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 40,261,959
India 29,455,007
China 23,918,391
Turkey 22,143,156
Italy 6,571,034

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 21,629,771 18,632,188 -2,997,583
India 14,945,192 14,509,815 -435,377
China 12,749,325 11,169,066 -1,580,259
Turkey 13,305,207 8,837,949 -4,467,258
Italy 3,984,378 2,586,656 -1,397,722
Sri Lanka 3,450,218 3,085,643 -364,575
Cambodia 2,975,944 2,679,195 -296,749
Spain 3,334,959 2,019,207 -1,315,752
France 2,578,727 1,666,594 -912,133
Ireland 882,653 2,557,536 +1,674,883

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 44,157,937
India 30,781,290
China 28,047,891
Turkey 25,609,685
Cambodia 6,722,139

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 24,164,197 19,993,740 -4,170,457
India 15,865,773 14,915,517 -950,256
China 15,183,024 12,864,867 -2,318,157
Turkey 15,139,726 10,469,959 -4,669,767
Cambodia 3,494,035 3,228,104 -265,931
Sri Lanka 3,236,220 3,105,250 -130,970
Italy 2,889,589 1,726,634 -1,162,955
Portugal 2,520,866 2,013,051 -507,815
Morocco 1,465,882 1,204,258 -261,624
Bulgaria 1,325,515 989,929 -335,586

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 155
Inner London - East 79
Greater Manchester 57
Outer London - West and North West 34
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 27

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 125 122 -3
Inner London - East 63 57 -6
Greater Manchester 46 39 -7
Outer London - West and North West 26 18 -8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 22 18 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 20 16 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 15 13 -2
West Yorkshire 10 12 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 8 -5
Outer London - East and North East 10 10 +0

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) 88,640,348
Air transport 25,964,826
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 25,261,508
Other 20,531,428
Road transport 6,452,270

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) 39,367,796 49,272,552 +9,904,756
Air transport 14,455,674 11,509,152 -2,946,522
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,082,810 9,178,698 -6,904,112
Other 16,114,069 4,417,359 -11,696,710
Road transport 3,825,053 2,627,217 -1,197,836

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 27,530,432
London Gateway Port 25,009,039
000 20,531,428
499 16,639,411
Southampton 14,425,536

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 16,944,060 10,586,372 -6,357,688
London Gateway Port 11,435,223 13,573,816 +2,138,593
000 16,114,069 4,417,359 -11,696,710
499 13,680 16,625,731 +16,612,051
Southampton 8,405,726 6,019,810 -2,385,916
London Heathrow Airport 7,251,136 5,175,429 -2,075,707
Dover 5,802,047 3,104,664 -2,697,383
Eurotunnel 5,361,576 2,985,368 -2,376,208
ZLC 4,527,504 2,801,406 -1,726,098
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,388,394 1,717,738 -670,656

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
393
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
193
Manufacture of wearing apparel
39
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
19
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities
12

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 125
2026-04 152
2026-03 156
2026-02 157
2026-01 141

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 245
54m+ 149
0-1m 112
Other 62
15m-54m 58

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 5,994,320
Ireland 4,408,755
Netherlands 2,742,987
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,182,355
Germany 1,727,031

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 3,317,920 2,676,400 -641,520
Ireland 2,080,246 2,328,509 +248,263
Netherlands 1,591,166 1,151,821 -439,345
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,229,062 953,293 -275,769
Germany 1,054,717 672,314 -382,403
France 769,037 776,272 +7,235
Italy 610,989 797,029 +186,040
United Arab Emirates 843,281 250,338 -592,943
Sweden 88,475 961,201 +872,726
South Korea 1,021,240 8,748 -1,012,492

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 1,526,705
India 986,153
Sri Lanka 432,482
China 270,178
Turkey 126,491

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 743,364 783,341 +39,977
India 495,945 490,208 -5,737
Sri Lanka 239,223 193,259 -45,964
China 88,755 181,423 +92,668
Turkey 74,752 51,739 -23,013
Morocco 22,098 16,810 -5,288
Cambodia 6,779 23,319 +16,540
Viet Nam 261 22,626 +22,365
Egypt 4,444 15,005 +10,561
Madagascar 11,661 4,264 -7,397

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 14,813,895
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,878,258
Other 3,783,976
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,930,640
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 7,380,497 7,433,398 +52,901
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,024,905 4,853,353 -171,552
Other 1,779,453 2,004,523 +225,070
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,582,135 348,505 -1,233,630
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 6,772,043
East Midlands Airport 6,300,605
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,992,729
000 3,783,976
Dover 2,644,062

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 3,724,028 3,048,015 -676,013
East Midlands Airport 2,543,919 3,756,686 +1,212,767
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,368,188 2,624,541 -743,647
000 1,779,453 2,004,523 +225,070
Dover 1,024,121 1,619,941 +595,820
Liverpool Docks 998,173 63,190 -934,983
London Stansted Airport 507,409 224,470 -282,939
Birmingham Airport 305,626 226,163 -79,463
Holyhead 234,011 289,403 +55,392
London Gateway Port 245,807 175,194 -70,613

Quick facts

HS code: 610442

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

Description: Comfortable and breathable skirts made from cotton