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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  • 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 £
Bangladesh 128,385,284
Italy 54,656,061
India 40,096,389
Turkey 26,480,724
Pakistan 25,802,617

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 59,229,730 69,155,554 +9,925,824
Italy 31,402,557 23,253,504 -8,149,053
India 19,432,580 20,663,809 +1,231,229
Turkey 15,079,126 11,401,598 -3,677,528
Pakistan 12,716,392 13,086,225 +369,833
Netherlands 10,639,813 10,271,064 -368,749
China 10,360,768 9,590,419 -770,349
France 9,203,769 9,099,154 -104,615
Germany 5,398,892 4,610,515 -788,377
Portugal 5,011,797 4,006,834 -1,004,963

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 148,623,536
Turkey 46,974,158
India 46,093,141
China 30,311,042
Viet Nam 28,170,491

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 69,004,638 79,618,898 +10,614,260
Turkey 27,258,934 19,715,224 -7,543,710
India 22,283,127 23,810,014 +1,526,887
China 15,469,351 14,841,691 -627,660
Viet Nam 17,143,304 11,027,187 -6,116,117
Pakistan 13,447,659 13,537,431 +89,772
Cambodia 6,256,711 8,105,685 +1,848,974
Portugal 6,888,905 5,352,926 -1,535,979
Italy 5,573,879 4,617,302 -956,577
Peru 4,378,560 5,510,508 +1,131,948

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 221
Greater Manchester 98
Inner London - East 85
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 161 166 +5
Greater Manchester 74 69 -5
Inner London - East 66 63 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 35 35 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 33 24 -9
Surrey, East and West Sussex 39 29 -10
Outer London - West and North West 29 28 -1
West Midlands 29 26 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 25 27 +2
West Yorkshire 17 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) 196,767,197
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 107,190,789
Other 57,404,594
Air transport 47,703,707
Road transport 4,191,985

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) 93,289,614 103,477,583 +10,187,969
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 57,809,295 49,381,494 -8,427,801
Other 30,999,118 26,405,476 -4,593,642
Air transport 23,960,785 23,742,922 -217,863
Road transport 2,273,842 1,918,143 -355,699

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 82,340,441
000 57,404,594
London Gateway Port 53,311,426
Dover 33,639,720
Southampton 30,130,367

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 45,449,924 36,890,517 -8,559,407
000 30,999,118 26,405,476 -4,593,642
London Gateway Port 21,666,142 31,645,284 +9,979,142
Dover 13,849,155 19,790,565 +5,941,410
Southampton 16,131,979 13,998,388 -2,133,591
Eurotunnel 19,132,934 9,245,025 -9,887,909
London Heathrow Airport 11,372,566 11,549,789 +177,223
499 115,721 16,468,097 +16,352,376
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,595,025 5,172,300 -1,422,725
Thamesport 7,263,092 4,503,932 -2,759,160

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 502
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 367
Manufacture of wearing apparel 58
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 41
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
2026-01 227
2025-11 184
2025-10 219
2025-09 233
2025-08 243

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 452
54m+ 277
0-1m 165
15m-54m 89
Other 88

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 8,878,252
Japan 7,849,813
Netherlands 4,589,372
United States 4,314,392
Italy 4,006,157

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 4,387,674 4,490,578 +102,904
Japan 6,386,099 1,463,714 -4,922,385
Netherlands 2,193,414 2,395,958 +202,544
United States 2,406,830 1,907,562 -499,268
Italy 2,105,510 1,900,647 -204,863
France 1,863,494 2,046,237 +182,743
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,096,169 1,714,396 +618,227
Germany 1,402,283 1,347,641 -54,642
United Arab Emirates 1,161,646 1,162,195 +549
South Korea 1,340,567 158,320 -1,182,247

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 2,574,287
Pakistan 1,008,271
India 653,387
Turkey 539,991
China 148,499

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 1,302,279 1,272,008 -30,271
Pakistan 484,037 524,234 +40,197
India 361,378 292,009 -69,369
Turkey 282,053 257,938 -24,115
China 70,618 77,881 +7,263
XI 50,159 34,557 -15,602
Myanmar 31,650 26,767 -4,883
Cambodia 10,685 23,288 +12,603
Ireland 7,570 23,318 +15,748
Honduras 8,675 7,678 -997

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 25,307,947
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 20,219,944
Other 5,829,012
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,632,303
Road transport 21,629

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 16,015,089 9,292,858 -6,722,231
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,525,694 10,694,250 +1,168,556
Other 2,952,612 2,876,400 -76,212
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,828,227 1,804,076 -24,151
Road transport 21,629 0 -21,629

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 14,912,572
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,909,347
East Midlands Airport 8,232,974
000 5,829,012
Holyhead 2,401,626

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 10,094,891 4,817,681 -5,277,210
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,969,251 7,940,096 +970,845
East Midlands Airport 4,610,463 3,622,511 -987,952
000 2,952,612 2,876,400 -76,212
Holyhead 1,147,024 1,254,602 +107,578
London Gateway Port 604,547 772,381 +167,834
Immingham Docks 607,854 476,585 -131,269
Felixstowe 402,652 573,389 +170,737
Dover 672,756 218,014 -454,742
Southampton 401,588 270,810 -130,778

Quick facts

HS code: 610510

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

Description: Comfortable and breathable shirts made from 100% cotton