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 34,093,189
United States 29,236,879
France 20,742,364
Norway 17,856,760
Germany 15,418,917

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 17,374,437 16,718,752 -655,685
United States 18,733,325 10,503,554 -8,229,771
France 4,226,657 16,515,707 +12,289,050
Norway 8,655,460 9,201,300 +545,840
Germany 9,000,692 6,418,225 -2,582,467
Romania 5,007,416 6,628,689 +1,621,273
China 4,006,854 4,966,614 +959,760
Canada 3,291,244 3,381,892 +90,648
Australia 4,006,083 2,489,568 -1,516,515
Italy 2,432,853 2,486,482 +53,629

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 75,905,783
United Kingdom 28,064,164
France 18,919,232
China 13,910,453
Germany 11,664,413

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 43,219,344 32,686,439 -10,532,905
United Kingdom 16,634,957 11,429,207 -5,205,750
France 3,025,349 15,893,883 +12,868,534
China 6,601,573 7,308,880 +707,307
Germany 5,860,235 5,804,178 -56,057
Canada 3,244,814 3,525,893 +281,079
Netherlands 2,984,337 3,683,020 +698,683
Norway 3,338,657 2,918,227 -420,430
Japan 4,020,311 1,956,434 -2,063,877
Australia 3,197,362 1,840,325 -1,357,037

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 47
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 38
Surrey, East and West Sussex 30
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 44 39 -5
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 35 31 -4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 30 23 -7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21 20 -1
Inner London - West 17 18 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 16 8 -8
Greater Manchester 11 14 +3
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 13 12 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 14 10 -4
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 9 13 +4

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 104,883,165
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 53,209,005
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 46,479,525
Other 4,284,636
Road transport 670,022

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 59,002,978 45,880,187 -13,122,791
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,327,544 27,881,461 +2,553,917
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 20,659,613 25,819,912 +5,160,299
Other 3,095,288 1,189,348 -1,905,940
Road transport 607,268 62,754 -544,514
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 £
Aberdeen Docks 33,025,780
London Heathrow Airport 31,979,486
East Midlands Airport 30,479,745
Dover 26,572,487
Aberdeen Airport 21,732,069

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 £
Aberdeen Docks 17,744,592 15,281,188 -2,463,404
London Heathrow Airport 18,861,841 13,117,645 -5,744,196
East Midlands Airport 14,707,138 15,772,607 +1,065,469
Dover 11,331,812 15,240,675 +3,908,863
Aberdeen Airport 12,550,719 9,181,350 -3,369,369
London Stansted Airport 5,167,305 3,692,025 -1,475,280
London Gateway Port 3,995,873 3,154,915 -840,958
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,884,227 3,415,124 +1,530,897
Immingham Docks 1,938,808 2,424,705 +485,897
000 3,095,288 1,189,348 -1,905,940

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 97
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 67
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis 61
Other professional, scientific and technical activities 51
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
2026-04 125
2026-03 111
2026-02 95
2026-01 108
2025-12 102

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 269
54m+ 182
0-1m 72
15m-54m 53
Other 45

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 40,462,167
United States 34,772,377
Saudi Arabia 20,419,076
Norway 17,073,828
United Arab Emirates 16,702,164

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 23,932,758 16,529,409 -7,403,349
United States 20,430,800 14,341,577 -6,089,223
Saudi Arabia 9,241,466 11,177,610 +1,936,144
Norway 8,512,751 8,561,077 +48,326
United Arab Emirates 9,515,153 7,187,011 -2,328,142
Romania 6,750,471 5,772,967 -977,504
Germany 7,701,374 4,785,986 -2,915,388
China 6,865,753 5,095,740 -1,770,013
Japan 1,367,806 9,946,474 +8,578,668
France 4,822,784 6,375,692 +1,552,908

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 7,114
United States 2,958
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 5,696 1,418 -4,278
United States 0 2,958 +2,958
Sweden 725 0 -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 186,289,596
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 83,854,903
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,176,049
Road transport 19,622
Other 12,778

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 89,883,209 96,406,387 +6,523,178
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 46,799,262 37,055,641 -9,743,621
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,429,482 3,746,567 -2,682,915
Road transport 19,622 0 -19,622
Other 8,341 4,437 -3,904

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 115,780,132
Dover / Eurotunnel 38,468,890
East Midlands Airport 38,345,480
Tyne 30,969,297
Aberdeen Airport 9,896,409

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 53,667,987 62,112,145 +8,444,158
Dover / Eurotunnel 23,829,542 14,639,348 -9,190,194
East Midlands Airport 19,295,915 19,049,565 -246,350
Tyne 18,278,094 12,691,203 -5,586,891
Aberdeen Airport 5,257,173 4,639,236 -617,937
London Stansted Airport 2,993,819 4,190,258 +1,196,439
Aberdeen Docks 2,925,086 2,896,900 -28,186
ZLC 2,744,368 2,912,803 +168,435
Immingham Docks 2,513,653 2,755,145 +241,492
Manchester Airport 2,961,205 1,438,082 -1,523,123

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