Import/export HS code 33030010: Perfumes

Luxury fragrances used for personal scenting, often containing high concentrations of aromatic compounds

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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 736,257,551
Spain 336,474,712
Netherlands 187,008,290
United States 185,206,060
Italy 161,857,702

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 388,036,358 348,221,193 -39,815,165
Spain 166,004,682 170,470,030 +4,465,348
Netherlands 101,744,613 85,263,677 -16,480,936
United States 98,786,813 86,419,247 -12,367,566
Italy 83,128,303 78,729,399 -4,398,904
Switzerland 52,721,125 54,308,664 +1,587,539
United Arab Emirates 32,546,617 52,041,983 +19,495,366
China 28,162,036 33,639,491 +5,477,455
Czechia 35,633,413 24,247,551 -11,385,862
Belgium 23,996,484 32,189,763 +8,193,279

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 £
France 1,052,563,711
Spain 348,707,305
Italy 197,232,613
United States 196,869,735
United Arab Emirates 76,741,019

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 £
France 555,213,479 497,350,232 -57,863,247
Spain 178,863,063 169,844,242 -9,018,821
Italy 101,220,401 96,012,212 -5,208,189
United States 101,883,577 94,986,158 -6,897,419
United Arab Emirates 26,997,378 49,743,641 +22,746,263
Switzerland 36,412,533 38,828,340 +2,415,807
China 31,470,552 36,556,109 +5,085,557
United Kingdom 29,214,776 31,516,141 +2,301,365
Poland 26,455,470 19,211,790 -7,243,680
India 15,303,693 14,830,074 -473,619

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 117
Outer London - West and North West 67
Greater Manchester 57
Inner London - East 43
Surrey, East and West Sussex 41

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 83 95 +12
Outer London - West and North West 40 52 +12
Greater Manchester 36 42 +6
Inner London - East 33 32 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 32 30 -2
Outer London - East and North East 18 27 +9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 18 22 +4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 11 16 +5
West Midlands 11 20 +9
West Yorkshire 7 10 +3

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,529,974,435
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 482,378,974
Air transport 206,003,637
Other 42,422,883
Road transport 12,307,884

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 799,469,516 730,504,919 -68,964,597
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 232,402,482 249,976,492 +17,574,010
Air transport 99,180,462 106,823,175 +7,642,713
Other 26,896,354 15,526,529 -11,369,825
Road transport 4,355,055 7,952,829 +3,597,774
Rail transport 1,409 0 -1,409

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 640,886,564
Eurotunnel 621,299,548
Dover / Eurotunnel 151,311,353
Southampton 144,665,917
London Heathrow Airport 123,737,209

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 324,793,997 316,092,567 -8,701,430
Eurotunnel 343,295,522 278,004,026 -65,291,496
Dover / Eurotunnel 65,089,880 86,221,473 +21,131,593
Southampton 68,221,764 76,444,153 +8,222,389
London Heathrow Airport 63,720,295 60,016,914 -3,703,381
Felixstowe 48,635,087 40,953,986 -7,681,101
ZLC 36,313,951 44,032,456 +7,718,505
Harwich 44,425,782 29,784,514 -14,641,268
000 26,896,354 15,526,529 -11,369,825
Liverpool Docks 20,203,164 16,776,788 -3,426,376

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 270
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 262
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 39
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 32
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 20

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 145
2025-11 173
2025-10 184
2025-09 166
2025-08 158

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 216
0-1m 146
54m+ 141
15m-54m 66
Other 48

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 186,807,750
Netherlands 122,633,507
Belgium 119,778,901
United States 105,779,811
United Arab Emirates 60,090,000

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 101,018,861 85,788,889 -15,229,972
Netherlands 59,237,534 63,395,973 +4,158,439
Belgium 62,141,096 57,637,805 -4,503,291
United States 59,496,683 46,283,128 -13,213,555
United Arab Emirates 30,431,759 29,658,241 -773,518
Poland 29,664,119 22,656,194 -7,007,925
Germany 24,521,447 21,273,889 -3,247,558
Czechia 19,068,469 23,191,171 +4,122,702
France 18,427,853 16,899,923 -1,527,930
Australia 17,874,848 16,169,829 -1,705,019

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 £
XI 10,600,365
France 6,510,878
Spain 3,880,950
United States 1,004,680
Italy 899,242

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 £
XI 4,091,967 6,508,398 +2,416,431
France 4,231,463 2,279,415 -1,952,048
Spain 2,257,441 1,623,509 -633,932
United States 788,066 216,614 -571,452
Italy 591,930 307,312 -284,618
Germany 451,409 330,598 -120,811
China 243,688 212,608 -31,080
Turkey 192,657 104,039 -88,618
Switzerland 140,702 107,175 -33,527
Poland 22,667 31,570 +8,903

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) 674,204,877
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 296,314,086
Air transport 131,583,458
Other 30,088,219
Rail transport 72,877

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) 332,625,559 341,579,318 +8,953,759
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 167,485,423 128,828,663 -38,656,760
Air transport 67,954,756 63,628,702 -4,326,054
Other 16,694,972 13,393,247 -3,301,725
Rail transport 72,877 0 -72,877
Road transport 17,442 0 -17,442

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 405,007,239
Holyhead 135,888,104
London Gateway Port 115,473,172
Harwich 107,397,175
London Heathrow Airport 96,401,737

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 196,965,191 208,042,048 +11,076,857
Holyhead 69,213,300 66,674,804 -2,538,496
London Gateway Port 62,721,940 52,751,232 -9,970,708
Harwich 62,719,629 44,677,546 -18,042,083
London Heathrow Airport 51,313,333 45,088,404 -6,224,929
Southampton 43,600,153 38,003,405 -5,596,748
Immingham Docks 17,383,632 18,623,756 +1,240,124
000 16,694,972 13,393,247 -3,301,725
East Midlands Airport 12,475,034 12,918,657 +443,623
Liverpool Docks 12,739,309 11,148,860 -1,590,449

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 33030010

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

Description: Luxury fragrances used for personal scenting, often containing high concentrations of aromatic compounds