Import/export HS code 90181990: Various medical equipment

Other medical and surgical instruments not specified elsewhere in this category

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 414,386,222
Germany 381,643,798
United States 110,099,862
Ireland 65,057,775
Belgium 37,781,556

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 269,426,947 144,959,275 -124,467,672
Germany 84,051,828 297,591,970 +213,540,142
United States 65,394,817 44,705,045 -20,689,772
Ireland 49,723,470 15,334,305 -34,389,165
Belgium 19,883,082 17,898,474 -1,984,608
Malaysia 12,357,623 20,960,275 +8,602,652
China 13,422,443 11,302,376 -2,120,067
France 9,094,757 12,833,349 +3,738,592
Thailand 4,111,248 6,249,822 +2,138,574
Austria 4,041,766 3,735,401 -306,365

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 620,750,141
Ireland 193,504,154
Malaysia 65,840,392
Mexico 42,084,050
China 32,949,716

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 259,261,765 361,488,376 +102,226,611
Ireland 138,745,206 54,758,948 -83,986,258
Malaysia 27,344,108 38,496,284 +11,152,176
Mexico 20,725,522 21,358,528 +633,006
China 17,002,005 15,947,711 -1,054,294
Costa Rica 12,639,763 12,841,290 +201,527
Germany 8,063,533 13,127,946 +5,064,413
Israel 9,423,309 7,061,431 -2,361,878
Singapore 7,673,651 8,409,716 +736,065
France 6,974,904 8,303,406 +1,328,502

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 72
Surrey, East and West Sussex 54
Inner London - West 50
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 41
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 33

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 52 46 -6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 45 35 -10
Inner London - West 35 35 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 28 26 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 29 24 -5
Greater Manchester 21 17 -4
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 23 15 -8
Inner London - East 16 16 +0
Essex 19 14 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14 14 +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) 729,656,531
Air transport 334,635,838
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 81,201,160
Other 6,838,036
Road transport 1,115,594

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) 342,950,891 386,705,640 +43,754,749
Air transport 164,388,591 170,247,247 +5,858,656
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 43,004,995 38,196,165 -4,808,830
Other 3,552,340 3,285,696 -266,644
Road transport 916,971 198,623 -718,348
Rail transport 3,995 42,538 +38,543

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 521,097,390
East Midlands Airport 111,727,169
London Heathrow Airport 70,619,957
London Stansted Airport 69,704,429
Dover 60,776,364

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 £
Eurotunnel 187,027,543 334,069,847 +147,042,304
East Midlands Airport 58,224,221 53,502,948 -4,721,273
London Heathrow Airport 34,796,388 35,823,569 +1,027,181
London Stansted Airport 36,853,805 32,850,624 -4,003,181
Dover 36,426,127 24,350,237 -12,075,890
Holyhead 43,978,405 4,559,130 -39,419,275
Manchester Airport 21,574,804 21,831,928 +257,124
Hull 40,815,564 996,669 -39,818,895
Harwich 20,627,002 13,870,663 -6,756,339
London Gateway Port 17,079,861 17,264,000 +184,139

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
132
Other manufacturing
108
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
101
Human health activities
84
Other professional, scientific and technical activities
52

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 153
2026-04 137
2026-03 160
2026-02 152
2026-01 143

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 303
54m+ 213
0-1m 95
15m-54m 56
Other 38

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 125,992,836
Netherlands 52,731,851
Ireland 51,904,760
Germany 20,474,056
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 5,894,538

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 59,672,368 66,320,468 +6,648,100
Netherlands 12,158,997 40,572,854 +28,413,857
Ireland 32,833,502 19,071,258 -13,762,244
Germany 7,912,789 12,561,267 +4,648,478
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,811,377 3,083,161 +271,784
France 2,432,485 1,860,875 -571,610
Belgium 1,238,165 2,097,590 +859,425
India 2,061,648 792,545 -1,269,103
China 2,233,940 570,369 -1,663,571
Australia 1,259,447 694,503 -564,944

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 £
United States 2,970,814
Netherlands 107,104
China 53,095
Costa Rica 12,438
Taiwan 1,515

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 £
United States 1,663,223 1,307,591 -355,632
Netherlands 3,388 103,716 +100,328
China 47,218 5,877 -41,341
Costa Rica 6,429 6,009 -420
Taiwan 1,374 141 -1,233
Germany 1,285 0 -1,285
XI 0 690 +690
Belgium 78 0 -78

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 215,053,564
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 70,778,654
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,276,998
Other 3,448,184
Road transport 44,550

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 91,923,689 123,129,875 +31,206,186
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 37,729,896 33,048,758 -4,681,138
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,945,027 1,331,971 -3,613,056
Other 1,949,246 1,498,938 -450,308
Road transport 43,536 1,014 -42,522

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 100,102,895
East Midlands Airport 54,989,147
London Stansted Airport 44,588,627
Holyhead 39,045,825
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,404,852

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 48,060,411 52,042,484 +3,982,073
East Midlands Airport 15,467,429 39,521,718 +24,054,289
London Stansted Airport 20,090,933 24,497,694 +4,406,761
Holyhead 23,966,948 15,078,877 -8,888,071
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,853,003 12,551,849 +8,698,846
ZLC 5,527,442 6,533,921 +1,006,479
Dover 4,889,791 3,668,965 -1,220,826
000 1,949,246 1,498,938 -450,308
Southampton 2,949,606 388,579 -2,561,027
Manchester Airport 2,429,280 141,334 -2,287,946

Quick facts

HS code: 90181990

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

Description: Other medical and surgical instruments not specified elsewhere in this category