Import/export HS code 330129: Various essential oils

Essential oils from plants not specifically listed. Used in perfumes, cosmetics, and aromatherapy

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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 £
France 46,986,119
China 43,897,729
Indonesia 13,515,269
United States 11,395,622
India 11,152,118

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 £
France 23,326,037 23,660,082 +334,045
China 23,809,401 20,088,328 -3,721,073
Indonesia 6,128,337 7,386,932 +1,258,595
United States 5,575,433 5,820,189 +244,756
India 4,943,124 6,208,994 +1,265,870
Hungary 4,143,651 5,272,602 +1,128,951
Turkey 4,083,111 3,453,227 -629,884
Brazil 3,546,022 3,296,150 -249,872
Egypt 2,613,900 2,478,553 -135,347
Netherlands 2,542,230 2,048,529 -493,701

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 £
China 46,629,558
France 34,372,356
Indonesia 15,356,824
India 12,104,734
Hungary 10,036,572

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 £
China 25,086,076 21,543,482 -3,542,594
France 16,749,775 17,622,581 +872,806
Indonesia 7,196,129 8,160,695 +964,566
India 5,534,735 6,569,999 +1,035,264
Hungary 4,597,407 5,439,165 +841,758
United States 4,143,468 4,237,915 +94,447
Turkey 4,102,290 4,197,535 +95,245
Egypt 3,459,222 3,492,707 +33,485
Brazil 3,541,513 3,260,472 -281,041
Spain 2,274,810 3,285,723 +1,010,913

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - East 15
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 14
Inner London - West 13
Surrey, East and West Sussex 13
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 10

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 - East 9 9 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 11 -1
Inner London - West 8 10 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 12 9 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 9 10 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 10 7 -3
Greater Manchester 6 8 +2
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 8 9 +1
Outer London - West and North West 8 6 -2
Suffolk 5 7 +2

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) 74,066,934
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 71,862,557
Air transport 47,289,464
Other 3,910,932
Road transport 1,269,956

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) 38,729,645 35,337,289 -3,392,356
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 35,217,815 36,644,742 +1,426,927
Air transport 21,926,654 25,362,810 +3,436,156
Other 2,337,987 1,572,945 -765,042
Road transport 645,506 624,450 -21,056

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 48,757,726
Southampton 36,161,239
London Heathrow Airport 23,364,212
Felixstowe 12,961,993
London Stansted Airport 11,560,464

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 £
Dover 21,868,032 26,889,694 +5,021,662
Southampton 21,146,561 15,014,678 -6,131,883
London Heathrow Airport 11,153,795 12,210,417 +1,056,622
Felixstowe 6,036,778 6,925,215 +888,437
London Stansted Airport 5,281,105 6,279,359 +998,254
Thamesport 4,979,631 5,232,001 +252,370
London Gateway Port 4,135,727 4,669,116 +533,389
London 3,874,392 4,465,577 +591,185
Poole 4,081,514 2,668,571 -1,412,943
East Midlands Airport 2,657,522 3,023,544 +366,022

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 73
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 43
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 41
Manufacture of food products 28
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 16

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 64
2025-10 67
2025-09 63
2025-08 59
2025-07 61

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 76
54m+ 55
0-1m 40
15m-54m 26
Other 10

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 £
United States 21,103,867
Ireland 17,727,708
France 7,579,285
Netherlands 5,544,419
Germany 5,134,094

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 £
United States 10,427,907 10,675,960 +248,053
Ireland 7,880,100 9,847,608 +1,967,508
France 3,764,749 3,814,536 +49,787
Netherlands 3,370,063 2,174,356 -1,195,707
Germany 2,943,958 2,190,136 -753,822
China 1,671,258 1,785,495 +114,237
Switzerland 1,940,460 1,232,380 -708,080
Spain 1,382,439 1,419,849 +37,410
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,255,987 1,411,915 +155,928
United Arab Emirates 1,572,713 846,682 -726,031

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 £
XU 10,400
China 7,406
Czechia 2,038
United States 810
Ireland 586

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 £
XU 5,114 5,286 +172
China 0 7,406 +7,406
Czechia 0 2,038 +2,038
United States 810 0 -810
Ireland 175 411 +236
India 161 10 -151

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) 49,618,894
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,013,046
Air transport 21,411,978
Road transport 46,978
Other 21,411

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) 24,637,218 24,981,676 +344,458
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,956,899 15,056,147 -900,752
Air transport 10,871,206 10,540,772 -330,434
Road transport 44,715 2,263 -42,452
Other 6,260 15,151 +8,891

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 28,213,537
Milford 15,523,113
London Heathrow Airport 12,630,007
Southampton 11,382,157
London Gateway Port 11,025,768

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 14,980,337 13,233,200 -1,747,137
Milford 6,793,889 8,729,224 +1,935,335
London Heathrow Airport 6,230,593 6,399,414 +168,821
Southampton 2,110,378 9,271,779 +7,161,401
London Gateway Port 8,718,787 2,306,981 -6,411,806
Liverpool Docks 3,140,126 2,968,556 -171,570
London Stansted Airport 1,995,998 1,666,300 -329,698
Immingham Docks 1,786,871 829,404 -957,467
Manchester Airport 805,484 806,855 +1,371
Holyhead 916,546 677,272 -239,274

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 330129

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

Description: Essential oils from plants not specifically listed. Used in perfumes, cosmetics, and aromatherapy