Import/export HS code 960321: Toothbrushes and dental-plate brushes

Includes all types of toothbrushes and brushes designed for cleaning dental plates

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 £
Germany 40,020,924
Sweden 37,796,005
China 32,632,126
Ireland 10,901,123
Netherlands 9,861,817

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 £
Germany 21,482,442 18,538,482 -2,943,960
Sweden 21,533,749 16,262,256 -5,271,493
China 20,105,931 12,526,195 -7,579,736
Ireland 4,776,273 6,124,850 +1,348,577
Netherlands 5,327,945 4,533,872 -794,073
Belgium 4,428,124 3,058,091 -1,370,033
Austria 3,556,477 2,199,523 -1,356,954
Taiwan 2,752,163 1,999,565 -752,598
Switzerland 2,781,121 1,964,811 -816,310
Spain 2,204,928 2,249,035 +44,107

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 £
Germany 50,294,573
China 44,056,042
Sweden 39,035,523
Ireland 10,692,228
India 6,701,664

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 £
Germany 27,530,708 22,763,865 -4,766,843
China 26,935,912 17,120,130 -9,815,782
Sweden 21,787,088 17,248,435 -4,538,653
Ireland 5,017,411 5,674,817 +657,406
India 3,699,885 3,001,779 -698,106
Switzerland 3,089,973 2,427,911 -662,062
Malaysia 2,579,833 1,296,179 -1,283,654
Poland 2,218,867 1,469,310 -749,557
United States 2,263,464 1,381,267 -882,197
Viet Nam 1,971,828 1,366,860 -604,968

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 31
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 25
Greater Manchester 22
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 29 27 -2
Outer London - West and North West 23 21 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 19 19 +0
Greater Manchester 13 15 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 19 16 -3
West Midlands 9 11 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 11 8 -3
Inner London - East 12 5 -7
Essex 8 8 +0
Outer London - East and North East 10 6 -4

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) 118,404,113
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 51,481,624
Air transport 7,222,964
Road transport 2,895,920
Other 702,563

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) 65,565,837 52,838,276 -12,727,561
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 30,397,447 21,084,177 -9,313,270
Air transport 4,061,082 3,161,882 -899,200
Road transport 1,336,445 1,559,475 +223,030
Other 494,281 208,282 -285,999

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 37,502,225
Felixstowe 29,946,806
Dover 28,488,098
Purfleet 18,717,387
Southampton 11,191,979

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 £
Immingham Docks 23,183,389 14,318,836 -8,864,553
Felixstowe 17,690,497 12,256,309 -5,434,188
Dover 20,907,537 7,580,561 -13,326,976
Purfleet 4,531,852 14,185,535 +9,653,683
Southampton 7,696,904 3,495,075 -4,201,829
Liverpool Docks 5,032,332 5,844,351 +812,019
London 4,567,136 6,101,708 +1,534,572
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,556,759 1,406,514 -3,150,245
Eurotunnel 2,585,448 2,290,890 -294,558
London Gateway Port 2,168,258 2,310,526 +142,268

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 145
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 129
Other manufacturing 20
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 15
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 13

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 71
2025-11 74
2025-10 83
2025-09 71
2025-08 71

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 128
0-1m 84
54m+ 55
15m-54m 31
Other 28

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 8,587,316
Germany 2,338,588
United States 1,997,235
Netherlands 1,271,756
United Arab Emirates 1,046,005

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 4,760,763 3,826,553 -934,210
Germany 982,161 1,356,427 +374,266
United States 1,179,272 817,963 -361,309
Netherlands 839,465 432,291 -407,174
United Arab Emirates 652,056 393,949 -258,107
Belgium 758,723 50,467 -708,256
France 528,348 265,527 -262,821
Denmark 334,076 380,255 +46,179
Sweden 164,918 464,482 +299,564
Cyprus 135,727 369,249 +233,522

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 £
Switzerland 319,271
Thailand 115,745
China 100,692
Germany 81,348
Sweden 61,975

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 £
Switzerland 184,792 134,479 -50,313
Thailand 67,873 47,872 -20,001
China 71,436 29,256 -42,180
Germany 60,203 21,145 -39,058
Sweden 45,498 16,477 -29,021
Ireland 29,248 4,284 -24,964
XI 15,183 13,634 -1,549
Viet Nam 3,990 7,134 +3,144
India 5,880 1,114 -4,766
Indonesia 2,992 3,019 +27

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) 14,920,085
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,573,668
Air transport 2,148,317
Other 910,099

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) 8,151,292 6,768,793 -1,382,499
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,319,641 3,254,027 -65,614
Air transport 1,385,329 762,988 -622,341
Other 587,991 322,108 -265,883

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,784,018
Holyhead 5,544,107
Liverpool Docks 2,343,850
London Gateway Port 2,321,127
Immingham Docks 1,781,001

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 3,419,804 2,364,214 -1,055,590
Holyhead 2,680,541 2,863,566 +183,025
Liverpool Docks 1,408,638 935,212 -473,426
London Gateway Port 1,151,876 1,169,251 +17,375
Immingham Docks 533,371 1,247,630 +714,259
London Heathrow Airport 632,249 374,607 -257,642
000 587,991 322,108 -265,883
Southampton 488,863 296,794 -192,069
Felixstowe 417,034 261,611 -155,423
ZLC 303,304 183,698 -119,606

Quick facts

HS code: 960321

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

Description: Includes all types of toothbrushes and brushes designed for cleaning dental plates