Import/export HS code 6206: Women's or girls' blouses and shirts

Blouses and shirts designed for women or girls, available in various styles and materials like silk, cotton, or synthetic fibers

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 £
India 148,592,010
Bangladesh 124,060,517
China 103,147,463
Spain 61,230,963
Italy 46,803,937

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 £
India 78,685,861 69,906,149 -8,779,712
Bangladesh 61,152,473 62,908,044 +1,755,571
China 56,151,060 46,996,403 -9,154,657
Spain 29,010,052 32,220,911 +3,210,859
Italy 25,490,126 21,313,811 -4,176,315
France 20,059,322 17,331,566 -2,727,756
Turkey 21,647,185 13,340,235 -8,306,950
Netherlands 17,886,890 15,253,015 -2,633,875
Sri Lanka 16,972,598 12,594,473 -4,378,125
Ireland 7,119,858 9,798,845 +2,678,987

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 £
India 174,007,868
China 140,019,406
Bangladesh 132,396,248
Turkey 50,507,071
Morocco 49,212,932

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 £
India 91,623,465 82,384,403 -9,239,062
China 75,562,117 64,457,289 -11,104,828
Bangladesh 65,784,175 66,612,073 +827,898
Turkey 29,850,321 20,656,750 -9,193,571
Morocco 26,031,791 23,181,141 -2,850,650
Italy 24,882,116 20,416,462 -4,465,654
Sri Lanka 16,682,842 12,041,082 -4,641,760
Cambodia 9,695,228 15,800,272 +6,105,044
Viet Nam 8,522,325 8,536,951 +14,626
Portugal 7,333,747 6,003,331 -1,330,416

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 474
Inner London - East 252
Greater Manchester 177
Outer London - West and North West 137
Surrey, East and West Sussex 101

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 382 359 -23
Inner London - East 189 189 +0
Greater Manchester 139 129 -10
Outer London - West and North West 109 98 -11
Surrey, East and West Sussex 77 72 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 65 56 -9
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 59 52 -7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 55 44 -11
Outer London - East and North East 45 47 +2
West Yorkshire 55 47 -8

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) 295,793,533
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 196,369,208
Air transport 147,965,420
Other 121,953,956
Road transport 8,882,366

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) 148,472,852 147,320,681 -1,152,171
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 107,939,222 88,429,986 -19,509,236
Air transport 81,719,034 66,246,386 -15,472,648
Other 65,782,032 56,171,924 -9,610,108
Road transport 5,364,106 3,518,260 -1,845,846
Rail transport 13,202 0 -13,202

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 121,953,956
Felixstowe 120,390,537
London Heathrow Airport 72,979,903
London Gateway Port 70,527,453
Eurotunnel 64,976,141

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 £
000 65,782,032 56,171,924 -9,610,108
Felixstowe 77,892,394 42,498,143 -35,394,251
London Heathrow Airport 42,136,178 30,843,725 -11,292,453
London Gateway Port 25,645,320 44,882,133 +19,236,813
Eurotunnel 34,665,925 30,310,216 -4,355,709
Dover / Eurotunnel 28,709,361 24,487,533 -4,221,828
Southampton 34,988,603 18,095,847 -16,892,756
Dover 28,207,559 19,504,056 -8,703,503
499 663,308 35,098,764 +34,435,456
Manchester Airport 8,552,996 8,713,779 +160,783

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 1286
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 667
Manufacture of wearing apparel 172
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 71
Other professional, scientific and technical activities 48

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 569
2025-11 513
2025-10 570
2025-09 594
2025-08 672

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 855
0-1m 848
54m+ 292
Other 148
15m-54m 118

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 25,848,084
United States 15,901,799
France 13,219,645
Italy 9,399,973
Netherlands 8,958,902

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 14,305,728 11,542,356 -2,763,372
United States 6,988,617 8,913,182 +1,924,565
France 6,496,418 6,723,227 +226,809
Italy 5,154,463 4,245,510 -908,953
Netherlands 5,184,595 3,774,307 -1,410,288
South Korea 4,447,159 2,825,798 -1,621,361
Germany 2,680,842 2,261,414 -419,428
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,031,155 1,526,996 -504,159
United Republic of Tanzania 1,960,116 1,471,792 -488,324
United Arab Emirates 1,975,616 1,449,638 -525,978

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 £
China 4,800,176
India 4,293,926
Bangladesh 3,015,956
Morocco 2,937,597
Cambodia 853,662

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 £
China 2,772,763 2,027,413 -745,350
India 2,252,331 2,041,595 -210,736
Bangladesh 1,661,001 1,354,955 -306,046
Morocco 1,416,086 1,521,511 +105,425
Cambodia 442,914 410,748 -32,166
Sri Lanka 333,674 419,854 +86,180
Turkey 401,255 206,591 -194,664
United Arab Emirates 275,172 132,136 -143,036
Indonesia 142,474 65,869 -76,605
Italy 107,122 4,605 -102,517

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 58,407,114
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 40,798,179
Other 21,902,594
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,026,793
Road transport 47,889

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 30,871,099 27,536,015 -3,335,084
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,103,782 19,694,397 -1,409,385
Other 11,974,990 9,927,604 -2,047,386
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,847,690 1,179,103 -668,587
Road transport 41,977 5,912 -36,065

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 30,063,202
London Heathrow Airport 28,775,529
000 21,902,594
East Midlands Airport 21,281,028
Dover 3,982,366

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 15,194,273 14,868,929 -325,344
London Heathrow Airport 13,269,045 15,506,484 +2,237,439
000 11,974,990 9,927,604 -2,047,386
East Midlands Airport 12,755,844 8,525,184 -4,230,660
Dover 2,636,193 1,346,173 -1,290,020
ZLC 2,238,852 1,314,883 -923,969
London Stansted Airport 1,817,294 1,674,585 -142,709
Holyhead 1,549,095 1,367,989 -181,106
Immingham Docks 780,072 789,718 +9,646
London Gateway Port 643,404 647,138 +3,734

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 6206

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

Description: Blouses and shirts designed for women or girls, available in various styles and materials like silk, cotton, or synthetic fibers