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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* 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 803,569,914
Turkey 217,447,117
India 177,851,199
Netherlands 121,485,117
Italy 96,737,731

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 416,314,138 387,255,776 -29,058,362
Turkey 123,320,736 94,126,381 -29,194,355
India 90,224,682 87,626,517 -2,598,165
Netherlands 56,762,874 64,722,243 +7,959,369
Italy 57,220,690 39,517,041 -17,703,649
Pakistan 47,213,690 42,515,937 -4,697,753
China 49,914,852 35,812,970 -14,101,882
France 46,015,294 32,994,329 -13,020,965
Portugal 34,033,051 28,397,585 -5,635,466
Germany 29,597,049 26,942,225 -2,654,824

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 950,877,611
Turkey 274,983,456
India 197,872,164
Portugal 122,939,468
China 111,494,858

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 484,692,873 466,184,738 -18,508,135
Turkey 156,283,945 118,699,511 -37,584,434
India 101,918,766 95,953,398 -5,965,368
Portugal 68,046,725 54,892,743 -13,153,982
China 63,115,475 48,379,383 -14,736,092
Pakistan 49,657,273 46,778,318 -2,878,955
Viet Nam 46,004,495 37,639,941 -8,364,554
Italy 28,613,411 20,328,503 -8,284,908
Sri Lanka 26,915,698 21,465,127 -5,450,571
Morocco 22,548,488 21,427,142 -1,121,346

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 585
Inner London - East 329
Greater Manchester 283
Outer London - West and North West 158
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 144

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 461 404 -57
Inner London - East 232 241 +9
Greater Manchester 228 197 -31
Outer London - West and North West 106 116 +10
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 102 94 -8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 106 103 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 83 80 -3
West Midlands 80 66 -14
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 72 60 -12
Essex 62 49 -13

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) 1,081,115,477
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 546,700,219
Other 331,169,193
Air transport 222,574,721
Road transport 45,759,800

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) 534,612,805 546,502,672 +11,889,867
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 295,678,975 251,021,244 -44,657,731
Other 199,592,849 131,576,344 -68,016,505
Air transport 125,810,947 96,763,774 -29,047,173
Road transport 23,529,705 22,230,095 -1,299,610

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 495,279,053
London Gateway Port 340,064,736
000 331,169,193
Dover 161,098,366
Eurotunnel 143,060,879

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 315,877,670 179,401,383 -136,476,287
London Gateway Port 130,315,639 209,749,097 +79,433,458
000 199,592,849 131,576,344 -68,016,505
Dover 90,517,117 70,581,249 -19,935,868
Eurotunnel 80,718,025 62,342,854 -18,375,171
London Heathrow Airport 66,256,575 45,761,498 -20,495,077
Southampton 59,207,476 52,304,255 -6,903,221
499 1,355,113 94,768,397 +93,413,284
ZLC 45,007,214 37,255,038 -7,752,176
Dover / Eurotunnel 38,785,197 32,654,701 -6,130,496

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 1469
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 1034
Manufacture of wearing apparel 165
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 157
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 76

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 661
2025-11 670
2025-10 712
2025-09 747
2025-08 715

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 1292
0-1m 855
54m+ 617
Other 258
15m-54m 242

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 £
France 54,678,172
Ireland 52,068,630
Germany 29,308,941
Netherlands 29,234,952
United States 25,730,481

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 £
France 27,696,796 26,981,376 -715,420
Ireland 27,412,813 24,655,817 -2,756,996
Germany 16,900,844 12,408,097 -4,492,747
Netherlands 17,633,564 11,601,388 -6,032,176
United States 16,102,810 9,627,671 -6,475,139
United Arab Emirates 7,412,895 8,389,787 +976,892
Spain 8,346,065 7,133,519 -1,212,546
Italy 8,650,333 6,472,341 -2,177,992
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 8,674,770 5,376,335 -3,298,435
South Korea 10,152,350 1,706,545 -8,445,805

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 13,372,277
India 2,762,020
Turkey 1,444,090
China 1,018,812
Sri Lanka 688,948

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 6,989,966 6,382,311 -607,655
India 1,535,178 1,226,842 -308,336
Turkey 825,434 618,656 -206,778
China 468,449 550,363 +81,914
Sri Lanka 369,734 319,214 -50,520
Cambodia 164,222 145,167 -19,055
Pakistan 106,972 119,309 +12,337
Morocco 89,941 78,624 -11,317
Viet Nam 41,082 123,667 +82,585
Egypt 67,628 44,514 -23,114

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) 198,927,907
Air transport 126,949,357
Other 23,266,844
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,976,299
Road transport 115,126

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) 106,953,319 91,974,588 -14,978,731
Air transport 74,577,239 52,372,118 -22,205,121
Other 12,417,479 10,849,365 -1,568,114
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,867,083 8,109,216 -1,757,867
Road transport 113,924 1,202 -112,722
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 149,134,836
London Heathrow Airport 63,650,322
East Midlands Airport 43,543,932
000 23,266,844
Holyhead 20,714,509

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 80,669,205 68,465,631 -12,203,574
London Heathrow Airport 42,910,718 20,739,604 -22,171,114
East Midlands Airport 21,709,697 21,834,235 +124,538
000 12,417,479 10,849,365 -1,568,114
Holyhead 9,700,288 11,014,221 +1,313,933
Dover 6,488,699 4,119,090 -2,369,609
Immingham Docks 4,283,754 3,845,270 -438,484
London Stansted Airport 4,079,265 3,792,024 -287,241
London Gateway Port 2,633,434 2,670,879 +37,445
Harwich 2,360,370 2,479,219 +118,849

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