Import/export HS code 90189050: Transfusion equipment

Devices used for blood transfusions or intravenous (IV) infusions

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* 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 £
Germany 91,101,481
Belgium 47,044,317
Netherlands 41,476,029
Poland 23,086,873
United States 14,275,488

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 £
Germany 49,137,380 41,964,101 -7,173,279
Belgium 25,780,946 21,263,371 -4,517,575
Netherlands 21,991,299 19,484,730 -2,506,569
Poland 12,720,355 10,366,518 -2,353,837
United States 10,340,379 3,935,109 -6,405,270
Ireland 3,236,748 2,721,537 -515,211
China 2,496,995 1,687,108 -809,887
Italy 2,178,585 1,785,514 -393,071
France 2,157,270 1,760,773 -396,497
Switzerland 2,220,694 1,622,644 -598,050

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 £
Poland 42,174,896
Germany 29,344,973
United States 27,525,972
France 23,994,335
Bosnia and Herzegovina 22,302,448

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 £
Poland 23,550,489 18,624,407 -4,926,082
Germany 16,156,758 13,188,215 -2,968,543
United States 17,148,710 10,377,262 -6,771,448
France 13,908,131 10,086,204 -3,821,927
Bosnia and Herzegovina 12,764,335 9,538,113 -3,226,222
Mexico 6,039,322 6,614,480 +575,158
Italy 6,523,741 4,980,040 -1,543,701
Romania 4,879,694 5,202,081 +322,387
Hungary 5,591,918 4,249,914 -1,342,004
China 4,289,416 3,519,637 -769,779

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 30
Inner London - West 19
Surrey, East and West Sussex 11
Shropshire and Staffordshire 9
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 8

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 18 20 +2
Inner London - West 13 17 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 10 6 -4
Shropshire and Staffordshire 8 3 -5
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 8 4 -4
Greater Manchester 7 8 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 6 7 +1
Essex 6 3 -3
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 4 6 +2
Merseyside 6 4 -2

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) 166,813,140
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 43,932,628
Air transport 32,620,752
Other 5,076,026

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) 84,389,244 82,423,896 -1,965,348
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 30,232,998 13,699,630 -16,533,368
Air transport 19,036,888 13,583,864 -5,453,024
Other 2,903,590 2,172,436 -731,154

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 58,956,295
Immingham Docks 50,665,206
Eurotunnel 22,735,669
London Gateway Port 16,569,015
Birmingham Airport 13,258,625

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 £
Dover 29,108,122 29,848,173 +740,051
Immingham Docks 26,916,045 23,749,161 -3,166,884
Eurotunnel 13,792,549 8,943,120 -4,849,429
London Gateway Port 14,161,812 2,407,203 -11,754,609
Birmingham Airport 6,902,293 6,356,332 -545,961
Thamesport 5,444,231 5,027,823 -416,408
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,027,702 6,133,075 +3,105,373
London 667,655 8,275,568 +7,607,913
London Heathrow Airport 4,909,826 2,818,246 -2,091,580
East Midlands Airport 4,166,990 2,728,000 -1,438,990

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 63
Other manufacturing 35
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 23
Human health activities 18
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 13

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 38
2025-11 51
2025-10 49
2025-09 46
2025-08 53

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 80
54m+ 65
0-1m 25
15m-54m 17
Other 7

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 £
Belgium 28,659,412
Ireland 12,092,812
Germany 11,255,656
United States 7,994,097
Netherlands 7,313,933

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 £
Belgium 19,252,733 9,406,679 -9,846,054
Ireland 6,532,808 5,560,004 -972,804
Germany 6,185,042 5,070,614 -1,114,428
United States 7,185,014 809,083 -6,375,931
Netherlands 4,403,861 2,910,072 -1,493,789
France 3,287,430 2,499,782 -787,648
Switzerland 2,059,982 1,411,097 -648,885
Hungary 1,104,632 792,631 -312,001
Norway 707,162 453,737 -253,425
United Arab Emirates 691,865 394,661 -297,204

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 24,245,060
Italy 57,175
United States 21,621
China 16,000
India 1,389

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 16,897,191 7,347,869 -9,549,322
Italy 33,332 23,843 -9,489
United States 12,395 9,226 -3,169
China 3,978 12,022 +8,044
India 655 734 +79
South Korea 364 68 -296
Spain 0 119 +119
France 33 55 +22

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 39,125,023
Other 24,356,382
Air transport 22,902,315
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,561,512
Road transport 1,370

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 22,743,270 16,381,753 -6,361,517
Other 16,959,165 7,397,217 -9,561,948
Air transport 15,262,362 7,639,953 -7,622,409
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,014,629 4,546,883 -1,467,746
Road transport 1,370 0 -1,370

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 26,160,247
000 24,356,382
East Midlands Airport 11,914,523
London Heathrow Airport 8,353,806
Holyhead 6,290,083

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 14,618,186 11,542,061 -3,076,125
000 16,959,165 7,397,217 -9,561,948
East Midlands Airport 6,906,002 5,008,521 -1,897,481
London Heathrow Airport 6,645,924 1,707,882 -4,938,042
Holyhead 3,601,661 2,688,422 -913,239
Immingham Docks 2,185,976 2,009,461 -176,515
Felixstowe 3,457,547 337,223 -3,120,324
London Gateway Port 1,139,229 1,207,063 +67,834
Dover 1,306,844 661,681 -645,163
Belfast Port 734,618 786,878 +52,260

Quick facts

HS code: 90189050

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

Description: Devices used for blood transfusions or intravenous (IV) infusions