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 582,582,424
Bangladesh 438,736,302
Cambodia 203,634,617
Turkey 131,612,406
Spain 98,107,262

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 287,209,160 295,373,264 +8,164,104
Bangladesh 203,577,657 235,158,645 +31,580,988
Cambodia 108,723,089 94,911,528 -13,811,561
Turkey 61,820,819 69,791,587 +7,970,768
Spain 48,168,480 49,938,782 +1,770,302
Netherlands 37,593,992 31,343,112 -6,250,880
Pakistan 27,680,725 24,860,801 -2,819,924
France 22,184,661 18,858,167 -3,326,494
Italy 20,874,118 17,836,105 -3,038,013
Viet Nam 16,091,783 19,319,674 +3,227,891

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 717,213,310
Bangladesh 478,209,948
Cambodia 236,372,301
Turkey 163,359,605
Viet Nam 57,814,796

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 355,828,374 361,384,936 +5,556,562
Bangladesh 223,786,892 254,423,056 +30,636,164
Cambodia 125,469,306 110,902,995 -14,566,311
Turkey 77,214,829 86,144,776 +8,929,947
Viet Nam 27,793,475 30,021,321 +2,227,846
Pakistan 29,824,413 26,821,267 -3,003,146
Italy 17,517,736 12,412,609 -5,105,127
Myanmar 12,026,491 11,050,887 -975,604
Sri Lanka 6,968,531 6,061,408 -907,123
Jordan 7,713,912 4,375,474 -3,338,438

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 412
Greater Manchester 251
Inner London - East 238
Outer London - West and North West 130
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 117

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 316 315 -1
Greater Manchester 184 201 +17
Inner London - East 164 185 +21
Outer London - West and North West 88 95 +7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 87 81 -6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 75 85 +10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 64 56 -8
West Midlands 58 54 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 59 53 -6
Outer London - East and North East 45 45 +0

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) 1,132,047,476
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 334,743,973
Other 257,939,914
Air transport 168,156,057
Road transport 27,980,895

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) 498,835,998 633,211,478 +134,375,480
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 174,240,519 160,503,454 -13,737,065
Other 176,400,844 81,539,070 -94,861,774
Air transport 93,045,098 75,110,959 -17,934,139
Road transport 12,159,771 15,821,124 +3,661,353
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 528,488,270
London Gateway Port 262,180,656
000 257,939,914
499 157,262,672
Southampton 151,891,928

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 332,557,764 195,930,506 -136,627,258
London Gateway Port 66,719,378 195,461,278 +128,741,900
000 176,400,844 81,539,070 -94,861,774
499 1,173,032 156,089,640 +154,916,608
Southampton 79,923,033 71,968,895 -7,954,138
Eurotunnel 58,441,725 55,707,840 -2,733,885
London Heathrow Airport 52,208,450 34,631,324 -17,577,126
Dover 42,936,158 40,302,448 -2,633,710
Dover / Eurotunnel 29,708,019 27,628,202 -2,079,817
ZLC 22,443,921 20,305,525 -2,138,396

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 1285
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 848
Manufacture of wearing apparel 162
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 100
Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities 63

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 684
2025-10 791
2025-09 810
2025-08 737
2025-07 632

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 1070
0-1m 725
54m+ 437
15m-54m 176
Other 174

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 39,268,609
Netherlands 20,554,499
South Korea 20,151,195
France 14,393,266
Germany 14,224,759

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 22,256,764 17,011,845 -5,244,919
Netherlands 12,932,536 7,621,963 -5,310,573
South Korea 19,515,288 635,907 -18,879,381
France 7,335,279 7,057,987 -277,292
Germany 7,903,884 6,320,875 -1,583,009
Malaysia 10,574,562 107,520 -10,467,042
United States 6,660,478 3,920,668 -2,739,810
Spain 3,578,405 2,517,895 -1,060,510
United Arab Emirates 2,565,363 2,115,195 -450,168
Iceland 358,333 4,022,042 +3,663,709

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 7,285,781
Bangladesh 4,722,740
XU 2,842,168
Turkey 1,584,616
Cambodia 1,504,224

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 3,649,115 3,636,666 -12,449
Bangladesh 2,641,111 2,081,629 -559,482
XU 1,464,568 1,377,600 -86,968
Turkey 1,016,272 568,344 -447,928
Cambodia 830,975 673,249 -157,726
Myanmar 219,996 237,855 +17,859
XI 230,285 145,849 -84,436
Pakistan 109,824 113,647 +3,823
Sri Lanka 45,784 41,067 -4,717
India 40,477 45,424 +4,947

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) 84,756,397
Air transport 64,417,446
Other 19,640,323
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,518,921
Road transport 50,435

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) 47,859,599 36,896,798 -10,962,801
Air transport 47,012,309 17,405,137 -29,607,172
Other 10,468,106 9,172,217 -1,295,889
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,569,748 3,949,173 -620,575
Road transport 48,489 1,946 -46,543

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 51,415,115
London Heathrow Airport 44,501,241
000 19,640,323
East Midlands Airport 14,282,532
Holyhead 14,195,850

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 29,897,124 21,517,991 -8,379,133
London Heathrow Airport 37,721,775 6,779,466 -30,942,309
000 10,468,106 9,172,217 -1,295,889
East Midlands Airport 6,372,446 7,910,086 +1,537,640
Holyhead 8,312,186 5,883,664 -2,428,522
Dover 3,044,711 3,504,360 +459,649
Immingham Docks 2,684,796 2,581,821 -102,975
Liverpool Docks 1,771,578 1,564,282 -207,296
Harwich 1,373,792 1,443,977 +70,185
Felixstowe 1,095,863 1,034,808 -61,055

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