Import/export HS code 8212: Razors and razor blades

Includes all types of razors, razor blades, and razor blade blanks in strips for shaving or grooming

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • 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 £
Poland 102,556,360
Czechia 30,407,121
Germany 25,442,530
France 23,203,715
China 15,219,853

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 54,602,172 47,954,188 -6,647,984
Czechia 14,022,640 16,384,481 +2,361,841
Germany 12,358,721 13,083,809 +725,088
France 14,848,730 8,354,985 -6,493,745
China 8,850,035 6,369,818 -2,480,217
Belgium 3,845,313 4,295,330 +450,017
Netherlands 3,458,451 2,497,854 -960,597
India 863,496 1,679,349 +815,853
South Korea 1,541,818 564,651 -977,167
Lithuania 1,093,122 681,668 -411,454

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 58,250,180
Germany 53,868,651
China 45,922,719
Czechia 20,069,120
Mexico 12,220,236

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 30,452,905 27,797,275 -2,655,630
Germany 25,714,924 28,153,727 +2,438,803
China 25,710,237 20,212,482 -5,497,755
Czechia 9,814,292 10,254,828 +440,536
Mexico 6,807,579 5,412,657 -1,394,922
Greece 5,215,402 6,413,915 +1,198,513
United States 3,968,875 1,649,552 -2,319,323
France 3,442,098 1,837,644 -1,604,454
Viet Nam 2,122,509 2,416,546 +294,037
Turkey 618,667 469,134 -149,533

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 26
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 19
Inner London - East 17
Surrey, East and West Sussex 16
Greater Manchester 15

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 16 20 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 17 10 -7
Inner London - East 11 11 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 14 10 -4
Greater Manchester 10 14 +4
Outer London - West and North West 12 9 -3
West Midlands 10 10 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 10 6 -4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 8 6 -2
West Yorkshire 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) 185,904,767
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,264,366
Other 5,532,850
Air transport 4,338,541
Road transport 697,987

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) 95,898,071 90,006,696 -5,891,375
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,185,942 14,078,424 -3,107,518
Other 5,256,942 275,908 -4,981,034
Air transport 2,073,713 2,264,828 +191,115
Road transport 397,125 300,862 -96,263

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Harwich 67,374,352
Eurotunnel 57,918,302
London 37,855,257
Felixstowe 16,396,768
Dover 12,766,568

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 £
Harwich 44,193,388 23,180,964 -21,012,424
Eurotunnel 29,743,536 28,174,766 -1,568,770
London 12,250,962 25,604,295 +13,353,333
Felixstowe 10,599,919 5,796,849 -4,803,070
Dover 5,732,930 7,033,638 +1,300,708
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,878,404 5,744,480 +2,866,076
000 5,256,942 275,908 -4,981,034
London Gateway Port 1,087,807 3,201,086 +2,113,279
Immingham Docks 2,316,485 1,852,307 -464,178
Southampton 1,460,115 1,066,375 -393,740

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
122
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
91
Other manufacturing
16
Other personal service activities
10
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
8

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 48
2026-04 39
2026-03 46
2026-02 47
2026-01 39

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 107
54m+ 53
0-1m 52
15m-54m 27
Other 27

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 11,227,375
United States 4,178,533
Iceland 2,379,967
Netherlands 1,801,490
Viet Nam 1,603,037

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 5,921,033 5,306,342 -614,691
United States 2,499,425 1,679,108 -820,317
Iceland 1,256,302 1,123,665 -132,637
Netherlands 687,140 1,114,350 +427,210
Viet Nam 0 1,603,037 +1,603,037
Poland 997,065 404,931 -592,134
Belgium 598,901 737,937 +139,036
Greece 637,784 520,786 -116,998
France 489,972 605,770 +115,798
Germany 391,412 434,676 +43,264

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 725,999
Germany 363,572
China 168,467
United States 72,237
XI 43,764

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 383,737 342,262 -41,475
Germany 221,067 142,505 -78,562
China 102,832 65,635 -37,197
United States 51,786 20,451 -31,335
XI 12,515 31,249 +18,734
Mexico 9,277 9,036 -241
Czechia 7,580 5,399 -2,181
Viet Nam 4,410 3,403 -1,007
Indonesia 4,041 2,684 -1,357
Greece 3,332 3,202 -130

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) 16,476,154
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,685,496
Air transport 2,353,028
Other 1,532,318

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) 8,236,984 8,239,170 +2,186
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,911,001 6,774,495 -136,506
Air transport 1,188,085 1,164,943 -23,142
Other 879,396 652,922 -226,474

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 7,932,931
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,660,941
Southampton 3,528,523
Liverpool Docks 2,846,350
Immingham Docks 2,484,787

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 £
Holyhead 4,084,420 3,848,511 -235,909
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,603,524 3,057,417 +453,893
Southampton 1,276,843 2,251,680 +974,837
Liverpool Docks 1,635,961 1,210,389 -425,572
Immingham Docks 1,270,098 1,214,689 -55,409
Felixstowe 1,073,949 830,999 -242,950
000 879,396 652,922 -226,474
London Gateway Port 904,732 591,587 -313,145
London 960,348 377,361 -582,987
Middlesbrough 720,023 446,442 -273,581

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8212

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

Description: Includes all types of razors, razor blades, and razor blade blanks in strips for shaving or grooming