Import/export HS code 960329: Various types of brushes

This category includes various brushes not specified elsewhere, such as hair brushes and other personal care brushes

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 £
China 46,169,714
United States 3,565,753
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,986,506
France 2,954,636
South Korea 2,355,363

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 £
China 24,771,388 21,398,326 -3,373,062
United States 1,840,788 1,724,965 -115,823
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,157,897 828,609 -1,329,288
France 1,421,383 1,533,253 +111,870
South Korea 1,114,273 1,241,090 +126,817
Germany 999,629 715,315 -284,314
Belgium 556,040 911,300 +355,260
Netherlands 512,300 656,843 +144,543
Sweden 598,174 381,160 -217,014
Malaysia 207,269 512,008 +304,739

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 £
China 55,288,093
South Korea 3,300,763
France 1,644,335
United States 1,508,345
Germany 1,360,209

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 £
China 29,825,464 25,462,629 -4,362,835
South Korea 1,390,542 1,910,221 +519,679
France 791,287 853,048 +61,761
United States 730,821 777,524 +46,703
Germany 705,812 654,397 -51,415
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 504,047 416,125 -87,922
Malaysia 233,016 525,516 +292,500
Cambodia 310,053 367,335 +57,282
United Kingdom 400,970 145,498 -255,472
Turkey 257,682 284,889 +27,207

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 85
Greater Manchester 54
Outer London - West and North West 47
Inner London - East 38
Surrey, East and West Sussex 29

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 60 56 -4
Greater Manchester 36 33 -3
Outer London - West and North West 36 32 -4
Inner London - East 23 27 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21 20 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 19 18 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 21 15 -6
West Yorkshire 20 15 -5
West Midlands 17 13 -4
Outer London - East and North East 17 12 -5

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 50,031,145
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,617,571
Air transport 8,449,125
Other 1,649,356
Road transport 462,727

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,178,185 23,852,960 -2,325,225
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,626,693 3,990,878 -635,815
Air transport 4,507,995 3,941,130 -566,865
Other 1,397,220 252,136 -1,145,084
Road transport 77,874 384,853 +306,979

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 19,071,089
Southampton 15,241,020
London Gateway Port 9,073,827
London Heathrow Airport 3,322,889
Liverpool Docks 2,975,959

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 £
Felixstowe 13,046,913 6,024,176 -7,022,737
Southampton 7,603,724 7,637,296 +33,572
London Gateway Port 2,816,769 6,257,058 +3,440,289
London Heathrow Airport 1,688,008 1,634,881 -53,127
Liverpool Docks 1,387,537 1,588,422 +200,885
Belfast Port 1,616,160 779,936 -836,224
Dover 1,109,708 1,158,524 +48,816
499 127,346 1,855,983 +1,728,637
000 1,397,220 252,136 -1,145,084
Eurotunnel 855,372 440,506 -414,866

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
257
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
248
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
38
Other personal service activities
34
Other manufacturing
28

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 103
2026-04 105
2026-03 109
2026-02 121
2026-01 108

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 273
0-1m 135
54m+ 112
15m-54m 68
Other 39

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 26,497,537
United States 13,746,203
Italy 5,387,007
France 4,255,891
Netherlands 3,345,304

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 11,479,602 15,017,935 +3,538,333
United States 6,731,255 7,014,948 +283,693
Italy 2,420,034 2,966,973 +546,939
France 2,358,124 1,897,767 -460,357
Netherlands 1,920,657 1,424,647 -496,010
Poland 1,557,049 1,380,485 -176,564
Japan 1,654,955 1,252,290 -402,665
Turkey 1,012,062 1,620,366 +608,304
Brazil 1,154,533 1,099,619 -54,914
Ireland 941,033 969,880 +28,847

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 £
XI 3,204,140
China 203,887
South Korea 37,803
Ireland 10,248
United States 2,716

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 £
XI 1,551,912 1,652,228 +100,316
China 114,891 88,996 -25,895
South Korea 20,223 17,580 -2,643
Ireland 5,638 4,610 -1,028
United States 987 1,729 +742
Cambodia 942 444 -498
Viet Nam 95 401 +306
Germany 271 78 -193
Afghanistan 52 69 +17
Taiwan 11 0 -11

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) 52,509,786
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,132,845
Air transport 12,989,529
Other 3,529,002

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) 24,651,766 27,858,020 +3,206,254
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,053,307 10,079,538 +26,231
Air transport 6,403,627 6,585,902 +182,275
Other 1,738,720 1,790,282 +51,562

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 43,214,062
London Heathrow Airport 8,256,597
Southampton 6,453,004
London Gateway Port 5,852,537
Liverpool Docks 4,934,491

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 19,232,907 23,981,155 +4,748,248
London Heathrow Airport 4,084,895 4,171,702 +86,807
Southampton 3,840,047 2,612,957 -1,227,090
London Gateway Port 3,826,884 2,025,653 -1,801,231
Liverpool Docks 2,092,412 2,842,079 +749,667
Dover 2,670,670 1,198,325 -1,472,345
000 1,738,720 1,790,282 +51,562
Felixstowe 246,621 2,090,804 +1,844,183
Immingham Docks 965,215 1,213,973 +248,758
East Midlands Airport 1,029,300 1,077,823 +48,523

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 960329

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

Description: This category includes various brushes not specified elsewhere, such as hair brushes and other personal care brushes