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 447,305,754
Germany 368,395,739
United States 117,959,223
Ireland 66,508,166
Belgium 39,736,331

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 260,623,012 186,682,742 -73,940,270
Germany 91,052,137 277,343,602 +186,291,465
United States 66,270,605 51,688,618 -14,581,987
Ireland 50,122,066 16,386,100 -33,735,966
Belgium 19,155,599 20,580,732 +1,425,133
Malaysia 10,598,255 20,488,823 +9,890,568
China 13,658,469 12,026,655 -1,631,814
France 9,991,876 13,089,059 +3,097,183
Thailand 4,760,412 7,020,479 +2,260,067
Austria 4,273,265 3,881,608 -391,657

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 626,298,215
Ireland 209,373,898
Malaysia 64,824,155
Mexico 44,658,859
China 34,376,951

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 239,241,136 387,057,079 +147,815,943
Ireland 155,726,846 53,647,052 -102,079,794
Malaysia 26,489,704 38,334,451 +11,844,747
Mexico 21,140,704 23,518,155 +2,377,451
China 17,180,529 17,196,422 +15,893
Costa Rica 10,030,190 15,745,421 +5,715,231
Germany 8,193,912 13,061,190 +4,867,278
Singapore 10,665,471 8,963,945 -1,701,526
Israel 10,474,858 6,916,711 -3,558,147
France 8,081,293 8,386,155 +304,862

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 76
Surrey, East and West Sussex 56
Inner London - West 50
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 39
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 34

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 57 46 -11
Surrey, East and West Sussex 43 39 -4
Inner London - West 32 34 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 24 26 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 30 24 -6
Greater Manchester 20 19 -1
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 21 16 -5
Inner London - East 18 17 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 16 18 +2
Essex 19 13 -6

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) 745,939,200
Air transport 349,593,342
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 84,662,734
Other 7,307,991
Road transport 1,156,438

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) 339,822,066 406,117,134 +66,295,068
Air transport 169,161,461 180,431,881 +11,270,420
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 41,716,961 42,945,773 +1,228,812
Other 3,777,169 3,530,822 -246,347
Road transport 885,442 270,996 -614,446
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 501,778,591
East Midlands Airport 120,177,409
Dover 78,089,257
London Stansted Airport 73,369,374
London Heathrow Airport 70,767,541

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 152,851,586 348,927,005 +196,075,419
East Midlands Airport 63,494,401 56,683,008 -6,811,393
Dover 52,799,684 25,289,573 -27,510,111
London Stansted Airport 38,434,419 34,934,955 -3,499,464
London Heathrow Airport 31,549,205 39,218,336 +7,669,131
Hull 54,894,332 996,669 -53,897,663
Holyhead 43,735,407 4,850,103 -38,885,304
Manchester Airport 23,049,589 22,662,078 -387,511
Harwich 20,358,961 15,965,608 -4,393,353
London Gateway Port 16,061,946 19,504,085 +3,442,139

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 136
Other manufacturing 105
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 101
Human health activities 87
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 53

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 136
2026-03 159
2026-02 151
2026-01 142
2025-12 144

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 305
54m+ 219
0-1m 106
15m-54m 57
Other 39

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 129,005,268
Ireland 64,605,343
Netherlands 53,547,302
Germany 21,093,601
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 5,725,725

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 62,137,622 66,867,646 +4,730,024
Ireland 40,473,021 24,132,322 -16,340,699
Netherlands 11,393,938 42,153,364 +30,759,426
Germany 8,165,696 12,927,905 +4,762,209
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 248,378 5,477,347 +5,228,969
France 2,153,394 2,095,785 -57,609
China 2,491,956 641,037 -1,850,919
India 1,989,080 1,092,073 -897,007
Belgium 999,083 1,988,082 +988,999
Australia 1,286,794 875,433 -411,361

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 3,105,038
China 53,416
Costa Rica 12,438
Netherlands 6,043
Germany 1,285

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 1,469,095 1,635,943 +166,848
China 46,585 6,831 -39,754
Costa Rica 0 12,438 +12,438
Netherlands 3,388 2,655 -733
Germany 1,285 0 -1,285
Taiwan 795 480 -315
XI 0 690 +690
Belgium 0 78 +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 231,692,424
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 72,580,098
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,707,251
Other 3,522,240
Road transport 72,924

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 102,264,515 129,427,909 +27,163,394
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,522,975 38,057,123 +3,534,148
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,380,872 1,326,379 -5,054,493
Other 1,771,004 1,751,236 -19,768
Road transport 71,910 1,014 -70,896

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 104,178,772
East Midlands Airport 55,340,746
London Stansted Airport 44,121,684
Holyhead 40,818,498
ZLC 24,416,088

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 46,397,317 57,781,455 +11,384,138
East Midlands Airport 15,310,256 40,030,490 +24,720,234
London Stansted Airport 20,962,392 23,159,292 +2,196,900
Holyhead 21,543,074 19,275,424 -2,267,650
ZLC 17,135,768 7,280,320 -9,855,448
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,924,644 12,403,806 +8,479,162
Dover 4,623,388 4,097,528 -525,860
Southampton 3,998,891 436,179 -3,562,712
000 1,771,004 1,751,236 -19,768
Manchester Airport 2,281,506 641,857 -1,639,649

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