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 45,559,647
United States 39,155,229
Austria 32,639,494
South Korea 18,918,721
Germany 12,749,549

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 22,739,203 22,820,444 +81,241
United States 16,307,881 22,847,348 +6,539,467
Austria 14,737,289 17,902,205 +3,164,916
South Korea 6,603,263 12,315,458 +5,712,195
Germany 6,051,490 6,698,059 +646,569
Norway 7,726,059 2,485,338 -5,240,721
France 3,025,088 4,870,260 +1,845,172
China 2,541,046 3,667,611 +1,126,565
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,967,104 2,302,040 -665,064
Italy 2,036,670 2,923,331 +886,661

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 56,899,588
Japan 41,454,451
South Korea 31,966,276
China 20,276,602
Austria 13,035,181

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 25,649,752 31,249,836 +5,600,084
Japan 20,615,844 20,838,607 +222,763
South Korea 12,271,867 19,694,409 +7,422,542
China 8,526,563 11,750,039 +3,223,476
Austria 4,989,467 8,045,714 +3,056,247
Norway 7,717,870 2,331,814 -5,386,056
Netherlands 2,120,863 2,509,810 +388,947
Italy 1,696,074 2,289,196 +593,122
France 1,217,936 1,726,356 +508,420
Denmark 1,301,382 1,612,361 +310,979

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 25
Surrey, East and West Sussex 20
Inner London - West 15
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 16 19 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 15 13 -2
Inner London - West 7 12 +5
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
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 8 2 -6
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 6 5 -1
Inner London - East 4 4 +0

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 143,109,512
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 50,085,809
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,956,802
Other 793,836
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 64,479,770 78,629,742 +14,149,972
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,077,255 26,008,554 +1,931,299
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,268,040 4,688,762 -2,579,278
Other 277,721 516,115 +238,394
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 63,905,296
East Midlands Airport 25,426,584
London Stansted Airport 23,789,989
Harwich 16,317,583
Birmingham Airport 14,014,359

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 22,733,990 41,171,306 +18,437,316
East Midlands Airport 14,405,339 11,021,245 -3,384,094
London Stansted Airport 13,667,388 10,122,601 -3,544,787
Harwich 9,638,782 6,678,801 -2,959,981
Birmingham Airport 6,667,714 7,346,645 +678,931
Manchester Airport 3,779,127 5,327,291 +1,548,164
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,346,951 3,609,351 -1,737,600
Immingham Docks 1,077,361 5,646,523 +4,569,162
Thamesport 3,846,447 1,862,081 -1,984,366
Dover 1,342,861 3,677,394 +2,334,533

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
49
Other manufacturing
34
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
33
Human health activities
24
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
2026-05 35
2026-04 48
2026-03 48
2026-02 38
2026-01 40

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 88
54m+ 80
0-1m 35
15m-54m 21
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 16,956,325
Netherlands 7,961,644
France 7,958,203
Ireland 7,394,854
Denmark 3,779,856

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 8,790,852 8,165,473 -625,379
Netherlands 4,396,101 3,565,543 -830,558
France 3,994,934 3,963,269 -31,665
Ireland 3,035,329 4,359,525 +1,324,196
Denmark 2,904,470 875,386 -2,029,084
Germany 1,790,152 1,512,740 -277,412
Austria 1,300,877 1,179,201 -121,676
Poland 1,041,888 874,404 -167,484
Belgium 849,533 690,793 -158,740
Italy 564,623 913,972 +349,349

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 1,960,960
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 722,255 1,238,705 +516,450
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 46,096,556
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,693,817
Other 2,317,793
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,045,493
Road transport 10,370

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 22,791,818 23,304,738 +512,920
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,085,406 9,608,411 -2,476,995
Other 1,057,818 1,259,975 +202,157
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 581,125 464,368 -116,757
Road transport 10,370 0 -10,370

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
ZLC 22,109,034
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,136,737
East Midlands Airport 9,820,438
London Heathrow Airport 6,669,578
London Stansted Airport 6,034,053

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 10,478,287 11,630,747 +1,152,460
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,244,887 4,891,850 -353,037
East Midlands Airport 4,475,293 5,345,145 +869,852
London Heathrow Airport 3,569,553 3,100,025 -469,528
London Stansted Airport 3,264,038 2,770,015 -494,023
Dover 2,286,154 1,294,261 -991,893
Holyhead 1,096,751 1,891,073 +794,322
Harwich 1,464,442 1,151,883 -312,559
Immingham Docks 2,195,513 320,129 -1,875,384
000 1,057,818 1,259,975 +202,157

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