Import/export HS code 330620: Dental floss

Yarn or thread used to clean between teeth, sold in individual retail packages

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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 £
China 6,329,257
Mexico 5,938,694
United States 4,281,470
Malaysia 3,460,517
Germany 3,224,154

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 £
China 3,341,175 2,988,082 -353,093
Mexico 3,735,022 2,203,672 -1,531,350
United States 2,182,022 2,099,448 -82,574
Malaysia 1,779,865 1,680,652 -99,213
Germany 1,272,749 1,951,405 +678,656
Taiwan 276,329 609,022 +332,693
Belgium 351,656 447,505 +95,849
Sweden 150,505 176,633 +26,128
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 95,139 84,765 -10,374
Italy 89,032 59,965 -29,067

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 £
Mexico 8,807,596
China 8,388,999
Malaysia 3,666,530
United States 3,037,778
Ireland 630,155

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 £
Mexico 4,864,778 3,942,818 -921,960
China 3,844,893 4,544,106 +699,213
Malaysia 1,895,861 1,770,669 -125,192
United States 1,637,579 1,400,199 -237,380
Ireland 604,709 25,446 -579,263
Italy 170,003 332,322 +162,319
Switzerland 283,488 197,813 -85,675
Taiwan 193,694 80,547 -113,147
Sweden 70,355 84,331 +13,976
Viet Nam 62,341 43,398 -18,943

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 4
Greater Manchester 4
Inner London - East 4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 4

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 4 7 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 3 4 +1
Greater Manchester 3 2 -1
Inner London - East 3 4 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 4 2 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 3 2 -1
West Yorkshire 3 3 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 1 1 +0
Outer London - East and North East 2 2 +0
Outer London - West and North West 1 1 +0

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,270,787
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,183,339
Air transport 3,612,805
Other 181,566
Road transport 10,907

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,199,890 8,070,897 -2,128,993
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,966,905 2,216,434 +249,529
Air transport 1,441,593 2,171,212 +729,619
Other 101,906 79,660 -22,246
Road transport 4,955 5,952 +997

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 6,173,438
Felixstowe 5,529,492
Southampton 4,645,134
Manchester Airport 2,752,383
Dover 1,663,293

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 £
London Gateway Port 4,822,517 1,350,921 -3,471,596
Felixstowe 2,581,983 2,947,509 +365,526
Southampton 1,936,146 2,708,988 +772,842
Manchester Airport 979,099 1,773,284 +794,185
Dover 1,279,763 383,530 -896,233
Purfleet 43,503 1,497,886 +1,454,383
Immingham Docks 450,980 224,291 -226,689
London 250,161 410,470 +160,309
Liverpool Docks 203,226 403,708 +200,482
London Heathrow Airport 308,089 278,116 -29,973

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 23
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 21
Human health activities 5
Food and beverage service activities 2
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 2

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 14
2025-10 17
2025-09 17
2025-08 18
2025-07 17

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 21
54m+ 14
0-1m 12
15m-54m 6
Other 6

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 £
United Arab Emirates 1,866,652
Germany 1,624,117
Netherlands 1,001,189
Ireland 975,231
Denmark 754,930

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 £
United Arab Emirates 1,460,265 406,387 -1,053,878
Germany 735,814 888,303 +152,489
Netherlands 401,123 600,066 +198,943
Ireland 449,244 525,987 +76,743
Denmark 484,832 270,098 -214,734
United States 436,775 206,646 -230,129
Poland 222,956 364,100 +141,144
Belgium 239,476 258,681 +19,205
Italy 298,922 194,380 -104,542
Switzerland 237,472 228,488 -8,984

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 £
Ireland 99,379
China 21,361
XI 8,035
Malaysia 7,701
United States 6,295

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 £
Ireland 33,129 66,250 +33,121
China 9,815 11,546 +1,731
XI 3,826 4,209 +383
Malaysia 3,652 4,049 +397
United States 798 5,497 +4,699
XU 2,728 2,417 -311
Viet Nam 1,381 190 -1,191
India 100 294 +194
Brazil 0 149 +149
Afghanistan 33 0 -33

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) 7,619,703
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,590,832
Air transport 544,023
Other 150,091
Road transport 6,454

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) 3,660,685 3,959,018 +298,333
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,018,813 1,572,019 -1,446,794
Air transport 219,893 324,130 +104,237
Other 55,490 94,601 +39,111
Road transport 2,386 4,068 +1,682

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,989,479
London Gateway Port 1,816,032
Immingham Docks 1,351,192
Southampton 1,058,543
Felixstowe 671,011

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 2,539,434 2,450,045 -89,389
London Gateway Port 1,279,536 536,496 -743,040
Immingham Docks 877,983 473,209 -404,774
Southampton 644,436 414,107 -230,329
Felixstowe 464,243 206,768 -257,475
Holyhead 318,654 301,347 -17,307
Hull 14,274 397,082 +382,808
Dover 218,365 171,838 -46,527
Liverpool Docks 182,183 182,253 +70
London Heathrow Airport 78,708 202,163 +123,455

Quick facts

HS code: 330620

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

Description: Yarn or thread used to clean between teeth, sold in individual retail packages