Import/export HS code 61052010: Men's or boys' knitted shirts made of synthetic fibers

Durable and wrinkle-resistant shirts made from materials like polyester

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

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  • 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 £
China 28,783,917
Pakistan 26,919,334
Bangladesh 26,831,121
Viet Nam 18,677,892
Cambodia 16,194,042

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 £
China 13,258,036 15,525,881 +2,267,845
Pakistan 13,708,939 13,210,395 -498,544
Bangladesh 13,091,479 13,739,642 +648,163
Viet Nam 9,239,893 9,437,999 +198,106
Cambodia 9,776,024 6,418,018 -3,358,006
Belgium 5,982,814 5,180,605 -802,209
Turkey 4,771,507 4,991,086 +219,579
Germany 3,827,713 3,885,430 +57,717
Myanmar 2,897,732 3,223,263 +325,531
Thailand 1,982,831 2,386,909 +404,078

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 £
China 33,645,432
Bangladesh 32,670,194
Viet Nam 28,919,207
Pakistan 27,319,926
Cambodia 17,341,420

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 £
China 15,470,729 18,174,703 +2,703,974
Bangladesh 16,313,934 16,356,260 +42,326
Viet Nam 14,435,294 14,483,913 +48,619
Pakistan 13,933,188 13,386,738 -546,450
Cambodia 10,397,643 6,943,777 -3,453,866
Turkey 5,119,494 5,551,781 +432,287
Indonesia 3,853,113 3,354,496 -498,617
Myanmar 3,151,144 3,545,761 +394,617
Thailand 3,334,460 3,153,979 -180,481
India 2,441,887 2,063,209 -378,678

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 89
Greater Manchester 75
Inner London - East 39
West Midlands 27
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 26

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 68 66 -2
Greater Manchester 52 54 +2
Inner London - East 27 30 +3
West Midlands 23 14 -9
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 15 18 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 22 15 -7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20 18 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 16 14 -2
West Yorkshire 19 16 -3
Outer London - West and North West 9 13 +4

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) 120,611,039
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 33,164,157
Air transport 23,425,893
Other 19,410,888
Road transport 2,782,032

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) 56,355,319 64,255,720 +7,900,401
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,585,082 15,579,075 -2,006,007
Air transport 11,122,504 12,303,389 +1,180,885
Other 13,926,474 5,484,414 -8,442,060
Road transport 1,316,591 1,465,441 +148,850

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 45,728,944
Southampton 31,759,259
London Gateway Port 23,631,020
000 19,410,888
Eurotunnel 13,014,505

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 26,299,256 19,429,688 -6,869,568
Southampton 17,009,280 14,749,979 -2,259,301
London Gateway Port 7,766,827 15,864,193 +8,097,366
000 13,926,474 5,484,414 -8,442,060
Eurotunnel 7,176,814 5,837,691 -1,339,123
499 23,322 10,194,354 +10,171,032
London Heathrow Airport 5,008,591 4,397,049 -611,542
Dover 4,091,273 3,704,788 -386,485
Manchester Airport 3,058,122 3,954,002 +895,880
Liverpool Docks 3,084,112 2,147,159 -936,953

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 279
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 238
Manufacture of wearing apparel 41
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 25
Other manufacturing 25

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 136
2026-03 131
2026-02 155
2026-01 139
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 234
54m+ 187
0-1m 86
Other 68
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 £
Netherlands 9,961,718
France 9,555,400
Ireland 5,950,670
United States 2,501,723
Germany 2,454,057

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 £
Netherlands 4,316,469 5,645,249 +1,328,780
France 8,277,101 1,278,299 -6,998,802
Ireland 3,004,118 2,946,552 -57,566
United States 1,610,949 890,774 -720,175
Germany 1,289,594 1,164,463 -125,131
Poland 663,080 353,138 -309,942
Singapore 881,492 83,167 -798,325
United Arab Emirates 661,809 245,422 -416,387
Austria 489,852 415,354 -74,498
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 605,619 297,268 -308,351

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 £
China 331,653
Bangladesh 331,036
Pakistan 228,715
XI 127,620
Turkey 121,742

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 £
China 156,477 175,176 +18,699
Bangladesh 149,693 181,343 +31,650
Pakistan 116,770 111,945 -4,825
XI 53,033 74,587 +21,554
Turkey 56,859 64,883 +8,024
Sri Lanka 36,912 44,734 +7,822
Romania 42,850 35,954 -6,896
India 7,393 16,167 +8,774
Cambodia 13,304 9,010 -4,294
Belgium 20,385 0 -20,385

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 20,867,307
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,289,596
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,559,230
Other 1,510,812

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 15,021,484 5,845,823 -9,175,661
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,080,830 10,208,766 +1,127,936
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,055,134 504,096 -551,038
Other 727,006 783,806 +56,800

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 15,008,807
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,022,484
Holyhead 2,923,131
London Heathrow Airport 2,828,801
Dover 2,254,225

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 £
East Midlands Airport 11,373,502 3,635,305 -7,738,197
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,439,724 6,582,760 +2,143,036
Holyhead 1,412,648 1,510,483 +97,835
London Heathrow Airport 1,497,433 1,331,368 -166,065
Dover 1,314,760 939,465 -375,295
Manchester Airport 1,830,961 354,816 -1,476,145
Immingham Docks 1,105,443 459,682 -645,761
000 727,006 783,806 +56,800
Harwich 382,018 483,128 +101,110
Liverpool Docks 423,032 249,076 -173,956

Quick facts

HS code: 61052010

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

Description: Durable and wrinkle-resistant shirts made from materials like polyester