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 171,276,642
Germany 98,966,969
Italy 85,000,739
Slovakia 67,125,877
China 42,562,319

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 91,571,875 79,704,767 -11,867,108
Germany 51,774,634 47,192,335 -4,582,299
Italy 44,288,163 40,712,576 -3,575,587
Slovakia 29,632,181 37,493,696 +7,861,515
China 19,414,156 23,148,163 +3,734,007
Ireland 12,396,153 13,117,055 +720,902
France 10,186,045 9,213,015 -973,030
United States 11,414,997 7,900,114 -3,514,883
Netherlands 7,112,674 7,601,467 +488,793
Belgium 5,647,497 3,359,198 -2,288,299

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 172,922,795
Germany 102,323,721
Italy 87,823,696
Slovakia 68,527,040
China 51,022,929

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 92,280,170 80,642,625 -11,637,545
Germany 53,893,792 48,429,929 -5,463,863
Italy 46,014,271 41,809,425 -4,204,846
Slovakia 30,573,274 37,953,766 +7,380,492
China 22,697,956 28,324,973 +5,627,017
United States 14,189,913 10,231,937 -3,957,976
Ireland 8,631,301 8,995,836 +364,535
France 7,291,485 8,006,565 +715,080
Bulgaria 7,015,656 7,566,391 +550,735
Mexico 5,479,340 4,468,285 -1,011,055

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 35
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 31
Greater Manchester 29
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 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 28 34 +6
Outer London - West and North West 24 26 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 25 24 -1
Greater Manchester 19 23 +4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 20 17 -3
Inner London - East 18 20 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21 16 -5
Outer London - East and North East 14 14 +0
West Midlands 8 13 +5
West Yorkshire 13 12 -1

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) 349,116,543
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 239,793,428
Air transport 28,867,895
Other 1,657,898
Road transport 920,165

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) 178,571,351 170,545,192 -8,026,159
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 123,929,398 115,864,030 -8,065,368
Air transport 14,185,730 14,682,165 +496,435
Other 932,810 725,088 -207,722
Road transport 315,229 604,936 +289,707

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 177,857,951
Dover 89,209,580
Purfleet 67,563,531
London 53,697,610
Killingholme 30,039,473

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 83,466,809 94,391,142 +10,924,333
Dover 48,085,435 41,124,145 -6,961,290
Purfleet 34,936,492 32,627,039 -2,309,453
London 23,677,249 30,020,361 +6,343,112
Killingholme 27,533,117 2,506,356 -25,026,761
Felixstowe 14,574,862 13,017,661 -1,557,201
Southampton 14,390,306 11,851,953 -2,538,353
London Gateway Port 9,515,772 12,888,183 +3,372,411
Hull 9,684,546 7,411,489 -2,273,057
Holyhead 8,763,824 7,637,868 -1,125,956

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 207
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 158
Human health activities 27
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 19
Other manufacturing 19

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 117
2025-10 123
2025-09 126
2025-08 115
2025-07 110

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 98
54m+ 90
15m-54m 48
Other 39

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 82,462,591
Ireland 50,023,929
France 32,420,905
Italy 25,958,803
Belgium 23,235,458

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 46,607,228 35,855,363 -10,751,865
Ireland 26,156,599 23,867,330 -2,289,269
France 20,339,037 12,081,868 -8,257,169
Italy 17,192,965 8,765,838 -8,427,127
Belgium 13,585,834 9,649,624 -3,936,210
United Arab Emirates 9,851,855 7,426,537 -2,425,318
Spain 9,420,994 5,471,972 -3,949,022
Netherlands 5,962,184 5,831,933 -130,251
Denmark 5,981,730 3,168,758 -2,812,972
United States 3,916,867 4,308,227 +391,360

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 874,733
Poland 662,466
XU 517,160
Germany 277,772
Slovakia 205,355

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 772,586 102,147 -670,439
Poland 342,157 320,309 -21,848
XU 298,262 218,898 -79,364
Germany 128,584 149,188 +20,604
Slovakia 126,005 79,350 -46,655
Ireland 80,578 113,533 +32,955
China 102,922 68,909 -34,013
United States 50,311 56,879 +6,568
Italy 51,039 45,333 -5,706
Switzerland 27,376 37,554 +10,178

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) 273,582,437
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 95,045,020
Air transport 12,672,287
Other 3,314,631
Road transport 43,260

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) 158,018,689 115,563,748 -42,454,941
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 51,897,737 43,147,283 -8,750,454
Air transport 5,914,868 6,757,419 +842,551
Other 2,066,538 1,248,093 -818,445
Road transport 39,192 4,068 -35,124

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 216,448,430
London Gateway Port 46,982,891
Holyhead 28,318,479
Southampton 22,431,442
Liverpool Docks 18,155,666

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 129,135,210 87,313,220 -41,821,990
London Gateway Port 25,525,368 21,457,523 -4,067,845
Holyhead 12,755,632 15,562,847 +2,807,215
Southampton 12,330,924 10,100,518 -2,230,406
Liverpool Docks 11,346,375 6,809,291 -4,537,084
Immingham Docks 8,372,704 5,406,660 -2,966,044
Felixstowe 5,212,261 6,556,850 +1,344,589
London Heathrow Airport 3,265,848 4,263,818 +997,970
000 2,066,538 1,248,093 -818,445
Dover 1,418,659 1,216,949 -201,710

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