Import/export HS code 611595: Cotton hosiery

Hosiery made from cotton

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  • 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 £
Turkey 162,154,634
China 136,851,452
Pakistan 63,959,633
Belgium 58,026,527
Netherlands 16,690,570

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 £
Turkey 83,954,424 78,200,210 -5,754,214
China 71,086,240 65,765,212 -5,321,028
Pakistan 30,833,907 33,125,726 +2,291,819
Belgium 30,013,621 28,012,906 -2,000,715
Netherlands 9,003,719 7,686,851 -1,316,868
India 5,446,677 9,061,946 +3,615,269
Cambodia 6,658,404 7,846,814 +1,188,410
France 4,979,953 3,765,828 -1,214,125
Italy 4,307,376 4,346,268 +38,892
Germany 4,404,660 3,432,162 -972,498

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 £
Turkey 179,581,663
China 154,880,597
Pakistan 105,227,439
Viet Nam 21,559,420
Cambodia 17,140,382

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 £
Turkey 94,370,783 85,210,880 -9,159,903
China 81,499,718 73,380,879 -8,118,839
Pakistan 52,854,609 52,372,830 -481,779
Viet Nam 12,127,941 9,431,479 -2,696,462
Cambodia 7,422,137 9,718,245 +2,296,108
India 5,438,755 8,964,758 +3,526,003
Myanmar 4,053,579 3,339,921 -713,658
Portugal 4,018,445 3,254,325 -764,120
Sri Lanka 2,833,473 2,829,170 -4,303
Italy 2,937,571 2,348,107 -589,464

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 215
Inner London - East 102
Greater Manchester 99
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 55
Outer London - West and North West 49

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 156 151 -5
Inner London - East 69 71 +2
Greater Manchester 76 77 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 42 39 -3
Outer London - West and North West 32 36 +4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 35 27 -8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 31 28 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 28 31 +3
West Yorkshire 28 22 -6
Outer London - East and North East 21 19 -2

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) 293,562,131
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 122,056,644
Other 68,417,546
Road transport 30,041,221
Air transport 27,247,051

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) 143,888,556 149,673,575 +5,785,019
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 64,139,733 57,916,911 -6,222,822
Other 40,358,339 28,059,207 -12,299,132
Road transport 15,571,098 14,470,123 -1,100,975
Air transport 14,927,334 12,319,717 -2,607,617

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 170,929,336
000 68,417,546
Eurotunnel 66,222,131
London Gateway Port 43,029,841
ZLC 33,733,089

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 108,155,681 62,773,655 -45,382,026
000 40,358,339 28,059,207 -12,299,132
Eurotunnel 35,792,586 30,429,545 -5,363,041
London Gateway Port 6,107,563 36,922,278 +30,814,715
ZLC 17,581,821 16,151,268 -1,430,553
Southampton 16,303,813 13,777,758 -2,526,055
Dover 15,300,210 13,725,967 -1,574,243
499 461,909 24,533,453 +24,071,544
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,105,336 5,248,719 +143,383
London Heathrow Airport 5,367,510 3,746,183 -1,621,327

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 521
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 381
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 79
Manufacture of wearing apparel 54
Other manufacturing 36

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 234
2025-10 262
2025-09 234
2025-08 225
2025-07 235

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 453
0-1m 270
54m+ 238
15m-54m 104
Other 94

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 6,872,849
Germany 5,279,688
Iceland 4,639,410
Netherlands 3,290,615
France 2,711,176

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 3,706,666 3,166,183 -540,483
Germany 2,999,093 2,280,595 -718,498
Iceland 356,841 4,282,569 +3,925,728
Netherlands 1,995,630 1,294,985 -700,645
France 1,431,768 1,279,408 -152,360
Spain 1,254,712 1,336,663 +81,951
Italy 1,115,441 1,037,299 -78,142
United States 1,127,814 952,613 -175,201
Belgium 1,296,673 629,456 -667,217
South Korea 1,258,099 55,480 -1,202,619

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 £
Turkey 2,870,438
China 419,555
XU 362,987
India 138,035
Pakistan 89,075

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 £
Turkey 1,487,462 1,382,976 -104,486
China 306,300 113,255 -193,045
XU 142,834 220,153 +77,319
India 70,945 67,090 -3,855
Pakistan 47,871 41,204 -6,667
Bangladesh 8,548 20,387 +11,839
Ireland 14,834 11,886 -2,948
Spain 374 14,850 +14,476
Romania 6,865 7,588 +723
XS 7,821 3,817 -4,004

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) 23,379,607
Air transport 12,107,439
Other 4,023,276
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,636,381
Road transport 22,512

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) 12,937,294 10,442,313 -2,494,981
Air transport 4,729,732 7,377,707 +2,647,975
Other 2,116,235 1,907,041 -209,194
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,132,441 1,503,940 -628,501
Road transport 22,512 0 -22,512

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,373,383
East Midlands Airport 7,945,711
000 4,023,276
London Heathrow Airport 2,934,988
Holyhead 1,863,190

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 10,121,182 7,252,201 -2,868,981
East Midlands Airport 1,911,519 6,034,192 +4,122,673
000 2,116,235 1,907,041 -209,194
London Heathrow Airport 2,098,873 836,115 -1,262,758
Holyhead 1,079,195 783,995 -295,200
Immingham Docks 631,059 887,368 +256,309
London Gateway Port 704,224 659,790 -44,434
Dover 549,301 485,544 -63,757
Liverpool Docks 384,154 458,335 +74,181
Felixstowe 509,539 262,913 -246,626

Quick facts

HS code: 611595

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

Description: Hosiery made from cotton