Import/export HS code 901812: Ultrasound machines

Devices used for ultrasonic scanning, often used in medical imaging to view internal organs

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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 £
Netherlands 47,618,668
United States 39,542,094
Austria 33,657,220
South Korea 19,763,196
Germany 13,591,539

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 22,747,915 24,870,753 +2,122,838
United States 16,856,863 22,685,231 +5,828,368
Austria 14,942,419 18,714,801 +3,772,382
South Korea 6,861,904 12,901,292 +6,039,388
Germany 6,720,546 6,870,993 +150,447
Norway 8,146,639 2,675,782 -5,470,857
France 3,015,183 4,948,727 +1,933,544
China 2,497,114 3,665,436 +1,168,322
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,710,421 2,514,877 -195,544
Italy 2,037,105 2,917,829 +880,724

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 57,923,777
Japan 42,756,868
South Korea 33,125,891
China 20,947,041
Austria 13,407,102

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 26,278,277 31,645,500 +5,367,223
Japan 20,103,512 22,653,356 +2,549,844
South Korea 12,379,363 20,746,528 +8,367,165
China 8,633,771 12,313,270 +3,679,499
Austria 5,165,744 8,241,358 +3,075,614
Norway 8,256,226 2,439,780 -5,816,446
Netherlands 2,221,359 2,742,869 +521,510
Italy 1,694,122 2,293,350 +599,228
France 1,237,874 1,721,518 +483,644
Denmark 1,292,337 1,665,460 +373,123

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 26
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21
Inner London - West 14
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 12
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 10

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 14 22 +8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 15 14 -1
Inner London - West 7 11 +4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 10 7 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 9 7 -2
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 8 6 -2
Greater Manchester 7 5 -2
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 7 5 -2
Inner London - East 5 5 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 8 3 -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 148,268,277
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 51,154,479
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,175,148
Other 848,112
Road transport 9,353

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 66,559,223 81,709,054 +15,149,831
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 23,504,339 27,650,140 +4,145,801
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,250,348 4,924,800 -2,325,548
Other 337,217 510,895 +173,678
Road transport 3,205 6,148 +2,943

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 65,782,194
East Midlands Airport 27,332,696
London Stansted Airport 24,129,013
Harwich 16,678,836
Birmingham Airport 14,794,375

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 23,677,978 42,104,216 +18,426,238
East Midlands Airport 15,923,024 11,409,672 -4,513,352
London Stansted Airport 13,481,823 10,647,190 -2,834,633
Harwich 9,144,457 7,534,379 -1,610,078
Birmingham Airport 6,887,115 7,907,260 +1,020,145
Manchester Airport 3,659,897 5,786,559 +2,126,662
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,351,099 3,938,436 -1,412,663
Immingham Docks 594,452 6,150,343 +5,555,891
Thamesport 3,977,833 1,883,715 -2,094,118
Dover 1,089,609 3,631,865 +2,542,256

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 50
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 36
Other manufacturing 33
Human health activities 25
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 23

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 48
2026-03 48
2026-02 38
2026-01 40
2025-12 37

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 92
54m+ 80
0-1m 39
15m-54m 20
Other 20

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 17,931,336
Netherlands 8,453,795
France 7,971,160
Ireland 7,246,403
Denmark 3,963,337

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 8,951,902 8,979,434 +27,532
Netherlands 4,366,408 4,087,387 -279,021
France 3,685,950 4,285,210 +599,260
Ireland 2,577,981 4,668,422 +2,090,441
Denmark 2,974,349 988,988 -1,985,361
Germany 2,037,134 1,760,865 -276,269
Austria 1,123,931 1,421,295 +297,364
Poland 886,058 1,101,652 +215,594
Belgium 1,076,086 608,240 -467,846
Italy 610,908 1,010,794 +399,886

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 1,907,511
Germany 6,973
Netherlands 1,777

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 523,829 1,383,682 +859,853
Germany 1,204 5,769 +4,565
Netherlands 1,777 0 -1,777

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 48,942,603
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 22,528,930
Other 2,264,344
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,129,611
Road transport 63,656

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 23,421,838 25,520,765 +2,098,927
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,827,511 10,701,419 -1,126,092
Other 859,392 1,404,952 +545,560
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 577,790 551,821 -25,969
Road transport 63,656 0 -63,656

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
ZLC 23,377,236
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,671,294
East Midlands Airport 10,321,827
London Heathrow Airport 7,105,062
London Stansted Airport 6,544,062

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 £
ZLC 10,614,288 12,762,948 +2,148,660
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,304,739 5,366,555 +61,816
East Midlands Airport 4,466,096 5,855,731 +1,389,635
London Heathrow Airport 3,839,120 3,265,942 -573,178
London Stansted Airport 3,378,039 3,166,023 -212,016
Dover 1,937,152 1,789,345 -147,807
Holyhead 915,828 2,005,403 +1,089,575
Harwich 1,679,318 1,233,429 -445,889
Immingham Docks 2,162,198 309,882 -1,852,316
000 859,392 1,404,952 +545,560

Quick facts

HS code: 901812

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

Description: Devices used for ultrasonic scanning, often used in medical imaging to view internal organs