Import/export HS code 90189084: Various medical devices

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

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 935,195,408
United States 358,381,950
Ireland 267,153,140
Germany 260,362,452
Belgium 216,529,078

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 464,621,153 470,574,255 +5,953,102
United States 229,708,110 128,673,840 -101,034,270
Ireland 174,453,285 92,699,855 -81,753,430
Germany 149,006,819 111,355,633 -37,651,186
Belgium 114,682,789 101,846,289 -12,836,500
China 72,100,992 67,509,783 -4,591,209
France 37,796,714 46,783,031 +8,986,317
Switzerland 40,356,272 36,077,522 -4,278,750
Italy 37,801,784 33,901,538 -3,900,246
Pakistan 25,459,017 23,751,167 -1,707,850

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 932,826,575
Ireland 292,441,469
Mexico 225,072,201
China 210,612,237
Germany 190,527,586

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 486,891,212 445,935,363 -40,955,849
Ireland 186,398,132 106,043,337 -80,354,795
Mexico 112,812,765 112,259,436 -553,329
China 104,113,800 106,498,437 +2,384,637
Germany 105,841,616 84,685,970 -21,155,646
United Kingdom 73,595,500 18,571,227 -55,024,273
Italy 37,934,507 36,070,906 -1,863,601
Costa Rica 28,743,794 36,750,934 +8,007,140
Switzerland 32,606,739 28,270,620 -4,336,119
Netherlands 31,564,500 25,455,866 -6,108,634

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 252
Inner London - West 207
Surrey, East and West Sussex 167
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 118
Greater Manchester 112

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 196 175 -21
Inner London - West 147 147 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 120 124 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 94 82 -12
Greater Manchester 84 71 -13
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 79 72 -7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 68 58 -10
Inner London - East 62 59 -3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 65 56 -9
Outer London - West and North West 61 52 -9

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 1,316,282,066
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 989,421,372
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 487,177,672
Other 36,978,436
Road transport 9,667,219

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 716,762,218 599,519,848 -117,242,370
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 535,472,195 453,949,177 -81,523,018
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 275,501,919 211,675,753 -63,826,166
Other 18,424,906 18,553,530 +128,624
Road transport 6,374,629 3,292,590 -3,082,039

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 533,841,918
London Stansted Airport 299,238,144
Eurotunnel 259,654,670
London Heathrow Airport 249,283,585
Dover 248,318,432

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 272,293,007 261,548,911 -10,744,096
London Stansted Airport 165,770,572 133,467,572 -32,303,000
Eurotunnel 127,864,296 131,790,374 +3,926,078
London Heathrow Airport 134,810,159 114,473,426 -20,336,733
Dover 108,041,977 140,276,455 +32,234,478
Holyhead 135,285,305 64,964,473 -70,320,832
London Gateway Port 77,477,635 74,158,821 -3,318,814
Felixstowe 64,002,681 55,797,824 -8,204,857
Thamesport 58,429,468 51,548,999 -6,880,469
Southampton 57,241,467 37,517,538 -19,723,929

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 595
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 389
Other manufacturing 385
Human health activities 260
Scientific research and development 149

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 641
2025-11 650
2025-10 708
2025-09 652
2025-08 644

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 1221
54m+ 648
0-1m 498
15m-54m 201
Other 160

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 £
Netherlands 382,992,659
United States 314,312,290
Germany 133,787,893
Ireland 95,780,734
France 87,774,231

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 £
Netherlands 242,005,225 140,987,434 -101,017,791
United States 191,753,679 122,558,611 -69,195,068
Germany 66,416,504 67,371,389 +954,885
Ireland 53,683,779 42,096,955 -11,586,824
France 41,967,682 45,806,549 +3,838,867
Belgium 34,443,198 37,136,826 +2,693,628
Italy 35,024,970 27,118,894 -7,906,076
Japan 29,857,020 12,352,439 -17,504,581
Australia 21,683,004 14,396,783 -7,286,221
Spain 15,401,480 13,165,348 -2,236,132

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 15,245,776
Germany 645,674
United States 512,649
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 11,573,830 3,671,946 -7,901,884
Germany 501,642 144,032 -357,610
United States 169,097 343,552 +174,455
Nicaragua 310,752 161,921 -148,831
Israel 252,056 211,619 -40,437
Taiwan 170,084 21,249 -148,835
China 42,025 32,541 -9,484
Ireland 8,505 35,262 +26,757
Italy 43,395 343 -43,052
France 34,446 6,480 -27,966

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) 739,375,730
Air transport 676,060,587
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 175,138,715
Other 19,173,308
Road transport 5,405,584

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) 425,526,754 313,848,976 -111,677,778
Air transport 375,755,355 300,305,232 -75,450,123
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 115,894,321 59,244,394 -56,649,927
Other 13,972,320 5,200,988 -8,771,332
Road transport 4,011,890 1,393,694 -2,618,196
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 525,338,254
London Heathrow Airport 254,373,396
East Midlands Airport 248,970,505
Dover 82,393,690
ZLC 78,164,319

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 308,883,025 216,455,229 -92,427,796
London Heathrow Airport 157,672,437 96,700,959 -60,971,478
East Midlands Airport 116,689,706 132,280,799 +15,591,093
Dover 46,631,454 35,762,236 -10,869,218
ZLC 47,384,589 30,779,730 -16,604,859
London Stansted Airport 36,827,831 22,746,753 -14,081,078
London Gateway Port 39,956,142 15,813,672 -24,142,470
Holyhead 29,429,613 24,971,234 -4,458,379
Southampton 19,027,672 24,349,179 +5,321,507
Felixstowe 16,422,504 11,154,034 -5,268,470

Quick facts

HS code: 90189084

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

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