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

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 57,044,672
China 37,609,153
Turkey 34,938,471
India 34,127,736
Viet Nam 15,587,044

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 31,050,047 25,994,625 -5,055,422
China 17,502,297 20,106,856 +2,604,559
Turkey 18,682,697 16,255,774 -2,426,923
India 16,795,171 17,332,565 +537,394
Viet Nam 7,679,186 7,907,858 +228,672
Italy 5,724,694 4,586,658 -1,138,036
Cambodia 3,973,726 6,022,787 +2,049,061
Morocco 4,971,014 3,300,122 -1,670,892
Belgium 4,443,893 3,080,930 -1,362,963
Pakistan 3,450,302 2,810,255 -640,047

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 61,774,260
China 43,887,132
Turkey 37,782,146
India 35,386,615
Viet Nam 22,258,576

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 33,818,436 27,955,824 -5,862,612
China 20,256,587 23,630,545 +3,373,958
Turkey 19,978,872 17,803,274 -2,175,598
India 17,523,283 17,863,332 +340,049
Viet Nam 11,715,162 10,543,414 -1,171,748
Cambodia 4,515,881 7,492,170 +2,976,289
Italy 5,378,610 4,371,622 -1,006,988
Morocco 5,572,056 3,971,540 -1,600,516
Pakistan 3,496,692 2,781,392 -715,300
Indonesia 2,705,352 1,773,324 -932,028

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 148
Greater Manchester 123
Outer London - West and North West 69
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 63

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 184 172 -12
Inner London - East 112 98 -14
Greater Manchester 96 87 -9
Outer London - West and North West 49 46 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 51 47 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 40 37 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 34 31 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 31 31 +0
West Midlands 30 25 -5
Essex 23 18 -5

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) 122,462,359
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 56,622,026
Air transport 44,463,061
Other 41,133,391
Road transport 9,317,847

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) 54,897,067 67,565,292 +12,668,225
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 29,872,065 26,749,961 -3,122,104
Air transport 24,804,861 19,658,200 -5,146,661
Other 24,467,802 16,665,589 -7,802,213
Road transport 6,139,536 3,178,311 -2,961,225

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 52,178,025
000 41,133,391
London Gateway Port 28,765,361
Dover 19,153,351
499 18,370,876

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 31,564,720 20,613,305 -10,951,415
000 24,467,802 16,665,589 -7,802,213
London Gateway Port 11,170,794 17,594,567 +6,423,773
Dover 8,774,134 10,379,217 +1,605,083
499 190,850 18,180,026 +17,989,176
London Heathrow Airport 10,230,244 7,323,544 -2,906,700
Eurotunnel 9,333,524 6,797,776 -2,535,748
Southampton 7,194,104 6,412,075 -782,029
ZLC 8,468,677 5,119,706 -3,348,971
Manchester Airport 7,228,431 5,327,067 -1,901,364

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 679
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 408
Manufacture of wearing apparel 98
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 44
Manufacture of textiles 32

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 273
2025-11 251
2025-10 278
2025-09 332
2025-08 328

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 508
0-1m 319
54m+ 254
Other 98
15m-54m 83

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 5,861,278
United States 5,350,598
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,415,029
Netherlands 2,209,389
Viet Nam 2,147,979

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 2,622,843 3,238,435 +615,592
United States 3,858,880 1,491,718 -2,367,162
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,517,361 897,668 -619,693
Netherlands 1,255,160 954,229 -300,931
Viet Nam 1,648,245 499,734 -1,148,511
Germany 1,245,377 660,184 -585,193
France 1,169,460 735,092 -434,368
Japan 1,390,544 396,878 -993,666
Iceland 70,623 1,555,156 +1,484,533
South Korea 1,538,916 14,656 -1,524,260

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 951,032
India 742,348
Turkey 681,272
China 670,658
Cambodia 436,082

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 393,616 557,416 +163,800
India 258,488 483,860 +225,372
Turkey 353,846 327,426 -26,420
China 335,762 334,896 -866
Cambodia 153,862 282,220 +128,358
Sri Lanka 65,567 63,516 -2,051
Morocco 35,664 55,536 +19,872
Viet Nam 6,799 80,947 +74,148
Indonesia 22,065 14,754 -7,311
Tunisia 18,170 5,361 -12,809

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 23,305,868
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,504,845
Other 4,765,534
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,795,250
Road transport 21,394

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 15,185,854 8,120,014 -7,065,840
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,664,435 3,840,410 -1,824,025
Other 2,030,483 2,735,051 +704,568
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,176,259 618,991 -557,268
Road transport 21,394 0 -21,394

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 13,881,519
East Midlands Airport 7,807,405
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,985,107
000 4,765,534
Dover 1,129,894

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 10,102,706 3,778,813 -6,323,893
East Midlands Airport 4,182,134 3,625,271 -556,863
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,565,748 2,419,359 -1,146,389
000 2,030,483 2,735,051 +704,568
Dover 697,106 432,788 -264,318
London Gateway Port 650,763 254,105 -396,658
Immingham Docks 551,025 324,065 -226,960
Harwich 416,340 252,003 -164,337
Holyhead 286,529 356,125 +69,596
ZLC 342,134 230,352 -111,782

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