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 513,326,032
United States 130,058,859
Netherlands 81,216,610
United Arab Emirates 72,146,206
Italy 71,412,503

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 245,369,005 267,957,027 +22,588,022
United States 71,259,946 58,798,913 -12,461,033
Netherlands 38,443,146 42,773,464 +4,330,318
United Arab Emirates 27,339,677 44,806,529 +17,466,852
Italy 31,468,638 39,943,865 +8,475,227
Czechia 30,078,967 27,919,337 -2,159,630
Spain 26,634,003 29,112,434 +2,478,431
Belgium 17,589,800 25,132,204 +7,542,404
China 18,031,672 21,270,877 +3,239,205
Poland 16,495,289 11,849,536 -4,645,753

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 635,865,446
United States 137,650,054
Spain 103,198,096
Italy 81,196,444
United Arab Emirates 74,353,431

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 300,693,851 335,171,595 +34,477,744
United States 74,340,943 63,309,111 -11,031,832
Spain 54,269,003 48,929,093 -5,339,910
Italy 37,631,772 43,564,672 +5,932,900
United Arab Emirates 25,079,952 49,273,479 +24,193,527
Switzerland 20,816,824 24,110,999 +3,294,175
China 20,335,287 22,753,813 +2,418,526
Poland 19,505,517 15,706,165 -3,799,352
Turkey 5,659,274 5,860,825 +201,551
Czechia 5,975,789 4,043,729 -1,932,060

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 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 48 53 +5
Outer London - West and North West 24 24 +0
Inner London - East 24 21 -3
Greater Manchester 19 17 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 12 13 +1
Outer London - East and North East 9 8 -1
West Midlands 8 8 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 5 8 +3
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) 737,975,701
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 325,045,589
Air transport 149,001,284
Other 18,771,590
Road transport 8,499,850

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) 355,264,771 382,710,930 +27,446,159
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 154,374,143 170,671,446 +16,297,303
Air transport 67,355,706 81,645,578 +14,289,872
Other 14,294,607 4,476,983 -9,817,624
Road transport 2,101,926 6,397,924 +4,295,998

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 390,769,323
Eurotunnel 289,355,102
London Heathrow Airport 97,775,122
Southampton 94,134,458
Dover / Eurotunnel 72,915,979

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 186,392,576 204,376,747 +17,984,171
Eurotunnel 146,864,604 142,490,498 -4,374,106
London Heathrow Airport 48,208,468 49,566,654 +1,358,186
Southampton 45,044,971 49,089,487 +4,044,516
Dover / Eurotunnel 26,115,041 46,800,938 +20,685,897
Felixstowe 26,570,609 19,993,989 -6,576,620
Liverpool Docks 14,133,128 11,943,222 -2,189,906
Harwich 14,166,207 11,012,474 -3,153,733
Immingham Docks 6,505,398 17,103,725 +10,598,327
London 8,473,647 10,812,102 +2,338,455

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
153
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
122
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
27
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
17
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 115
54m+ 91
0-1m 57
Other 27
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 140,079,943
United States 64,693,360
Netherlands 61,400,875
United Arab Emirates 40,405,994
France 23,309,209

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 67,936,812 72,143,131 +4,206,319
United States 31,180,720 33,512,640 +2,331,920
Netherlands 26,177,604 35,223,271 +9,045,667
United Arab Emirates 18,980,163 21,425,831 +2,445,668
France 12,295,637 11,013,572 -1,282,065
Belgium 15,264,405 7,599,971 -7,664,434
Australia 10,299,485 12,296,206 +1,996,721
Germany 11,035,256 11,345,749 +310,493
Poland 9,479,828 10,391,648 +911,820
Saudi Arabia 8,271,822 10,520,896 +2,249,074

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 14,201,648
France 2,698,658
Spain 988,463
United States 722,077
China 294,258

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 4,107,088 10,094,560 +5,987,472
France 1,686,539 1,012,119 -674,420
Spain 489,046 499,417 +10,371
United States 483,054 239,023 -244,031
China 123,364 170,894 +47,530
Germany 143,071 116,074 -26,997
Italy 131,451 58,443 -73,008
Switzerland 100,891 68,593 -32,298
Turkey 33,253 25,771 -7,482
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) 344,042,688
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 164,714,881
Air transport 94,781,825
Other 22,278,860
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) 161,825,768 182,216,920 +20,391,152
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 79,367,925 85,346,956 +5,979,031
Air transport 44,991,899 49,789,926 +4,798,027
Other 9,283,890 12,994,970 +3,711,080
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 174,191,991
Holyhead 109,010,513
London Gateway Port 72,679,302
London Heathrow Airport 66,674,903
Southampton 42,941,131

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 81,744,454 92,447,537 +10,703,083
Holyhead 49,579,763 59,430,750 +9,850,987
London Gateway Port 34,516,548 38,162,754 +3,646,206
London Heathrow Airport 31,794,000 34,880,903 +3,086,903
Southampton 19,279,230 23,661,901 +4,382,671
Harwich 18,956,489 17,591,087 -1,365,402
000 9,283,890 12,994,970 +3,711,080
East Midlands Airport 9,457,240 9,953,793 +496,553
Liverpool Docks 10,457,512 7,125,620 -3,331,892
Immingham Docks 7,012,528 9,297,856 +2,285,328

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