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 15,173,459
China 12,910,154
Pakistan 8,754,212
India 4,179,989
Turkey 3,937,359

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 7,503,970 7,669,489 +165,519
China 5,918,008 6,992,146 +1,074,138
Pakistan 5,033,920 3,720,292 -1,313,628
India 1,619,874 2,560,115 +940,241
Turkey 2,195,237 1,742,122 -453,115
United States 1,374,140 1,007,183 -366,957
Viet Nam 1,302,100 871,461 -430,639
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,152,487 817,285 -335,202
Netherlands 1,161,053 376,365 -784,688
Italy 661,520 797,327 +135,807

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 16,798,231
Bangladesh 15,908,509
Pakistan 8,835,944
Turkey 4,582,078
India 4,114,331

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 8,425,866 8,372,365 -53,501
Bangladesh 7,543,004 8,365,505 +822,501
Pakistan 5,061,221 3,774,723 -1,286,498
Turkey 2,624,755 1,957,323 -667,432
India 1,711,204 2,403,127 +691,923
Viet Nam 1,600,302 1,053,848 -546,454
Portugal 1,475,067 1,039,496 -435,571
Cambodia 557,533 873,353 +315,820
Italy 584,885 640,497 +55,612
United States 577,813 338,179 -239,634

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 157
Inner London - East 86
Greater Manchester 77
Outer London - West and North West 35
Surrey, East and West Sussex 34

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 109 98 -11
Inner London - East 61 51 -10
Greater Manchester 59 49 -10
Outer London - West and North West 25 24 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 29 16 -13
West Midlands 21 18 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 21 18 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14 17 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 19 13 -6
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) 29,824,461
Air transport 20,461,467
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,418,509
Other 3,900,203
Road transport 987,557

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) 12,985,593 16,838,868 +3,853,275
Air transport 11,992,571 8,468,896 -3,523,675
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,858,030 3,560,479 -297,551
Other 2,749,396 1,150,807 -1,598,589
Road transport 457,054 530,503 +73,449

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 13,164,634
London Heathrow Airport 10,321,142
Southampton 8,389,645
Manchester Airport 6,041,216
London Gateway Port 5,870,286

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 5,967,700 7,196,934 +1,229,234
London Heathrow Airport 6,116,432 4,204,710 -1,911,722
Southampton 3,937,922 4,451,723 +513,801
Manchester Airport 3,255,017 2,786,199 -468,818
London Gateway Port 2,162,705 3,707,581 +1,544,876
000 2,749,396 1,150,807 -1,598,589
East Midlands Airport 1,542,158 599,463 -942,695
Dover 1,200,186 704,011 -496,175
Eurotunnel 831,424 564,430 -266,994
ZLC 673,340 681,326 +7,986

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 405
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 240
Manufacture of wearing apparel 45
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
2026-01 103
2025-11 117
2025-10 113
2025-09 122
2025-08 114

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 185
54m+ 156
Other 59
15m-54m 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 5,338,659
Canada 2,998,521
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 2,780,978
Netherlands 2,575,889
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,493,863

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 2,849,151 2,489,508 -359,643
Canada 2,084,219 914,302 -1,169,917
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 850,423 1,930,555 +1,080,132
Netherlands 1,618,524 957,365 -661,159
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,169,697 1,324,166 +154,469
Ireland 810,864 802,251 -8,613
France 718,830 391,049 -327,781
Australia 447,908 538,867 +90,959
United Arab Emirates 334,500 620,186 +285,686
Germany 496,861 355,161 -141,700

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 270,568
Pakistan 193,397
China 111,109
Turkey 103,932
Bangladesh 55,407

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 120,683 149,885 +29,202
Pakistan 110,223 83,174 -27,049
China 93,215 17,894 -75,321
Turkey 75,191 28,741 -46,450
Bangladesh 50,213 5,194 -45,019
Cambodia 17,996 1,081 -16,915
Morocco 10,397 8,622 -1,775
New Zealand 2,467 4,761 +2,294
Egypt 3,836 209 -3,627
Bulgaria 2,722 0 -2,722

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 14,252,694
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,938,678
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,661,407
Other 793,685
Road transport 37,830

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 6,813,156 7,439,538 +626,382
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,136,307 2,802,371 -333,936
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,596,693 2,064,714 -1,531,979
Other 493,702 299,983 -193,719
Road transport 37,830 0 -37,830

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 6,339,945
London Heathrow Airport 5,945,874
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,369,641
Liverpool Docks 2,514,782
London Gateway Port 2,197,990

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 3,637,334 2,702,611 -934,723
London Heathrow Airport 2,460,122 3,485,752 +1,025,630
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,729,619 1,640,022 -89,597
Liverpool Docks 1,902,762 612,020 -1,290,742
London Gateway Port 1,301,113 896,877 -404,236
London Stansted Airport 209,999 708,127 +498,128
000 493,702 299,983 -193,719
Dover 561,933 203,509 -358,424
Felixstowe 218,752 486,188 +267,436
Holyhead 218,053 468,927 +250,874

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