Import/export HS code 61052010: Men's or boys' knitted shirts made of synthetic fibers

Durable and wrinkle-resistant shirts made from materials like polyester

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • 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 £
China 26,752,734
Pakistan 26,152,526
Bangladesh 24,470,652
Viet Nam 17,853,562
Cambodia 16,481,804

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 13,735,142 13,017,592 -717,550
Pakistan 13,953,268 12,199,258 -1,754,010
Bangladesh 12,147,432 12,323,220 +175,788
Viet Nam 8,584,391 9,269,171 +684,780
Cambodia 9,346,372 7,135,432 -2,210,940
Belgium 6,572,359 4,630,796 -1,941,563
Turkey 4,662,442 4,301,948 -360,494
Germany 4,278,354 3,546,172 -732,182
Myanmar 2,643,792 3,174,403 +530,611
Netherlands 2,092,033 1,800,114 -291,919

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 31,168,637
Bangladesh 30,590,945
Viet Nam 28,017,017
Pakistan 26,538,495
Cambodia 17,639,238

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 15,875,225 15,293,412 -581,813
Bangladesh 15,598,177 14,992,768 -605,409
Viet Nam 14,453,010 13,564,007 -889,003
Pakistan 14,253,282 12,285,213 -1,968,069
Cambodia 10,037,419 7,601,819 -2,435,600
Turkey 5,038,700 4,772,542 -266,158
Indonesia 4,179,261 2,518,720 -1,660,541
Myanmar 2,874,666 3,588,547 +713,881
Thailand 4,258,999 1,621,987 -2,637,012
India 2,019,420 2,223,113 +203,693

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 89
Greater Manchester 74
Inner London - East 40
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 30
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 28

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 69 62 -7
Greater Manchester 47 59 +12
Inner London - East 21 31 +10
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 19 18 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 22 14 -8
West Midlands 22 14 -8
West Yorkshire 20 16 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 15 17 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22 14 -8
Outer London - West and North West 10 14 +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) 112,174,156
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 33,159,185
Other 22,212,246
Air transport 20,844,140
Road transport 2,491,573

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) 57,309,589 54,864,567 -2,445,022
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,053,509 15,105,676 -2,947,833
Other 13,304,792 8,907,454 -4,397,338
Air transport 11,194,159 9,649,981 -1,544,178
Road transport 1,236,203 1,255,370 +19,167

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 47,689,064
Southampton 32,073,024
000 22,212,246
London Gateway Port 18,452,597
Eurotunnel 13,341,589

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 27,571,854 20,117,210 -7,454,644
Southampton 17,983,926 14,089,098 -3,894,828
000 13,304,792 8,907,454 -4,397,338
London Gateway Port 6,184,279 12,268,318 +6,084,039
Eurotunnel 7,682,660 5,658,929 -2,023,731
London Heathrow Airport 4,910,152 3,661,436 -1,248,716
Dover 4,486,185 3,512,599 -973,586
Manchester Airport 3,101,398 2,694,181 -407,217
499 35,404 5,450,176 +5,414,772
Liverpool Docks 2,846,080 1,487,961 -1,358,119

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 272
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 238
Manufacture of wearing apparel 38
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 30
Other manufacturing 24

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 139
2025-11 119
2025-10 133
2025-09 144
2025-08 136

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 237
54m+ 188
0-1m 79
15m-54m 61
Other 60

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 £
France 9,370,266
Netherlands 7,219,944
Ireland 5,557,637
Germany 2,636,112
United States 2,410,399

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 £
France 8,183,532 1,186,734 -6,996,798
Netherlands 2,967,869 4,252,075 +1,284,206
Ireland 3,138,183 2,419,454 -718,729
Germany 1,423,869 1,212,243 -211,626
United States 1,315,366 1,095,033 -220,333
Poland 654,016 307,565 -346,451
Singapore 879,153 80,374 -798,779
United Arab Emirates 609,180 341,971 -267,209
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 426,750 478,352 +51,602
Japan 378,721 494,834 +116,113

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 307,916
Bangladesh 266,012
Pakistan 214,100
XI 129,828
Turkey 109,587

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 120,639 187,277 +66,638
Bangladesh 121,998 144,014 +22,016
Pakistan 129,863 84,237 -45,626
XI 49,808 80,020 +30,212
Turkey 43,766 65,821 +22,055
Sri Lanka 36,912 44,734 +7,822
Romania 46,113 11,676 -34,437
Cambodia 18,568 8,495 -10,073
Belgium 20,385 0 -20,385
India 2,798 17,282 +14,484

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 21,154,841
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,679,061
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,795,841
Other 1,360,315
Road transport 53,260

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 15,122,099 6,032,742 -9,089,357
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,097,566 8,581,495 +1,483,929
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,100,800 695,041 -405,759
Other 655,859 704,456 +48,597
Road transport 53,260 0 -53,260

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 15,074,134
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,114,949
London Heathrow Airport 2,954,729
Holyhead 2,551,750
Manchester Airport 2,408,961

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 £
East Midlands Airport 11,480,216 3,593,918 -7,886,298
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,386,370 4,728,579 +1,342,209
London Heathrow Airport 1,575,585 1,379,144 -196,441
Holyhead 1,391,218 1,160,532 -230,686
Manchester Airport 1,683,208 725,753 -957,455
Dover 1,186,250 942,404 -243,846
Immingham Docks 598,838 951,829 +352,991
000 655,859 704,456 +48,597
Harwich 275,768 523,996 +248,228
Liverpool Docks 268,131 342,169 +74,038

Quick facts

HS code: 61052010

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

Description: Durable and wrinkle-resistant shirts made from materials like polyester