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Where does the United Kingdom get its perfumes? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom imported $1.4 billion of perfumes (50 thousand tonnes), 4.9% of the world total. Its main sources were France (49%), Spain (17%) and the United States (9%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 3rd-largest importer of perfumes.

Summary

Value
$1.4billion
Tonnes
50thousand tonnes
Share of world total
4.9%
World rank
3rd
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
France689Tonnes: 13,749USD per tonne: $50,11248.6%Air
Spain238Tonnes: 9,284USD per tonne: $25,59016.8%Sea
United States126Tonnes: 3,990USD per tonne: $31,5288.9%Sea
Italy123Tonnes: 3,475USD per tonne: $35,5218.7%Sea
China40.4Tonnes: 5,593USD per tonne: $7,2212.9%Sea
Switzerland38.8Tonnes: 326USD per tonne: $118,9602.7%Air
United Arab Emirates34.5Tonnes: 3,652USD per tonne: $9,4532.4%Sea
Poland32.2Tonnes: 1,520USD per tonne: $21,2152.3%Sea
India19.1Tonnes: 3,576USD per tonne: $5,3351.4%Sea
Turkey15.3Tonnes: 1,629USD per tonne: $9,3801.1%Sea
Israel12.1Tonnes: 207USD per tonne: $58,3990.85%Air
Netherlands re-exports9.8Tonnes: 367USD per tonne: $26,6930.69%Sea
Czechia8.1Tonnes: 320USD per tonne: $25,1760.57%Sea
Ireland7.9Tonnes: 460USD per tonne: $17,2720.56%Land
Germany6.9Tonnes: 300USD per tonne: $22,9580.49%Sea
Egypt1.6Tonnes: 463USD per tonne: $3,5510.12%Sea
Oman1.4Tonnes: 20USD per tonne: $72,7400.1%Air
Kenya1.4Tonnes: 11USD per tonne: $123,2780.1%Air
Finland1Tonnes: 4USD per tonne: $242,9040.07%Air
Croatia1Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $803,0520.07%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

France was its main source throughout the period

Value in USD millions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • France 689
  • Spain 238
  • United States 126
  • Italy 123
  • China 40.4

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
France198689
Spain5.4238
United States16.4126
Italy24.1123
China0.0940.4

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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