Import/export HS code 610510: Men's or boys' knitted shirts made of cotton

Comfortable and breathable shirts made from 100% cotton

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* 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 138,479,132
Italy 55,536,005
India 41,669,876
Pakistan 26,552,887
Turkey 26,551,824

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 63,977,737 74,501,395 +10,523,658
Italy 30,673,938 24,862,067 -5,811,871
India 18,728,459 22,941,417 +4,212,958
Pakistan 13,407,928 13,144,959 -262,969
Turkey 14,285,515 12,266,309 -2,019,206
China 11,413,453 10,012,774 -1,400,679
Netherlands 11,261,525 9,206,954 -2,054,571
France 9,457,304 10,160,886 +703,582
Germany 4,920,854 4,816,707 -104,147
Portugal 5,112,826 4,430,143 -682,683

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 159,383,390
India 48,033,389
Turkey 45,897,939
China 32,073,011
Viet Nam 28,202,088

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 74,444,675 84,938,715 +10,494,040
India 21,865,848 26,167,541 +4,301,693
Turkey 26,331,434 19,566,505 -6,764,929
China 16,800,875 15,272,136 -1,528,739
Viet Nam 15,448,307 12,753,781 -2,694,526
Pakistan 14,145,127 13,416,242 -728,885
Cambodia 7,339,895 8,777,113 +1,437,218
Portugal 6,836,856 6,173,293 -663,563
Italy 5,481,497 4,918,969 -562,528
Peru 5,074,906 4,973,909 -100,997

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 218
Greater Manchester 94
Inner London - East 85
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 50
Outer London - West and North West 50

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 166 160 -6
Greater Manchester 72 64 -8
Inner London - East 64 62 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 35 36 +1
Outer London - West and North West 31 32 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 39 25 -14
Surrey, East and West Sussex 38 31 -7
West Midlands 32 28 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 26 25 -1
Cheshire 19 19 +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) 217,508,430
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 108,688,167
Other 51,714,134
Air transport 49,287,650
Road transport 4,330,628

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) 96,824,185 120,684,245 +23,860,060
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 58,238,095 50,450,072 -7,788,023
Other 32,208,644 19,505,490 -12,703,154
Air transport 25,112,087 24,175,563 -936,524
Road transport 2,458,038 1,872,590 -585,448

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 78,271,857
London Gateway Port 63,594,478
000 51,714,134
Dover 36,566,125
Southampton 31,885,070

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 46,466,095 31,805,762 -14,660,333
London Gateway Port 25,921,368 37,673,110 +11,751,742
000 32,208,644 19,505,490 -12,703,154
Dover 17,158,188 19,407,937 +2,249,749
Southampton 16,872,024 15,013,046 -1,858,978
499 25,542 29,154,866 +29,129,324
Eurotunnel 15,545,548 10,208,396 -5,337,152
London Heathrow Airport 12,286,030 11,624,187 -661,843
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,427,744 6,934,724 +506,980
Thamesport 6,286,849 5,054,992 -1,231,857

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 523
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 368
Manufacture of wearing apparel 60
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 40
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 22

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 249
2026-03 265
2026-02 279
2026-01 229
2025-12 214

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 444
54m+ 277
0-1m 175
15m-54m 101
Other 98

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 9,566,748
Japan 8,075,453
Netherlands 5,431,099
Italy 4,273,519
United States 3,957,681

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 4,592,700 4,974,048 +381,348
Japan 6,359,871 1,715,582 -4,644,289
Netherlands 2,871,266 2,559,833 -311,433
Italy 2,234,195 2,039,324 -194,871
United States 2,090,689 1,866,992 -223,697
France 1,833,126 2,123,768 +290,642
Germany 1,399,077 1,490,906 +91,829
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,634,001 1,174,272 -459,729
United Arab Emirates 1,226,268 986,955 -239,313
South Korea 888,287 167,052 -721,235

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 2,890,743
Pakistan 1,105,242
India 701,731
Turkey 549,797
China 156,496

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 1,394,288 1,496,455 +102,167
Pakistan 493,456 611,786 +118,330
India 358,918 342,813 -16,105
Turkey 295,340 254,457 -40,883
China 71,662 84,834 +13,172
XI 43,021 44,883 +1,862
Cambodia 7,347 46,485 +39,138
Myanmar 24,338 20,276 -4,062
Ireland 14,064 16,876 +2,812
Sri Lanka 5,917 11,978 +6,061

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 24,772,647
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 22,367,099
Other 6,462,660
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,704,688
Road transport 883

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 15,183,499 9,589,148 -5,594,351
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,052,170 11,314,929 +262,759
Other 3,077,336 3,385,324 +307,988
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,351,873 2,352,815 +1,000,942
Road transport 883 0 -883

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,743,176
London Heathrow Airport 14,823,233
East Midlands Airport 7,816,768
000 6,462,660
Holyhead 2,404,344

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 8,462,071 8,281,105 -180,966
London Heathrow Airport 9,124,899 5,698,334 -3,426,565
East Midlands Airport 4,737,889 3,078,879 -1,659,010
000 3,077,336 3,385,324 +307,988
Holyhead 1,154,409 1,249,935 +95,526
London Gateway Port 585,475 1,109,705 +524,230
Immingham Docks 621,963 625,552 +3,589
Felixstowe 204,727 620,700 +415,973
Southampton 371,361 443,297 +71,936
London Stansted Airport 463,546 204,189 -259,357

Quick facts

HS code: 610510

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

Description: Comfortable and breathable shirts made from 100% cotton