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 463,720,052
Germany 230,324,444
United States 113,226,616
Ireland 60,654,095
Belgium 36,193,194

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 272,946,345 190,773,707 -82,172,638
Germany 79,888,819 150,435,625 +70,546,806
United States 67,883,965 45,342,651 -22,541,314
Ireland 39,580,921 21,073,174 -18,507,747
Belgium 18,566,526 17,626,668 -939,858
Malaysia 11,351,914 13,252,595 +1,900,681
China 12,519,951 10,658,924 -1,861,027
France 12,083,663 7,631,339 -4,452,324
Thailand 4,398,194 4,902,928 +504,734
Austria 4,358,891 3,092,522 -1,266,369

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 523,406,536
Ireland 199,726,347
Malaysia 52,726,650
Mexico 40,124,933
China 30,372,053

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 229,413,272 293,993,264 +64,579,992
Ireland 156,697,398 43,028,949 -113,668,449
Malaysia 26,495,624 26,231,026 -264,598
Mexico 22,274,397 17,850,536 -4,423,861
China 17,017,327 13,354,726 -3,662,601
Costa Rica 9,207,234 14,083,447 +4,876,213
Singapore 13,531,545 7,205,402 -6,326,143
Israel 11,500,916 6,286,602 -5,214,314
Germany 8,587,337 7,261,214 -1,326,123
France 9,796,200 4,957,089 -4,839,111

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 47
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 38
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 54 42 -12
Surrey, East and West Sussex 38 40 +2
Inner London - West 31 31 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 27 26 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 28 24 -4
Greater Manchester 19 20 +1
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 18 19 +1
Inner London - East 20 14 -6
Essex 20 11 -9
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 18 14 -4

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) 635,530,132
Air transport 313,385,516
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 76,283,770
Other 6,448,739
Road transport 1,047,045

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) 332,963,283 302,566,849 -30,396,434
Air transport 172,278,648 141,106,868 -31,171,780
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 41,492,277 34,791,493 -6,700,784
Other 3,695,486 2,753,253 -942,233
Road transport 925,724 121,321 -804,403
Rail transport 0 3,995 +3,995

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 361,948,530
East Midlands Airport 111,065,488
Dover 84,957,536
Hull 82,222,433
London Stansted Airport 65,857,199

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 120,570,485 241,378,045 +120,807,560
East Midlands Airport 64,168,093 46,897,395 -17,270,698
Dover 66,050,321 18,907,215 -47,143,106
Hull 81,225,764 996,669 -80,229,095
London Stansted Airport 38,309,772 27,547,427 -10,762,345
London Heathrow Airport 29,857,846 32,766,473 +2,908,627
Holyhead 27,288,174 20,593,040 -6,695,134
Manchester Airport 28,695,040 16,360,741 -12,334,299
Harwich 20,751,179 12,972,496 -7,778,683
London Gateway Port 16,522,990 17,149,941 +626,951

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 131
Other manufacturing 101
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 100
Human health activities 89
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 52

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 142
2025-11 143
2025-10 161
2025-09 147
2025-08 148

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 301
54m+ 204
0-1m 102
15m-54m 55
Other 36

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 114,469,550
Ireland 61,946,982
Netherlands 27,136,188
Germany 18,281,733
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,363,042

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 62,766,558 51,702,992 -11,063,566
Ireland 38,484,371 23,462,611 -15,021,760
Netherlands 11,880,717 15,255,471 +3,374,754
Germany 6,541,311 11,740,422 +5,199,111
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 450,636 3,912,406 +3,461,770
France 2,428,670 1,654,207 -774,463
China 2,740,460 764,782 -1,975,678
India 1,982,066 1,277,321 -704,745
Belgium 1,329,236 1,422,262 +93,026
Australia 1,359,235 800,258 -558,977

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 2,617,626
China 51,001
Costa Rica 7,625
Netherlands 6,043
Germany 1,610

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 1,171,846 1,445,780 +273,934
China 46,470 4,531 -41,939
Costa Rica 0 7,625 +7,625
Netherlands 3,388 2,655 -733
Germany 1,610 0 -1,610
Taiwan 708 591 -117
Ireland 0 807 +807
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 188,644,737
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 65,721,640
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,693,043
Other 2,994,079
Road transport 333,424

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 102,676,530 85,968,207 -16,708,323
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 32,358,616 33,363,024 +1,004,408
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,456,911 1,236,132 -6,220,779
Other 1,465,976 1,528,103 +62,127
Road transport 332,410 1,014 -331,396

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 92,421,411
London Stansted Airport 39,724,804
Holyhead 38,941,110
East Midlands Airport 29,760,601
ZLC 23,288,249

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 47,395,146 45,026,265 -2,368,881
London Stansted Airport 19,786,293 19,938,511 +152,218
Holyhead 20,095,489 18,845,621 -1,249,868
East Midlands Airport 16,586,668 13,173,933 -3,412,735
ZLC 16,768,601 6,519,648 -10,248,953
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,730,823 8,332,046 +4,601,223
Dover 3,983,231 4,070,137 +86,906
Southampton 4,981,844 471,474 -4,510,370
Manchester Airport 2,218,146 965,740 -1,252,406
000 1,465,976 1,528,103 +62,127

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