Import/export HS code 960321: Toothbrushes and dental-plate brushes

Includes all types of toothbrushes and brushes designed for cleaning dental plates

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • 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 £
Germany 44,174,590
Sweden 41,911,831
China 36,246,279
Ireland 11,571,523
Netherlands 10,805,229

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 £
Germany 22,198,900 21,975,690 -223,210
Sweden 20,983,240 20,928,591 -54,649
China 20,348,348 15,897,931 -4,450,417
Ireland 4,781,368 6,790,155 +2,008,787
Netherlands 5,462,626 5,342,603 -120,023
Belgium 5,253,004 3,626,230 -1,626,774
Austria 5,104,835 2,129,201 -2,975,634
Switzerland 3,106,690 2,073,636 -1,033,054
Spain 2,192,037 2,262,073 +70,036
Taiwan 1,806,987 2,640,853 +833,866

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 £
Germany 56,391,734
China 48,047,518
Sweden 43,300,747
Ireland 11,329,724
India 7,423,578

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 £
Germany 30,691,985 25,699,749 -4,992,236
China 26,024,170 22,023,348 -4,000,822
Sweden 21,335,843 21,964,904 +629,061
Ireland 5,147,168 6,182,556 +1,035,388
India 3,648,900 3,774,678 +125,778
Switzerland 3,360,693 2,605,390 -755,303
United States 2,780,043 1,754,070 -1,025,973
Malaysia 2,603,157 1,632,347 -970,810
Poland 2,068,295 1,839,351 -228,944
Viet Nam 1,624,629 2,021,515 +396,886

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 39
Outer London - West and North West 33
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 25
Greater Manchester 22
Surrey, East and West Sussex 22

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 27 27 +0
Outer London - West and North West 22 25 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 17 20 +3
Greater Manchester 13 15 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21 16 -5
Inner London - East 13 7 -6
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 11 9 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 10 9 -1
Essex 8 8 +0
Outer London - East and North East 9 10 +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) 130,890,296
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 56,162,466
Air transport 7,898,096
Road transport 2,964,301
Other 809,538

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) 67,400,256 63,490,040 -3,910,216
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 29,539,514 26,622,952 -2,916,562
Air transport 4,231,897 3,666,199 -565,698
Road transport 1,421,757 1,542,544 +120,787
Other 509,018 300,520 -208,498

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 41,866,418
Dover 34,340,118
Felixstowe 33,056,574
Purfleet 17,313,289
Southampton 12,510,985

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 22,713,545 19,152,873 -3,560,672
Dover 25,906,933 8,433,185 -17,473,748
Felixstowe 17,992,492 15,064,082 -2,928,410
Purfleet 831,833 16,481,456 +15,649,623
Southampton 7,034,426 5,476,559 -1,557,867
London 4,863,736 6,629,203 +1,765,467
Liverpool Docks 4,391,439 6,332,030 +1,940,591
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,163,236 2,283,615 -2,879,621
Eurotunnel 2,574,008 2,828,522 +254,514
London Gateway Port 1,457,790 2,914,386 +1,456,596

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 148
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 133
Other manufacturing 21
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 14
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 14

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 74
2025-10 82
2025-09 71
2025-08 71
2025-07 77

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 138
0-1m 82
54m+ 57
15m-54m 33
Other 32

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 9,364,166
Germany 2,694,441
United States 2,285,626
Netherlands 1,433,987
United Arab Emirates 1,149,678

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 4,848,450 4,515,716 -332,734
Germany 1,065,269 1,629,172 +563,903
United States 1,180,689 1,104,937 -75,752
Netherlands 967,721 466,266 -501,455
United Arab Emirates 572,078 577,600 +5,522
France 639,735 254,773 -384,962
Belgium 752,058 94,200 -657,858
Denmark 395,114 421,903 +26,789
Sweden 135,473 492,242 +356,769
Iceland 233,921 224,989 -8,932

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 £
Switzerland 354,969
XU 160,482
Thailand 129,434
China 117,110
Germany 87,945

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 £
Switzerland 169,265 185,704 +16,439
XU 103,597 56,885 -46,712
Thailand 63,583 65,851 +2,268
China 72,119 44,991 -27,128
Germany 46,535 41,410 -5,125
Sweden 38,817 32,907 -5,910
Ireland 26,426 12,573 -13,853
XI 14,384 15,552 +1,168
Viet Nam 4,233 8,037 +3,804
India 3,832 3,463 -369

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) 16,250,578
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,362,271
Air transport 2,441,731
Other 1,027,756
Road transport 1,975

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) 8,535,094 7,715,484 -819,610
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,269,348 4,092,923 +823,575
Air transport 1,534,592 907,139 -627,453
Other 551,937 475,819 -76,118
Road transport 1,975 0 -1,975

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,502,608
Holyhead 5,911,114
Liverpool Docks 2,683,080
London Gateway Port 2,604,814
Immingham Docks 1,754,911

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 3,631,235 2,871,373 -759,862
Holyhead 2,876,416 3,034,698 +158,282
Liverpool Docks 1,367,039 1,316,041 -50,998
London Gateway Port 1,086,917 1,517,897 +430,980
Immingham Docks 568,409 1,186,502 +618,093
London Heathrow Airport 818,164 406,665 -411,499
000 551,937 475,819 -76,118
Southampton 457,343 494,817 +37,474
Felixstowe 429,210 312,006 -117,204
ZLC 322,882 211,089 -111,793

Quick facts

HS code: 960321

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

Description: Includes all types of toothbrushes and brushes designed for cleaning dental plates