Import/export HS code 611012: Cashmere sweaters and pullovers

Sweaters and pullovers made from Kashmir (cashmere) goat wool

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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 £
Italy 50,914,709
China 37,111,210
Cambodia 19,858,045
Netherlands 17,389,723
France 13,472,615

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 27,364,221 23,550,488 -3,813,733
China 16,951,595 20,159,615 +3,208,020
Cambodia 5,311,420 14,546,625 +9,235,205
Netherlands 9,431,394 7,958,329 -1,473,065
France 7,110,200 6,362,415 -747,785
Madagascar 899,611 3,915,355 +3,015,744
United States 1,741,938 2,020,490 +278,552
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,645,551 1,316,162 -329,389
Nepal 1,520,667 1,073,060 -447,607
Germany 1,265,471 1,282,303 +16,832

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 55,878,912
China 54,882,406
Cambodia 29,540,847
United Kingdom 5,443,052
Madagascar 5,191,136

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 30,521,619 25,357,293 -5,164,326
China 26,072,402 28,810,004 +2,737,602
Cambodia 10,134,033 19,406,814 +9,272,781
United Kingdom 2,505,944 2,937,108 +431,164
Madagascar 1,097,144 4,093,992 +2,996,848
Nepal 1,438,567 1,192,573 -245,994
Myanmar 1,101,198 956,423 -144,775
Viet Nam 1,232,461 818,419 -414,042
Pakistan 317,729 1,522,768 +1,205,039
Mongolia 913,793 825,340 -88,453

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 218
Inner London - East 65
Greater Manchester 37
Surrey, East and West Sussex 37
Outer London - West and North West 32

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 173 178 +5
Inner London - East 39 49 +10
Greater Manchester 21 30 +9
Surrey, East and West Sussex 28 25 -3
Outer London - West and North West 26 18 -8
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 20 14 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 11 11 +0
Essex 7 7 +0
Lancashire 11 7 -4
West Midlands 9 7 -2

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 61,955,781
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 58,102,321
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 39,951,441
Other 9,834,758
Road transport 611,281

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 £
Air transport 29,774,609 32,181,172 +2,406,563
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 32,597,112 25,505,209 -7,091,903
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,691,986 28,259,455 +16,567,469
Other 5,988,885 3,845,873 -2,143,012
Road transport 359,735 251,546 -108,189

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 30,050,538
London 18,045,362
Eurotunnel 15,057,031
499 14,660,538
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,881,416

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 Heathrow Airport 16,133,491 13,917,047 -2,216,444
London 10,104,358 7,941,004 -2,163,354
Eurotunnel 8,828,181 6,228,850 -2,599,331
499 12,700 14,647,838 +14,635,138
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,567,241 5,314,175 -1,253,066
Dover 6,496,200 5,197,688 -1,298,512
East Midlands Airport 5,239,653 6,075,883 +836,230
000 5,988,885 3,845,873 -2,143,012
Manchester Airport 4,124,921 5,521,840 +1,396,919
London Gateway Port 1,060,725 8,118,057 +7,057,332

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 443
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 132
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 34
Manufacture of wearing apparel 23
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 14

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 153
2025-10 195
2025-09 187
2025-08 196
2025-07 141

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 244
0-1m 189
54m+ 124
Other 48
15m-54m 41

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 36,110,125
United States 16,626,946
Italy 12,683,256
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,720,785
Germany 3,690,490

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 17,643,362 18,466,763 +823,401
United States 9,145,471 7,481,475 -1,663,996
Italy 7,645,862 5,037,394 -2,608,468
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,787,831 1,932,954 +145,123
Germany 2,278,347 1,412,143 -866,204
Switzerland 1,336,291 1,199,379 -136,912
Netherlands 1,107,429 1,101,529 -5,900
South Korea 1,010,039 1,088,548 +78,509
Ireland 862,312 902,485 +40,173
Japan 770,850 519,923 -250,927

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 462,195
China 134,569
Madagascar 77,505
XU 73,870
Myanmar 12,368

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 186,188 276,007 +89,819
China 65,214 69,355 +4,141
Madagascar 58,058 19,447 -38,611
XU 35,838 38,032 +2,194
Myanmar 3,410 8,958 +5,548
Malaysia 0 12,087 +12,087
Italy 1,452 0 -1,452
Bangladesh 568 463 -105
Turkey 0 952 +952
Switzerland 0 369 +369

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 70,293,666
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,027,880
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,650,791
Other 776,859
Road transport 27,825

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 35,031,295 35,262,371 +231,076
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,703,169 7,324,711 -3,378,458
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,421,426 229,365 -1,192,061
Other 350,940 425,919 +74,979
Road transport 27,825 0 -27,825

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 54,911,840
Dover / Eurotunnel 15,136,774
London Heathrow Airport 9,316,466
ZLC 3,128,705
Dover 1,698,821

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 28,393,037 26,518,803 -1,874,234
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,466,854 5,669,920 -3,796,934
London Heathrow Airport 3,770,248 5,546,218 +1,775,970
ZLC 1,801,179 1,327,526 -473,653
Dover 812,167 886,654 +74,487
London Stansted Airport 819,113 604,534 -214,579
Manchester Airport 151,260 1,110,477 +959,217
Liverpool Docks 852,616 49,963 -802,653
000 350,940 425,919 +74,979
Southampton 506,377 118,138 -388,239

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 611012

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

Description: Sweaters and pullovers made from Kashmir (cashmere) goat wool