Import/export HS code 610821: Women's or girls' knitted nightwear made of cotton

Includes nightdresses, pyjamas, and similar items made from soft, breathable cotton fabric

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 £
Bangladesh 98,342,108
Sri Lanka 29,694,512
China 18,741,549
India 14,039,285
France 12,528,707

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 43,873,352 54,468,756 +10,595,404
Sri Lanka 11,980,484 17,714,028 +5,733,544
China 10,207,396 8,534,153 -1,673,243
India 8,806,202 5,233,083 -3,573,119
France 6,057,982 6,470,725 +412,743
Netherlands 1,084,399 1,431,375 +346,976
Ireland 784,686 760,554 -24,132
Turkey 768,172 769,964 +1,792
Spain 429,451 471,251 +41,800
Switzerland 553,251 202,121 -351,130

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 101,125,122
Sri Lanka 31,717,602
China 19,663,037
India 14,472,887
Morocco 8,448,186

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 44,897,417 56,227,705 +11,330,288
Sri Lanka 13,231,109 18,486,493 +5,255,384
China 10,966,590 8,696,447 -2,270,143
India 9,043,444 5,429,443 -3,614,001
Morocco 3,952,056 4,496,130 +544,074
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,256,250 1,353,094 +96,844
Turkey 899,284 800,724 -98,560
Italy 585,804 204,161 -381,643
Thailand 215,176 352,859 +137,683
Viet Nam 125,829 339,653 +213,824

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 42
Greater Manchester 21
Inner London - East 17
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14
Outer London - West and North West 14

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 36 31 -5
Greater Manchester 16 13 -3
Inner London - East 11 9 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 10 12 +2
Outer London - West and North West 12 13 +1
West Yorkshire 12 7 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 10 6 -4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 8 4 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 5 6 +1
West Midlands 6 7 +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) 129,573,216
Other 28,244,333
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,586,313
Air transport 8,614,379
Road transport 434,026

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) 62,075,043 67,498,173 +5,423,130
Other 11,747,676 16,496,657 +4,748,981
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,872,375 9,713,938 +841,563
Air transport 4,203,535 4,410,844 +207,309
Road transport 257,593 176,433 -81,160

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 65,639,668
London Gateway Port 43,864,575
000 28,244,333
499 13,165,506
Eurotunnel 10,695,725

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 41,604,551 24,035,117 -17,569,434
London Gateway Port 16,549,020 27,315,555 +10,766,535
000 11,747,676 16,496,657 +4,748,981
499 242,730 12,922,776 +12,680,046
Eurotunnel 5,093,079 5,602,646 +509,567
London Heathrow Airport 3,002,545 2,621,891 -380,654
Southampton 3,045,868 2,470,239 -575,629
Dover 1,425,587 1,007,579 -418,008
Dover / Eurotunnel 660,543 1,444,192 +783,649
Thamesport 900,224 391,994 -508,230

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 132
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 69
Manufacture of wearing apparel 21
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 8
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 5

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 54
2025-10 43
2025-09 58
2025-08 61
2025-07 63

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 86
54m+ 61
0-1m 33
Other 23
15m-54m 19

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 £
Netherlands 10,931,990
Ireland 3,237,862
Iceland 1,002,354
United States 732,202
United Arab Emirates 676,551

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 £
Netherlands 4,731,769 6,200,221 +1,468,452
Ireland 1,743,716 1,494,146 -249,570
Iceland 46,825 955,529 +908,704
United States 386,191 346,011 -40,180
United Arab Emirates 206,625 469,926 +263,301
France 232,274 311,590 +79,316
Spain 111,020 372,674 +261,654
South Korea 450,100 0 -450,100
Germany 173,739 256,204 +82,465
Czechia 157,578 111,209 -46,369

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 1,504,372
Sri Lanka 674,943
India 213,117
China 173,434
Cambodia 138,746

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 879,613 624,759 -254,854
Sri Lanka 342,888 332,055 -10,833
India 133,801 79,316 -54,485
China 83,629 89,805 +6,176
Cambodia 63,261 75,485 +12,224
XU 46,872 45,592 -1,280
Viet Nam 22,392 23,303 +911
Indonesia 1,089 1,757 +668
Portugal 1,467 147 -1,320
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 456 0 -456

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,433,312
Air transport 3,538,247
Other 2,848,713
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,484,135

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,235,045 8,198,267 +2,963,222
Air transport 1,689,315 1,848,932 +159,617
Other 1,576,218 1,272,495 -303,723
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 839,741 644,394 -195,347

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 10,559,568
000 2,848,713
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,655,164
London Heathrow Airport 1,418,617
East Midlands Airport 1,286,014

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 £
Felixstowe 4,635,408 5,924,160 +1,288,752
000 1,576,218 1,272,495 -303,723
Dover / Eurotunnel 920,911 1,734,253 +813,342
London Heathrow Airport 1,018,802 399,815 -618,987
East Midlands Airport 311,845 974,169 +662,324
ZLC 116,453 408,081 +291,628
London Gateway Port 34,071 373,821 +339,750
Immingham Docks 44,517 231,840 +187,323
Holyhead 132,720 95,249 -37,471
Liverpool Docks 29,122 180,363 +151,241

Quick facts

HS code: 610821

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

Description: Includes nightdresses, pyjamas, and similar items made from soft, breathable cotton fabric