Import/export HS code 610910: Knitted or crocheted T-shirts made of cotton

Includes soft, breathable cotton T-shirts and singlets for everyday wear

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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 884,110,466
Turkey 226,483,020
India 195,699,491
Netherlands 139,070,259
Italy 102,402,949

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 429,463,111 454,647,355 +25,184,244
Turkey 119,251,921 107,231,099 -12,020,822
India 95,466,696 100,232,795 +4,766,099
Netherlands 62,841,519 76,228,740 +13,387,221
Italy 55,430,537 46,972,412 -8,458,125
China 50,433,796 44,199,434 -6,234,362
Pakistan 52,178,986 42,286,871 -9,892,115
France 44,409,438 37,438,318 -6,971,120
Portugal 33,278,994 34,253,499 +974,505
Germany 30,050,871 33,034,651 +2,983,780

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 1,051,853,117
Turkey 286,129,844
India 216,431,190
Portugal 132,150,614
China 121,776,051

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 503,247,598 548,605,519 +45,357,921
Turkey 150,551,152 135,578,692 -14,972,460
India 106,346,818 110,084,372 +3,737,554
Portugal 65,223,838 66,926,776 +1,702,938
China 64,127,689 57,648,362 -6,479,327
Pakistan 55,669,040 47,133,638 -8,535,402
Viet Nam 47,324,193 45,939,126 -1,385,067
Italy 28,176,818 24,482,037 -3,694,781
Sri Lanka 27,358,608 23,296,375 -4,062,233
Morocco 24,828,451 21,019,834 -3,808,617

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 603
Inner London - East 336
Greater Manchester 301
Outer London - West and North West 164
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 147

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 465 438 -27
Inner London - East 235 250 +15
Greater Manchester 224 223 -1
Outer London - West and North West 118 114 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 105 106 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 99 104 +5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 86 81 -5
West Midlands 77 73 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 64 67 +3
Outer London - East and North East 57 62 +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) 1,249,487,566
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 594,153,748
Other 283,096,654
Air transport 236,829,643
Road transport 51,568,878

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) 538,851,736 710,635,830 +171,784,094
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 294,587,578 299,566,170 +4,978,592
Other 217,307,417 65,789,237 -151,518,180
Air transport 126,269,879 110,559,764 -15,710,115
Road transport 23,421,088 28,147,790 +4,726,702
Rail transport 0 26,520 +26,520

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 451,691,722
London Gateway Port 450,705,095
000 283,096,654
499 196,398,109
Dover 167,747,867

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 274,576,257 177,115,465 -97,460,792
London Gateway Port 178,376,605 272,328,490 +93,951,885
000 217,307,417 65,789,237 -151,518,180
499 1,320,876 195,077,233 +193,756,357
Dover 87,094,643 80,653,224 -6,441,419
Eurotunnel 79,355,881 75,058,125 -4,297,756
London Heathrow Airport 65,360,126 54,491,052 -10,869,074
Southampton 60,452,197 57,610,176 -2,842,021
ZLC 46,120,025 44,648,178 -1,471,847
Dover / Eurotunnel 37,496,825 44,718,348 +7,221,523

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
1550
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
1060
Manufacture of wearing apparel
167
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
153
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities
73

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 747
2026-04 768
2026-03 800
2026-02 790
2026-01 664

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 1319
0-1m 909
54m+ 626
Other 275
15m-54m 261

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 57,734,153
France 54,985,087
Germany 30,182,832
Netherlands 28,639,470
United States 27,229,699

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 27,633,505 30,100,648 +2,467,143
France 28,745,015 26,240,072 -2,504,943
Germany 16,419,838 13,762,994 -2,656,844
Netherlands 16,143,228 12,496,242 -3,646,986
United States 14,636,452 12,593,247 -2,043,205
Spain 8,646,847 9,277,262 +630,415
United Arab Emirates 7,606,985 10,082,645 +2,475,660
Italy 7,784,426 8,002,871 +218,445
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 8,189,769 6,946,419 -1,243,350
Poland 5,643,791 5,137,829 -505,962

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 15,408,970
India 3,083,460
Turkey 1,508,024
China 1,082,858
Sri Lanka 777,465

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 7,269,102 8,139,868 +870,766
India 1,504,946 1,578,514 +73,568
Turkey 760,944 747,080 -13,864
China 507,644 575,214 +67,570
Sri Lanka 392,559 384,906 -7,653
Cambodia 167,831 177,444 +9,613
Pakistan 148,554 161,324 +12,770
Viet Nam 119,968 168,380 +48,412
Morocco 86,709 85,355 -1,354
Egypt 57,732 97,498 +39,766

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) 208,993,217
Air transport 125,651,783
Other 26,420,883
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,362,978
Road transport 32,156

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) 107,000,877 101,992,340 -5,008,537
Air transport 65,901,217 59,750,566 -6,150,651
Other 12,841,301 13,579,582 +738,281
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,864,927 11,498,051 +4,633,124
Road transport 13,244 18,912 +5,668
Rail transport 0 1,582 +1,582

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 154,945,687
London Heathrow Airport 58,663,432
East Midlands Airport 45,037,006
000 26,420,883
Holyhead 23,588,545

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 79,557,799 75,387,888 -4,169,911
London Heathrow Airport 33,868,349 24,795,083 -9,073,266
East Midlands Airport 21,471,873 23,565,133 +2,093,260
000 12,841,301 13,579,582 +738,281
Holyhead 10,295,411 13,293,134 +2,997,723
Dover 6,305,359 4,154,166 -2,151,193
Immingham Docks 3,995,238 4,922,992 +927,754
London Stansted Airport 4,213,819 4,435,249 +221,430
London Gateway Port 2,441,027 4,850,670 +2,409,643
Harwich 3,023,133 2,397,382 -625,751

Quick facts

HS code: 610910

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

Description: Includes soft, breathable cotton T-shirts and singlets for everyday wear