Import/export HS code 610342: Men's or boys' knitted cotton trousers and shorts

Lightweight, breathable trousers and shorts made of cotton, ideal for warm weather

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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 106,028,849
Pakistan 48,206,258
Belgium 33,357,008
Cambodia 30,633,480
Turkey 29,810,668

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 46,417,465 59,611,384 +13,193,919
Pakistan 23,350,258 24,856,000 +1,505,742
Belgium 18,293,660 15,063,348 -3,230,312
Cambodia 15,484,470 15,149,010 -335,460
Turkey 15,664,373 14,146,295 -1,518,078
China 11,100,685 11,042,982 -57,703
Italy 12,176,659 9,817,541 -2,359,118
India 8,936,980 9,962,448 +1,025,468
Netherlands 6,977,144 7,893,085 +915,941
Sri Lanka 6,038,279 6,886,714 +848,435

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 112,194,444
Cambodia 59,154,837
Pakistan 57,674,851
Turkey 41,074,793
China 27,084,655

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 50,029,543 62,164,901 +12,135,358
Cambodia 30,775,027 28,379,810 -2,395,217
Pakistan 29,140,427 28,534,424 -606,003
Turkey 21,560,238 19,514,555 -2,045,683
China 13,042,084 14,042,571 +1,000,487
India 9,932,166 11,501,229 +1,569,063
Viet Nam 10,579,908 9,325,346 -1,254,562
Portugal 6,388,995 7,268,071 +879,076
Sri Lanka 6,232,623 7,121,673 +889,050
Egypt 3,422,164 5,954,954 +2,532,790

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 175
Greater Manchester 102
Inner London - East 78
Surrey, East and West Sussex 34
Outer London - West and North West 29

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 140 137 -3
Greater Manchester 68 76 +8
Inner London - East 59 52 -7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 22 25 +3
Outer London - West and North West 19 24 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 15 -6
West Midlands 17 13 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 16 14 -2
West Yorkshire 15 14 -1
Outer London - East and North East 9 17 +8

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) 212,399,943
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 104,607,808
Other 46,712,301
Air transport 32,007,740
Road transport 5,493,772

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) 85,051,577 127,348,366 +42,296,789
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 55,833,074 48,774,734 -7,058,340
Other 34,412,869 12,299,432 -22,113,437
Air transport 18,551,652 13,456,088 -5,095,564
Road transport 2,070,251 3,423,521 +1,353,270

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 72,017,084
London Gateway Port 60,871,756
000 46,712,301
499 44,195,365
Eurotunnel 43,704,849

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 44,483,522 27,533,562 -16,949,960
London Gateway Port 22,337,629 38,534,127 +16,196,498
000 34,412,869 12,299,432 -22,113,437
499 31,275 44,164,090 +44,132,815
Eurotunnel 25,158,347 18,546,502 -6,611,845
Southampton 16,250,348 14,900,780 -1,349,568
Dover 11,335,742 9,989,103 -1,346,639
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,308,360 8,945,223 +636,863
London Heathrow Airport 10,499,087 5,210,532 -5,288,555
ZLC 6,557,720 6,846,173 +288,453

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
437
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
270
Manufacture of wearing apparel
50
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
29
Manufacture of textiles
15

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 158
2026-04 163
2026-03 175
2026-02 184
2026-01 177

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 328
54m+ 170
0-1m 143
15m-54m 68
Other 68

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 £
Italy 4,604,196
France 4,313,623
Belgium 3,805,095
Netherlands 3,309,387
Germany 2,572,198

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 £
Italy 1,906,390 2,697,806 +791,416
France 2,032,226 2,281,397 +249,171
Belgium 2,487,964 1,317,131 -1,170,833
Netherlands 2,059,025 1,250,362 -808,663
Germany 1,333,851 1,238,347 -95,504
Spain 789,582 1,569,027 +779,445
Ireland 861,018 1,201,950 +340,932
United States 1,267,440 463,600 -803,840
Poland 805,154 730,658 -74,496
United Arab Emirates 624,395 878,710 +254,315

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 471,155
Sri Lanka 85,143
India 79,609
Pakistan 36,881
Egypt 26,711

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 219,919 251,236 +31,317
Sri Lanka 52,421 32,722 -19,699
India 50,613 28,996 -21,617
Pakistan 13,215 23,666 +10,451
Egypt 4,936 21,775 +16,839
China 8,481 16,608 +8,127
Turkey 10,616 13,581 +2,965
Indonesia 12,637 0 -12,637
Cambodia 6,961 4,079 -2,882
Ireland 6,301 738 -5,563

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) 26,314,142
Air transport 6,379,775
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,032,804
Other 835,678
Road transport 2,159

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) 13,064,305 13,249,837 +185,532
Air transport 3,788,464 2,591,311 -1,197,153
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 595,749 1,437,055 +841,306
Other 433,419 402,259 -31,160
Road transport 2,159 0 -2,159

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 20,846,282
London Heathrow Airport 3,098,932
East Midlands Airport 2,328,726
Immingham Docks 1,553,352
Dover 1,286,637

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 10,173,796 10,672,486 +498,690
London Heathrow Airport 2,026,479 1,072,453 -954,026
East Midlands Airport 1,330,295 998,431 -331,864
Immingham Docks 724,971 828,381 +103,410
Dover 701,482 585,155 -116,327
Holyhead 254,563 722,778 +468,215
London Gateway Port 253,695 680,975 +427,280
000 433,419 402,259 -31,160
Harwich 507,622 322,055 -185,567
Eurotunnel 531,057 44,755 -486,302

Quick facts

HS code: 610342

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

Description: Lightweight, breathable trousers and shorts made of cotton, ideal for warm weather