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 6,479,727
Mexico 5,903,196
United States 4,332,662
Malaysia 3,516,316
Germany 3,453,305

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 3,547,374 2,932,353 -615,021
Mexico 3,519,291 2,383,905 -1,135,386
United States 2,199,296 2,133,366 -65,930
Malaysia 1,797,087 1,719,229 -77,858
Germany 1,324,054 2,129,251 +805,197
Taiwan 365,635 519,716 +154,081
Belgium 381,674 402,796 +21,122
Sweden 155,453 170,920 +15,467
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 134,675 45,229 -89,446
Italy 74,691 81,600 +6,909

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 8,992,762
China 8,650,391
Malaysia 3,726,624
United States 3,012,016
Ireland 593,694

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 4,736,449 4,256,313 -480,136
China 4,200,448 4,449,943 +249,495
Malaysia 1,949,242 1,777,382 -171,860
United States 1,605,065 1,406,951 -198,114
Ireland 572,221 21,473 -550,748
Italy 178,761 330,408 +151,647
Switzerland 307,532 160,622 -146,910
Taiwan 193,694 80,547 -113,147
Sweden 66,892 85,685 +18,793
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
Inner London - East 4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 4
Greater Manchester 3

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 5 6 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 3 4 +1
Inner London - East 3 4 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 4 2 -2
Greater Manchester 3 1 -2
West Yorkshire 3 3 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 1 1 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 2 2 +0
Outer London - East and North East 2 1 -1
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) 18,249,308
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,347,042
Air transport 3,904,073
Other 179,697
Road transport 11,996

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) 10,433,900 7,815,408 -2,618,492
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,959,318 2,387,724 +428,406
Air transport 1,464,163 2,439,910 +975,747
Other 100,660 79,037 -21,623
Road transport 4,955 7,041 +2,086

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 6,020,115
Felixstowe 5,647,817
Southampton 4,715,251
Manchester Airport 2,970,954
Purfleet 1,802,196

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 4,655,781 1,364,334 -3,291,447
Felixstowe 2,904,635 2,743,182 -161,453
Southampton 1,989,815 2,725,436 +735,621
Manchester Airport 1,016,947 1,954,007 +937,060
Purfleet 92,459 1,709,737 +1,617,278
Dover 1,218,770 366,041 -852,729
Immingham Docks 464,176 210,330 -253,846
London 263,701 394,998 +131,297
Liverpool Docks 229,332 388,030 +158,698
London Heathrow Airport 298,879 301,190 +2,311

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 22
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
2026-01 13
2025-11 14
2025-10 17
2025-09 17
2025-08 18

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+ 12
0-1m 11
15m-54m 7
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 1,797,941
Germany 1,611,131
Ireland 1,001,623
Netherlands 976,011
Denmark 752,978

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 1,407,708 390,233 -1,017,475
Germany 727,005 884,126 +157,121
Ireland 480,132 521,491 +41,359
Netherlands 406,634 569,377 +162,743
Denmark 577,968 175,010 -402,958
Poland 210,984 420,214 +209,230
United States 442,906 159,452 -283,454
Switzerland 229,094 252,734 +23,640
Belgium 221,745 256,226 +34,481
Italy 260,644 209,653 -50,991

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 99,204
China 20,597
XI 8,386
Malaysia 7,210
United States 6,376

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 34,730 64,474 +29,744
China 14,408 6,189 -8,219
XI 4,140 4,246 +106
Malaysia 3,888 3,322 -566
United States 1,202 5,174 +3,972
Viet Nam 1,381 224 -1,157
India 100 294 +194
Brazil 149 0 -149
Afghanistan 33 0 -33
Taiwan 15 0 -15

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) 7,740,120
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,451,489
Air transport 545,456
Other 148,646
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) 3,743,180 3,996,940 +253,760
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,983,723 1,467,766 -1,515,957
Air transport 211,150 334,306 +123,156
Other 62,619 86,027 +23,408
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 5,073,797
London Gateway Port 1,814,255
Immingham Docks 1,347,297
Southampton 992,166
Holyhead 634,835

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 2,521,362 2,552,435 +31,073
London Gateway Port 1,315,141 499,114 -816,027
Immingham Docks 939,285 408,012 -531,273
Southampton 634,870 357,296 -277,574
Holyhead 325,993 308,842 -17,151
Felixstowe 416,876 198,794 -218,082
Hull 14,274 397,082 +382,808
Dover 205,603 173,239 -32,364
Liverpool Docks 177,419 197,551 +20,132
London Heathrow Airport 74,440 203,735 +129,295

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