Import/export HS code 610990: Knitted or crocheted T-shirts made of other materials

Includes T-shirts and singlets made from fabrics like wool, silk, or synthetic blends

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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 £
China 195,228,740
Belgium 141,437,693
Bangladesh 132,442,520
Viet Nam 83,508,847
Turkey 81,716,471

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 £
China 97,874,683 97,354,057 -520,626
Belgium 91,617,419 49,820,274 -41,797,145
Bangladesh 69,845,521 62,596,999 -7,248,522
Viet Nam 34,694,643 48,814,204 +14,119,561
Turkey 42,399,555 39,316,916 -3,082,639
Cambodia 37,655,897 38,623,534 +967,637
Netherlands 21,106,350 18,029,246 -3,077,104
Italy 15,357,290 15,508,511 +151,221
Pakistan 13,339,875 13,990,225 +650,350
Germany 14,828,567 12,457,814 -2,370,753

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 242,490,695
Bangladesh 149,083,135
Viet Nam 112,528,221
Cambodia 98,507,751
Turkey 90,147,866

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 121,900,915 120,589,780 -1,311,135
Bangladesh 79,004,794 70,078,341 -8,926,453
Viet Nam 53,385,565 59,142,656 +5,757,091
Cambodia 46,447,994 52,059,757 +5,611,763
Turkey 46,906,303 43,241,563 -3,664,740
Thailand 46,904,147 21,389,089 -25,515,058
Georgia 27,894,682 24,748,389 -3,146,293
Sri Lanka 16,089,163 14,327,085 -1,762,078
Pakistan 14,064,042 14,983,916 +919,874
Indonesia 17,859,178 6,952,983 -10,906,195

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 448
Greater Manchester 240
Inner London - East 225
Outer London - West and North West 119
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 114

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 339 327 -12
Greater Manchester 184 183 -1
Inner London - East 164 159 -5
Outer London - West and North West 94 70 -24
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 91 79 -12
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 71 72 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 68 66 -2
West Midlands 71 58 -13
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 64 53 -11
West Yorkshire 54 52 -2

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) 493,177,995
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 282,793,490
Air transport 159,971,783
Other 96,186,437
Road transport 21,608,299

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) 232,487,455 260,690,540 +28,203,085
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 169,584,593 113,208,897 -56,375,696
Air transport 81,704,000 78,267,783 -3,436,217
Other 55,729,815 40,456,622 -15,273,193
Road transport 10,034,525 11,573,774 +1,539,249
Rail transport 15,387 0 -15,387

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 229,806,212
Eurotunnel 167,990,662
London Gateway Port 96,577,913
000 96,186,437
Southampton 76,671,787

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 132,251,718 97,554,494 -34,697,224
Eurotunnel 106,674,800 61,315,862 -45,358,938
London Gateway Port 31,064,264 65,513,649 +34,449,385
000 55,729,815 40,456,622 -15,273,193
Southampton 40,089,627 36,582,160 -3,507,467
London Heathrow Airport 33,971,011 25,537,749 -8,433,262
Dover 26,637,125 17,710,988 -8,926,137
Manchester Airport 16,155,780 19,113,254 +2,957,474
ZLC 17,099,039 17,467,002 +367,963
499 541,577 31,211,803 +30,670,226

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 1168
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 785
Manufacture of wearing apparel 173
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 115
Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities 72

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 494
2025-11 501
2025-10 526
2025-09 579
2025-08 527

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 1027
0-1m 648
54m+ 483
Other 193
15m-54m 178

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 20,315,710
United States 13,494,609
Netherlands 11,310,674
France 10,133,956
Germany 9,287,345

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 11,224,592 9,091,118 -2,133,474
United States 7,769,980 5,724,629 -2,045,351
Netherlands 5,641,691 5,668,983 +27,292
France 5,258,813 4,875,143 -383,670
Germany 4,622,621 4,664,724 +42,103
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,706,857 2,893,311 +186,454
Austria 2,544,110 2,970,049 +425,939
Italy 1,418,457 2,417,275 +998,818
Belgium 2,294,081 1,533,903 -760,178
Spain 1,088,475 2,142,153 +1,053,678

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 1,482,720
China 1,094,139
Ireland 922,349
Cambodia 635,984
Turkey 562,776

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 839,686 643,034 -196,652
China 604,735 489,404 -115,331
Ireland 319,681 602,668 +282,987
Cambodia 354,606 281,378 -73,228
Turkey 303,537 259,239 -44,298
India 117,856 67,870 -49,986
XI 85,067 57,385 -27,682
Romania 54,147 60,363 +6,216
Sri Lanka 52,817 41,534 -11,283
Viet Nam 26,043 38,450 +12,407

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) 60,219,833
Air transport 43,295,658
Other 6,778,476
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,008,831
Road transport 46,016

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) 29,277,749 30,942,084 +1,664,335
Air transport 23,459,976 19,835,682 -3,624,294
Other 3,507,974 3,270,502 -237,472
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,435,472 1,573,359 -862,113
Road transport 46,016 0 -46,016

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 34,601,580
London Heathrow Airport 22,702,887
East Midlands Airport 14,756,422
Holyhead 11,110,285
000 6,778,476

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 16,103,590 18,497,990 +2,394,400
London Heathrow Airport 13,630,723 9,072,164 -4,558,559
East Midlands Airport 7,276,191 7,480,231 +204,040
Holyhead 5,869,444 5,240,841 -628,603
000 3,507,974 3,270,502 -237,472
Immingham Docks 2,769,127 2,334,170 -434,957
Dover 1,988,602 1,877,072 -111,530
Harwich 1,077,881 2,268,403 +1,190,522
London Stansted Airport 823,557 1,126,526 +302,969
Manchester Airport 443,577 1,145,282 +701,705

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 610990

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

Description: Includes T-shirts and singlets made from fabrics like wool, silk, or synthetic blends