Import/export HS code 33030010: Perfumes

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

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  • 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 £
France 491,616,871
United States 126,210,885
Netherlands 76,118,873
Italy 65,983,757
United Arab Emirates 61,153,050

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 254,213,744 237,403,127 -16,810,617
United States 66,194,179 60,016,706 -6,177,473
Netherlands 38,990,953 37,127,920 -1,863,033
Italy 29,549,471 36,434,286 +6,884,815
United Arab Emirates 21,581,118 39,571,932 +17,990,814
Czechia 30,087,702 21,327,540 -8,760,162
Spain 22,401,382 22,039,727 -361,655
Belgium 16,018,710 21,410,979 +5,392,269
China 17,597,120 18,567,661 +970,541
Poland 19,030,331 11,492,211 -7,538,120

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 594,416,808
United States 130,522,440
Spain 100,038,162
Italy 75,650,862
United Arab Emirates 61,976,249

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 305,140,958 289,275,850 -15,865,108
United States 65,916,945 64,605,495 -1,311,450
Spain 58,460,776 41,577,386 -16,883,390
Italy 35,734,533 39,916,329 +4,181,796
United Arab Emirates 20,470,347 41,505,902 +21,035,555
Switzerland 20,909,459 20,161,055 -748,404
China 19,281,116 20,391,920 +1,110,804
Poland 20,717,661 13,532,383 -7,185,278
Turkey 5,310,512 5,271,549 -38,963
Czechia 6,203,677 4,076,133 -2,127,544

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 70
Outer London - West and North West 36
Greater Manchester 28
Inner London - East 27
Surrey, East and West Sussex 17

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 45 57 +12
Outer London - West and North West 21 27 +6
Greater Manchester 13 20 +7
Inner London - East 23 17 -6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 10 12 +2
Outer London - East and North East 5 11 +6
West Midlands 5 9 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 6 7 +1
Kent 8 6 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 3 7 +4

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) 691,884,923
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 301,691,391
Air transport 139,427,346
Other 20,789,743
Road transport 6,407,395

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) 364,986,818 326,898,105 -38,088,713
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 142,669,851 159,021,540 +16,351,689
Air transport 66,519,749 72,907,597 +6,387,848
Other 13,962,993 6,826,750 -7,136,243
Road transport 1,972,951 4,434,444 +2,461,493
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 365,836,430
Eurotunnel 282,949,515
London Heathrow Airport 93,539,727
Southampton 85,807,488
Dover / Eurotunnel 56,504,114

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 178,746,778 187,089,652 +8,342,874
Eurotunnel 161,424,158 121,525,357 -39,898,801
London Heathrow Airport 48,005,070 45,534,657 -2,470,413
Southampton 42,165,491 43,641,997 +1,476,506
Dover / Eurotunnel 26,088,071 30,416,043 +4,327,972
Felixstowe 24,975,751 21,157,995 -3,817,756
Liverpool Docks 11,915,427 12,586,538 +671,111
Harwich 12,388,300 12,037,520 -350,780
000 13,962,993 6,826,750 -7,136,243
Immingham Docks 6,150,399 13,647,549 +7,497,150

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 143
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 120
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 26
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 16
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 9

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 57
2025-11 68
2025-10 74
2025-09 55
2025-08 63

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 111
54m+ 88
0-1m 51
Other 29
15m-54m 26

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 127,762,462
United States 58,514,067
Netherlands 57,101,853
United Arab Emirates 39,500,743
Belgium 27,972,393

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 67,697,009 60,065,453 -7,631,556
United States 30,185,234 28,328,833 -1,856,401
Netherlands 25,881,588 31,220,265 +5,338,677
United Arab Emirates 20,493,929 19,006,814 -1,487,115
Belgium 18,223,933 9,748,460 -8,475,473
France 11,007,277 11,510,413 +503,136
Australia 10,785,866 9,874,681 -911,185
Germany 9,073,772 10,763,656 +1,689,884
Poland 9,457,516 9,102,063 -355,453
Saudi Arabia 8,498,857 8,607,552 +108,695

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 10,600,291
France 2,228,574
Spain 767,940
United States 651,467
Germany 239,576

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 4,091,893 6,508,398 +2,416,505
France 1,682,639 545,935 -1,136,704
Spain 484,733 283,207 -201,526
United States 483,450 168,017 -315,433
Germany 140,219 99,357 -40,862
China 121,832 115,794 -6,038
Italy 124,865 38,097 -86,768
Switzerland 98,901 47,036 -51,865
Turkey 47,982 19,023 -28,959
Belgium 36,111 0 -36,111

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) 313,138,226
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 165,443,422
Air transport 84,032,143
Other 17,918,544
Road transport 14,805

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) 154,330,137 158,808,089 +4,477,952
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 87,187,300 78,256,122 -8,931,178
Air transport 43,714,432 40,317,711 -3,396,721
Other 9,405,128 8,513,416 -891,712
Road transport 14,805 0 -14,805

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 163,291,129
Holyhead 98,848,640
London Gateway Port 73,935,386
London Heathrow Airport 58,725,347
Southampton 39,429,479

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 78,955,377 84,335,752 +5,380,375
Holyhead 49,680,403 49,168,237 -512,166
London Gateway Port 40,937,134 32,998,252 -7,938,882
London Heathrow Airport 31,430,688 27,294,659 -4,136,029
Southampton 17,729,402 21,700,077 +3,970,675
Harwich 19,515,593 17,801,586 -1,714,007
East Midlands Airport 9,408,488 9,214,477 -194,011
000 9,405,128 8,513,416 -891,712
Immingham Docks 7,304,453 7,574,131 +269,678
Liverpool Docks 8,272,958 6,268,901 -2,004,057

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