Import/export HS code 3306: Oral and dental care products

Includes toothpaste, denture fixatives, and dental floss in retail packaging for personal hygiene

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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 £
Poland 170,971,297
Germany 98,597,963
Italy 83,945,109
Slovakia 68,392,841
China 43,299,857

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 £
Poland 92,343,968 78,627,329 -13,716,639
Germany 51,124,518 47,473,445 -3,651,073
Italy 43,140,719 40,804,390 -2,336,329
Slovakia 28,767,918 39,624,923 +10,857,005
China 20,300,710 22,999,147 +2,698,437
Ireland 13,543,295 11,727,328 -1,815,967
France 11,025,212 9,282,239 -1,742,973
United States 11,085,096 8,157,199 -2,927,897
Netherlands 6,886,907 7,820,285 +933,378
South Korea 3,704,325 5,661,603 +1,957,278

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 £
Poland 172,652,204
Germany 101,861,940
Italy 86,883,120
Slovakia 69,641,794
China 52,066,209

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 £
Poland 93,392,575 79,259,629 -14,132,946
Germany 52,943,244 48,918,696 -4,024,548
Italy 44,929,235 41,953,885 -2,975,350
Slovakia 29,530,584 40,111,210 +10,580,626
China 23,946,464 28,119,745 +4,173,281
United States 13,243,715 10,488,446 -2,755,269
Ireland 9,597,292 7,851,125 -1,746,167
France 8,139,121 7,983,573 -155,548
Bulgaria 7,357,999 7,316,138 -41,861
Mexico 5,358,474 4,746,225 -612,249

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 43
Outer London - West and North West 37
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 32
Greater Manchester 30
Surrey, East and West Sussex 25

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 29 33 +4
Outer London - West and North West 26 27 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 25 25 +0
Greater Manchester 17 23 +6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21 17 -4
Inner London - East 16 20 +4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 17 17 +0
Outer London - East and North East 14 17 +3
West Midlands 10 14 +4
West Yorkshire 13 13 +0

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) 348,841,751
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 240,604,142
Air transport 28,681,103
Other 1,640,114
Road transport 1,010,857

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) 177,419,700 171,422,051 -5,997,649
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 124,879,231 115,724,911 -9,154,320
Air transport 13,864,685 14,816,418 +951,733
Other 996,417 643,697 -352,720
Road transport 257,820 753,037 +495,217

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 177,027,965
Dover 89,877,076
Purfleet 67,249,512
London 56,252,458
Killingholme 28,723,398

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 £
Immingham Docks 82,524,884 94,503,081 +11,978,197
Dover 46,658,384 43,218,692 -3,439,692
Purfleet 34,494,254 32,755,258 -1,738,996
London 25,043,148 31,209,310 +6,166,162
Killingholme 26,830,568 1,892,830 -24,937,738
Felixstowe 14,614,778 12,830,968 -1,783,810
Southampton 14,530,914 11,480,146 -3,050,768
London Gateway Port 9,544,499 14,038,251 +4,493,752
Harwich 9,083,449 7,322,376 -1,761,073
Hull 9,114,367 7,097,466 -2,016,901

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 210
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 165
Human health activities 27
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 19
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 18

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 127
2025-11 117
2025-10 123
2025-09 126
2025-08 115

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 182
0-1m 105
54m+ 86
15m-54m 49
Other 40

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 £
Germany 80,155,371
Ireland 50,184,304
France 30,933,625
Italy 24,838,133
Belgium 22,300,040

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 £
Germany 46,396,593 33,758,778 -12,637,815
Ireland 26,243,484 23,940,820 -2,302,664
France 19,526,397 11,407,228 -8,119,169
Italy 16,625,097 8,213,036 -8,412,061
Belgium 13,861,605 8,438,435 -5,423,170
United Arab Emirates 9,183,887 7,222,274 -1,961,613
Spain 9,322,526 4,738,294 -4,584,232
Netherlands 6,064,101 5,907,974 -156,127
Denmark 5,978,947 2,737,263 -3,241,684
United States 3,741,424 4,673,017 +931,593

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 712,466
Poland 655,880
Germany 275,039
Slovakia 201,890
Ireland 190,133

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 612,472 99,994 -512,478
Poland 376,018 279,862 -96,156
Germany 136,718 138,321 +1,603
Slovakia 137,129 64,761 -72,368
Ireland 83,641 106,492 +22,851
China 110,142 52,903 -57,239
United States 52,731 53,111 +380
Italy 65,775 30,059 -35,716
Switzerland 28,878 34,215 +5,337
Netherlands 22,729 18,526 -4,203

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) 266,769,536
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 92,758,831
Air transport 12,785,194
Other 3,109,346
Road transport 25,702

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) 157,128,742 109,640,794 -47,487,948
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 50,841,951 41,916,880 -8,925,071
Air transport 5,986,833 6,798,361 +811,528
Other 2,025,352 1,083,994 -941,358
Road transport 21,634 4,068 -17,566

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 208,996,975
London Gateway Port 46,405,320
Holyhead 28,994,589
Southampton 21,475,998
Liverpool Docks 17,737,423

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 127,966,772 81,030,203 -46,936,569
London Gateway Port 26,013,727 20,391,593 -5,622,134
Holyhead 12,112,331 16,882,258 +4,769,927
Southampton 11,864,895 9,611,103 -2,253,792
Liverpool Docks 11,789,381 5,948,042 -5,841,339
Immingham Docks 8,431,737 5,103,613 -3,328,124
Felixstowe 4,496,177 6,875,980 +2,379,803
London Heathrow Airport 3,371,254 4,180,184 +808,930
000 2,025,352 1,083,994 -941,358
Dover 1,327,711 1,201,274 -126,437

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 3306

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

Description: Includes toothpaste, denture fixatives, and dental floss in retail packaging for personal hygiene