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:

  • 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 £
China 25,587,155
Pakistan 25,362,617
Bangladesh 23,768,725
Viet Nam 17,212,819
Cambodia 16,004,963

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 13,876,747 11,710,408 -2,166,339
Pakistan 14,118,522 11,244,095 -2,874,427
Bangladesh 12,714,469 11,054,256 -1,660,213
Viet Nam 9,442,240 7,770,579 -1,671,661
Cambodia 9,740,140 6,264,823 -3,475,317
Belgium 6,285,866 4,256,879 -2,028,987
Turkey 4,795,912 3,978,413 -817,499
Germany 4,151,674 3,274,098 -877,576
Myanmar 2,757,275 2,858,133 +100,858
India 2,024,926 1,607,483 -417,443

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 29,899,727
Bangladesh 29,541,667
Viet Nam 26,686,279
Pakistan 25,744,208
Cambodia 17,119,813

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 16,063,496 13,836,231 -2,227,265
Bangladesh 16,024,395 13,517,272 -2,507,123
Viet Nam 15,032,693 11,653,586 -3,379,107
Pakistan 14,398,666 11,345,542 -3,053,124
Cambodia 10,422,474 6,697,339 -3,725,135
Turkey 5,130,866 4,441,056 -689,810
Myanmar 3,026,993 3,232,165 +205,172
Indonesia 4,213,889 2,024,410 -2,189,479
Thailand 4,024,900 1,394,279 -2,630,621
India 2,245,442 1,727,817 -517,625

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 87
Greater Manchester 73
Inner London - East 39
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 27
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 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 67 61 -6
Greater Manchester 49 57 +8
Inner London - East 23 30 +7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 17 17 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 21 13 -8
West Midlands 21 14 -7
West Yorkshire 21 15 -6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 16 15 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 14 -7
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 12 12 +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) 108,325,461
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 31,530,050
Other 21,106,921
Air transport 19,809,585
Road transport 2,426,907

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) 58,686,619 49,638,842 -9,047,777
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,091,032 13,439,018 -4,652,014
Other 13,687,589 7,419,332 -6,268,257
Air transport 11,140,956 8,668,629 -2,472,327
Road transport 1,352,269 1,074,638 -277,631

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 45,795,678
Southampton 30,885,131
000 21,106,921
London Gateway Port 17,841,065
Eurotunnel 12,568,234

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 28,495,367 17,300,311 -11,195,056
Southampton 18,605,901 12,279,230 -6,326,671
000 13,687,589 7,419,332 -6,268,257
London Gateway Port 6,337,274 11,503,791 +5,166,517
Eurotunnel 7,432,427 5,135,807 -2,296,620
London Heathrow Airport 4,947,367 3,189,395 -1,757,972
Dover 4,408,491 3,232,854 -1,175,637
499 32,632 5,450,176 +5,417,544
Manchester Airport 3,022,894 2,431,097 -591,797
Liverpool Docks 2,997,433 1,321,938 -1,675,495

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 266
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 230
Manufacture of wearing apparel 37
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 29
Other manufacturing 22

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 139
2025-11 119
2025-10 133
2025-09 144
2025-08 136

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 230
54m+ 183
0-1m 75
15m-54m 60
Other 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 £
France 9,206,967
Netherlands 7,012,846
Ireland 5,382,980
Germany 2,530,701
United States 2,389,271

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 £
France 8,240,954 966,013 -7,274,941
Netherlands 3,671,440 3,341,406 -330,034
Ireland 3,172,179 2,210,801 -961,378
Germany 1,446,086 1,084,615 -361,471
United States 1,354,842 1,034,429 -320,413
Singapore 873,670 74,690 -798,980
Poland 659,198 285,536 -373,662
United Arab Emirates 623,967 274,480 -349,487
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 479,021 412,922 -66,099
Austria 369,641 472,912 +103,271

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 306,571
Bangladesh 261,972
Pakistan 203,545
XI 127,529
Turkey 108,034

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 130,396 176,175 +45,779
Bangladesh 131,123 130,849 -274
Pakistan 128,682 74,863 -53,819
XI 51,629 75,900 +24,271
Turkey 49,408 58,626 +9,218
Sri Lanka 36,912 44,734 +7,822
Romania 46,113 11,676 -34,437
Cambodia 17,399 8,349 -9,050
Belgium 20,385 0 -20,385
India 4,101 15,759 +11,658

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 20,567,857
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,330,829
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,614,248
Other 1,336,363
Road transport 33,831

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 15,199,777 5,368,080 -9,831,697
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,102,470 7,228,359 -874,111
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,050,990 563,258 -487,732
Other 685,225 651,138 -34,087
Road transport 33,831 0 -33,831

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 14,798,803
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,899,837
London Heathrow Airport 2,857,328
Holyhead 2,482,838
Manchester Airport 2,262,269

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 11,500,949 3,297,854 -8,203,095
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,809,130 4,090,707 +281,577
London Heathrow Airport 1,623,161 1,234,167 -388,994
Holyhead 1,379,766 1,103,072 -276,694
Manchester Airport 1,731,700 530,569 -1,201,131
Dover 1,347,550 700,389 -647,161
Immingham Docks 931,272 581,773 -349,499
000 685,225 651,138 -34,087
Harwich 302,612 497,152 +194,540
London Gateway Port 321,756 269,702 -52,054

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