Import/export HS code 61102010: Lightweight cotton sweaters

Lightweight fine-knit cotton sweaters, such as roll-neck, polo, or turtleneck styles

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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 £
Bangladesh 15,229,307
China 13,483,316
Pakistan 8,796,710
India 4,160,204
Turkey 3,972,018

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 7,234,113 7,995,194 +761,081
China 6,392,088 7,091,228 +699,140
Pakistan 4,735,624 4,061,086 -674,538
India 1,686,043 2,474,161 +788,118
Turkey 2,236,241 1,735,777 -500,464
United States 1,427,438 993,821 -433,617
Viet Nam 1,271,682 943,128 -328,554
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,134,022 754,195 -379,827
Netherlands 1,099,384 479,516 -619,868
Italy 758,119 708,811 -49,308

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 17,307,909
Bangladesh 15,920,242
Pakistan 8,861,968
Turkey 4,632,935
India 4,075,924

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 8,784,424 8,523,485 -260,939
Bangladesh 7,271,936 8,648,306 +1,376,370
Pakistan 4,758,616 4,103,352 -655,264
Turkey 2,687,493 1,945,442 -742,051
India 1,760,755 2,315,169 +554,414
Viet Nam 1,576,716 1,088,131 -488,585
Portugal 1,477,230 984,218 -493,012
Cambodia 512,171 914,233 +402,062
Italy 696,838 621,217 -75,621
United States 695,668 356,202 -339,466

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 158
Inner London - East 84
Greater Manchester 77
Outer London - West and North West 35
Surrey, East and West Sussex 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 112 101 -11
Inner London - East 57 53 -4
Greater Manchester 57 49 -8
Outer London - West and North West 25 24 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 29 14 -15
West Midlands 23 19 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 21 18 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22 13 -9
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 13 18 +5
Lancashire 9 12 +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) 29,461,245
Air transport 21,268,366
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,420,946
Other 4,153,114
Road transport 986,426

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) 12,614,239 16,847,006 +4,232,767
Air transport 12,490,702 8,777,664 -3,713,038
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,784,376 3,636,570 -147,806
Other 2,735,418 1,417,696 -1,317,722
Road transport 464,368 522,058 +57,690

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 13,289,496
London Heathrow Airport 10,961,281
Southampton 8,211,479
Manchester Airport 6,019,307
London Gateway Port 5,857,119

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 5,960,808 7,328,688 +1,367,880
London Heathrow Airport 6,502,403 4,458,878 -2,043,525
Southampton 3,666,184 4,545,295 +879,111
Manchester Airport 3,249,435 2,769,872 -479,563
London Gateway Port 2,030,018 3,827,101 +1,797,083
000 2,735,418 1,417,696 -1,317,722
East Midlands Airport 1,667,149 626,650 -1,040,499
Dover 1,192,978 604,317 -588,661
Eurotunnel 835,633 576,876 -258,757
ZLC 666,337 712,872 +46,535

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 408
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 245
Manufacture of wearing apparel 44
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 42
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 17

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 116
2025-10 113
2025-09 122
2025-08 114
2025-07 92

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 320
0-1m 183
54m+ 156
15m-54m 62
Other 57

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 5,361,870
Canada 2,997,532
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 2,590,837
Netherlands 2,551,822
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,450,524

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 2,849,278 2,512,592 -336,686
Canada 2,006,911 990,621 -1,016,290
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 620,608 1,970,229 +1,349,621
Netherlands 1,537,765 1,014,057 -523,708
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,147,625 1,302,899 +155,274
Ireland 768,597 818,107 +49,510
France 711,477 382,081 -329,396
Australia 421,315 565,665 +144,350
United Arab Emirates 331,427 624,024 +292,597
Germany 520,711 344,160 -176,551

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 £
India 265,106
Pakistan 199,081
China 117,204
Turkey 110,996
Bangladesh 61,459

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 £
India 111,173 153,933 +42,760
Pakistan 95,501 103,580 +8,079
China 87,238 29,966 -57,272
Turkey 73,762 37,234 -36,528
Bangladesh 56,192 5,267 -50,925
Cambodia 19,588 4,062 -15,526
Morocco 10,714 8,860 -1,854
New Zealand 857 6,371 +5,514
XU 6,019 3 -6,016
Egypt 3,440 417 -3,023

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 14,048,874
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,010,983
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,682,240
Other 817,971
Road transport 38,770

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 6,641,389 7,407,485 +766,096
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,218,133 2,792,850 -425,283
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,487,620 2,194,620 -1,293,000
Other 467,802 350,169 -117,633
Road transport 38,770 0 -38,770

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 6,456,971
London Heathrow Airport 5,645,643
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,476,051
Liverpool Docks 2,516,306
London Gateway Port 2,200,186

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 3,584,271 2,872,700 -711,571
London Heathrow Airport 2,318,438 3,327,205 +1,008,767
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,902,970 1,573,081 -329,889
Liverpool Docks 1,795,838 720,468 -1,075,370
London Gateway Port 1,266,112 934,074 -332,038
London Stansted Airport 226,070 667,134 +441,064
000 467,802 350,169 -117,633
Dover 582,249 209,730 -372,519
Felixstowe 223,030 486,394 +263,364
ZLC 384,008 305,122 -78,886

Quick facts

HS code: 61102010

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

Description: Lightweight fine-knit cotton sweaters, such as roll-neck, polo, or turtleneck styles