Import/export HS code 960329: Various types of brushes

This category includes various brushes not specified elsewhere, such as hair brushes and other personal care brushes

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 £
China 43,452,028
United States 3,553,924
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,257,223
France 2,921,206
South Korea 2,024,251

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 22,767,843 20,684,185 -2,083,658
United States 1,658,995 1,894,929 +235,934
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,019,841 1,237,382 -782,459
France 1,275,521 1,645,685 +370,164
South Korea 966,305 1,057,946 +91,641
Germany 955,248 713,585 -241,663
Netherlands 744,669 649,349 -95,320
Belgium 580,600 608,678 +28,078
Sweden 500,445 545,574 +45,129
Cambodia 298,199 362,549 +64,350

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 £
China 53,507,360
South Korea 2,687,441
France 1,512,376
United States 1,347,768
Germany 1,246,740

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 £
China 28,123,682 25,383,678 -2,740,004
South Korea 1,219,134 1,468,307 +249,173
France 650,447 861,929 +211,482
United States 618,995 728,773 +109,778
Germany 693,973 552,767 -141,206
Malaysia 300,516 443,488 +142,972
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 202,941 540,156 +337,215
Cambodia 308,206 375,563 +67,357
United Kingdom 398,809 180,428 -218,381
Turkey 261,110 305,934 +44,824

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 83
Greater Manchester 56
Outer London - West and North West 41
Inner London - East 38
Surrey, East and West Sussex 30

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 58 60 +2
Greater Manchester 36 32 -4
Outer London - West and North West 30 30 +0
Inner London - East 28 24 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 24 18 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 23 17 -6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 22 17 -5
West Yorkshire 19 17 -2
West Midlands 19 13 -6
Outer London - East and North East 19 11 -8

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) 46,402,953
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,010,901
Air transport 8,425,690
Other 2,096,222
Road transport 328,005

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) 23,032,719 23,370,234 +337,515
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,025,190 3,985,711 -1,039,479
Air transport 4,777,434 3,648,256 -1,129,178
Other 1,356,918 739,304 -617,614
Road transport 89,626 238,379 +148,753

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 20,957,531
Southampton 13,145,777
London Gateway Port 6,429,901
London Heathrow Airport 3,201,506
Liverpool Docks 3,074,980

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 £
Felixstowe 12,662,127 8,295,404 -4,366,723
Southampton 6,680,869 6,464,908 -215,961
London Gateway Port 1,433,217 4,996,684 +3,563,467
London Heathrow Airport 1,871,378 1,330,128 -541,250
Liverpool Docks 1,479,764 1,595,216 +115,452
Belfast Port 1,552,584 1,009,464 -543,120
Dover 1,226,476 1,295,833 +69,357
000 1,356,918 739,304 -617,614
Eurotunnel 1,007,308 571,015 -436,293
London 681,501 502,447 -179,054

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 260
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 242
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 38
Other personal service activities 38
Other manufacturing 29

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 108
2025-11 125
2025-10 121
2025-09 109
2025-08 108

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 278
0-1m 135
54m+ 108
15m-54m 68
Other 38

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 22,846,689
United States 14,000,150
Italy 5,511,103
France 4,569,780
Netherlands 3,353,200

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 9,575,306 13,271,383 +3,696,077
United States 8,101,082 5,899,068 -2,202,014
Italy 2,223,644 3,287,459 +1,063,815
France 2,180,074 2,389,706 +209,632
Netherlands 2,062,970 1,290,230 -772,740
Japan 1,950,463 1,129,190 -821,273
Poland 1,560,681 1,394,479 -166,202
China 1,305,780 744,975 -560,805
Turkey 737,483 1,256,006 +518,523
South Korea 1,152,818 728,779 -424,039

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 3,289,219
China 196,113
South Korea 38,366
Ireland 10,529
United States 2,531

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 1,738,066 1,551,153 -186,913
China 103,730 92,383 -11,347
South Korea 20,868 17,498 -3,370
Ireland 4,700 5,829 +1,129
United States 1,369 1,162 -207
Cambodia 942 0 -942
Viet Nam 14 286 +272
Germany 271 0 -271
Afghanistan 0 82 +82
Taiwan 11 0 -11

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) 48,784,823
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,656,460
Air transport 12,461,217
Other 3,595,653
Road transport 17,011

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) 21,849,299 26,935,524 +5,086,225
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,297,178 8,359,282 -3,937,896
Air transport 6,801,945 5,659,272 -1,142,673
Other 1,910,178 1,685,475 -224,703
Road transport 17,011 0 -17,011

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 37,291,360
London Heathrow Airport 7,756,448
London Gateway Port 7,509,762
Southampton 7,049,729
Dover 6,518,842

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 14,152,972 23,138,388 +8,985,416
London Heathrow Airport 4,367,756 3,388,692 -979,064
London Gateway Port 4,784,564 2,725,198 -2,059,366
Southampton 4,433,636 2,616,093 -1,817,543
Dover 5,027,790 1,491,052 -3,536,738
Liverpool Docks 2,246,225 2,536,244 +290,019
000 1,910,178 1,685,475 -224,703
East Midlands Airport 1,175,545 990,815 -184,730
Immingham Docks 1,031,924 927,423 -104,501
ZLC 1,076,744 863,575 -213,169

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 960329

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

Description: This category includes various brushes not specified elsewhere, such as hair brushes and other personal care brushes