Import/export HS code 620530: Men's or boys' synthetic shirts

Shirts for men or boys made from man-made fibers like polyester or nylon, known for durability and easy care

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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 105,732,035
China 15,249,847
India 9,479,722
Turkey 7,076,768
Cambodia 3,823,951

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 51,112,715 54,619,320 +3,506,605
China 9,583,963 5,665,884 -3,918,079
India 5,568,037 3,911,685 -1,656,352
Turkey 3,874,699 3,202,069 -672,630
Cambodia 2,491,316 1,332,635 -1,158,681
Viet Nam 1,483,105 2,252,671 +769,566
Netherlands 1,992,511 1,630,571 -361,940
Spain 1,695,324 1,679,219 -16,105
Italy 2,035,369 1,314,516 -720,853
Pakistan 1,583,841 1,482,386 -101,455

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 109,535,953
China 17,650,272
India 10,763,793
Turkey 9,291,167
Viet Nam 4,747,064

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 52,992,999 56,542,954 +3,549,955
China 10,963,523 6,686,749 -4,276,774
India 6,350,286 4,413,507 -1,936,779
Turkey 4,894,438 4,396,729 -497,709
Viet Nam 2,008,398 2,738,666 +730,268
Cambodia 2,748,742 1,507,380 -1,241,362
Pakistan 1,593,778 1,513,075 -80,703
Morocco 1,304,730 1,314,721 +9,991
Italy 1,214,347 891,880 -322,467
Portugal 943,571 587,115 -356,456

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 164
Inner London - East 87
Greater Manchester 54
Outer London - West and North West 36
Surrey, East and West Sussex 33

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 128 114 -14
Inner London - East 62 57 -5
Greater Manchester 41 44 +3
Outer London - West and North West 25 21 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 25 24 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22 25 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 19 15 -4
West Midlands 13 17 +4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 13 17 +4
West Yorkshire 16 15 -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) 96,832,124
Other 43,624,417
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,791,663
Air transport 15,352,791
Road transport 1,933,791

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) 47,777,119 49,055,005 +1,277,886
Other 22,778,199 20,846,218 -1,931,981
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,322,287 8,469,376 -1,852,911
Air transport 8,629,684 6,723,107 -1,906,577
Road transport 1,130,026 803,765 -326,261

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 49,332,079
000 43,624,417
London Gateway Port 21,294,344
499 11,680,944
London Heathrow Airport 8,451,512

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 30,296,559 19,035,520 -11,261,039
000 22,778,199 20,846,218 -1,931,981
London Gateway Port 8,567,615 12,726,729 +4,159,114
499 292,884 11,388,060 +11,095,176
London Heathrow Airport 4,836,639 3,614,873 -1,221,766
Southampton 5,050,287 3,374,795 -1,675,492
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,198,971 3,060,658 -138,313
Belfast Port 2,934,762 1,289,813 -1,644,949
Dover 1,854,811 1,589,766 -265,045
ZLC 1,537,925 1,420,012 -117,913

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 419
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 248
Manufacture of wearing apparel 51
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 36
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 21

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 139
2025-11 133
2025-10 145
2025-09 144
2025-08 162

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 343
54m+ 182
0-1m 140
15m-54m 65
Other 65

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 5,588,616
Netherlands 2,564,056
United States 1,759,421
Germany 793,428
France 785,020

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 3,052,253 2,536,363 -515,890
Netherlands 1,793,212 770,844 -1,022,368
United States 987,776 771,645 -216,131
Germany 372,400 421,028 +48,628
France 403,925 381,095 -22,830
Italy 321,351 226,152 -95,199
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 267,619 268,034 +415
United Arab Emirates 180,572 349,579 +169,007
Japan 179,400 178,912 -488
Switzerland 160,337 140,799 -19,538

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 3,286,006
Ireland 774,041
Turkey 242,567
Pakistan 159,696
India 99,141

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 1,816,963 1,469,043 -347,920
Ireland 396,014 378,027 -17,987
Turkey 106,201 136,366 +30,165
Pakistan 78,744 80,952 +2,208
India 46,694 52,447 +5,753
Sri Lanka 45,501 42,871 -2,630
Cambodia 33,114 52,933 +19,819
Viet Nam 38,421 43,551 +5,130
China 28,506 26,376 -2,130
Poland 32,089 0 -32,089

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 8,094,156
Other 5,000,329
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,763,352
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,046,962
Road transport 4,456

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 4,464,098 3,630,058 -834,040
Other 2,664,618 2,335,711 -328,907
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,717,051 2,046,301 -670,750
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 705,765 341,197 -364,568
Road transport 4,456 0 -4,456

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 5,000,329
East Midlands Airport 4,868,291
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,860,466
London Heathrow Airport 2,103,296
Dover 539,580

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 £
000 2,664,618 2,335,711 -328,907
East Midlands Airport 2,859,799 2,008,492 -851,307
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,485,586 1,374,880 -110,706
London Heathrow Airport 1,077,504 1,025,792 -51,712
Dover 392,979 146,601 -246,378
Holyhead 267,508 166,321 -101,187
London Gateway Port 282,528 140,523 -142,005
Harwich 294,121 105,240 -188,881
ZLC 195,308 162,874 -32,434
Immingham Docks 177,546 168,639 -8,907

Quick facts

HS code: 620530

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

Description: Shirts for men or boys made from man-made fibers like polyester or nylon, known for durability and easy care