Import/export HS code 610821: Women's or girls' knitted nightwear made of cotton

Includes nightdresses, pyjamas, and similar items made from soft, breathable cotton fabric

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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 103,862,154
Sri Lanka 32,520,015
China 18,437,045
France 13,053,682
India 11,669,124

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 45,471,481 58,390,673 +12,919,192
Sri Lanka 12,390,614 20,129,401 +7,738,787
China 8,661,401 9,775,644 +1,114,243
France 6,658,153 6,395,529 -262,624
India 6,578,943 5,090,181 -1,488,762
Netherlands 1,427,438 1,956,311 +528,873
Ireland 772,585 901,100 +128,515
Turkey 899,876 457,072 -442,804
Spain 380,375 485,798 +105,423
Slovakia 342,575 427,725 +85,150

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 107,055,363
Sri Lanka 34,813,071
China 18,950,985
India 12,112,669
Morocco 9,337,835

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 46,624,403 60,430,960 +13,806,557
Sri Lanka 13,692,384 21,120,687 +7,428,303
China 8,962,709 9,988,276 +1,025,567
India 6,828,688 5,283,981 -1,544,707
Morocco 4,615,538 4,722,297 +106,759
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,389,820 1,271,431 -118,389
Turkey 994,301 480,130 -514,171
Viet Nam 157,328 579,865 +422,537
Italy 459,620 167,724 -291,896
Cambodia 200,298 376,139 +175,841

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 42
Greater Manchester 19
Inner London - East 17
Outer London - West and North West 16
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14

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 38 28 -10
Greater Manchester 14 12 -2
Inner London - East 9 11 +2
Outer London - West and North West 12 12 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 10 12 +2
West Yorkshire 11 9 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 8 6 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 7 5 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 5 6 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 5 5 +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) 138,874,918
Other 24,775,474
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,112,141
Air transport 9,573,165
Road transport 318,745

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) 60,058,774 78,816,144 +18,757,370
Other 12,009,370 12,766,104 +756,734
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,018,680 9,093,461 -925,219
Air transport 3,948,274 5,624,891 +1,676,617
Road transport 216,492 102,253 -114,239

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 57,511,473
London Gateway Port 48,610,429
499 24,997,462
000 24,775,474
Eurotunnel 11,104,788

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 38,037,877 19,473,596 -18,564,281
London Gateway Port 19,022,679 29,587,750 +10,565,071
499 232,412 24,765,050 +24,532,638
000 12,009,370 12,766,104 +756,734
Eurotunnel 5,860,719 5,244,069 -616,650
London Heathrow Airport 2,599,060 3,412,407 +813,347
Southampton 2,185,695 3,339,042 +1,153,347
Dover / Eurotunnel 945,164 1,394,534 +449,370
Dover 1,242,796 914,883 -327,913
London 680,756 871,336 +190,580

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 138
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 69
Manufacture of wearing apparel 21
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 7
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 5

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 41
2026-03 52
2026-02 50
2026-01 58
2025-12 53

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 80
54m+ 63
0-1m 36
Other 24
15m-54m 20

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 14,009,085
Ireland 3,811,881
Iceland 1,081,935
United Arab Emirates 836,252
United States 704,451

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 7,118,466 6,890,619 -227,847
Ireland 1,804,417 2,007,464 +203,047
Iceland 403,093 678,842 +275,749
United Arab Emirates 250,641 585,611 +334,970
United States 360,784 343,667 -17,117
Spain 235,120 434,308 +199,188
France 233,417 327,539 +94,122
Germany 258,489 260,922 +2,433
Czechia 169,722 125,359 -44,363
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 18,383 256,437 +238,054

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 1,683,748
Sri Lanka 879,590
India 218,878
China 178,955
Cambodia 164,954

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 887,893 795,855 -92,038
Sri Lanka 421,410 458,180 +36,770
India 135,969 82,909 -53,060
China 80,347 98,608 +18,261
Cambodia 72,108 92,846 +20,738
Viet Nam 24,630 27,007 +2,377
Singapore 0 8,538 +8,538
Indonesia 1,585 6,816 +5,231
Egypt 102 6,455 +6,353
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 366 3,112 +2,746

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,555,386
Air transport 3,401,275
Other 3,389,351
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,188,436

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,518,594 9,036,792 +518,198
Air transport 1,710,955 1,690,320 -20,635
Other 1,668,252 1,721,099 +52,847
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 171,927 1,016,509 +844,582

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 13,574,752
000 3,389,351
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,185,624
East Midlands Airport 1,395,968
London Heathrow Airport 1,183,090

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 £
Felixstowe 7,009,034 6,565,718 -443,316
000 1,668,252 1,721,099 +52,847
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,251,553 1,934,071 +682,518
East Midlands Airport 405,777 990,191 +584,414
London Heathrow Airport 652,941 530,149 -122,792
London Gateway Port 8,649 659,673 +651,024
ZLC 399,499 154,155 -245,344
Immingham Docks 38,033 220,701 +182,668
Holyhead 61,130 190,599 +129,469
Liverpool Docks 73,769 150,169 +76,400

Quick facts

HS code: 610821

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

Description: Includes nightdresses, pyjamas, and similar items made from soft, breathable cotton fabric