Import/export HS code 6116: Knitted or crocheted gloves and mittens

Gloves, mittens, and mitts made by knitting or crocheting, including all types and styles

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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 132,332,116
Pakistan 23,859,792
Sri Lanka 20,177,558
Viet Nam 10,263,397
Malaysia 7,115,914

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 71,378,343 60,953,773 -10,424,570
Pakistan 11,791,529 12,068,263 +276,734
Sri Lanka 10,205,625 9,971,933 -233,692
Viet Nam 5,514,888 4,748,509 -766,379
Malaysia 4,268,212 2,847,702 -1,420,510
France 3,525,109 2,898,155 -626,954
Netherlands 2,495,912 3,419,437 +923,525
Germany 2,631,673 2,295,392 -336,281
Spain 3,493,432 472,068 -3,021,364
Belgium 1,333,206 2,014,800 +681,594

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 151,321,243
Pakistan 25,721,316
Sri Lanka 22,820,287
Viet Nam 15,120,315
Malaysia 7,084,570

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 82,659,422 68,661,821 -13,997,601
Pakistan 12,652,819 13,068,497 +415,678
Sri Lanka 11,757,178 11,063,109 -694,069
Viet Nam 7,881,528 7,238,787 -642,741
Malaysia 4,219,035 2,865,535 -1,353,500
Cambodia 1,565,063 1,841,580 +276,517
Indonesia 1,696,631 1,479,005 -217,626
India 1,599,979 510,953 -1,089,026
Bangladesh 1,076,810 1,012,977 -63,833
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 867,056 818,729 -48,327

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 153
Greater Manchester 94
West Midlands 70
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 67
Inner London - East 65

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 116 106 -10
Greater Manchester 77 67 -10
West Midlands 55 48 -7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 54 51 -3
Inner London - East 48 45 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 42 36 -6
Outer London - West and North West 39 39 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 40 39 -1
West Yorkshire 39 33 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 27 31 +4

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) 160,043,031
Other 34,809,413
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 27,384,490
Air transport 26,132,823
Road transport 1,099,459

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) 82,413,208 77,629,823 -4,783,385
Other 23,218,319 11,591,094 -11,627,225
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,680,593 12,703,897 -1,976,696
Air transport 13,774,690 12,358,133 -1,416,557
Road transport 219,621 879,838 +660,217

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 74,878,467
Southampton 36,548,748
000 34,809,413
London Gateway Port 29,440,326
London Heathrow Airport 13,364,164

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 45,128,948 29,749,519 -15,379,429
Southampton 18,973,510 17,575,238 -1,398,272
000 23,218,319 11,591,094 -11,627,225
London Gateway Port 11,451,622 17,988,704 +6,537,082
London Heathrow Airport 7,385,033 5,979,131 -1,405,902
Eurotunnel 5,986,295 3,860,608 -2,125,687
499 213,119 7,959,318 +7,746,199
Dover 3,305,769 2,985,735 -320,034
London 2,515,525 2,345,119 -170,406
Liverpool Docks 2,525,352 1,764,132 -761,220

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 512
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 469
Manufacture of wearing apparel 63
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 57
Other manufacturing 46

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 282
2025-10 330
2025-09 308
2025-08 263
2025-07 239

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 521
54m+ 303
0-1m 224
15m-54m 140
Other 109

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 6,449,015
Netherlands 4,418,646
France 3,139,753
Germany 1,513,320
Italy 1,501,037

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 3,384,289 3,064,726 -319,563
Netherlands 2,177,910 2,240,736 +62,826
France 1,912,507 1,227,246 -685,261
Germany 679,630 833,690 +154,060
Italy 630,648 870,389 +239,741
United States 748,516 622,937 -125,579
Belgium 676,650 511,809 -164,841
South Korea 874,031 86,486 -787,545
Sweden 554,377 362,143 -192,234
Spain 359,259 456,385 +97,126

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 854,385
Switzerland 150,749
XU 148,404
Hungary 98,563
XI 35,354

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 463,176 391,209 -71,967
Switzerland 85,929 64,820 -21,109
XU 66,994 81,410 +14,416
Hungary 22,103 76,460 +54,357
XI 18,049 17,305 -744
Malaysia 2,641 31,006 +28,365
Austria 14,839 18,374 +3,535
Sri Lanka 17,726 13,434 -4,292
Pakistan 19,435 9,304 -10,131
Bangladesh 12,595 2,640 -9,955

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) 16,395,323
Air transport 9,907,945
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,432,439
Other 1,460,201
Road transport 68,031

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) 8,362,789 8,032,534 -330,255
Air transport 6,078,114 3,829,831 -2,248,283
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,373,769 2,058,670 -315,099
Other 741,994 718,207 -23,787
Road transport 64,284 3,747 -60,537

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,806,379
East Midlands Airport 4,036,718
London Heathrow Airport 3,203,024
Holyhead 2,251,853
Liverpool Docks 2,031,057

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 3,835,068 3,971,311 +136,243
East Midlands Airport 2,636,413 1,400,305 -1,236,108
London Heathrow Airport 2,131,030 1,071,994 -1,059,036
Holyhead 1,161,842 1,090,011 -71,831
Liverpool Docks 1,254,719 776,338 -478,381
Immingham Docks 992,399 931,672 -60,727
000 741,994 718,207 -23,787
ZLC 647,388 778,808 +131,420
London Gateway Port 584,958 762,915 +177,957
Dover 652,655 639,376 -13,279

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 6116

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

Description: Gloves, mittens, and mitts made by knitting or crocheting, including all types and styles