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 489,210,646
United States 126,651,787
Netherlands 77,193,804
Italy 64,536,670
United Arab Emirates 58,000,928

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 252,431,563 236,779,083 -15,652,480
United States 63,385,803 63,265,984 -119,819
Netherlands 39,682,780 37,511,024 -2,171,756
Italy 28,464,616 36,072,054 +7,607,438
United Arab Emirates 21,457,079 36,543,849 +15,086,770
Czechia 29,526,287 21,336,327 -8,189,960
Spain 22,002,740 21,705,698 -297,042
Belgium 16,388,768 20,254,227 +3,865,459
China 18,096,903 18,105,115 +8,212
Poland 18,185,727 12,265,689 -5,920,038

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 594,487,725
United States 129,624,549
Spain 99,089,910
Italy 73,854,231
United Arab Emirates 58,930,406

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 306,220,659 288,267,066 -17,953,593
United States 62,078,204 67,546,345 +5,468,141
Spain 57,768,848 41,321,062 -16,447,786
Italy 33,813,356 40,040,875 +6,227,519
United Arab Emirates 20,530,124 38,400,282 +17,870,158
Switzerland 20,034,349 19,850,903 -183,446
China 19,864,846 19,759,654 -105,192
Poland 20,311,617 13,526,274 -6,785,343
Turkey 5,809,466 4,817,236 -992,230
Czechia 6,168,362 4,218,725 -1,949,637

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 68
Outer London - West and North West 36
Inner London - East 28
Greater Manchester 26
Surrey, East and West Sussex 19

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 44 55 +11
Outer London - West and North West 21 27 +6
Inner London - East 22 18 -4
Greater Manchester 11 20 +9
Surrey, East and West Sussex 12 13 +1
Outer London - East and North East 4 10 +6
West Midlands 6 10 +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) 690,198,556
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 299,020,363
Air transport 136,659,571
Other 21,223,027
Road transport 6,182,424

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) 366,813,711 323,384,845 -43,428,866
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 137,337,872 161,682,491 +24,344,619
Air transport 65,497,682 71,161,889 +5,664,207
Other 13,837,212 7,385,815 -6,451,397
Road transport 1,820,470 4,361,954 +2,541,484
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 364,035,854
Eurotunnel 281,986,083
London Heathrow Airport 92,628,228
Southampton 84,271,904
Dover / Eurotunnel 55,250,510

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 175,871,743 188,164,111 +12,292,368
Eurotunnel 161,802,521 120,183,562 -41,618,959
London Heathrow Airport 47,426,058 45,202,170 -2,223,888
Southampton 40,549,897 43,722,007 +3,172,110
Dover / Eurotunnel 26,242,293 29,008,217 +2,765,924
Felixstowe 25,453,832 21,169,117 -4,284,715
Liverpool Docks 10,803,848 13,856,480 +3,052,632
Harwich 12,126,030 12,435,164 +309,134
000 13,837,212 7,385,815 -6,451,397
Immingham Docks 6,812,309 13,436,639 +6,624,330

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 141
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 119
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 24
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
2025-11 67
2025-10 73
2025-09 55
2025-08 63
2025-07 64

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 109
54m+ 88
0-1m 52
Other 28
15m-54m 25

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 126,221,985
United States 58,067,036
Netherlands 57,287,481
United Arab Emirates 39,327,361
Belgium 28,862,273

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 67,694,089 58,527,896 -9,166,193
United States 29,293,395 28,773,641 -519,754
Netherlands 26,767,316 30,520,165 +3,752,849
United Arab Emirates 20,640,492 18,686,869 -1,953,623
Belgium 19,221,378 9,640,895 -9,580,483
France 10,204,711 12,304,485 +2,099,774
Australia 10,747,507 9,592,282 -1,155,225
Germany 8,870,261 10,680,935 +1,810,674
Poland 8,913,491 9,284,689 +371,198
Switzerland 10,038,460 6,820,183 -3,218,277

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 9,989,449
XU 2,805,875
France 2,274,201
Spain 786,269
United States 662,739

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 4,008,746 5,980,703 +1,971,957
XU 2,079,598 726,277 -1,353,321
France 1,531,916 742,285 -789,631
Spain 458,628 327,641 -130,987
United States 421,354 241,385 -179,969
Germany 136,678 109,310 -27,368
China 116,945 115,849 -1,096
Italy 117,755 46,657 -71,098
Switzerland 89,307 59,010 -30,297
Turkey 52,437 19,871 -32,566

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) 310,832,484
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 166,600,773
Air transport 83,724,766
Other 17,450,738
Road transport 20,466

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) 155,536,398 155,296,086 -240,312
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 88,930,027 77,670,746 -11,259,281
Air transport 43,112,562 40,612,204 -2,500,358
Other 9,055,142 8,395,596 -659,546
Road transport 20,466 0 -20,466

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 164,061,410
Holyhead 97,612,222
London Gateway Port 71,558,508
London Heathrow Airport 58,531,830
Southampton 40,069,277

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 81,923,692 82,137,718 +214,026
Holyhead 51,271,977 46,340,245 -4,931,732
London Gateway Port 40,206,470 31,352,038 -8,854,432
London Heathrow Airport 30,947,967 27,583,863 -3,364,104
Southampton 18,511,414 21,557,863 +3,046,449
Harwich 19,805,731 17,917,803 -1,887,928
East Midlands Airport 9,333,495 9,231,181 -102,314
000 9,055,142 8,395,596 -659,546
Immingham Docks 6,851,266 7,838,217 +986,951
Liverpool Docks 6,830,760 7,456,669 +625,909

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