Import/export HS code 610910: Knitted or crocheted T-shirts made of cotton

Includes soft, breathable cotton T-shirts and singlets for everyday wear

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 830,052,146
Turkey 225,330,145
India 183,055,403
Netherlands 125,183,846
Italy 101,648,984

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 407,886,386 422,165,760 +14,279,374
Turkey 123,035,242 102,294,903 -20,740,339
India 87,729,685 95,325,718 +7,596,033
Netherlands 56,684,719 68,499,127 +11,814,408
Italy 57,970,663 43,678,321 -14,292,342
Pakistan 45,551,654 46,798,023 +1,246,369
China 47,848,343 40,848,751 -6,999,592
France 46,671,814 37,042,440 -9,629,374
Portugal 34,682,920 30,678,902 -4,004,018
Germany 29,373,651 29,049,163 -324,488

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 982,527,550
Turkey 285,276,625
India 203,797,612
Portugal 128,329,225
China 115,699,080

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 476,540,587 505,986,963 +29,446,376
Turkey 156,275,955 129,000,670 -27,275,285
India 99,167,515 104,630,097 +5,462,582
Portugal 68,784,926 59,544,299 -9,240,627
China 61,361,948 54,337,132 -7,024,816
Pakistan 47,816,110 51,271,761 +3,455,651
Viet Nam 46,915,193 40,543,740 -6,371,453
Italy 29,173,716 22,095,234 -7,078,482
Sri Lanka 26,069,830 24,271,142 -1,798,688
Morocco 22,970,239 23,128,112 +157,873

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 600
Inner London - East 332
Greater Manchester 293
Outer London - West and North West 161
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 149

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 456 434 -22
Inner London - East 227 249 +22
Greater Manchester 232 203 -29
Outer London - West and North West 107 119 +12
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 102 99 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 103 106 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 87 83 -4
West Midlands 81 67 -14
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 72 64 -8
Essex 63 52 -11

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) 1,118,607,838
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 567,785,282
Other 340,206,108
Air transport 232,192,899
Road transport 47,249,878

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) 525,243,584 593,364,254 +68,120,670
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 296,338,986 271,446,296 -24,892,690
Other 194,536,084 145,670,024 -48,866,060
Air transport 126,678,740 105,514,159 -21,164,581
Road transport 23,367,798 23,882,080 +514,282

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 520,713,811
London Gateway Port 344,959,356
000 340,206,108
Dover 166,920,266
Eurotunnel 149,399,562

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 315,249,284 205,464,527 -109,784,757
London Gateway Port 121,416,106 223,543,250 +102,127,144
000 194,536,084 145,670,024 -48,866,060
Dover 89,208,458 77,711,808 -11,496,650
Eurotunnel 82,256,836 67,142,726 -15,114,110
London Heathrow Airport 66,451,728 49,642,014 -16,809,714
Southampton 58,417,675 56,570,015 -1,847,660
499 1,236,358 94,949,300 +93,712,942
ZLC 44,954,902 40,566,968 -4,387,934
Dover / Eurotunnel 39,040,276 34,896,654 -4,143,622

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 1505
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 1052
Manufacture of wearing apparel 170
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 162
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 78

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 661
2025-11 670
2025-10 712
2025-09 747
2025-08 715

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 1315
0-1m 882
54m+ 627
Other 266
15m-54m 251

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 55,889,506
Ireland 54,747,859
Netherlands 31,171,853
Germany 30,300,940
United States 26,472,865

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 27,400,447 28,489,059 +1,088,612
Ireland 28,475,348 26,272,511 -2,202,837
Netherlands 18,823,018 12,348,835 -6,474,183
Germany 16,709,043 13,591,897 -3,117,146
United States 15,608,875 10,863,990 -4,744,885
United Arab Emirates 7,618,251 9,097,383 +1,479,132
Italy 8,872,005 7,132,001 -1,740,004
Spain 7,603,592 8,202,177 +598,585
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 8,583,709 5,815,453 -2,768,256
South Korea 10,450,830 1,941,013 -8,509,817

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 13,771,138
India 2,830,528
Turkey 1,505,312
China 1,035,984
Sri Lanka 714,637

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 6,778,978 6,992,160 +213,182
India 1,479,177 1,351,351 -127,826
Turkey 817,355 687,957 -129,398
China 456,711 579,273 +122,562
Sri Lanka 353,588 361,049 +7,461
Cambodia 157,466 158,597 +1,131
Pakistan 94,776 133,468 +38,692
Morocco 90,099 84,466 -5,633
Viet Nam 35,664 129,721 +94,057
Egypt 62,429 49,887 -12,542

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) 206,750,284
Air transport 131,088,875
Other 23,956,547
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,819,125
Road transport 155,918

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) 107,755,745 98,994,539 -8,761,206
Air transport 74,788,710 56,300,165 -18,488,545
Other 12,061,720 11,894,827 -166,893
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,019,259 8,799,866 -2,219,393
Road transport 154,716 1,202 -153,514
Rail transport 0 1,582 +1,582

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 154,613,491
London Heathrow Airport 65,148,229
East Midlands Airport 45,233,381
000 23,956,547
Holyhead 22,221,742

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 80,502,122 74,111,369 -6,390,753
London Heathrow Airport 42,786,827 22,361,402 -20,425,425
East Midlands Airport 21,963,302 23,270,079 +1,306,777
000 12,061,720 11,894,827 -166,893
Holyhead 10,746,023 11,475,719 +729,696
Dover 6,789,859 4,552,715 -2,237,144
Immingham Docks 4,403,278 4,063,835 -339,443
London Stansted Airport 3,966,639 4,286,087 +319,448
London Gateway Port 2,685,460 2,763,199 +77,739
ZLC 2,689,400 2,332,183 -357,217

Quick facts

HS code: 610910

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

Description: Includes soft, breathable cotton T-shirts and singlets for everyday wear