Import/export HS code 300490: Various medicines not listed elsewhere

Medicines not covered by other codes, used for various medical treatments

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  • 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 2,918,084,644
Belgium 2,456,490,393
United States 2,263,688,009
Netherlands 2,157,693,140
Ireland 1,663,020,857

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 1,294,279,477 1,623,805,167 +329,525,690
Belgium 1,306,445,898 1,150,044,495 -156,401,403
United States 1,240,087,188 1,023,600,821 -216,486,367
Netherlands 1,110,247,655 1,047,445,485 -62,802,170
Ireland 874,066,636 788,954,221 -85,112,415
Switzerland 697,597,949 792,690,009 +95,092,060
France 563,032,320 601,103,632 +38,071,312
India 585,790,256 552,009,425 -33,780,831
Spain 417,747,371 364,907,145 -52,840,226
Sweden 199,829,996 229,462,255 +29,632,259

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 £
United States 3,673,950,521
Germany 3,117,191,934
Ireland 1,483,011,011
India 1,354,986,480
France 1,126,586,989

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 £
United States 1,777,919,097 1,896,031,424 +118,112,327
Germany 1,460,172,296 1,657,019,638 +196,847,342
Ireland 726,254,644 756,756,367 +30,501,723
India 700,651,064 654,335,416 -46,315,648
France 560,680,772 565,906,217 +5,225,445
Switzerland 452,453,868 435,607,647 -16,846,221
Italy 378,367,202 376,274,443 -2,092,759
Spain 369,545,202 358,591,360 -10,953,842
Singapore 390,660,259 155,032,698 -235,627,561
Sweden 245,725,432 256,351,462 +10,626,030

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 69
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 68
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 56
Outer London - West and North West 44
Surrey, East and West Sussex 42

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 52 50 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 51 56 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 49 44 -5
Outer London - West and North West 35 36 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 33 28 -5
Inner London - East 25 24 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 24 23 -1
Greater Manchester 24 16 -8
Kent 19 18 -1
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 17 20 +3

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) 13,502,561,212
Air transport 3,455,132,501
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,346,285,568
Other 1,062,630,720
Road transport 104,166,192

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) 6,591,050,824 6,911,510,388 +320,459,564
Air transport 1,870,915,475 1,584,217,026 -286,698,449
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 651,886,583 694,398,985 +42,512,402
Other 596,619,861 466,010,859 -130,609,002
Road transport 44,071,739 60,094,453 +16,022,714
Rail transport 0 1,850,159 +1,850,159

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 6,852,650,274
London Heathrow Airport 2,448,142,524
Eurotunnel 2,034,716,648
000 1,062,630,720
Immingham Docks 1,054,484,954

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 £
Dover 3,226,155,219 3,626,495,055 +400,339,836
London Heathrow Airport 1,345,589,770 1,102,552,754 -243,037,016
Eurotunnel 1,019,393,473 1,015,323,175 -4,070,298
000 596,619,861 466,010,859 -130,609,002
Immingham Docks 121,404,341 933,080,613 +811,676,272
Killingholme 914,050,314 1,133,511 -912,916,803
Dover / Eurotunnel 481,370,738 433,127,410 -48,243,328
Harwich 308,234,336 382,864,645 +74,630,309
East Midlands Airport 221,347,599 217,904,364 -3,443,235
London Gateway Port 195,421,880 236,489,851 +41,067,971

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
309
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
120
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
104
Human health activities
65
Scientific research and development
53

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 245
2026-04 254
2026-03 247
2026-02 251
2026-01 244

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 291
54m+ 274
0-1m 109
15m-54m 79
Other 49

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 £
United States 3,898,906,544
Germany 3,734,295,193
Belgium 3,526,891,422
Ireland 2,115,825,351
China 936,643,806

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 £
United States 2,011,795,495 1,887,111,049 -124,684,446
Germany 1,658,722,752 2,075,572,441 +416,849,689
Belgium 1,896,864,047 1,630,027,375 -266,836,672
Ireland 1,296,420,118 819,405,233 -477,014,885
China 560,566,085 376,077,721 -184,488,364
France 336,150,012 405,762,044 +69,612,032
Japan 288,094,927 333,190,467 +45,095,540
Netherlands 293,422,502 305,292,754 +11,870,252
Brazil 277,845,297 263,090,310 -14,754,987
United Arab Emirates 357,359,979 122,803,984 -234,555,995

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 £
Germany 1,998,101,761
Ireland 1,312,604,878
XI 1,225,957,706
Spain 271,458,412
Switzerland 270,388,794

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 £
Germany 1,207,133,459 790,968,302 -416,165,157
Ireland 958,691,610 353,913,268 -604,778,342
XI 140,866,976 1,085,090,730 +944,223,754
Spain 101,312,797 170,145,615 +68,832,818
Switzerland 127,525,368 142,863,426 +15,338,058
United States 60,406,998 99,154,087 +38,747,089
Greece 17,292,745 4,276,098 -13,016,647
France 11,535,907 6,030,471 -5,505,436
Bulgaria 4,341,743 4,577,749 +236,006
Italy 1,785,764 6,346,331 +4,560,567

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 8,019,403,261
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,615,069,469
Other 5,811,589,695
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,287,555,568
Rail transport 24,646,422

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 £
Air transport 4,170,515,068 3,848,888,193 -321,626,875
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,574,120,592 3,040,948,877 -533,171,715
Other 2,834,461,085 2,977,128,610 +142,667,525
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,356,230,161 931,325,407 -424,904,754
Rail transport 22,542,891 2,103,531 -20,439,360
Road transport 108,634 22,145 -86,489

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 6,470,257,454
000 5,811,589,695
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,437,452,441
Immingham Docks 1,343,121,387
London Gateway Port 933,060,261

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 3,315,638,619 3,154,618,835 -161,019,784
000 2,834,461,085 2,977,128,610 +142,667,525
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,491,602,909 1,945,849,532 -545,753,377
Immingham Docks 690,950,594 652,170,793 -38,779,801
London Gateway Port 706,366,115 226,694,146 -479,671,969
Manchester Airport 497,419,149 380,347,145 -117,072,004
Southampton 250,001,937 299,606,397 +49,604,460
Newcastle Airport 263,308,473 186,872,389 -76,436,084
Felixstowe 213,105,070 227,879,209 +14,774,139
Holyhead 178,619,448 190,370,247 +11,750,799

Quick facts

HS code: 300490

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

Description: Medicines not covered by other codes, used for various medical treatments