Import/export HS code 6106: Women's or girls' knitted or crocheted tops

Includes blouses, shirts, and shirt-blouses made from various materials like cotton, silk, or synthetic fibers

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  • 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 60,721,867
China 44,046,796
India 36,993,089
Turkey 34,981,525
Viet Nam 16,924,470

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 32,680,503 28,041,364 -4,639,139
China 19,855,237 24,191,559 +4,336,322
India 17,597,107 19,395,982 +1,798,875
Turkey 17,748,377 17,233,148 -515,229
Viet Nam 7,603,743 9,320,727 +1,716,984
Cambodia 4,124,206 7,139,298 +3,015,092
Italy 5,432,784 4,726,993 -705,791
Belgium 4,458,814 4,054,571 -404,243
Morocco 4,572,278 3,367,214 -1,205,064
Ireland 1,510,016 4,639,035 +3,129,019

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 65,562,265
China 51,920,477
Turkey 38,185,476
India 38,130,467
Viet Nam 23,674,572

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 35,455,448 30,106,817 -5,348,631
China 22,511,224 29,409,253 +6,898,029
Turkey 18,945,615 19,239,861 +294,246
India 18,211,079 19,919,388 +1,708,309
Viet Nam 11,835,474 11,839,098 +3,624
Cambodia 4,724,992 9,031,198 +4,306,206
Italy 5,287,550 4,445,456 -842,094
Morocco 5,238,699 3,867,380 -1,371,319
Pakistan 3,532,779 2,317,767 -1,215,012
Indonesia 2,291,591 2,381,232 +89,641

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 234
Inner London - East 150
Greater Manchester 123
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 69
Outer London - West and North West 66

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 175 175 +0
Inner London - East 112 104 -8
Greater Manchester 98 88 -10
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 57 53 -4
Outer London - West and North West 49 46 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 33 39 +6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 34 31 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 27 28 +1
West Midlands 29 28 -1
Essex 26 19 -7

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) 144,564,633
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 58,945,303
Air transport 47,165,480
Other 36,488,024
Road transport 8,603,971

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) 58,897,569 85,667,064 +26,769,495
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 28,566,963 30,378,340 +1,811,377
Air transport 23,950,233 23,215,247 -734,986
Other 26,922,435 9,565,589 -17,356,846
Road transport 5,246,777 3,357,194 -1,889,583

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 51,274,624
London Gateway Port 37,911,118
000 36,488,024
499 32,340,990
Dover 19,513,419

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 30,710,537 20,564,087 -10,146,450
London Gateway Port 16,294,826 21,616,292 +5,321,466
000 26,922,435 9,565,589 -17,356,846
499 186,505 32,154,485 +31,967,980
Dover 8,590,725 10,922,694 +2,331,969
London Heathrow Airport 9,635,474 8,681,287 -954,187
Eurotunnel 8,768,222 8,770,049 +1,827
Southampton 6,684,200 6,719,017 +34,817
Manchester Airport 6,774,256 6,103,105 -671,151
ZLC 7,094,758 5,616,407 -1,478,351

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
687
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
414
Manufacture of wearing apparel
99
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
45
Manufacture of textiles
32

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 279
2026-04 312
2026-03 317
2026-02 321
2026-01 273

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 500
0-1m 320
54m+ 256
Other 120
15m-54m 86

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 7,671,152
United States 4,836,414
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,366,834
Netherlands 2,299,526
France 2,177,289

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 3,126,097 4,545,055 +1,418,958
United States 2,372,084 2,464,330 +92,246
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,248,140 1,118,694 -129,446
Netherlands 1,161,268 1,138,258 -23,010
France 999,377 1,177,912 +178,535
Iceland 509,434 1,488,498 +979,064
Germany 1,248,240 663,033 -585,207
Viet Nam 1,262,655 473,773 -788,882
Japan 782,941 786,476 +3,535
Italy 684,953 572,208 -112,745

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 1,226,069
India 1,190,172
China 860,782
Turkey 748,176
Cambodia 592,512

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 532,422 693,647 +161,225
India 407,508 782,664 +375,156
China 309,651 551,131 +241,480
Turkey 344,823 403,353 +58,530
Cambodia 174,986 417,526 +242,540
Viet Nam 21,442 194,213 +172,771
Sri Lanka 85,604 69,759 -15,845
Morocco 40,178 100,368 +60,190
Egypt 9,749 40,537 +30,788
Indonesia 28,445 11,706 -16,739

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 20,974,492
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,923,562
Other 6,521,350
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,009,440

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 11,311,409 9,663,083 -1,648,326
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,344,214 4,579,348 -764,866
Other 2,487,415 4,033,935 +1,546,520
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,073,955 935,485 -138,470

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 11,665,468
East Midlands Airport 7,708,010
000 6,521,350
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,132,298
Dover 1,153,349

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 6,565,921 5,099,547 -1,466,374
East Midlands Airport 3,953,807 3,754,203 -199,604
000 2,487,415 4,033,935 +1,546,520
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,219,099 2,913,199 -305,900
Dover 536,363 616,986 +80,623
Immingham Docks 627,594 380,433 -247,161
London Gateway Port 604,479 259,553 -344,926
Holyhead 366,159 289,129 -77,030
Harwich 372,046 277,427 -94,619
London Stansted Airport 262,539 282,523 +19,984

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 6106

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

Description: Includes blouses, shirts, and shirt-blouses made from various materials like cotton, silk, or synthetic fibers