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 494,531,505
United States 125,444,994
Netherlands 77,771,108
United Arab Emirates 70,475,133
Italy 70,142,914

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 244,627,059 249,904,446 +5,277,387
United States 71,633,528 53,811,466 -17,822,062
Netherlands 37,564,490 40,206,618 +2,642,128
United Arab Emirates 29,116,374 41,358,759 +12,242,385
Italy 32,548,078 37,594,836 +5,046,758
Czechia 30,000,787 26,495,050 -3,505,737
Spain 23,631,086 27,837,787 +4,206,701
Belgium 17,867,218 23,582,863 +5,715,645
China 18,317,987 19,533,143 +1,215,156
Poland 16,041,464 11,346,662 -4,694,802

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 611,418,906
United States 133,081,597
Spain 98,185,796
Italy 79,282,596
United Arab Emirates 73,264,284

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 297,582,314 313,836,592 +16,254,278
United States 75,588,883 57,492,714 -18,096,169
Spain 51,871,942 46,313,854 -5,558,088
Italy 37,633,296 41,649,300 +4,016,004
United Arab Emirates 27,545,497 45,718,787 +18,173,290
Switzerland 20,814,126 22,705,307 +1,891,181
China 20,543,231 20,943,024 +399,793
Poland 19,088,806 15,188,144 -3,900,662
Turkey 5,848,445 5,378,160 -470,285
Czechia 5,749,231 3,887,344 -1,861,887

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 72
Outer London - West and North West 37
Inner London - East 29
Greater Manchester 27
Surrey, East and West Sussex 19

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 49 52 +3
Outer London - West and North West 25 24 -1
Inner London - East 25 21 -4
Greater Manchester 23 13 -10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 12 12 +0
Outer London - East and North East 8 8 +0
West Midlands 8 8 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 6 8 +2
Outer London - South 6 5 -1
Kent 7 6 -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) 709,769,813
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 313,935,413
Air transport 144,615,993
Other 17,807,427
Road transport 8,366,323

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) 351,344,897 358,424,916 +7,080,019
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 154,626,737 159,308,676 +4,681,939
Air transport 67,982,382 76,633,611 +8,651,229
Other 14,721,537 3,085,890 -11,635,647
Road transport 2,260,179 6,106,144 +3,845,965

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 376,407,170
Eurotunnel 277,210,942
London Heathrow Airport 94,449,558
Southampton 90,954,514
Dover / Eurotunnel 71,044,673

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 181,797,987 194,609,183 +12,811,196
Eurotunnel 147,256,267 129,954,675 -17,301,592
London Heathrow Airport 48,240,771 46,208,787 -2,031,984
Southampton 44,768,204 46,186,310 +1,418,106
Dover / Eurotunnel 25,621,340 45,423,333 +19,801,993
Felixstowe 24,972,893 18,674,285 -6,298,608
Liverpool Docks 14,927,587 10,168,484 -4,759,103
Harwich 14,713,524 9,772,146 -4,941,378
Immingham Docks 7,534,622 15,919,872 +8,385,250
London 8,968,489 9,596,830 +628,341

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
152
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
120
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
27
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
2026-05 49
2026-04 46
2026-03 53
2026-02 54
2026-01 57

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 112
54m+ 90
0-1m 56
Other 27
15m-54m 25

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 136,998,701
United States 61,876,675
Netherlands 59,453,113
United Arab Emirates 37,949,859
France 22,557,907

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 68,429,935 68,568,766 +138,831
United States 30,187,644 31,689,031 +1,501,387
Netherlands 26,741,650 32,711,463 +5,969,813
United Arab Emirates 18,633,603 19,316,256 +682,653
France 12,115,587 10,442,320 -1,673,267
Germany 11,321,368 10,256,158 -1,065,210
Australia 9,985,447 11,585,500 +1,600,053
Belgium 13,866,316 6,657,747 -7,208,569
Poland 8,870,145 10,148,338 +1,278,193
Saudi Arabia 8,421,391 9,640,291 +1,218,900

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 13,875,986
France 2,670,175
Spain 975,013
United States 714,950
China 283,599

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 4,375,352 9,500,634 +5,125,282
France 1,694,002 976,173 -717,829
Spain 491,755 483,258 -8,497
United States 489,240 225,710 -263,530
China 122,160 161,439 +39,279
Germany 133,825 111,486 -22,339
Italy 132,673 55,703 -76,970
Switzerland 102,344 65,308 -37,036
Turkey 31,573 25,049 -6,524
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) 331,268,910
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 157,931,322
Air transport 90,020,766
Other 21,778,296
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) 159,168,145 172,100,765 +12,932,620
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 79,200,139 78,731,183 -468,956
Air transport 43,403,902 46,616,864 +3,212,962
Other 9,531,522 12,246,774 +2,715,252
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 165,698,613
Holyhead 106,419,671
London Gateway Port 69,342,310
London Heathrow Airport 63,305,952
Southampton 40,581,056

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 79,311,723 86,386,890 +7,075,167
Holyhead 49,860,965 56,558,706 +6,697,741
London Gateway Port 34,800,995 34,541,315 -259,680
London Heathrow Airport 30,651,068 32,654,884 +2,003,816
Southampton 18,322,553 22,258,503 +3,935,950
Harwich 18,874,507 16,222,782 -2,651,725
000 9,531,522 12,246,774 +2,715,252
East Midlands Airport 9,099,839 9,233,835 +133,996
Liverpool Docks 10,650,243 6,737,329 -3,912,914
Immingham Docks 7,122,869 8,700,023 +1,577,154

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