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 1,270,467,094
Germany 574,269,692
United States 534,142,114
Belgium 357,203,991
Ireland 340,101,592

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 590,914,307 679,552,787 +88,638,480
Germany 280,921,712 293,347,980 +12,426,268
United States 301,887,490 232,254,624 -69,632,866
Belgium 180,155,640 177,048,351 -3,107,289
Ireland 186,325,033 153,776,559 -32,548,474
China 108,574,425 104,088,263 -4,486,162
France 50,807,784 72,191,745 +21,383,961
Japan 59,578,323 55,459,541 -4,118,782
Switzerland 48,067,379 46,526,258 -1,541,121
Italy 44,989,918 45,566,601 +576,683

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 1,278,535,995
Germany 344,786,553
Mexico 343,570,197
China 328,712,121
Ireland 312,318,872

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 624,282,188 654,253,807 +29,971,619
Germany 164,586,578 180,199,975 +15,613,397
Mexico 161,129,010 182,441,187 +21,312,177
China 162,474,630 166,237,491 +3,762,861
Ireland 162,153,518 150,165,354 -11,988,164
Japan 103,674,084 99,740,771 -3,933,313
Italy 53,917,090 52,272,479 -1,644,611
Costa Rica 41,649,399 58,817,188 +17,167,789
United Kingdom 71,023,390 25,103,022 -45,920,368
France 45,051,121 50,741,935 +5,690,814

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 226
Surrey, East and West Sussex 170
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 128
Greater Manchester 123

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 216 188 -28
Inner London - West 155 163 +8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 124 125 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 103 90 -13
Greater Manchester 88 85 -3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 87 88 +1
Inner London - East 76 73 -3
Outer London - West and North West 73 49 -24
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 68 65 -3
West Midlands 66 60 -6

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 1,969,733,851
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,548,844,905
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 722,515,184
Other 58,169,724
Road transport 9,517,692

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 1,002,926,007 966,807,844 -36,118,163
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 732,910,895 815,934,010 +83,023,115
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 394,633,084 327,882,100 -66,750,984
Other 26,857,427 31,312,297 +4,454,870
Road transport 4,862,626 4,655,066 -207,560

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 714,536,558
London Heathrow Airport 473,323,700
Dover 465,697,067
Eurotunnel 397,214,061
London Stansted Airport 380,356,646

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 345,960,160 368,576,398 +22,616,238
London Heathrow Airport 243,505,714 229,817,986 -13,687,728
Dover 197,024,703 268,672,364 +71,647,661
Eurotunnel 183,965,680 213,248,381 +29,282,701
London Stansted Airport 198,440,608 181,916,038 -16,524,570
Felixstowe 119,355,754 110,934,686 -8,421,068
Holyhead 110,374,725 104,412,690 -5,962,035
London Gateway Port 105,376,390 94,286,135 -11,090,255
Birmingham Airport 79,770,291 90,260,429 +10,490,138
Thamesport 85,719,012 80,857,852 -4,861,160

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
652
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
432
Other manufacturing
410
Human health activities
265
Other professional, scientific and technical activities
162

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 738
2026-04 718
2026-03 787
2026-02 720
2026-01 695

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 1328
54m+ 698
0-1m 549
15m-54m 225
Other 168

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 477,528,707
Netherlands 460,706,030
Germany 230,592,704
Ireland 159,410,635
France 105,568,581

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 256,102,452 221,426,255 -34,676,197
Netherlands 223,876,401 236,829,629 +12,953,228
Germany 122,710,710 107,881,994 -14,828,716
Ireland 81,435,722 77,974,913 -3,460,809
France 49,906,126 55,662,455 +5,756,329
Belgium 60,014,156 45,283,861 -14,730,295
Italy 37,861,088 28,714,268 -9,146,820
Australia 23,778,420 21,084,141 -2,694,279
Chile 2,633,311 33,174,921 +30,541,610
Switzerland 19,059,205 16,455,355 -2,603,850

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 30,377,133
United States 884,271
Germany 622,949
Israel 438,000
Nicaragua 423,791

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 21,188,270 9,188,863 -11,999,407
United States 329,562 554,709 +225,147
Germany 460,994 161,955 -299,039
Israel 177,890 260,110 +82,220
Nicaragua 421,291 2,500 -418,791
Taiwan 123,212 31,579 -91,633
China 44,873 84,377 +39,504
Italy 72,875 38,749 -34,126
Ireland 8,628 90,088 +81,460
Pakistan 25,803 67,046 +41,243

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 1,114,634,457
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 867,238,602
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 195,234,416
Other 34,864,102
Road transport 3,787,754

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 520,330,887 594,303,570 +73,972,683
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 477,715,720 389,522,882 -88,192,838
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 107,958,349 87,276,067 -20,682,282
Other 23,692,818 11,171,284 -12,521,534
Road transport 2,323,670 1,464,084 -859,586
Rail transport 10,430 14,500 +4,070

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 598,113,258
London Heathrow Airport 418,595,823
East Midlands Airport 390,721,632
ZLC 123,284,055
London Stansted Airport 97,287,062

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 327,751,521 270,361,737 -57,389,784
London Heathrow Airport 210,459,811 208,136,012 -2,323,799
East Midlands Airport 162,555,741 228,165,891 +65,610,150
ZLC 65,153,395 58,130,660 -7,022,735
London Stansted Airport 56,072,097 41,214,965 -14,857,132
Dover 52,330,165 41,098,733 -11,231,432
Holyhead 36,890,434 40,260,195 +3,369,761
London Gateway Port 32,351,054 28,736,315 -3,614,739
Southampton 25,747,981 24,525,033 -1,222,948
Felixstowe 23,422,922 20,584,073 -2,838,849

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