Import/export HS code 901890: Various medical instruments

Other medical, surgical, or dental instruments and appliances not listed elsewhere

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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 1,307,642,482
Germany 599,016,145
United States 561,476,555
Belgium 369,968,810
Ireland 353,000,000

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 582,277,514 725,364,968 +143,087,454
Germany 290,936,621 308,079,524 +17,142,903
United States 309,465,458 252,011,097 -57,454,361
Belgium 175,303,847 194,664,963 +19,361,116
Ireland 188,448,812 164,551,188 -23,897,624
China 104,537,976 114,673,910 +10,135,934
France 47,521,398 77,320,449 +29,799,051
Japan 66,960,594 55,615,168 -11,345,426
Switzerland 48,552,741 49,262,320 +709,579
Italy 44,433,038 49,569,884 +5,136,846

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 1,325,155,057
Germany 358,129,394
Mexico 356,618,758
China 337,626,169
Ireland 327,877,642

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 619,605,294 705,549,763 +85,944,469
Germany 171,953,289 186,176,105 +14,222,816
Mexico 159,988,514 196,630,244 +36,641,730
China 154,722,692 182,903,477 +28,180,785
Ireland 174,281,008 153,596,634 -20,684,374
Japan 111,310,773 100,200,321 -11,110,452
Italy 52,673,421 56,342,178 +3,668,757
Costa Rica 40,023,445 62,924,609 +22,901,164
France 45,735,091 54,744,709 +9,009,618
United Kingdom 73,564,849 26,720,317 -46,844,532

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 282
Inner London - West 235
Surrey, East and West Sussex 174
Greater Manchester 131
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 128

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 217 200 -17
Inner London - West 159 167 +8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 123 133 +10
Greater Manchester 99 88 -11
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 99 93 -6
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 85 90 +5
Inner London - East 73 79 +6
Outer London - West and North West 74 54 -20
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 74 66 -8
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 68 58 -10

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 2,051,804,594
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,598,154,548
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 751,341,421
Other 59,374,563
Road transport 10,038,312

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 1,018,947,639 1,032,856,955 +13,909,316
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 728,412,117 869,742,431 +141,330,314
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 394,649,260 356,692,161 -37,957,099
Other 26,196,834 33,177,729 +6,980,895
Road transport 5,248,228 4,790,084 -458,144

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 739,538,363
London Heathrow Airport 503,440,902
Dover 461,112,896
Eurotunnel 407,102,619
London Stansted Airport 398,889,919

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 £
East Midlands Airport 347,219,039 392,319,324 +45,100,285
London Heathrow Airport 254,907,211 248,533,691 -6,373,520
Dover 180,162,964 280,949,932 +100,786,968
Eurotunnel 171,510,253 235,592,366 +64,082,113
London Stansted Airport 200,900,793 197,989,126 -2,911,667
Felixstowe 118,248,992 121,297,862 +3,048,870
Holyhead 122,946,577 103,654,273 -19,292,304
London Gateway Port 106,169,231 101,224,330 -4,944,901
Thamesport 86,789,354 88,151,978 +1,362,624
Birmingham Airport 76,117,436 94,624,839 +18,507,403

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 665
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 440
Other manufacturing 416
Human health activities 276
Other professional, scientific and technical activities 161

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 717
2026-03 786
2026-02 719
2026-01 694
2025-12 707

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 1358
54m+ 707
0-1m 564
15m-54m 233
Other 184

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 494,611,597
Netherlands 469,773,823
Germany 239,015,327
Ireland 163,997,696
Belgium 111,056,540

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 253,647,366 240,964,231 -12,683,135
Netherlands 240,348,202 229,425,621 -10,922,581
Germany 119,197,579 119,817,748 +620,169
Ireland 80,788,043 83,209,653 +2,421,610
Belgium 58,176,568 52,879,972 -5,296,596
France 48,609,253 62,265,833 +13,656,580
Italy 38,594,719 32,227,610 -6,367,109
Australia 24,303,670 22,821,425 -1,482,245
Switzerland 19,643,157 16,837,660 -2,805,497
Chile 2,910,861 33,145,725 +30,234,864

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 £
XI 35,792,380
United States 758,276
Germany 638,732
Nicaragua 475,173
Israel 463,449

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 £
XI 24,927,646 10,864,734 -14,062,912
United States 285,517 472,759 +187,242
Germany 463,271 175,461 -287,810
Nicaragua 379,088 96,085 -283,003
Israel 168,445 295,004 +126,559
Taiwan 169,209 34,492 -134,717
China 43,031 84,717 +41,686
Italy 72,439 42,333 -30,106
Ireland 7,536 89,613 +82,077
Pakistan 26,387 56,486 +30,099

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 1,143,810,836
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 906,254,568
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 213,180,613
Other 40,341,274
Road transport 4,868,854

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 524,494,231 619,316,605 +94,822,374
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 487,768,510 418,486,058 -69,282,452
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 119,110,720 94,069,893 -25,040,827
Other 27,365,933 12,975,341 -14,390,592
Road transport 3,570,087 1,298,767 -2,271,320
Rail transport 0 24,930 +24,930

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 625,629,304
London Heathrow Airport 420,046,944
East Midlands Airport 400,450,531
ZLC 134,166,314
London Stansted Airport 103,589,823

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 339,697,863 285,931,441 -53,766,422
London Heathrow Airport 213,493,923 206,553,021 -6,940,902
East Midlands Airport 158,578,797 241,871,734 +83,292,937
ZLC 70,554,851 63,611,463 -6,943,388
London Stansted Airport 56,151,713 47,438,110 -8,713,603
Dover 53,620,189 45,828,134 -7,792,055
Holyhead 36,542,081 42,562,738 +6,020,657
London Gateway Port 42,040,455 29,991,091 -12,049,364
Southampton 22,991,673 29,293,073 +6,301,400
Felixstowe 22,845,226 21,834,954 -1,010,272

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 901890

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

Description: Other medical, surgical, or dental instruments and appliances not listed elsewhere