Import/export HS code 610510: Men's or boys' knitted shirts made of cotton

Comfortable and breathable shirts made from 100% cotton

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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 £
Bangladesh 127,134,407
Italy 54,908,826
India 40,176,828
Turkey 27,489,292
Pakistan 25,731,640

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 57,115,250 70,019,157 +12,903,907
Italy 31,424,068 23,484,758 -7,939,310
India 19,276,679 20,900,149 +1,623,470
Turkey 16,525,060 10,964,232 -5,560,828
Pakistan 12,930,537 12,801,103 -129,434
Netherlands 10,729,406 11,384,334 +654,928
China 10,072,631 9,805,630 -267,001
France 9,804,338 8,841,986 -962,352
Germany 5,211,810 3,978,021 -1,233,789
United States 4,168,285 4,909,149 +740,864

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 £
Bangladesh 147,253,279
Turkey 49,505,281
India 45,967,070
China 30,091,533
Viet Nam 28,330,180

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 £
Bangladesh 66,702,271 80,551,008 +13,848,737
Turkey 29,365,550 20,139,731 -9,225,819
India 22,048,261 23,918,809 +1,870,548
China 15,187,421 14,904,112 -283,309
Viet Nam 17,770,475 10,559,705 -7,210,770
Pakistan 13,743,411 13,224,178 -519,233
Cambodia 6,227,156 7,817,817 +1,590,661
Portugal 6,762,376 5,410,799 -1,351,577
Italy 5,694,307 4,677,879 -1,016,428
United States 4,476,893 4,377,883 -99,010

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 219
Greater Manchester 97
Inner London - East 82
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 48
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 46

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 161 165 +4
Greater Manchester 73 70 -3
Inner London - East 63 56 -7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 35 34 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 34 24 -10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 38 29 -9
Outer London - West and North West 30 27 -3
West Midlands 30 27 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 26 25 -1
West Yorkshire 16 17 +1

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) 193,847,236
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 107,262,430
Other 59,284,368
Air transport 49,071,244
Road transport 4,467,856

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) 92,504,223 101,343,013 +8,838,790
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 57,651,826 49,610,604 -8,041,222
Other 30,873,300 28,411,068 -2,462,232
Air transport 25,185,447 23,885,797 -1,299,650
Road transport 2,523,299 1,944,557 -578,742

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 83,648,301
000 59,284,368
London Gateway Port 52,133,966
Dover 32,344,885
Southampton 30,422,978

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 44,274,847 39,373,454 -4,901,393
000 30,873,300 28,411,068 -2,462,232
London Gateway Port 21,335,439 30,798,527 +9,463,088
Dover 12,406,464 19,938,421 +7,531,957
Southampton 15,885,251 14,537,727 -1,347,524
Eurotunnel 20,077,839 8,963,874 -11,113,965
London Heathrow Airport 12,007,082 11,673,309 -333,773
499 168,214 13,758,760 +13,590,546
Thamesport 8,356,490 4,149,809 -4,206,681
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,784,855 4,734,673 -2,050,182

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 508
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 365
Manufacture of wearing apparel 58
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 42
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 25

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 182
2025-10 218
2025-09 232
2025-08 243
2025-07 252

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 458
54m+ 275
0-1m 167
15m-54m 89
Other 81

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 8,790,534
Japan 8,052,945
Netherlands 4,639,436
United States 4,388,202
Italy 4,062,522

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 4,330,752 4,459,782 +129,030
Japan 6,322,174 1,730,771 -4,591,403
Netherlands 2,115,554 2,523,882 +408,328
United States 2,377,451 2,010,751 -366,700
Italy 2,037,726 2,024,796 -12,930
France 1,776,107 2,043,078 +266,971
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,055,560 1,748,919 +693,359
Germany 1,383,198 1,361,515 -21,683
United Arab Emirates 1,173,139 1,139,927 -33,212
South Korea 1,388,277 190,521 -1,197,756

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 £
Bangladesh 2,547,987
Pakistan 1,010,340
India 656,753
XU 619,776
Turkey 534,529

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 £
Bangladesh 1,281,923 1,266,064 -15,859
Pakistan 475,600 534,740 +59,140
India 365,824 290,929 -74,895
XU 317,000 302,776 -14,224
Turkey 274,724 259,805 -14,919
China 70,496 74,557 +4,061
XI 50,976 38,874 -12,102
Myanmar 33,343 27,875 -5,468
Ireland 7,570 23,318 +15,748
Cambodia 12,163 18,559 +6,396

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 25,424,093
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 20,087,679
Other 5,797,504
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,672,593
Road transport 31,164

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 15,992,288 9,431,805 -6,560,483
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,194,563 10,893,116 +1,698,553
Other 2,922,920 2,874,584 -48,336
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,922,757 1,749,836 -172,921
Road transport 31,164 0 -31,164

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,873,028
London Heathrow Airport 14,768,794
East Midlands Airport 8,445,027
000 5,797,504
Holyhead 2,341,570

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 6,693,713 8,179,315 +1,485,602
London Heathrow Airport 10,045,492 4,723,302 -5,322,190
East Midlands Airport 4,647,173 3,797,854 -849,319
000 2,922,920 2,874,584 -48,336
Holyhead 1,123,430 1,218,140 +94,710
London Gateway Port 594,196 720,218 +126,022
Immingham Docks 576,943 483,418 -93,525
Felixstowe 404,449 575,333 +170,884
Dover 700,544 209,920 -490,624
Southampton 452,808 267,292 -185,516

Quick facts

HS code: 610510

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

Description: Comfortable and breathable shirts made from 100% cotton