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.
  • 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 £
France 479,248,646
United States 123,416,742
Netherlands 73,543,192
Italy 63,662,220
United Arab Emirates 60,398,264

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 254,546,352 224,702,294 -29,844,058
United States 66,748,420 56,668,322 -10,080,098
Netherlands 38,246,707 35,296,485 -2,950,222
Italy 29,631,348 34,030,872 +4,399,524
United Arab Emirates 23,051,994 37,346,270 +14,294,276
Czechia 30,030,153 20,107,599 -9,922,554
Spain 22,373,250 20,761,158 -1,612,092
Belgium 15,855,546 20,545,919 +4,690,373
China 18,020,709 17,471,929 -548,780
Poland 17,305,413 10,985,931 -6,319,482

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 578,740,685
United States 127,938,511
Spain 95,011,252
Italy 73,257,110
United Arab Emirates 61,212,116

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 306,070,746 272,669,939 -33,400,807
United States 67,547,959 60,390,552 -7,157,407
Spain 56,323,042 38,688,210 -17,634,832
Italy 36,222,123 37,034,987 +812,864
United Arab Emirates 21,425,821 39,786,295 +18,360,474
China 19,762,444 19,210,597 -551,847
Switzerland 19,871,334 18,549,149 -1,322,185
Poland 20,236,706 13,107,293 -7,129,413
Turkey 5,535,932 4,779,227 -756,705
Czechia 6,178,756 4,003,391 -2,175,365

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 70
Outer London - West and North West 35
Greater Manchester 28
Inner London - East 27
Surrey, East and West Sussex 17

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 47 54 +7
Outer London - West and North West 20 27 +7
Greater Manchester 16 17 +1
Inner London - East 24 17 -7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 11 11 +0
Outer London - East and North East 5 10 +5
West Midlands 5 9 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 6 7 +1
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) 665,949,287
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 298,416,814
Air transport 135,483,814
Other 20,014,168
Road transport 6,057,842

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) 358,105,968 307,843,319 -50,262,649
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 147,721,230 150,695,584 +2,974,354
Air transport 67,309,599 68,174,215 +864,616
Other 14,133,551 5,880,617 -8,252,934
Road transport 1,860,969 4,196,873 +2,335,904
Rail transport 1,409 0 -1,409

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 354,800,074
Eurotunnel 275,059,878
London Heathrow Airport 91,204,515
Southampton 84,394,697
Dover / Eurotunnel 53,906,190

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 179,555,917 175,244,157 -4,311,760
Eurotunnel 159,259,220 115,800,658 -43,458,562
London Heathrow Airport 48,694,441 42,510,074 -6,184,367
Southampton 42,718,135 41,676,562 -1,041,573
Dover / Eurotunnel 24,386,444 29,519,746 +5,133,302
Felixstowe 26,542,695 18,707,771 -7,834,924
Liverpool Docks 11,972,779 12,398,350 +425,571
Harwich 12,822,691 11,415,304 -1,407,387
000 14,133,551 5,880,617 -8,252,934
Immingham Docks 5,438,262 13,210,655 +7,772,393

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 143
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 119
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 25
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
2026-01 57
2025-11 68
2025-10 74
2025-09 55
2025-08 63

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 111
54m+ 88
0-1m 52
Other 28
15m-54m 24

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 123,786,994
United States 56,328,988
Netherlands 54,010,796
United Arab Emirates 37,251,172
Belgium 26,450,466

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 67,817,589 55,969,405 -11,848,184
United States 31,256,956 25,072,032 -6,184,924
Netherlands 25,219,677 28,791,119 +3,571,442
United Arab Emirates 19,656,796 17,594,376 -2,062,420
Belgium 18,006,509 8,443,957 -9,562,552
France 11,048,246 10,558,212 -490,034
Australia 10,577,201 9,723,280 -853,921
Germany 9,185,336 10,031,922 +846,586
Poland 9,568,708 8,736,802 -831,906
Saudi Arabia 8,716,404 7,917,569 -798,835

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 10,357,972
France 2,189,493
Spain 748,065
United States 636,056
Germany 235,656

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 4,038,459 6,319,513 +2,281,054
France 1,698,260 491,233 -1,207,027
Spain 482,946 265,119 -217,827
United States 481,282 154,774 -326,508
Germany 141,868 93,788 -48,080
China 124,253 106,569 -17,684
Italy 126,890 35,087 -91,803
Switzerland 98,973 44,639 -54,334
Turkey 45,259 17,636 -27,623
Belgium 36,111 0 -36,111

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) 302,997,292
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 156,716,397
Air transport 80,461,144
Other 17,451,164
Road transport 12,162

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) 154,484,382 148,512,910 -5,971,472
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 84,790,445 71,925,952 -12,864,493
Air transport 43,924,532 36,536,612 -7,387,920
Other 9,302,359 8,148,805 -1,153,554
Road transport 12,162 0 -12,162

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 156,551,370
Holyhead 95,551,401
London Gateway Port 70,682,422
London Heathrow Airport 56,073,322
Southampton 38,686,756

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 78,051,858 78,499,512 +447,654
Holyhead 50,031,299 45,520,102 -4,511,197
London Gateway Port 39,349,059 31,333,363 -8,015,696
London Heathrow Airport 31,589,792 24,483,530 -7,106,262
Southampton 19,470,604 19,216,152 -254,452
Harwich 18,729,913 16,282,392 -2,447,521
East Midlands Airport 9,207,341 8,662,320 -545,021
000 9,302,359 8,148,805 -1,153,554
Immingham Docks 7,364,731 7,096,868 -267,863
Liverpool Docks 8,227,544 6,064,897 -2,162,647

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