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

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

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 877,650,939
Turkey 227,485,491
India 194,238,471
Netherlands 134,667,233
Italy 104,131,871

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 421,032,684 456,618,255 +35,585,571
Turkey 119,298,411 108,187,080 -11,111,331
India 92,280,257 101,958,214 +9,677,957
Netherlands 60,164,386 74,502,847 +14,338,461
Italy 55,838,694 48,293,177 -7,545,517
Pakistan 50,407,543 45,333,917 -5,073,626
China 50,201,027 43,946,619 -6,254,408
France 44,219,113 38,229,117 -5,989,996
Portugal 34,954,789 34,255,618 -699,171
Germany 29,901,579 32,349,272 +2,447,693

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 1,041,307,347
Turkey 287,632,053
India 215,112,044
Portugal 135,321,722
China 121,630,387

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 492,686,540 548,620,807 +55,934,267
Turkey 150,390,866 137,241,187 -13,149,679
India 103,192,733 111,919,311 +8,726,578
Portugal 67,682,661 67,639,061 -43,600
China 63,791,017 57,839,370 -5,951,647
Pakistan 53,483,405 50,302,278 -3,181,127
Viet Nam 45,578,322 46,255,655 +677,333
Italy 28,139,547 24,632,916 -3,506,631
Sri Lanka 27,190,343 23,524,399 -3,665,944
Morocco 24,121,120 21,945,504 -2,175,616

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 598
Inner London - East 336
Greater Manchester 293
Outer London - West and North West 164
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 149

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 459 436 -23
Inner London - East 229 252 +23
Greater Manchester 223 214 -9
Outer London - West and North West 109 122 +13
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 104 108 +4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 96 102 +6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 86 81 -5
West Midlands 77 74 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 68 69 +1
Outer London - East and North East 54 59 +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) 1,227,079,199
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 591,405,336
Other 301,315,009
Air transport 238,706,328
Road transport 51,021,758

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) 535,843,191 691,236,008 +155,392,817
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 293,118,206 298,287,130 +5,168,924
Other 205,113,917 96,201,092 -108,912,825
Air transport 126,356,913 112,349,415 -14,007,498
Road transport 23,890,915 27,130,843 +3,239,928
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 470,338,210
London Gateway Port 427,557,047
000 301,315,009
499 170,923,257
Dover 170,814,787

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 284,393,381 185,944,829 -98,448,552
London Gateway Port 161,993,520 265,563,527 +103,570,007
000 205,113,917 96,201,092 -108,912,825
499 1,325,927 169,597,330 +168,271,403
Dover 88,138,000 82,676,787 -5,461,213
Eurotunnel 79,210,215 76,101,854 -3,108,361
London Heathrow Airport 66,252,255 54,827,990 -11,424,265
Southampton 61,362,914 59,423,146 -1,939,768
ZLC 46,234,613 43,263,920 -2,970,693
Dover / Eurotunnel 37,515,786 42,484,345 +4,968,559

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 1539
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 1053
Manufacture of wearing apparel 171
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 155
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 75

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 768
2026-03 800
2026-02 790
2026-01 664
2025-12 633

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 1315
0-1m 895
54m+ 624
Other 280
15m-54m 256

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 57,326,645
France 55,848,432
Germany 30,663,496
Netherlands 28,947,321
United States 27,819,937

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 27,113,460 30,213,185 +3,099,725
France 28,820,394 27,028,038 -1,792,356
Germany 17,115,929 13,547,567 -3,568,362
Netherlands 16,566,573 12,380,748 -4,185,825
United States 15,636,431 12,183,506 -3,452,925
United Arab Emirates 7,939,842 9,846,788 +1,906,946
Spain 8,746,984 8,635,903 -111,081
Italy 8,065,012 7,978,192 -86,820
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 8,441,540 6,645,335 -1,796,205
Poland 5,763,751 5,014,408 -749,343

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 15,199,309
India 3,064,984
Turkey 1,524,109
China 1,056,940
Sri Lanka 777,317

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 7,245,188 7,954,121 +708,933
India 1,538,598 1,526,386 -12,212
Turkey 768,060 756,049 -12,011
China 472,025 584,915 +112,890
Sri Lanka 391,313 386,004 -5,309
Cambodia 168,904 174,056 +5,152
Pakistan 132,837 160,590 +27,753
Viet Nam 94,661 157,446 +62,785
Morocco 89,506 89,908 +402
Egypt 61,174 87,715 +26,541

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) 209,578,751
Air transport 128,535,076
Other 26,150,603
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,228,685
Road transport 49,006

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) 108,210,783 101,367,968 -6,842,815
Air transport 68,675,836 59,859,240 -8,816,596
Other 12,599,578 13,551,025 +951,447
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,906,811 11,321,874 +3,415,063
Road transport 30,094 18,912 -11,182
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 155,298,598
London Heathrow Airport 61,154,075
East Midlands Airport 45,613,950
000 26,150,603
Holyhead 23,272,543

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 81,046,493 74,252,105 -6,794,388
London Heathrow Airport 37,172,457 23,981,618 -13,190,839
East Midlands Airport 21,403,132 24,210,818 +2,807,686
000 12,599,578 13,551,025 +951,447
Holyhead 9,785,444 13,487,099 +3,701,655
Dover 6,464,395 4,339,915 -2,124,480
Immingham Docks 4,162,111 4,774,334 +612,223
London Stansted Airport 4,160,049 4,433,740 +273,691
London Gateway Port 2,782,446 4,643,800 +1,861,354
Harwich 2,792,235 2,558,314 -233,921

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