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 1,089,938,078
United States 401,352,511
Ireland 295,063,695
Germany 289,703,306
Belgium 239,620,491

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 473,491,171 616,446,907 +142,955,736
United States 226,759,527 174,592,984 -52,166,543
Ireland 158,840,847 136,222,848 -22,617,999
Germany 146,037,790 143,665,516 -2,372,274
Belgium 117,179,787 122,440,704 +5,260,917
China 74,180,196 80,196,666 +6,016,470
France 40,831,999 66,162,795 +25,330,796
Switzerland 41,861,476 44,469,180 +2,607,704
Italy 38,314,444 41,448,668 +3,134,224
Pakistan 26,275,891 28,837,865 +2,561,974

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 1,083,357,263
Ireland 320,224,046
Mexico 260,410,350
China 239,733,123
Germany 214,073,511

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 497,997,299 585,359,964 +87,362,665
Ireland 164,443,174 155,780,872 -8,662,302
Mexico 115,458,640 144,951,710 +29,493,070
China 109,440,072 130,293,051 +20,852,979
Germany 104,738,317 109,335,194 +4,596,877
United Kingdom 69,351,125 22,397,611 -46,953,514
Italy 41,050,789 45,775,680 +4,724,891
Costa Rica 29,366,825 51,025,112 +21,658,287
Switzerland 34,983,630 31,943,488 -3,040,142
Netherlands 31,000,770 31,742,876 +742,106

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 262
Inner London - West 212
Surrey, East and West Sussex 169
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 124
Greater Manchester 122

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 197 184 -13
Inner London - West 148 158 +10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 119 128 +9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 95 90 -5
Greater Manchester 89 81 -8
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 81 82 +1
Inner London - East 61 67 +6
Outer London - West and North West 67 49 -18
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 63 59 -4
West Midlands 64 57 -7

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 1,481,183,494
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,146,782,812
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 533,590,101
Other 42,615,792
Road transport 8,920,512

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 722,321,343 758,862,151 +36,540,808
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 529,073,128 617,709,684 +88,636,556
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 276,185,651 257,404,450 -18,781,201
Other 18,761,429 23,854,363 +5,092,934
Road transport 4,935,645 3,984,867 -950,778

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 596,831,696
Eurotunnel 324,631,173
London Stansted Airport 322,415,059
Dover 305,253,941
London Heathrow Airport 290,068,116

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 275,019,371 321,812,325 +46,792,954
Eurotunnel 138,661,503 185,969,670 +47,308,167
London Stansted Airport 163,612,592 158,802,467 -4,810,125
Dover 125,998,274 179,255,667 +53,257,393
London Heathrow Airport 136,949,233 153,118,883 +16,169,650
Holyhead 111,176,663 106,733,250 -4,443,413
London Gateway Port 78,001,404 89,761,723 +11,760,319
Felixstowe 67,912,522 66,263,497 -1,649,025
Thamesport 58,997,433 60,736,718 +1,739,285
Birmingham Airport 51,455,406 66,825,044 +15,369,638

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
611
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
411
Other manufacturing
400
Human health activities
256
Other professional, scientific and technical activities
158

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 1271
54m+ 667
0-1m 526
15m-54m 219
Other 157

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 399,254,380
United States 337,310,733
Germany 141,123,919
Ireland 103,360,430
France 95,269,550

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 220,491,116 178,763,264 -41,727,852
United States 181,698,934 155,611,799 -26,087,135
Germany 73,945,537 67,178,382 -6,767,155
Ireland 52,021,865 51,338,565 -683,300
France 42,602,235 52,667,315 +10,065,080
Belgium 36,174,942 39,542,399 +3,367,457
Italy 36,532,908 29,798,000 -6,734,908
Australia 19,251,748 19,446,031 +194,283
Chile 2,633,902 32,906,260 +30,272,358
Japan 11,396,944 18,727,141 +7,330,197

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 11,706,365
United States 860,715
Germany 618,720
Israel 451,818
Nicaragua 440,024

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 6,500,759 5,205,606 -1,295,153
United States 304,235 556,480 +252,245
Germany 450,161 168,559 -281,602
Israel 175,957 275,861 +99,904
Nicaragua 399,837 40,187 -359,650
Taiwan 171,734 31,009 -140,725
Ireland 8,826 84,539 +75,713
Pakistan 26,053 67,269 +41,216
China 26,000 64,199 +38,199
Italy 40,517 0 -40,517

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) 784,602,122
Air transport 756,532,697
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 178,613,277
Other 16,102,726
Road transport 3,734,100

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) 424,439,539 360,162,583 -64,276,956
Air transport 356,648,804 399,883,893 +43,235,089
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 97,903,540 80,709,737 -17,193,803
Other 8,902,205 7,200,521 -1,701,684
Road transport 2,457,557 1,276,543 -1,181,014
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 558,036,812
East Midlands Airport 289,430,342
London Heathrow Airport 262,981,623
Dover 85,188,881
ZLC 73,126,557

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 300,872,592 257,164,220 -43,708,372
East Midlands Airport 129,204,183 160,226,159 +31,021,976
London Heathrow Airport 135,628,855 127,352,768 -8,276,087
Dover 47,311,817 37,877,064 -9,434,753
ZLC 38,536,722 34,589,835 -3,946,887
London Stansted Airport 35,050,919 26,271,763 -8,779,156
Holyhead 27,706,039 31,532,876 +3,826,837
London Gateway Port 32,302,962 26,003,911 -6,299,051
Southampton 21,186,240 26,074,935 +4,888,695
Belfast Airport 4,583,460 31,431,049 +26,847,589

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