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 163,491,056
Germany 94,780,595
Italy 79,904,450
Slovakia 66,470,265
China 42,460,043

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 91,264,543 72,226,513 -19,038,030
Germany 51,018,676 43,761,919 -7,256,757
Italy 42,700,970 37,203,480 -5,497,490
Slovakia 29,249,715 37,220,550 +7,970,835
China 21,252,929 21,207,114 -45,815
Ireland 13,225,775 10,998,934 -2,226,841
France 11,603,992 8,215,958 -3,388,034
United States 10,943,160 7,686,480 -3,256,680
Netherlands 6,789,020 7,194,896 +405,876
South Korea 3,965,676 5,210,715 +1,245,039

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 165,226,784
Germany 97,884,325
Italy 82,682,358
Slovakia 67,719,218
China 51,176,026

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 92,492,410 72,734,374 -19,758,036
Germany 52,824,831 45,059,494 -7,765,337
Italy 44,500,191 38,182,167 -6,318,024
Slovakia 30,012,381 37,706,837 +7,694,456
China 25,108,508 26,067,518 +959,010
United States 12,633,499 9,811,713 -2,821,786
Ireland 9,044,519 7,459,270 -1,585,249
France 8,793,515 7,045,202 -1,748,313
Bulgaria 7,490,185 6,737,550 -752,635
Mexico 5,530,208 4,368,905 -1,161,303

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 40
Outer London - West and North West 36
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 32
Greater Manchester 29
Inner London - 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 27 30 +3
Outer London - West and North West 25 27 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 25 25 +0
Greater Manchester 16 22 +6
Inner London - East 17 20 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21 17 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 17 16 -1
Outer London - East and North East 15 16 +1
West Midlands 9 14 +5
West Yorkshire 15 12 -3

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) 335,182,656
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 231,816,490
Air transport 27,592,904
Other 1,561,860
Road transport 1,010,857

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) 177,147,004 158,035,652 -19,111,352
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 125,354,157 106,462,333 -18,891,824
Air transport 13,851,058 13,741,846 -109,212
Other 985,634 576,226 -409,408
Road transport 257,820 753,037 +495,217

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 168,922,250
Dover 85,193,237
Purfleet 64,728,734
London 55,925,822
Killingholme 27,103,122

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 82,327,795 86,594,455 +4,266,660
Dover 44,627,076 40,566,161 -4,060,915
Purfleet 34,484,815 30,243,919 -4,240,896
London 27,617,067 28,308,755 +691,688
Killingholme 25,751,725 1,351,397 -24,400,328
Felixstowe 14,876,544 11,922,472 -2,954,072
Southampton 15,292,525 10,068,095 -5,224,430
London Gateway Port 9,359,627 13,537,328 +4,177,701
Harwich 9,193,884 6,924,964 -2,268,920
Middlesbrough 5,176,913 10,213,846 +5,036,933

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 206
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 163
Human health activities 26
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 18
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 18

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 127
2025-11 117
2025-10 122
2025-09 126
2025-08 115

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 182
0-1m 102
54m+ 88
15m-54m 44
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 73,145,404
Ireland 47,997,229
France 29,488,516
Italy 23,812,559
Belgium 20,375,138

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 43,386,598 29,758,806 -13,627,792
Ireland 25,844,739 22,152,490 -3,692,249
France 19,661,535 9,826,981 -9,834,554
Italy 16,616,443 7,196,116 -9,420,327
Belgium 12,976,097 7,399,041 -5,577,056
United Arab Emirates 9,062,100 6,567,544 -2,494,556
Spain 9,059,943 3,980,000 -5,079,943
Netherlands 6,249,364 5,262,298 -987,066
United States 4,027,612 4,324,628 +297,016
Denmark 5,391,504 2,420,837 -2,970,667

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 640,992
XI 479,203
Germany 266,478
Slovakia 197,976
Ireland 185,753

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 385,327 255,665 -129,662
XI 383,184 96,019 -287,165
Germany 134,740 131,738 -3,002
Slovakia 137,109 60,867 -76,242
Ireland 80,743 105,010 +24,267
China 107,138 48,635 -58,503
United States 51,825 50,093 -1,732
Italy 65,148 27,722 -37,426
Switzerland 30,424 31,220 +796
Netherlands 21,274 17,162 -4,112

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) 249,133,977
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 89,299,976
Air transport 12,525,259
Other 2,804,061
Road transport 9,516

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) 152,183,420 96,950,557 -55,232,863
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 51,835,180 37,464,796 -14,370,384
Air transport 6,189,659 6,335,600 +145,941
Other 1,789,157 1,014,904 -774,253
Road transport 5,448 4,068 -1,380

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 193,579,552
London Gateway Port 45,140,579
Holyhead 27,800,266
Southampton 20,797,989
Liverpool Docks 16,829,080

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 122,871,724 70,707,828 -52,163,896
London Gateway Port 26,513,733 18,626,846 -7,886,887
Holyhead 11,802,325 15,997,941 +4,195,616
Southampton 13,242,759 7,555,230 -5,687,529
Liverpool Docks 11,616,446 5,212,634 -6,403,812
Immingham Docks 7,781,515 4,566,086 -3,215,429
Felixstowe 4,864,254 6,442,121 +1,577,867
London Heathrow Airport 3,409,529 3,955,729 +546,200
000 1,789,157 1,014,904 -774,253
Dover 1,373,721 1,040,074 -333,647

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