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 1,144,014,518
Germany 527,322,249
United States 505,695,648
Belgium 332,693,484
Ireland 320,256,867

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 580,401,447 563,613,071 -16,788,376
Germany 285,998,612 241,323,637 -44,674,975
United States 316,556,925 189,138,723 -127,418,202
Belgium 174,577,606 158,115,878 -16,461,728
Ireland 200,122,899 120,133,968 -79,988,931
China 102,800,165 93,179,675 -9,620,490
France 52,461,159 56,282,801 +3,821,642
Japan 59,885,340 45,194,905 -14,690,435
Switzerland 47,478,709 40,229,409 -7,249,300
Italy 44,099,429 39,653,804 -4,445,625

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 1,171,052,277
Germany 314,040,356
Mexico 312,357,138
Ireland 299,558,723
China 296,622,875

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 623,931,030 547,121,247 -76,809,783
Germany 170,811,748 143,228,608 -27,583,140
Mexico 161,031,270 151,325,868 -9,705,402
Ireland 190,456,641 109,102,082 -81,354,559
China 151,120,422 145,502,453 -5,617,969
Japan 103,653,463 77,329,835 -26,323,628
United Kingdom 76,832,742 22,195,846 -54,636,896
Italy 51,204,223 45,886,154 -5,318,069
France 49,380,432 41,710,163 -7,670,269
Costa Rica 38,603,921 49,601,788 +10,997,867

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 270
Inner London - West 225
Surrey, East and West Sussex 172
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 123
Greater Manchester 117

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 214 191 -23
Inner London - West 158 158 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 127 125 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 98 85 -13
Greater Manchester 90 75 -15
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 85 80 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 78 66 -12
Inner London - East 72 68 -4
Outer London - West and North West 71 56 -15
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 71 58 -13

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 1,840,213,589
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,386,791,697
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 693,398,002
Other 52,153,950
Road transport 10,114,582

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 1,012,594,997 827,618,592 -184,976,405
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 735,055,338 651,736,359 -83,318,979
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 397,634,621 295,763,381 -101,871,240
Other 26,640,718 25,513,232 -1,127,486
Road transport 6,567,432 3,547,150 -3,020,282

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 666,183,465
London Heathrow Airport 444,750,006
Dover 384,151,705
London Stansted Airport 369,063,321
Eurotunnel 338,357,194

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 346,151,266 320,032,199 -26,119,067
London Heathrow Airport 246,889,068 197,860,938 -49,028,130
Dover 167,877,752 216,273,953 +48,396,201
London Stansted Airport 202,436,491 166,626,830 -35,809,661
Eurotunnel 167,124,024 171,233,170 +4,109,146
Felixstowe 117,695,713 98,345,585 -19,350,128
Holyhead 139,958,759 67,288,479 -72,670,280
London Gateway Port 106,675,685 88,261,216 -18,414,469
Thamesport 88,066,136 73,622,895 -14,443,241
Birmingham Airport 71,054,036 71,310,226 +256,190

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 643
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 418
Other manufacturing 407
Human health activities 270
Scientific research and development 157

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 694
2025-11 723
2025-10 782
2025-09 717
2025-08 727

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 1301
54m+ 691
0-1m 542
15m-54m 215
Other 181

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 456,699,658
Netherlands 453,133,016
Germany 224,191,759
Ireland 152,746,825
Belgium 108,969,848

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 260,325,513 196,374,145 -63,951,368
Netherlands 253,711,297 199,421,719 -54,289,578
Germany 111,620,720 112,571,039 +950,319
Ireland 83,066,989 69,679,836 -13,387,153
Belgium 57,203,934 51,765,914 -5,438,020
France 50,886,362 52,750,538 +1,864,176
Italy 37,260,881 28,501,802 -8,759,079
Japan 32,321,149 13,946,136 -18,375,013
Australia 25,738,350 18,837,560 -6,900,790
Switzerland 19,429,641 14,042,467 -5,387,174

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 40,784,748
Germany 652,035
United States 536,934
Nicaragua 472,673
Israel 463,675

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 28,398,391 12,386,357 -16,012,034
Germany 507,891 144,144 -363,747
United States 181,492 355,442 +173,950
Nicaragua 310,752 161,921 -148,831
Israel 252,056 211,619 -40,437
Taiwan 170,450 21,875 -148,575
China 60,774 49,582 -11,192
Italy 77,018 26,861 -50,157
Ireland 8,505 37,623 +29,118
France 34,479 6,535 -27,944

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 1,044,429,453
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 852,533,955
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 203,870,952
Other 44,941,968
Road transport 8,764,591

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 542,807,299 501,622,154 -41,185,145
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 484,985,036 367,548,919 -117,436,117
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 131,157,366 72,713,586 -58,443,780
Other 30,933,920 14,008,048 -16,925,872
Road transport 7,105,446 1,659,145 -5,446,301
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 590,239,718
London Heathrow Airport 404,487,091
East Midlands Airport 361,328,187
ZLC 132,752,720
London Stansted Airport 98,736,801

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 344,237,361 246,002,357 -98,235,004
London Heathrow Airport 236,092,804 168,394,287 -67,698,517
East Midlands Airport 150,565,289 210,762,898 +60,197,609
ZLC 77,013,751 55,738,969 -21,274,782
London Stansted Airport 57,012,697 41,724,104 -15,288,593
Dover 51,995,205 41,691,717 -10,303,488
Holyhead 38,755,432 34,645,894 -4,109,538
London Gateway Port 46,080,689 20,321,751 -25,758,938
Southampton 21,300,363 26,907,177 +5,606,814
000 30,933,920 14,008,048 -16,925,872

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