838
Pakistan 9,656,275

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 £
Bangladesh 29,147,307 32,439,362 +3,292,055
China 9,312,006 10,299,393 +987,387
Cambodia 6,242,709 9,110,453 +2,867,744
Turkey 5,705,962 4,809,876 -896,086
Pakistan 3,339,456 6,316,819 +2,977,363
Italy 2,572,705 2,162,333 -410,372
Spain 1,111,700 2,385,994 +1,274,294
Netherlands 1,901,165 814,005 -1,087,160
India 895,098 1,136,963 +241,865
Viet Nam 1,219,842 635,451 -584,391

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 £
Bangladesh 63,351,839
China 23,341,594
Cambodia 17,437,359
Turkey 11,854,453
Pakistan 9,715,251

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 £
Bangladesh 30,279,649 33,072,190 +2,792,541
China 11,016,404 12,325,190 +1,308,786
Cambodia 6,882,121 10,555,238 +3,673,117
Turkey 6,438,828 5,415,625 -1,023,203
Pakistan 3,355,339 6,359,912 +3,004,573
Italy 2,805,323 2,186,910 -618,413
Viet Nam 1,792,765 1,074,708 -718,057
India 897,947 1,197,931 +299,984
Sri Lanka 983,326 552,550 -430,776
Bulgaria 694,720 455,993 -238,727

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 175
Greater Manchester 110
Inner London - East 87
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 46
Outer London - West and North West 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 136 121 -15
Greater Manchester 85 82 -3
Inner London - East 63 55 -8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 28 29 +1
Outer London - West and North West 30 23 -7
West Midlands 20 19 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 24 14 -10
West Yorkshire 17 13 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 14 13 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 16 13 -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) 84,169,777
Air transport 21,753,643
Other 19,407,597
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,144,861
Road transport 3,158,733

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) 38,038,430 46,131,347 +8,092,917
Air transport 10,010,439 11,743,204 +1,732,765
Other 9,739,311 9,668,286 -71,025
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,361,857 7,783,004 -578,853
Road transport 2,128,215 1,030,518 -1,097,697

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 38,134,411
London Gateway Port 25,788,144
000 19,407,597
499 10,487,965
Manchester Airport 7,359,882

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 26,207,010 11,927,401 -14,279,609
London Gateway Port 6,608,466 19,179,678 +12,571,212
000 9,739,311 9,668,286 -71,025
499 167,496 10,320,469 +10,152,973
Manchester Airport 2,997,645 4,362,237 +1,364,592
London Heathrow Airport 3,243,143 3,208,231 -34,912
Southampton 2,898,316 2,872,991 -25,325
Eurotunnel 2,826,049 2,573,449 -252,600
Dover 2,320,935 2,690,790 +369,855
ZLC 2,616,636 1,269,932 -1,346,704

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 472
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 277
Manufacture of wearing apparel 62
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 21
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 11

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 141
2025-11 149
2025-10 146
2025-09 154
2025-08 164

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 364
0-1m 175
54m+ 147
Other 63
15m-54m 54

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 £
United States 5,765,656
Ireland 1,812,072
France 836,343
Germany 796,298
Viet Nam 748,824

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 £
United States 4,057,010 1,708,646 -2,348,364
Ireland 937,561 874,511 -63,050
France 636,461 199,882 -436,579
Germany 497,838 298,460 -199,378
Viet Nam 0 748,824 +748,824
Italy 381,889 250,090 -131,799
Iceland 3,076 531,350 +528,274
United Arab Emirates 132,388 210,744 +78,356
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 172,677 97,049 -75,628
Netherlands 146,484 110,408 -36,076

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 £
Bangladesh 969,158
Cambodia 201,195
China 137,330
Turkey 86,748
India 37,317

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 £
Bangladesh 550,404 418,754 -131,650
Cambodia 81,726 119,469 +37,743
China 86,721 50,609 -36,112
Turkey 32,772 53,976 +21,204
India 10,966 26,351 +15,385
Indonesia 20,774 11,902 -8,872
Sri Lanka 11,448 19,005 +7,557
Viet Nam 6,522 5,058 -1,464
Morocco 1,958 8,722 +6,764
Pakistan 2,667 4,671 +2,004

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 8,857,029
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,838,419
Other 1,621,560
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 362,961
Road transport 2,326

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 5,185,620 3,671,409 -1,514,211
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,776,542 1,061,877 -714,665
Other 851,450 770,110 -81,340
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 112,635 250,326 +137,691
Road transport 2,326 0 -2,326

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 6,482,336
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,173,373
East Midlands Airport 1,942,378
000 1,621,560
London Stansted Airport 271,757

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 4,012,857 2,469,479 -1,543,378
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,364,326 809,047 -555,279
East Midlands Airport 887,926 1,054,452 +166,526
000 851,450 770,110 -81,340
London Stansted Airport 171,388 100,369 -71,019
Dover 174,238 69,503 -104,735
Liverpool Docks 21,863 163,920 +142,057
London Gateway Port 41,169 101,188 +60,019
Holyhead 60,923 73,381 +12,458
Eurotunnel 84,279 29,544 -54,735

Quick facts

HS code: 610469

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

Description: Includes shorts made from silk, linen, or blends