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 £
Pakistan 26,287,608
China 26,063,004
Bangladesh 24,421,526
Viet Nam 17,434,094
Cambodia 16,174,660

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 £
Pakistan 14,142,378 12,145,230 -1,997,148
China 13,451,802 12,611,202 -840,600
Bangladesh 11,814,207 12,607,319 +793,112
Viet Nam 8,066,412 9,367,682 +1,301,270
Cambodia 8,404,913 7,769,747 -635,166
Belgium 6,772,872 4,835,263 -1,937,609
Turkey 4,611,867 4,125,537 -486,330
Germany 4,426,735 3,626,834 -799,901
Myanmar 2,491,759 3,404,245 +912,486
Netherlands 2,776,864 1,866,834 -910,030

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 30,683,020
Bangladesh 30,427,113
Viet Nam 28,211,251
Pakistan 26,684,013
Cambodia 17,412,340

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 15,679,936 15,003,084 -676,852
Bangladesh 15,242,244 15,184,869 -57,375
Viet Nam 14,536,015 13,675,236 -860,779
Pakistan 14,430,941 12,253,072 -2,177,869
Cambodia 9,127,368 8,284,972 -842,396
Turkey 5,350,186 4,573,079 -777,107
Indonesia 4,320,524 2,728,468 -1,592,056
Myanmar 2,719,765 3,817,975 +1,098,210
Thailand 4,540,245 1,606,465 -2,933,780
India 2,145,635 2,199,454 +53,819

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 90
Greater Manchester 73
Inner London - East 38
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 28
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 72 61 -11
Greater Manchester 47 57 +10
Inner London - East 19 30 +11
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 18 17 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 22 14 -8
West Midlands 24 15 -9
West Yorkshire 20 16 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 14 17 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 23 14 -9
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) 110,902,615
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,266,617
Other 23,094,780
Air transport 20,717,759
Road transport 2,324,213

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) 56,582,686 54,319,929 -2,262,757
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,185,539 15,081,078 -4,104,461
Other 13,211,022 9,883,758 -3,327,264
Air transport 10,432,181 10,285,578 -146,603
Road transport 1,095,577 1,228,636 +133,059

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 47,347,165
Southampton 33,548,565
000 23,094,780
London Gateway Port 17,117,096
Eurotunnel 14,068,767

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 26,717,644 20,629,521 -6,088,123
Southampton 18,990,460 14,558,105 -4,432,355
000 13,211,022 9,883,758 -3,327,264
London Gateway Port 5,747,337 11,369,759 +5,622,422
Eurotunnel 8,110,965 5,957,802 -2,153,163
London Heathrow Airport 4,761,527 3,711,183 -1,050,344
Dover 4,761,872 3,364,839 -1,397,033
Manchester Airport 2,342,970 3,364,336 +1,021,366
499 70,684 4,372,951 +4,302,267
Liverpool Docks 2,783,735 1,606,930 -1,176,805

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 266
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 233
Manufacture of wearing apparel 39
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 30
Other manufacturing 23

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 118
2025-10 132
2025-09 144
2025-08 136
2025-07 149

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+ 182
0-1m 79
15m-54m 61
Other 54

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 9,494,554
Netherlands 7,149,301
Ireland 5,488,149
Germany 2,535,336
United States 2,420,768

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 8,254,232 1,240,322 -7,013,910
Netherlands 2,830,368 4,318,933 +1,488,565
Ireland 3,105,464 2,382,685 -722,779
Germany 1,364,372 1,170,964 -193,408
United States 1,213,548 1,207,220 -6,328
Singapore 875,768 82,420 -793,348
Poland 652,555 299,105 -353,450
United Arab Emirates 628,267 291,809 -336,458
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 407,658 496,609 +88,951
Austria 401,700 497,923 +96,223

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 300,525
Bangladesh 263,818
Pakistan 220,244
XI 131,074
Turkey 105,374

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 115,920 184,605 +68,685
Bangladesh 118,070 145,748 +27,678
Pakistan 122,278 97,966 -24,312
XI 47,564 83,510 +35,946
Turkey 40,631 64,743 +24,112
XU 30,694 36,005 +5,311
Romania 48,518 6,985 -41,533
Sri Lanka 36,912 6,978 -29,934
Cambodia 19,972 8,150 -11,822
Belgium 20,385 0 -20,385

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 21,074,131
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,451,997
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,814,588
Other 1,310,708
Road transport 55,789

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 15,125,425 5,948,706 -9,176,719
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,914,608 8,537,389 +1,622,781
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,091,939 722,649 -369,290
Other 634,787 675,921 +41,134
Road transport 55,789 0 -55,789

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 15,074,891
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,929,851
London Heathrow Airport 2,930,339
Holyhead 2,520,099
Manchester Airport 2,325,969

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 11,513,757 3,561,134 -7,952,623
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,331,153 4,598,698 +1,267,545
London Heathrow Airport 1,536,231 1,394,108 -142,123
Holyhead 1,406,012 1,114,087 -291,925
Manchester Airport 1,685,313 640,656 -1,044,657
Dover 1,267,240 953,422 -313,818
Immingham Docks 477,695 1,015,132 +537,437
000 634,787 675,921 +41,134
Harwich 230,296 550,799 +320,503
Liverpool Docks 166,471 443,829 +277,358

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