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 44,169,633
Sweden 41,577,876
China 36,409,499
Ireland 12,409,577
Netherlands 10,615,130

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 22,618,058 21,551,575 -1,066,483
Sweden 21,927,714 19,650,162 -2,277,552
China 19,671,091 16,738,408 -2,932,683
Ireland 5,496,726 6,912,851 +1,416,125
Netherlands 5,485,670 5,129,460 -356,210
Belgium 4,073,676 4,084,639 +10,963
Taiwan 3,010,278 2,740,569 -269,709
Spain 2,008,055 3,317,351 +1,309,296
India 2,294,796 2,815,927 +521,131
Austria 3,715,135 1,381,996 -2,333,139

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 54,663,747
China 48,773,773
Sweden 42,869,246
Ireland 11,571,374
India 7,651,520

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 29,099,563 25,564,184 -3,535,379
China 26,599,061 22,174,712 -4,424,349
Sweden 22,471,363 20,397,883 -2,073,480
Ireland 5,102,374 6,469,000 +1,366,626
India 3,571,492 4,080,028 +508,536
Switzerland 2,677,718 3,111,539 +433,821
United States 2,201,199 1,969,871 -231,328
Poland 2,261,370 1,562,799 -698,571
Viet Nam 2,153,961 1,570,721 -583,240
Malaysia 2,049,355 1,632,545 -416,810

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 27
Greater Manchester 23
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21

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 33 24 -9
Outer London - West and North West 23 24 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 20 -1
Greater Manchester 13 16 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 18 17 -1
West Midlands 8 12 +4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 9 10 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 11 8 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 9 12 +3
Essex 10 8 -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) 130,306,159
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 55,973,982
Air transport 8,157,335
Road transport 3,401,799
Other 580,353

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) 66,960,141 63,346,018 -3,614,123
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 30,352,852 25,621,130 -4,731,722
Air transport 4,026,337 4,130,998 +104,661
Road transport 1,425,837 1,975,962 +550,125
Other 485,563 94,790 -390,773

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 41,515,039
Felixstowe 33,117,829
Dover 26,618,680
Purfleet 25,352,943
Southampton 11,787,822

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 22,410,781 19,104,258 -3,306,523
Felixstowe 17,420,632 15,697,197 -1,723,435
Dover 16,007,950 10,610,730 -5,397,220
Purfleet 10,063,847 15,289,096 +5,225,249
Southampton 7,028,954 4,758,868 -2,270,086
Liverpool Docks 5,417,960 6,164,449 +746,489
London 5,629,497 5,421,397 -208,100
Eurotunnel 2,973,769 3,008,319 +34,550
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,732,513 1,822,169 -1,910,344
London Gateway Port 2,907,938 2,366,906 -541,032

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
153
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
140
Other manufacturing
19
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities
14
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
13

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 79
2026-04 72
2026-03 78
2026-02 78
2026-01 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 137
0-1m 92
54m+ 55
Other 33
15m-54m 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 9,665,590
Germany 2,807,498
United States 2,690,095
Netherlands 1,327,621
United Arab Emirates 930,281

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 4,722,502 4,943,088 +220,586
Germany 1,096,290 1,711,208 +614,918
United States 1,226,127 1,463,968 +237,841
Netherlands 585,222 742,399 +157,177
United Arab Emirates 632,972 297,309 -335,663
Belgium 686,929 152,678 -534,251
Denmark 401,892 424,390 +22,498
Sweden 427,291 363,466 -63,825
France 388,392 345,425 -42,967
Iceland 268,942 255,884 -13,058

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 407,108
Thailand 141,647
Germany 131,279
China 115,404
Sweden 84,563

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 184,836 222,272 +37,436
Thailand 69,283 72,364 +3,081
Germany 70,132 61,147 -8,985
China 64,839 50,565 -14,274
Sweden 43,499 41,064 -2,435
Ireland 28,299 22,965 -5,334
XI 15,497 20,258 +4,761
Viet Nam 5,088 8,681 +3,593
India 5,478 4,755 -723
Indonesia 3,174 3,965 +791

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) 16,431,536
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,127,129
Air transport 1,920,408
Other 1,138,546

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) 8,124,762 8,306,774 +182,012
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,849,810 4,277,319 +427,509
Air transport 1,036,606 883,802 -152,804
Other 571,770 566,776 -4,994

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 6,431,022
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,059,168
Liverpool Docks 2,942,874
London Gateway Port 2,431,928
Immingham Docks 2,171,837

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 2,797,543 3,633,479 +835,936
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,231,353 2,827,815 -403,538
Liverpool Docks 1,589,683 1,353,191 -236,492
London Gateway Port 1,387,353 1,044,575 -342,778
Immingham Docks 845,155 1,326,682 +481,527
000 571,770 566,776 -4,994
Southampton 546,573 468,726 -77,847
London Heathrow Airport 387,243 446,356 +59,113
London 137,585 629,170 +491,585
Felixstowe 391,093 274,468 -116,625

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