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

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

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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 828,041,910
Turkey 225,823,443
India 181,944,835
Netherlands 124,649,069
Italy 102,621,052

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 400,971,813 427,070,097 +26,098,284
Turkey 122,557,189 103,266,254 -19,290,935
India 86,638,489 95,306,346 +8,667,857
Netherlands 56,039,237 68,609,832 +12,570,595
Italy 58,286,077 44,334,975 -13,951,102
Pakistan 44,780,658 47,480,383 +2,699,725
China 46,892,470 41,647,462 -5,245,008
France 47,463,778 36,909,348 -10,554,430
Portugal 35,484,415 29,898,760 -5,585,655
Germany 29,650,619 29,118,979 -531,640

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 978,224,991
Turkey 287,273,324
India 202,390,280
Portugal 129,074,045
China 115,725,326

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 468,365,943 509,859,048 +41,493,105
Turkey 156,478,702 130,794,622 -25,684,080
India 97,877,427 104,512,853 +6,635,426
Portugal 69,810,086 59,263,959 -10,546,127
China 60,818,797 54,906,529 -5,912,268
Pakistan 47,056,677 51,913,902 +4,857,225
Viet Nam 45,742,951 41,923,419 -3,819,532
Italy 28,911,791 22,474,196 -6,437,595
Sri Lanka 25,320,451 24,263,747 -1,056,704
Morocco 23,141,786 23,225,320 +83,534

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 594
Inner London - East 329
Greater Manchester 291
Outer London - West and North West 165
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 462 425 -37
Inner London - East 225 251 +26
Greater Manchester 225 204 -21
Outer London - West and North West 110 121 +11
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 104 100 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 104 107 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 88 80 -8
West Midlands 77 73 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 70 65 -5
Outer London - East and North East 56 59 +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) 1,106,604,829
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 567,839,951
Other 349,250,688
Air transport 233,168,050
Road transport 46,355,950

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) 521,826,807 584,778,022 +62,951,215
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 295,444,614 272,395,337 -23,049,277
Other 190,048,282 159,202,406 -30,845,876
Air transport 126,266,584 106,901,466 -19,365,118
Road transport 23,332,629 23,023,321 -309,308

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 526,756,252
000 349,250,688
London Gateway Port 341,939,270
Dover 167,999,265
Eurotunnel 150,409,873

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 308,491,543 218,264,709 -90,226,834
000 190,048,282 159,202,406 -30,845,876
London Gateway Port 122,595,059 219,344,211 +96,749,152
Dover 89,531,279 78,467,986 -11,063,293
Eurotunnel 81,508,176 68,901,697 -12,606,479
London Heathrow Airport 65,477,616 50,839,344 -14,638,272
Southampton 59,952,590 55,684,198 -4,268,392
ZLC 44,661,984 40,354,572 -4,307,412
499 1,128,415 77,670,964 +76,542,549
Dover / Eurotunnel 39,252,489 34,439,986 -4,812,503

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 1497
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 1045
Manufacture of wearing apparel 169
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 160
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 77

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 668
2025-10 711
2025-09 746
2025-08 715
2025-07 778

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 1317
0-1m 884
54m+ 623
Other 260
15m-54m 241

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 55,656,952
Ireland 55,508,472
Netherlands 32,567,258
Germany 30,686,215
United States 26,333,672

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 26,836,142 28,820,810 +1,984,668
Ireland 29,627,185 25,881,287 -3,745,898
Netherlands 20,210,390 12,356,868 -7,853,522
Germany 16,787,075 13,899,140 -2,887,935
United States 14,834,375 11,499,297 -3,335,078
United Arab Emirates 7,297,722 9,263,443 +1,965,721
Italy 9,059,295 7,029,432 -2,029,863
Spain 7,710,613 8,252,280 +541,667
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 8,492,266 5,956,519 -2,535,747
South Korea 11,039,854 2,087,785 -8,952,069

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 13,441,771
India 2,813,429
XU 2,541,127
Turkey 1,491,988
China 1,017,253

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 6,680,864 6,760,907 +80,043
India 1,475,549 1,337,880 -137,669
XU 1,354,270 1,186,857 -167,413
Turkey 819,667 672,321 -147,346
China 445,455 571,798 +126,343
Sri Lanka 338,153 362,730 +24,577
Cambodia 148,063 156,633 +8,570
Pakistan 87,365 134,681 +47,316
Morocco 90,670 85,535 -5,135
Viet Nam 31,160 129,236 +98,076

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) 208,319,858
Air transport 131,683,189
Other 23,525,856
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,068,095
Road transport 180,088

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) 108,990,587 99,329,271 -9,661,316
Air transport 74,253,990 57,429,199 -16,824,791
Other 11,905,995 11,619,861 -286,134
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,452,208 8,615,887 -3,836,321
Road transport 178,886 1,202 -177,684
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 155,193,809
London Heathrow Airport 65,917,236
East Midlands Airport 45,160,872
000 23,525,856
Holyhead 23,348,962

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 80,563,929 74,629,880 -5,934,049
London Heathrow Airport 42,465,864 23,451,372 -19,014,492
East Midlands Airport 22,010,553 23,150,319 +1,139,766
000 11,905,995 11,619,861 -286,134
Holyhead 12,517,309 10,831,653 -1,685,656
Dover 6,884,571 4,701,584 -2,182,987
Immingham Docks 4,361,178 4,005,773 -355,405
London Stansted Airport 3,729,296 4,467,630 +738,334
Felixstowe 4,072,213 1,658,015 -2,414,198
London Gateway Port 2,570,453 2,707,486 +137,033

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