Import/export HS code 620530: Men's or boys' synthetic shirts

Shirts for men or boys made from man-made fibers like polyester or nylon, known for durability and easy care

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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 106,476,628
China 14,695,744
India 8,449,173
Turkey 7,394,144
Viet Nam 3,984,160

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 57,184,746 49,291,882 -7,892,864
China 8,840,827 5,854,917 -2,985,910
India 5,107,901 3,341,272 -1,766,629
Turkey 4,399,195 2,994,949 -1,404,246
Viet Nam 1,734,267 2,249,893 +515,626
Cambodia 1,806,879 1,521,626 -285,253
Pakistan 1,384,506 1,820,832 +436,326
Spain 1,816,563 1,387,001 -429,562
Italy 1,653,050 1,514,476 -138,574
Netherlands 2,023,718 1,114,744 -908,974

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 110,102,645
China 16,876,440
India 9,407,628
Turkey 9,394,846
Viet Nam 5,143,684

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 59,022,000 51,080,645 -7,941,355
China 10,017,266 6,859,174 -3,158,092
India 5,632,272 3,775,356 -1,856,916
Turkey 5,700,790 3,694,056 -2,006,734
Viet Nam 2,378,761 2,764,923 +386,162
Cambodia 2,056,780 1,792,470 -264,310
Pakistan 1,418,410 1,842,075 +423,665
Morocco 1,148,558 1,347,606 +199,048
Italy 1,087,915 987,343 -100,572
Sri Lanka 711,670 864,620 +152,950

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 164
Inner London - East 88
Greater Manchester 54
Outer London - West and North West 35
Surrey, East and West Sussex 32

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 127 117 -10
Inner London - East 62 58 -4
Greater Manchester 40 43 +3
Outer London - West and North West 25 21 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 23 25 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 18 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 16 19 +3
West Midlands 16 15 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14 19 +5
West Yorkshire 14 13 -1

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) 103,906,203
Other 36,962,794
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,299,387
Air transport 15,147,619
Road transport 1,928,716

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) 44,442,916 59,463,287 +15,020,371
Other 30,266,626 6,696,168 -23,570,458
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,288,685 7,010,702 -3,277,983
Air transport 8,325,666 6,821,953 -1,503,713
Road transport 1,150,514 778,202 -372,312

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 40,547,102
000 36,962,794
London Gateway Port 28,043,605
499 22,931,586
London Heathrow Airport 8,341,707

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 25,549,679 14,997,423 -10,552,256
000 30,266,626 6,696,168 -23,570,458
London Gateway Port 12,813,685 15,229,920 +2,416,235
499 292,507 22,639,079 +22,346,572
London Heathrow Airport 4,964,549 3,377,158 -1,587,391
Southampton 3,620,782 4,026,274 +405,492
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,129,905 2,827,638 -302,267
Dover 2,074,674 1,175,654 -899,020
Belfast Port 1,670,875 1,255,644 -415,231
ZLC 1,766,043 1,066,830 -699,213

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
417
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
246
Manufacture of wearing apparel
54
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
33
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities
23

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 151
2026-04 184
2026-03 167
2026-02 156
2026-01 139

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 331
54m+ 189
0-1m 137
15m-54m 70
Other 69

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 5,572,508
Netherlands 2,091,454
United States 1,923,736
France 773,438
Germany 717,083

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 3,135,600 2,436,908 -698,692
Netherlands 1,414,196 677,258 -736,938
United States 1,027,182 896,554 -130,628
France 472,370 301,068 -171,302
Germany 291,992 425,091 +133,099
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 271,819 365,122 +93,303
United Arab Emirates 231,004 371,486 +140,482
Italy 275,379 257,521 -17,858
Japan 180,894 285,047 +104,153
Iceland 97,841 253,789 +155,948

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 3,266,215
Ireland 798,952
Turkey 283,112
Pakistan 154,235
Cambodia 118,084

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 1,870,172 1,396,043 -474,129
Ireland 414,639 384,313 -30,326
Turkey 129,851 153,261 +23,410
Pakistan 84,877 69,358 -15,519
Cambodia 37,025 81,059 +44,034
India 63,716 48,136 -15,580
Sri Lanka 72,054 12,084 -59,970
Viet Nam 38,789 28,572 -10,217
China 21,309 41,749 +20,440
Poland 32,006 0 -32,006

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 8,191,880
Other 5,096,484
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,430,156
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 845,376

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 4,110,123 4,081,757 -28,366
Other 2,825,624 2,270,860 -554,764
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,709,264 1,720,892 -988,372
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 396,700 448,676 +51,976

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 5,096,484
East Midlands Airport 4,595,407
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,744,118
London Heathrow Airport 2,260,564
London Stansted Airport 452,646

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 £
000 2,825,624 2,270,860 -554,764
East Midlands Airport 2,574,825 2,020,582 -554,243
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,576,970 1,167,148 -409,822
London Heathrow Airport 976,850 1,283,714 +306,864
London Stansted Airport 121,119 331,527 +210,408
Harwich 315,592 58,176 -257,416
ZLC 188,231 180,759 -7,472
Holyhead 203,024 163,410 -39,614
Immingham Docks 185,489 180,928 -4,561
London Gateway Port 90,681 262,580 +171,899

Quick facts

HS code: 620530

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

Description: Shirts for men or boys made from man-made fibers like polyester or nylon, known for durability and easy care