Import/export HS code 3306: Oral and dental care products

Includes toothpaste, denture fixatives, and dental floss in retail packaging for personal hygiene

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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 £
Poland 181,567,076
Germany 101,946,583
Italy 87,819,164
Slovakia 76,451,800
China 48,347,885

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 £
Poland 90,325,092 91,241,984 +916,892
Germany 49,811,519 52,135,064 +2,323,545
Italy 42,918,321 44,900,843 +1,982,522
Slovakia 31,810,810 44,640,990 +12,830,180
China 23,183,606 25,164,279 +1,980,673
Ireland 13,603,298 13,399,662 -203,636
France 12,283,129 8,726,140 -3,556,989
United States 10,379,503 9,073,585 -1,305,918
Netherlands 7,196,420 7,926,355 +729,935
South Korea 4,415,197 6,257,652 +1,842,455

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 £
Poland 183,639,061
Germany 105,453,929
Italy 90,274,808
Slovakia 77,604,304
China 58,173,120

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 £
Poland 91,670,356 91,968,705 +298,349
Germany 51,896,835 53,557,094 +1,660,259
Italy 44,377,261 45,897,547 +1,520,286
Slovakia 32,598,900 45,005,404 +12,406,504
China 27,322,221 30,850,899 +3,528,678
United States 11,945,562 11,782,168 -163,394
Ireland 9,091,496 9,415,239 +323,743
France 9,596,508 7,337,800 -2,258,708
Bulgaria 7,764,061 7,682,537 -81,524
Mexico 5,097,329 6,083,638 +986,309

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 45
Outer London - West and North West 41
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 34
Greater Manchester 30
Outer London - East and North East 25

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 31 34 +3
Outer London - West and North West 27 30 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 27 25 -2
Greater Manchester 17 24 +7
Outer London - East and North East 14 19 +5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 19 20 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 18 18 +0
Inner London - East 15 20 +5
West Yorkshire 16 14 -2
West Midlands 8 15 +7

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) 371,592,534
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 253,066,183
Air transport 30,697,171
Other 1,476,457
Road transport 1,159,351

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) 178,061,124 193,531,410 +15,470,286
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 126,165,007 126,901,176 +736,169
Air transport 13,635,846 17,061,325 +3,425,479
Other 944,693 531,764 -412,929
Road transport 276,036 883,315 +607,279

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 179,792,172
Dover 102,211,437
Purfleet 70,625,274
London 61,781,024
Felixstowe 28,914,566

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 £
Immingham Docks 85,080,595 94,711,577 +9,630,982
Dover 42,583,166 59,628,271 +17,045,105
Purfleet 34,562,155 36,063,119 +1,500,964
London 30,477,204 31,303,820 +826,616
Felixstowe 16,507,156 12,407,410 -4,099,746
Southampton 14,780,254 13,721,458 -1,058,796
London Gateway Port 9,588,765 16,750,612 +7,161,847
Middlesbrough 7,256,154 18,137,255 +10,881,101
Killingholme 21,500,935 1,945,593 -19,555,342
Harwich 9,070,236 8,256,503 -813,733

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 220
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 172
Human health activities 26
Other manufacturing 19
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 17

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 108
2026-03 125
2026-02 112
2026-01 127
2025-12 107

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 188
0-1m 112
54m+ 91
15m-54m 48
Other 36

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 66,198,269
Ireland 52,015,258
France 27,210,875
Italy 21,040,089
Belgium 17,951,463

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 43,624,257 22,574,012 -21,050,245
Ireland 25,531,462 26,483,796 +952,334
France 19,052,323 8,158,552 -10,893,771
Italy 15,146,676 5,893,413 -9,253,263
Belgium 12,923,947 5,027,516 -7,896,431
United Arab Emirates 9,030,128 5,698,833 -3,331,295
Netherlands 6,405,081 6,323,454 -81,627
Spain 9,017,571 3,140,329 -5,877,242
United States 4,062,068 4,798,525 +736,457
Poland 4,086,839 2,938,144 -1,148,695

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 £
Poland 757,729
Germany 325,629
XI 295,635
Slovakia 234,277
Ireland 196,285

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 £
Poland 406,262 351,467 -54,795
Germany 144,521 181,108 +36,587
XI 159,523 136,112 -23,411
Slovakia 141,031 93,246 -47,785
Ireland 99,611 96,674 -2,937
China 97,971 83,807 -14,164
United States 57,546 74,228 +16,682
Italy 66,635 58,108 -8,527
Switzerland 31,611 40,662 +9,051
Thailand 37,638 7,323 -30,315

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) 238,019,731
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 84,308,102
Air transport 14,104,122
Other 3,095,905
Road transport 5,742

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) 148,965,396 89,054,335 -59,911,061
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 52,289,233 32,018,869 -20,270,364
Air transport 6,482,003 7,622,119 +1,140,116
Other 1,601,124 1,494,781 -106,343
Road transport 5,742 0 -5,742

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 178,063,997
London Gateway Port 42,794,282
Holyhead 31,491,426
Southampton 18,903,135
Liverpool Docks 16,550,198

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 119,702,617 58,361,380 -61,341,237
London Gateway Port 27,001,695 15,792,587 -11,209,108
Holyhead 11,577,605 19,913,821 +8,336,216
Southampton 13,720,046 5,183,089 -8,536,957
Liverpool Docks 11,685,672 4,864,526 -6,821,146
Immingham Docks 6,860,729 5,338,248 -1,522,481
Felixstowe 5,165,194 5,955,580 +790,386
London Heathrow Airport 3,511,768 3,990,511 +478,743
000 1,601,124 1,494,781 -106,343
Dover 1,446,503 889,615 -556,888

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 3306

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

Description: Includes toothpaste, denture fixatives, and dental floss in retail packaging for personal hygiene