Import/export HS code 33030010: Perfumes

Luxury fragrances used for personal scenting, often containing high concentrations of aromatic compounds

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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
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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 £
France 516,298,181
United States 133,062,267
Netherlands 80,265,803
United Arab Emirates 71,788,752
Italy 71,127,049

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 £
France 248,304,911 267,993,270 +19,688,359
United States 70,981,743 62,080,524 -8,901,219
Netherlands 36,551,759 43,714,044 +7,162,285
United Arab Emirates 25,661,161 46,127,591 +20,466,430
Italy 30,383,313 40,743,736 +10,360,423
Czechia 30,546,249 26,877,825 -3,668,424
Spain 24,684,239 28,339,934 +3,655,695
Belgium 16,229,332 25,793,306 +9,563,974
China 18,054,395 21,022,781 +2,968,386
Poland 16,027,632 12,138,099 -3,889,533

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 £
France 634,386,446
United States 139,595,993
Spain 102,522,384
Italy 80,959,041
United Arab Emirates 73,473,666

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 £
France 301,212,454 333,173,992 +31,961,538
United States 71,764,091 67,831,902 -3,932,189
Spain 53,879,247 48,643,137 -5,236,110
Italy 37,071,306 43,887,735 +6,816,429
United Arab Emirates 23,633,463 49,840,203 +26,206,740
Switzerland 19,988,228 24,137,160 +4,148,932
China 20,111,300 22,874,851 +2,763,551
Poland 19,472,671 15,890,414 -3,582,257
Turkey 5,795,092 5,693,597 -101,495
Czechia 6,312,402 4,063,945 -2,248,457

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 73
Outer London - West and North West 37
Greater Manchester 28
Inner London - East 28
Surrey, East and West Sussex 20

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 50 54 +4
Outer London - West and North West 24 24 +0
Greater Manchester 20 17 -3
Inner London - East 25 18 -7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 10 15 +5
Outer London - East and North East 9 8 -1
West Midlands 6 9 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 5 8 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 4 6 +2
Outer London - South 5 7 +2

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) 730,519,043
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 331,031,189
Air transport 150,492,422
Other 19,243,842
Road transport 7,850,488

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) 350,166,517 380,352,526 +30,186,009
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 155,291,746 175,739,443 +20,447,697
Air transport 68,307,552 82,184,870 +13,877,318
Other 14,219,570 5,024,272 -9,195,298
Road transport 1,936,126 5,914,362 +3,978,236

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 392,226,436
Eurotunnel 290,785,339
London Heathrow Airport 99,381,457
Southampton 94,868,969
Dover / Eurotunnel 67,988,180

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 £
Dover 182,212,198 210,014,238 +27,802,040
Eurotunnel 151,792,467 138,992,872 -12,799,595
London Heathrow Airport 49,369,854 50,011,603 +641,749
Southampton 45,135,573 49,733,396 +4,597,823
Dover / Eurotunnel 24,750,155 43,238,025 +18,487,870
Felixstowe 26,576,316 20,356,961 -6,219,355
Liverpool Docks 13,800,965 13,160,821 -640,144
Harwich 13,487,662 11,748,486 -1,739,176
Immingham Docks 5,468,237 16,966,066 +11,497,829
London 7,927,820 11,429,718 +3,501,898

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 154
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 125
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 28
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 16
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 9

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 46
2026-03 53
2026-02 54
2026-01 57
2025-12 60

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 118
54m+ 91
0-1m 55
Other 28
15m-54m 26

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 140,315,580
United States 64,380,724
Netherlands 61,114,336
United Arab Emirates 41,943,385
Belgium 24,434,507

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 68,026,579 72,289,001 +4,262,422
United States 30,825,858 33,554,866 +2,729,008
Netherlands 25,247,742 35,866,594 +10,618,852
United Arab Emirates 19,915,002 22,028,383 +2,113,381
Belgium 16,388,953 8,045,554 -8,343,399
France 11,450,935 11,783,483 +332,548
Australia 10,669,283 12,041,609 +1,372,326
Germany 10,197,382 11,591,804 +1,394,422
Poland 9,718,950 9,925,838 +206,888
Saudi Arabia 7,926,436 10,848,239 +2,921,803

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 13,602,681
France 2,645,927
Spain 931,642
United States 704,433
China 290,175

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 3,982,155 9,620,526 +5,638,371
France 1,689,942 955,985 -733,957
Spain 486,482 445,160 -41,322
United States 484,022 220,411 -263,611
China 123,292 166,883 +43,591
Germany 137,483 107,012 -30,471
Italy 131,033 56,995 -74,038
Switzerland 100,291 65,633 -34,658
Turkey 36,165 25,579 -10,586
Belgium 36,111 10,787 -25,324

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) 341,920,513
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 166,955,628
Air transport 93,889,911
Other 21,542,992
Road transport 10,112

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) 157,598,509 184,322,004 +26,723,495
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 79,739,691 87,215,937 +7,476,246
Air transport 44,924,544 48,965,367 +4,040,823
Other 9,146,147 12,396,845 +3,250,698
Road transport 6,309 3,803 -2,506

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 173,068,209
Holyhead 109,319,281
London Gateway Port 74,679,966
London Heathrow Airport 66,261,771
Southampton 42,239,049

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 78,678,739 94,389,470 +15,710,731
Holyhead 49,832,713 59,486,568 +9,653,855
London Gateway Port 35,499,014 39,180,952 +3,681,938
London Heathrow Airport 31,776,908 34,484,863 +2,707,955
Southampton 18,572,589 23,666,460 +5,093,871
Harwich 18,946,340 18,616,861 -329,479
000 9,146,147 12,396,845 +3,250,698
East Midlands Airport 9,317,946 9,949,899 +631,953
Liverpool Docks 9,796,058 7,404,979 -2,391,079
Immingham Docks 7,007,855 9,018,987 +2,011,132

Quick facts

HS code: 33030010

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

Description: Luxury fragrances used for personal scenting, often containing high concentrations of aromatic compounds