Import/export HS code 610442: Women's or girls' knitted skirts made of cotton

Comfortable and breathable skirts made from cotton

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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 43,448,879
India 30,397,040
China 24,927,204
Turkey 23,249,770
Italy 7,433,650

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 20,697,169 22,751,710 +2,054,541
India 15,584,115 14,812,925 -771,190
China 12,160,910 12,766,294 +605,384
Turkey 13,137,104 10,112,666 -3,024,438
Italy 4,215,982 3,217,668 -998,314
Sri Lanka 3,709,369 3,275,120 -434,249
Cambodia 2,964,513 3,213,745 +249,232
Spain 3,335,568 2,664,249 -671,319
France 2,454,433 2,070,431 -384,002
Ireland 841,281 2,610,126 +1,768,845

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 47,945,184
India 32,107,284
China 29,395,645
Turkey 27,149,963
Cambodia 7,204,035

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 23,144,058 24,801,126 +1,657,068
India 16,762,346 15,344,938 -1,417,408
China 14,694,292 14,701,353 +7,061
Turkey 14,951,147 12,198,816 -2,752,331
Cambodia 3,327,613 3,876,422 +548,809
Sri Lanka 3,541,549 3,237,262 -304,287
Italy 2,935,901 2,167,611 -768,290
Portugal 2,615,642 2,379,464 -236,178
Morocco 1,610,607 1,147,534 -463,073
Bulgaria 1,209,084 1,250,074 +40,990

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 156
Inner London - East 80
Greater Manchester 60
Outer London - West and North West 35
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 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 125 123 -2
Inner London - East 61 57 -4
Greater Manchester 46 41 -5
Outer London - West and North West 27 22 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 25 19 -6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 23 15 -8
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 12 13 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 15 9 -6
West Yorkshire 10 14 +4
Outer London - East and North East 8 10 +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) 90,659,006
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 28,255,348
Air transport 27,510,726
Other 24,669,059
Road transport 6,571,861

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) 40,196,977 50,462,029 +10,265,052
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,790,467 11,464,881 -5,325,586
Air transport 13,719,169 13,791,557 +72,388
Other 15,073,574 9,595,485 -5,478,089
Road transport 3,978,149 2,593,712 -1,384,437

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 30,990,903
000 24,669,059
London Gateway Port 24,617,577
Southampton 16,135,702
499 14,055,855

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 18,733,420 12,257,483 -6,475,937
000 15,073,574 9,595,485 -5,478,089
London Gateway Port 9,391,165 15,226,412 +5,835,247
Southampton 10,029,836 6,105,866 -3,923,970
499 7,043 14,048,812 +14,041,769
London Heathrow Airport 6,865,178 6,473,135 -392,043
Dover 6,119,432 3,566,652 -2,552,780
Eurotunnel 5,491,037 4,009,508 -1,481,529
ZLC 4,683,866 2,996,834 -1,687,032
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,453,797 2,103,535 -350,262

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 411
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 196
Manufacture of wearing apparel 41
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 19
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 13

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 152
2026-03 156
2026-02 157
2026-01 141
2025-12 114

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 257
54m+ 148
0-1m 121
Other 63
15m-54m 61

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 £
United States 5,717,584
Ireland 4,467,939
Netherlands 2,995,477
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,304,285
Viet Nam 2,090,834

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 £
United States 3,337,367 2,380,217 -957,150
Ireland 2,033,702 2,434,237 +400,535
Netherlands 1,694,816 1,300,661 -394,155
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,228,105 1,076,180 -151,925
Viet Nam 2,090,834 0 -2,090,834
Germany 1,040,828 745,531 -295,297
France 647,262 886,063 +238,801
Italy 673,846 839,321 +165,475
South Korea 1,322,913 14,375 -1,308,538
United Arab Emirates 839,984 296,811 -543,173

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 1,611,580
India 968,951
Sri Lanka 449,720
China 263,359
Turkey 135,744

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 761,532 850,048 +88,516
India 467,893 501,058 +33,165
Sri Lanka 238,329 211,391 -26,938
China 97,154 166,205 +69,051
Turkey 81,951 53,793 -28,158
Morocco 18,020 20,660 +2,640
Cambodia 9,561 20,250 +10,689
Madagascar 16,910 4,160 -12,750
Egypt 5,742 14,438 +8,696
Viet Nam 144 12,103 +11,959

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 17,135,570
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,302,715
Other 3,841,033
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,077,500
Road transport 1,078

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 9,724,754 7,410,816 -2,313,938
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,966,067 5,336,648 +370,581
Other 1,780,800 2,060,233 +279,433
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,550,504 526,996 -1,023,508
Road transport 0 1,078 +1,078

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 9,121,688
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,343,310
East Midlands Airport 6,004,142
000 3,841,033
Dover 2,732,616

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 5,992,603 3,129,085 -2,863,518
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,367,952 2,975,358 -392,594
East Midlands Airport 2,577,011 3,427,131 +850,120
000 1,780,800 2,060,233 +279,433
Dover 1,103,748 1,628,868 +525,120
Liverpool Docks 1,103,381 75,172 -1,028,209
London Stansted Airport 431,991 363,861 -68,130
Birmingham Airport 232,009 307,433 +75,424
Holyhead 185,019 326,162 +141,143
London Gateway Port 240,417 185,379 -55,038

Quick facts

HS code: 610442

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

Description: Comfortable and breathable skirts made from cotton