Import/export HS code 901590: Parts and accessories

Spare parts and add-ons for surveying and measuring tools

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 £
Netherlands 32,856,009
United States 28,446,431
France 19,841,364
Norway 16,838,382
Germany 16,168,604

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 £
Netherlands 17,485,927 15,370,082 -2,115,845
United States 18,837,746 9,608,685 -9,229,061
France 4,491,918 15,349,446 +10,857,528
Norway 9,662,601 7,175,781 -2,486,820
Germany 10,620,762 5,547,842 -5,072,920
Romania 5,143,835 6,139,418 +995,583
China 4,881,313 4,026,837 -854,476
Japan 6,608,618 1,402,721 -5,205,897
Canada 3,376,941 2,703,581 -673,360
Australia 3,313,899 2,002,447 -1,311,452

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 72,829,783
United Kingdom 30,599,373
France 18,862,553
China 13,457,679
Germany 11,122,175

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 44,133,172 28,696,611 -15,436,561
United Kingdom 20,952,641 9,646,732 -11,305,909
France 3,590,475 15,272,078 +11,681,603
China 7,547,548 5,910,131 -1,637,417
Germany 5,919,054 5,203,121 -715,933
Netherlands 3,672,149 4,131,893 +459,744
Japan 4,377,202 1,763,842 -2,613,360
Norway 3,870,068 2,056,820 -1,813,248
Canada 3,218,112 2,600,031 -618,081
Australia 2,456,887 1,997,333 -459,554

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
North Eastern Scotland 57
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 45
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 37
Surrey, East and West Sussex 29
Inner London - West 26

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
North Eastern Scotland 45 39 -6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 35 28 -7
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 25 23 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21 18 -3
Inner London - West 21 14 -7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 13 13 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 10 -3
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 13 12 -1
Greater Manchester 11 9 -2
Inner London - East 8 13 +5

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 101,722,488
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 49,972,854
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 47,192,135
Other 4,240,453
Road transport 1,480,444

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 £
Air transport 62,932,654 38,789,834 -24,142,820
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,483,945 22,488,909 -4,995,036
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 20,704,806 26,487,329 +5,782,523
Other 2,634,916 1,605,537 -1,029,379
Road transport 1,428,150 52,294 -1,375,856
Rail transport 0 2,878 +2,878

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 33,022,402
Aberdeen Docks 31,501,327
East Midlands Airport 28,125,798
Dover 26,846,437
Aberdeen Airport 20,208,716

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 22,927,545 10,094,857 -12,832,688
Aberdeen Docks 18,597,749 12,903,578 -5,694,171
East Midlands Airport 15,184,625 12,941,173 -2,243,452
Dover 10,580,588 16,265,849 +5,685,261
Aberdeen Airport 12,385,768 7,822,948 -4,562,820
London Stansted Airport 5,936,202 3,214,854 -2,721,348
London Gateway Port 4,480,615 2,600,169 -1,880,446
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,075,738 3,397,517 +1,321,779
Felixstowe 2,470,271 2,169,906 -300,365
Prestwick Airport 2,817,487 1,502,429 -1,315,058

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 96
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 63
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis 51
Other professional, scientific and technical activities 50
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 40

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 108
2025-11 119
2025-10 119
2025-09 109
2025-08 98

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 259
54m+ 176
0-1m 68
15m-54m 50
Other 42

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 £
Netherlands 39,188,415
United States 33,312,731
Saudi Arabia 19,145,598
United Arab Emirates 16,299,342
Norway 16,128,535

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 £
Netherlands 23,459,197 15,729,218 -7,729,979
United States 20,371,181 12,941,550 -7,429,631
Saudi Arabia 3,633,665 15,511,933 +11,878,268
United Arab Emirates 10,515,539 5,783,803 -4,731,736
Norway 9,351,084 6,777,451 -2,573,633
Romania 6,805,986 5,899,896 -906,090
Germany 7,409,080 4,927,326 -2,481,754
China 5,278,803 5,881,967 +603,164
France 3,714,563 5,507,715 +1,793,152
Japan 1,469,498 4,049,261 +2,579,763

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 £
China 9,475
United States 2,199
Sweden 725
India 147
Germany 121

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 £
China 6,100 3,375 -2,725
United States 0 2,199 +2,199
Sweden 0 725 +725
India 147 0 -147
Germany 60 61 +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 169,589,276
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 78,478,757
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,973,463
Road transport 66,848
Other 14,380

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 85,947,712 83,641,564 -2,306,148
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 45,348,165 33,130,592 -12,217,573
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,803,425 3,170,038 -6,633,387
Road transport 66,848 0 -66,848
Other 8,020 6,360 -1,660

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 103,629,165
Dover / Eurotunnel 39,889,256
East Midlands Airport 36,678,875
Tyne 29,089,909
Aberdeen Airport 8,827,326

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 50,090,843 53,538,322 +3,447,479
Dover / Eurotunnel 25,701,110 14,188,146 -11,512,964
East Midlands Airport 19,420,104 17,258,771 -2,161,333
Tyne 17,926,637 11,163,272 -6,763,365
Aberdeen Airport 5,184,898 3,642,428 -1,542,470
London Stansted Airport 3,220,905 2,973,985 -246,920
Aberdeen Docks 3,200,885 2,299,186 -901,699
Immingham Docks 2,795,157 2,668,210 -126,947
ZLC 2,337,805 2,785,422 +447,617
Manchester Airport 2,703,883 1,193,848 -1,510,035

Quick facts

HS code: 901590

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

Description: Spare parts and add-ons for surveying and measuring tools