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 1,053,627,696
United States 383,070,976
Ireland 282,547,639
Germany 271,152,157
Belgium 230,939,843

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 477,050,218 576,577,478 +99,527,260
United States 222,562,663 160,508,313 -62,054,350
Ireland 155,122,521 127,425,118 -27,697,403
Germany 136,587,267 134,564,890 -2,022,377
Belgium 117,074,803 113,865,040 -3,209,763
China 76,049,995 72,175,658 -3,874,337
France 41,587,721 62,437,964 +20,850,243
Switzerland 42,108,473 41,027,023 -1,081,450
Italy 37,867,759 38,269,266 +401,507
Pakistan 26,141,988 26,994,823 +852,835

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 1,041,775,232
Ireland 304,905,936
Mexico 250,386,860
China 231,271,750
Germany 202,966,009

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 494,670,349 547,104,883 +52,434,534
Ireland 158,652,055 146,253,881 -12,398,174
Mexico 115,910,925 134,475,935 +18,565,010
China 112,980,720 118,291,030 +5,310,310
Germany 100,638,595 102,327,414 +1,688,819
United Kingdom 67,321,757 21,197,580 -46,124,177
Italy 40,950,803 42,284,686 +1,333,883
Costa Rica 30,435,610 47,859,858 +17,424,248
Switzerland 35,844,549 28,612,731 -7,231,818
Netherlands 31,064,348 29,504,187 -1,560,161

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 254
Inner London - West 209
Surrey, East and West Sussex 164
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 121
Greater Manchester 119

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 199 173 -26
Inner London - West 148 149 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 118 122 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 97 86 -11
Greater Manchester 84 78 -6
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 81 78 -3
Inner London - East 65 63 -2
Outer London - West and North West 70 45 -25
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 62 59 -3
West Midlands 63 55 -8

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 1,419,880,858
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,102,509,594
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 511,700,720
Other 41,215,109
Road transport 8,062,878

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 717,764,534 702,116,324 -15,648,210
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 520,055,077 582,454,517 +62,399,440
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 274,338,486 237,362,234 -36,976,252
Other 19,047,569 22,167,540 +3,119,971
Road transport 4,685,911 3,376,967 -1,308,944

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 573,044,181
Eurotunnel 315,036,580
London Stansted Airport 307,881,547
Dover 298,858,940
London Heathrow Airport 275,135,807

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 273,666,239 299,377,942 +25,711,703
Eurotunnel 138,310,896 176,725,684 +38,414,788
London Stansted Airport 160,869,118 147,012,429 -13,856,689
Dover 129,855,858 169,003,082 +39,147,224
London Heathrow Airport 135,188,277 139,947,530 +4,759,253
Holyhead 105,729,676 101,199,011 -4,530,665
London Gateway Port 79,235,189 81,661,651 +2,426,462
Felixstowe 66,989,765 62,121,667 -4,868,098
Birmingham Airport 52,706,095 61,937,191 +9,231,096
Thamesport 57,523,155 56,402,102 -1,121,053

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
601
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
399
Other manufacturing
396
Human health activities
251
Other professional, scientific and technical activities
154

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 677
2026-04 636
2026-03 706
2026-02 646
2026-01 642

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 1251
54m+ 648
0-1m 507
15m-54m 213
Other 153

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 378,001,756
United States 323,397,573
Germany 135,813,371
Ireland 99,283,447
France 90,398,301

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 210,916,991 167,084,765 -43,832,226
United States 179,871,403 143,526,170 -36,345,233
Germany 74,605,832 61,207,539 -13,398,293
Ireland 52,027,747 47,255,700 -4,772,047
France 41,552,769 48,845,532 +7,292,763
Belgium 37,275,627 35,736,941 -1,538,686
Italy 35,575,466 27,239,161 -8,336,305
Australia 18,260,861 18,311,602 +50,741
Chile 2,327,176 32,838,919 +30,511,743
Japan 9,117,438 18,279,394 +9,161,956

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 10,158,180
United States 854,646
Germany 616,588
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 5,076,841 5,081,339 +4,498
United States 314,478 540,168 +225,690
Germany 454,745 161,843 -292,902
Israel 177,890 260,110 +82,220
Nicaragua 421,291 2,500 -418,791
Taiwan 122,846 30,953 -91,893
Ireland 8,628 84,528 +75,900
Pakistan 25,771 66,981 +41,210
China 25,710 62,946 +37,236
Italy 40,170 0 -40,170

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) 750,189,118
Air transport 715,847,246
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 166,196,982
Other 14,364,402
Road transport 3,368,062

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) 415,986,906 334,202,212 -81,784,694
Air transport 343,280,173 372,567,073 +29,286,900
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 92,839,181 73,357,801 -19,481,380
Other 7,432,530 6,931,872 -500,658
Road transport 2,196,156 1,171,906 -1,024,250
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 533,491,753
East Midlands Airport 273,029,842
London Heathrow Airport 250,260,729
Dover 80,719,089
ZLC 67,122,569

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 293,370,153 240,121,600 -53,248,553
East Midlands Airport 127,111,863 145,917,979 +18,806,116
London Heathrow Airport 129,482,844 120,777,885 -8,704,959
Dover 46,233,560 34,485,529 -11,748,031
ZLC 35,444,055 31,678,514 -3,765,541
London Stansted Airport 33,923,122 23,568,494 -10,354,628
Holyhead 27,080,739 29,782,231 +2,701,492
London Gateway Port 26,908,564 24,625,117 -2,283,447
Southampton 23,323,417 21,864,729 -1,458,688
Belfast Airport 3,943,757 31,382,049 +27,438,292

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