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 173,559,230
Germany 98,776,033
Italy 83,581,464
Slovakia 75,265,158
China 47,385,018

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 87,299,898 86,259,332 -1,040,566
Germany 48,936,133 49,839,900 +903,767
Italy 44,119,822 39,461,642 -4,658,180
Slovakia 34,273,623 40,991,535 +6,717,912
China 24,503,948 22,881,070 -1,622,878
Ireland 13,992,677 12,292,295 -1,700,382
France 11,344,352 8,947,487 -2,396,865
United States 10,560,597 8,379,632 -2,180,965
Netherlands 7,772,810 6,483,761 -1,289,049
South Korea 5,103,814 5,719,802 +615,988

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 175,839,484
Germany 101,921,512
Italy 85,681,024
Slovakia 76,352,421
China 57,007,622

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 88,798,586 87,040,898 -1,757,688
Germany 50,980,597 50,940,915 -39,682
Italy 45,374,730 40,306,294 -5,068,436
Slovakia 34,907,926 41,444,495 +6,536,569
China 29,511,903 27,495,719 -2,016,184
United States 12,099,139 10,734,440 -1,364,699
Ireland 9,225,824 8,525,575 -700,249
France 8,803,734 7,528,001 -1,275,733
Bulgaria 8,312,234 6,877,831 -1,434,403
Mexico 4,976,150 5,921,679 +945,529

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 47
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 30 37 +7
Outer London - West and North West 30 24 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 26 25 -1
Greater Manchester 20 20 +0
Outer London - East and North East 14 20 +6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 16 21 +5
Inner London - East 16 17 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 16 17 +1
West Yorkshire 15 13 -2
West Midlands 12 14 +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) 358,696,373
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 242,846,377
Air transport 29,519,083
Other 1,413,985
Road transport 1,126,382

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) 178,504,261 180,192,112 +1,687,851
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 126,453,624 116,392,753 -10,060,871
Air transport 13,810,760 15,708,323 +1,897,563
Other 976,413 437,572 -538,841
Road transport 355,980 770,402 +414,422

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 168,889,288
Dover 101,325,150
Purfleet 68,292,418
London 59,913,860
Felixstowe 27,876,567

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 86,900,510 81,988,778 -4,911,732
Dover 40,593,766 60,731,384 +20,137,618
Purfleet 33,465,542 34,826,876 +1,361,334
London 32,577,880 27,335,980 -5,241,900
Felixstowe 16,730,978 11,145,589 -5,585,389
Southampton 14,731,267 12,816,748 -1,914,519
Middlesbrough 9,461,226 17,939,981 +8,478,755
London Gateway Port 11,196,257 14,869,376 +3,673,119
Killingholme 17,563,248 1,858,818 -15,704,430
Harwich 9,102,573 7,953,361 -1,149,212

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
216
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
175
Human health activities
25
Other manufacturing
18
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
16

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 122
2026-04 109
2026-03 126
2026-02 113
2026-01 128

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 110
54m+ 91
15m-54m 44
Other 37

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 57,928,955
Ireland 49,959,359
France 23,857,736
Italy 19,631,775
Belgium 15,783,494

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 43,663,297 14,265,658 -29,397,639
Ireland 25,851,555 24,107,804 -1,743,751
France 17,604,845 6,252,891 -11,351,954
Italy 15,618,420 4,013,355 -11,605,065
Belgium 12,223,789 3,559,705 -8,664,084
United Arab Emirates 8,133,379 4,884,500 -3,248,879
Netherlands 6,534,249 5,801,261 -732,988
Spain 8,000,825 1,986,214 -6,014,611
United States 3,984,500 4,389,755 +405,255
Poland 4,352,346 2,678,804 -1,673,542

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 736,612
Germany 320,963
XI 295,329
Slovakia 217,088
Ireland 193,549

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 420,924 315,688 -105,236
Germany 150,307 170,656 +20,349
XI 166,433 128,896 -37,537
Slovakia 112,596 104,492 -8,104
Ireland 111,947 81,602 -30,345
China 96,528 80,916 -15,612
United States 63,394 69,987 +6,593
Italy 67,670 54,450 -13,220
Switzerland 34,932 42,789 +7,857
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) 216,178,819
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 77,381,429
Air transport 13,706,941
Other 3,053,173
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) 146,439,608 69,739,211 -76,700,397
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 50,560,773 26,820,656 -23,740,117
Air transport 6,921,667 6,785,274 -136,393
Other 1,598,711 1,454,462 -144,249
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 158,459,449
London Gateway Port 38,064,284
Holyhead 30,902,575
Southampton 17,524,031
Liverpool Docks 15,190,659

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 116,300,241 42,159,208 -74,141,033
London Gateway Port 25,340,278 12,724,006 -12,616,272
Holyhead 12,953,101 17,949,474 +4,996,373
Southampton 13,954,045 3,569,986 -10,384,059
Liverpool Docks 10,712,609 4,478,050 -6,234,559
Immingham Docks 6,723,898 4,528,725 -2,195,173
Felixstowe 5,490,873 5,716,054 +225,181
London Heathrow Airport 3,758,200 3,449,077 -309,123
000 1,598,711 1,454,462 -144,249
Dover 1,370,679 959,986 -410,693

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