Import/export HS code 6106: Women's or girls' knitted or crocheted tops

Includes blouses, shirts, and shirt-blouses made from various materials like cotton, silk, or synthetic fibers

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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 58,946,852
China 38,608,390
Turkey 36,473,153
India 35,403,316
Viet Nam 15,963,861

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 30,732,262 28,214,590 -2,517,672
China 16,623,427 21,984,963 +5,361,536
Turkey 18,907,090 17,566,063 -1,341,027
India 16,789,994 18,613,322 +1,823,328
Viet Nam 7,621,556 8,342,305 +720,749
Italy 5,717,164 5,179,699 -537,465
Cambodia 3,279,983 6,867,216 +3,587,233
Morocco 5,154,657 3,474,456 -1,680,201
Belgium 4,463,024 3,396,146 -1,066,878
Pakistan 3,330,702 3,150,843 -179,859

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 63,719,546
China 45,153,739
Turkey 39,435,282
India 36,693,032
Viet Nam 23,055,645

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 33,169,229 30,550,317 -2,618,912
China 19,507,962 25,645,777 +6,137,815
Turkey 20,140,330 19,294,952 -845,378
India 17,491,245 19,201,787 +1,710,542
Viet Nam 11,501,045 11,554,600 +53,555
Cambodia 3,730,480 8,441,740 +4,711,260
Italy 5,316,868 4,945,991 -370,877
Morocco 5,735,203 4,216,576 -1,518,627
Pakistan 3,389,431 3,137,777 -251,654
Indonesia 2,942,981 1,843,904 -1,099,077

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 236
Inner London - East 149
Greater Manchester 125
Outer London - West and North West 73
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 63

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 183 180 -3
Inner London - East 108 100 -8
Greater Manchester 95 89 -6
Outer London - West and North West 51 50 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 49 50 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 41 38 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 33 34 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 33 32 -1
West Midlands 30 24 -6
Essex 23 20 -3

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) 125,880,370
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 59,146,970
Air transport 46,299,803
Other 42,860,144
Road transport 9,738,115

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) 53,544,299 72,336,071 +18,791,772
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 29,235,703 29,911,267 +675,564
Air transport 24,713,515 21,586,288 -3,127,227
Other 24,435,904 18,424,240 -6,011,664
Road transport 6,175,189 3,562,926 -2,612,263

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 54,642,361
000 42,860,144
London Gateway Port 29,036,484
Dover 20,074,140
499 18,381,642

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 30,737,219 23,905,142 -6,832,077
000 24,435,904 18,424,240 -6,011,664
London Gateway Port 10,420,849 18,615,635 +8,194,786
Dover 8,857,772 11,216,368 +2,358,596
499 183,364 18,198,278 +18,014,914
London Heathrow Airport 9,979,932 8,150,900 -1,829,032
Eurotunnel 9,293,707 7,657,898 -1,635,809
ZLC 8,633,030 5,657,137 -2,975,893
Southampton 7,035,637 6,980,414 -55,223
Manchester Airport 7,339,333 5,839,119 -1,500,214

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 692
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 417
Manufacture of wearing apparel 101
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 44
Manufacture of textiles 32

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 273
2025-11 251
2025-10 278
2025-09 332
2025-08 328

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 523
0-1m 325
54m+ 261
Other 100
15m-54m 82

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 6,034,808
United States 5,823,039
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,507,967
Netherlands 2,428,292
Viet Nam 2,351,085

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 2,515,225 3,519,583 +1,004,358
United States 4,190,791 1,632,248 -2,558,543
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,543,377 964,590 -578,787
Netherlands 1,397,127 1,031,165 -365,962
Viet Nam 1,675,428 675,657 -999,771
France 1,157,927 856,618 -301,309
Germany 1,030,203 947,549 -82,654
South Korea 1,737,868 72,936 -1,664,932
Japan 1,321,260 486,121 -835,139
Iceland 54,533 1,571,246 +1,516,713

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 968,141
India 756,937
Turkey 724,033
China 683,244
Cambodia 441,407

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 366,698 601,443 +234,745
India 245,424 511,513 +266,089
Turkey 355,208 368,825 +13,617
China 326,776 356,468 +29,692
Cambodia 138,166 303,241 +165,075
Sri Lanka 62,179 67,695 +5,516
Morocco 34,579 58,390 +23,811
Viet Nam 5,656 82,590 +76,934
Indonesia 20,589 16,694 -3,895
Tunisia 16,078 7,788 -8,290

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 24,795,173
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,130,072
Other 4,884,993
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,864,582
Road transport 48,388

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 15,535,669 9,259,504 -6,276,165
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,885,918 4,244,154 -1,641,764
Other 1,934,267 2,950,726 +1,016,459
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,189,267 675,315 -513,952
Road transport 48,388 0 -48,388

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 14,877,769
East Midlands Airport 8,211,568
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,500,330
000 4,884,993
Dover 1,194,326

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 10,591,903 4,285,866 -6,306,037
East Midlands Airport 4,061,227 4,150,341 +89,114
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,857,506 2,642,824 -1,214,682
000 1,934,267 2,950,726 +1,016,459
Dover 660,889 533,437 -127,452
London Gateway Port 636,759 282,925 -353,834
Immingham Docks 539,684 347,451 -192,233
Holyhead 301,320 377,601 +76,281
Harwich 397,950 271,304 -126,646
ZLC 346,548 282,607 -63,941

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 6106

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

Description: Includes blouses, shirts, and shirt-blouses made from various materials like cotton, silk, or synthetic fibers