Import/export HS code 300610: Sterile surgical materials

Items like sterile sutures, tissue adhesives, and wound closure products used in surgeries. Includes sterile dental yarns and haemostatics

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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
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* 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 £
Belgium 154,364,297
Netherlands 29,193,855
Denmark 19,021,189
Austria 9,686,549
France 9,321,799

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 £
Belgium 83,059,306 71,304,991 -11,754,315
Netherlands 15,153,584 14,040,271 -1,113,313
Denmark 10,352,047 8,669,142 -1,682,905
Austria 6,055,402 3,631,147 -2,424,255
France 4,337,751 4,984,048 +646,297
United States 4,826,782 3,458,443 -1,368,339
Ireland 4,551,771 2,664,205 -1,887,566
Germany 4,339,929 2,873,554 -1,466,375
Italy 3,179,612 1,620,717 -1,558,895
Switzerland 1,899,526 1,230,399 -669,127

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 77,785,038
Mexico 34,445,545
Germany 29,662,657
Denmark 28,198,714
Austria 23,877,254

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 44,236,872 33,548,166 -10,688,706
Mexico 17,019,615 17,425,930 +406,315
Germany 16,303,233 13,359,424 -2,943,809
Denmark 15,647,543 12,551,171 -3,096,372
Austria 12,722,500 11,154,754 -1,567,746
Brazil 5,045,906 4,242,903 -803,003
United Kingdom 5,704,792 3,553,972 -2,150,820
Spain 3,384,365 3,519,616 +135,251
Italy 3,220,705 1,730,717 -1,489,988
Japan 2,824,560 1,983,625 -840,935

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 13
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 10
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 8
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 6
Inner London - West 6

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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 9 11 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 8 8 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 6 6 +0
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 6 6 +0
Inner London - West 4 6 +2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 5 4 -1
Outer London - West and North West 5 1 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 3 4 +1
West Yorkshire 5 3 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 3 3 +0

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) 203,719,054
Air transport 41,792,114
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,035,058
Other 3,853,047
Road transport 36,045

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) 110,668,161 93,050,893 -17,617,268
Air transport 23,352,131 18,439,983 -4,912,148
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,373,899 3,661,159 -2,712,740
Other 1,323,753 2,529,294 +1,205,541
Road transport 36,045 0 -36,045

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 113,927,390
Hull 49,841,977
Eurotunnel 24,188,019
East Midlands Airport 20,529,296
London Stansted Airport 8,527,031

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 35,681,766 78,245,624 +42,563,858
Hull 49,836,950 5,027 -49,831,923
Eurotunnel 16,104,904 8,083,115 -8,021,789
East Midlands Airport 11,687,177 8,842,119 -2,845,058
London Stansted Airport 4,380,309 4,146,722 -233,587
London Gateway Port 4,511,786 3,207,511 -1,304,275
Holyhead 3,740,831 2,108,505 -1,632,326
London Heathrow Airport 3,135,366 1,950,457 -1,184,909
Manchester Airport 2,317,027 1,763,141 -553,886
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,577,859 2,446,682 +868,823

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 46
Human health activities 21
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 19
Other manufacturing 18
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 7

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 49
2025-11 50
2025-10 48
2025-09 41
2025-08 49

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
54m+ 56
1m-15m 41
15m-54m 11
0-1m 10
Other 6

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 62,567,806
China 18,778,471
Denmark 13,476,628
Ireland 10,187,458
Poland 9,971,232

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 40,336,351 22,231,455 -18,104,896
China 10,099,085 8,679,386 -1,419,699
Denmark 5,153,067 8,323,561 +3,170,494
Ireland 6,157,874 4,029,584 -2,128,290
Poland 6,353,404 3,617,828 -2,735,576
Netherlands 3,099,246 3,362,400 +263,154
Germany 3,747,540 2,710,000 -1,037,540
Belgium 3,801,675 2,013,916 -1,787,759
France 1,973,549 2,150,344 +176,795
Libya 3,173,696 0 -3,173,696

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 280,782
Belgium 10,874
Mexico 8,512
Germany 4,205
China 1,601

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 220,991 59,791 -161,200
Belgium 4,542 6,332 +1,790
Mexico 2,941 5,571 +2,630
Germany 2,782 1,423 -1,359
China 37 1,564 +1,527
South Korea 824 622 -202
United States 334 122 -212
India 0 1 +1

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 91,141,960
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 59,410,546
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,896,467
Other 325,414
Road transport 18,389

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 57,750,420 33,391,540 -24,358,880
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 31,929,623 27,480,923 -4,448,700
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,275,857 4,620,610 -2,655,247
Other 243,446 81,968 -161,478
Road transport 10,419 7,970 -2,449

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 52,215,696
Dover / Eurotunnel 43,420,343
Manchester Airport 25,412,465
Holyhead 8,630,806
East Midlands Airport 8,584,472

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 36,502,598 15,713,098 -20,789,500
Dover / Eurotunnel 22,698,762 20,721,581 -1,977,181
Manchester Airport 11,646,507 13,765,958 +2,119,451
Holyhead 5,188,112 3,442,694 -1,745,418
East Midlands Airport 6,782,415 1,802,057 -4,980,358
Liverpool Docks 4,093,534 1,010,043 -3,083,491
Southampton 1,806,182 3,057,876 +1,251,694
Harwich 151,089 2,161,210 +2,010,121
Glasgow Airport 1,162,998 962,281 -200,717
Hull 2,068,820 995 -2,067,825

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 300610

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

Description: Items like sterile sutures, tissue adhesives, and wound closure products used in surgeries. Includes sterile dental yarns and haemostatics