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

Comfortable and breathable shirts made from 100% 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 125,189,297
Italy 51,998,094
India 38,669,254
Turkey 25,455,615
Pakistan 24,661,549

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 61,746,554 63,442,743 +1,696,189
Italy 30,832,308 21,165,786 -9,666,522
India 19,400,434 19,268,820 -131,614
Turkey 14,943,810 10,511,805 -4,432,005
Pakistan 12,948,704 11,712,845 -1,235,859
Netherlands 10,658,034 8,893,093 -1,764,941
China 10,864,686 8,305,981 -2,558,705
France 9,519,434 8,092,500 -1,426,934
Germany 5,413,927 4,296,389 -1,117,538
Portugal 5,175,493 3,591,455 -1,584,038

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 144,733,147
India 44,404,227
Turkey 44,351,615
China 28,918,153
Viet Nam 26,641,861

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 71,388,706 73,344,441 +1,955,735
India 22,378,165 22,026,062 -352,103
Turkey 26,819,626 17,531,989 -9,287,637
China 15,572,979 13,345,174 -2,227,805
Viet Nam 17,066,142 9,575,719 -7,490,423
Pakistan 13,614,224 12,131,867 -1,482,357
Cambodia 6,557,775 7,444,983 +887,208
Portugal 6,988,039 4,850,360 -2,137,679
Peru 4,521,917 5,177,252 +655,335
Italy 5,473,844 4,074,671 -1,399,173

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 214
Greater Manchester 98
Inner London - East 83
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 48
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 45

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 164 159 -5
Greater Manchester 75 67 -8
Inner London - East 64 61 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 36 33 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 33 24 -9
Outer London - West and North West 31 27 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 42 26 -16
West Midlands 30 25 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 26 23 -3
West Yorkshire 18 18 +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) 190,392,824
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 102,376,617
Other 55,780,084
Air transport 45,232,335
Road transport 3,912,429

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) 95,126,916 95,265,908 +138,992
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 57,954,802 44,421,815 -13,532,987
Other 31,286,006 24,494,078 -6,791,928
Air transport 24,295,600 20,936,735 -3,358,865
Road transport 2,170,979 1,741,450 -429,529

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 77,554,386
000 55,780,084
London Gateway Port 52,538,160
Dover 32,963,246
Southampton 29,311,641

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 45,899,301 31,655,085 -14,244,216
000 31,286,006 24,494,078 -6,791,928
London Gateway Port 22,824,200 29,713,960 +6,889,760
Dover 15,027,736 17,935,510 +2,907,774
Southampton 16,739,804 12,571,837 -4,167,967
Eurotunnel 17,822,356 8,605,564 -9,216,792
London Heathrow Airport 11,699,098 10,270,950 -1,428,148
499 107,496 16,467,099 +16,359,603
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,616,415 4,670,386 -1,946,029
Thamesport 7,176,579 4,035,893 -3,140,686

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 493
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 363
Manufacture of wearing apparel 57
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 40
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 23

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 227
2025-11 184
2025-10 219
2025-09 233
2025-08 243

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 435
54m+ 274
0-1m 164
15m-54m 90
Other 85

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 8,610,964
Japan 7,644,656
Netherlands 4,466,191
United States 4,051,469
Italy 3,826,674

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 4,460,219 4,150,745 -309,474
Japan 6,325,329 1,319,327 -5,006,002
Netherlands 2,681,432 1,784,759 -896,673
United States 2,337,346 1,714,123 -623,223
Italy 2,078,039 1,748,635 -329,404
France 1,788,762 1,738,436 -50,326
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,269,191 1,476,030 +206,839
Germany 1,352,607 1,275,014 -77,593
United Arab Emirates 1,186,197 1,031,518 -154,679
South Korea 1,324,891 93,853 -1,231,038

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 2,522,656
Pakistan 978,233
India 632,872
Turkey 507,161
China 144,112

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 1,343,595 1,179,061 -164,534
Pakistan 484,765 493,468 +8,703
India 389,035 243,837 -145,198
Turkey 286,640 220,521 -66,119
China 70,938 73,174 +2,236
XI 46,559 32,633 -13,926
Myanmar 31,148 22,485 -8,663
Cambodia 9,283 23,199 +13,916
Ireland 10,821 20,067 +9,246
Honduras 9,013 7,141 -1,872

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 24,071,212
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,299,169
Other 5,661,373
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,455,505
Road transport 11,731

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 15,786,304 8,284,908 -7,501,396
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,989,195 9,309,974 -679,221
Other 3,031,431 2,629,942 -401,489
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,706,535 1,748,970 +42,435
Road transport 11,731 0 -11,731

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 14,371,006
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,246,427
East Midlands Airport 7,721,992
000 5,661,373
Holyhead 2,326,012

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 9,912,863 4,458,143 -5,454,720
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,541,432 6,704,995 -836,437
East Midlands Airport 4,574,261 3,147,731 -1,426,530
000 3,031,431 2,629,942 -401,489
Holyhead 1,144,666 1,181,346 +36,680
London Gateway Port 606,560 770,368 +163,808
Immingham Docks 592,541 440,286 -152,255
Felixstowe 394,290 565,690 +171,400
Dover 497,985 211,056 -286,929
Southampton 406,201 262,981 -143,220

Quick facts

HS code: 610510

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

Description: Comfortable and breathable shirts made from 100% cotton