Import/export HS code 611030: Synthetic fiber sweaters and pullovers

Sweaters and pullovers made of man-made fibers like polyester or nylon

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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 £
China 585,666,061
Bangladesh 437,952,751
Cambodia 201,083,604
Turkey 132,438,426
Spain 98,336,442

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 £
China 291,472,813 294,193,248 +2,720,435
Bangladesh 206,823,050 231,129,701 +24,306,651
Cambodia 110,515,094 90,568,510 -19,946,584
Turkey 64,394,387 68,044,039 +3,649,652
Spain 49,412,443 48,923,999 -488,444
Netherlands 38,206,333 30,189,074 -8,017,259
Pakistan 27,286,527 23,949,325 -3,337,202
France 22,009,326 19,403,032 -2,606,294
Italy 20,837,337 17,892,966 -2,944,371
Viet Nam 17,029,975 19,907,778 +2,877,803

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 721,467,697
Bangladesh 477,937,331
Cambodia 233,625,864
Turkey 163,839,341
Viet Nam 59,548,437

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 361,265,868 360,201,829 -1,064,039
Bangladesh 227,497,128 250,440,203 +22,943,075
Cambodia 127,427,526 106,198,338 -21,229,188
Turkey 80,226,750 83,612,591 +3,385,841
Viet Nam 28,767,531 30,780,906 +2,013,375
Pakistan 29,256,368 26,047,890 -3,208,478
Italy 17,423,360 12,415,070 -5,008,290
Myanmar 11,623,142 10,702,608 -920,534
Sri Lanka 7,205,051 5,843,015 -1,362,036
Jordan 7,643,404 4,240,875 -3,402,529

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 408
Greater Manchester 247
Inner London - East 240
Outer London - West and North West 129
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 118

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 309 314 +5
Greater Manchester 184 199 +15
Inner London - East 164 183 +19
Outer London - West and North West 93 91 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 76 91 +15
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 88 80 -8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 64 59 -5
West Midlands 56 52 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 58 52 -6
West Yorkshire 50 53 +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) 1,144,066,400
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 333,595,775
Other 247,892,417
Air transport 168,764,241
Road transport 28,203,071

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) 505,180,107 638,886,293 +133,706,186
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 177,018,865 156,576,910 -20,441,955
Other 181,095,462 66,796,955 -114,298,507
Air transport 92,647,776 76,116,465 -16,531,311
Road transport 12,102,156 16,100,915 +3,998,759
Rail transport 3,088 0 -3,088

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 518,914,122
London Gateway Port 267,445,109
000 247,892,417
499 176,507,596
Southampton 149,231,863

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 335,878,409 183,035,713 -152,842,696
London Gateway Port 68,985,802 198,459,307 +129,473,505
000 181,095,462 66,796,955 -114,298,507
499 1,080,348 175,427,248 +174,346,900
Southampton 80,390,326 68,841,537 -11,548,789
Eurotunnel 60,261,684 54,444,948 -5,816,736
London Heathrow Airport 50,728,011 36,191,551 -14,536,460
Dover 43,080,707 38,429,174 -4,651,533
Dover / Eurotunnel 30,116,262 27,487,045 -2,629,217
ZLC 23,193,143 20,099,704 -3,093,439

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 1289
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 850
Manufacture of wearing apparel 158
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 101
Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities 64

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 592
2025-11 685
2025-10 792
2025-09 810
2025-08 737

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 1074
0-1m 719
54m+ 443
15m-54m 183
Other 177

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 £
Ireland 39,588,585
Netherlands 19,830,241
France 14,482,253
Germany 14,136,670
South Korea 10,940,063

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 £
Ireland 22,640,893 16,947,692 -5,693,201
Netherlands 12,671,838 7,158,403 -5,513,435
France 7,528,103 6,954,150 -573,953
Germany 7,756,854 6,379,816 -1,377,038
South Korea 10,733,680 206,383 -10,527,297
Malaysia 10,576,562 113,474 -10,463,088
United States 6,265,206 3,921,109 -2,344,097
Spain 3,253,344 2,196,125 -1,057,219
Iceland 405,006 4,253,421 +3,848,415
United Arab Emirates 2,600,107 1,799,268 -800,839

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 £
China 7,621,587
Bangladesh 4,702,116
Turkey 1,580,372
Cambodia 1,542,073
Myanmar 463,058

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 £
China 3,694,277 3,927,310 +233,033
Bangladesh 2,678,573 2,023,543 -655,030
Turkey 1,028,485 551,887 -476,598
Cambodia 877,951 664,122 -213,829
Myanmar 213,565 249,493 +35,928
XI 239,738 141,816 -97,922
Pakistan 111,193 113,677 +2,484
Sri Lanka 46,846 42,683 -4,163
India 42,080 44,291 +2,211
Morocco 40,051 38,452 -1,599

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 84,010,666
Air transport 54,808,230
Other 20,120,759
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,963,271
Road transport 30,984

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 48,129,803 35,880,863 -12,248,940
Air transport 38,997,298 15,810,932 -23,186,366
Other 10,651,432 9,469,327 -1,182,105
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,934,466 4,028,805 +94,339
Road transport 29,038 1,946 -27,092

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 50,458,054
London Heathrow Airport 34,684,817
000 20,120,759
East Midlands Airport 14,392,507
Holyhead 14,174,872

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 29,688,636 20,769,418 -8,919,218
London Heathrow Airport 29,744,949 4,939,868 -24,805,081
000 10,651,432 9,469,327 -1,182,105
East Midlands Airport 6,192,465 8,200,042 +2,007,577
Holyhead 7,916,727 6,258,145 -1,658,582
Dover 2,851,900 3,519,436 +667,536
Immingham Docks 2,657,951 2,574,714 -83,237
Liverpool Docks 2,044,153 1,241,703 -802,450
Harwich 1,588,263 1,360,870 -227,393
London Gateway Port 1,036,093 1,099,727 +63,634

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 611030

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

Description: Sweaters and pullovers made of man-made fibers like polyester or nylon