Import/export HS code 9022: X-ray and radiation equipment

Machines using X-rays or radiation for medical or other uses

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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 337,607,697
Netherlands 268,615,509
United States 220,272,344
France 59,097,209
China 56,342,890

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 175,778,428 161,829,269 -13,949,159
Netherlands 111,596,800 157,018,709 +45,421,909
United States 113,880,710 106,391,634 -7,489,076
France 29,546,117 29,551,092 +4,975
China 25,822,880 30,520,010 +4,697,130
Belgium 19,707,412 15,872,266 -3,835,146
Japan 10,716,377 18,464,273 +7,747,896
South Korea 13,474,520 11,409,569 -2,064,951
Ireland 11,184,090 8,897,497 -2,286,593
Slovakia 8,029,464 9,502,365 +1,472,901

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 £
Germany 324,193,133
United States 310,315,306
Netherlands 89,082,248
Japan 85,307,941
China 73,762,721

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 £
Germany 168,781,759 155,411,374 -13,370,385
United States 161,459,696 148,855,610 -12,604,086
Netherlands 35,762,796 53,319,452 +17,556,656
Japan 40,686,716 44,621,225 +3,934,509
China 34,296,655 39,466,066 +5,169,411
United Kingdom 23,198,685 31,506,216 +8,307,531
France 17,528,873 19,532,450 +2,003,577
South Korea 17,297,434 16,530,186 -767,248
Slovakia 9,311,239 10,999,078 +1,687,839
Italy 8,527,759 11,363,372 +2,835,613

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 87
Surrey, East and West Sussex 61
Greater Manchester 43
Inner London - West 43
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 42

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 64 62 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 47 50 +3
Greater Manchester 33 32 -1
Inner London - West 28 32 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 28 31 +3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 23 21 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 24 25 +1
West Midlands 21 23 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 16 19 +3
West Yorkshire 14 20 +6

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) 608,598,959
Air transport 435,265,617
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 134,820,805
Other 10,190,297
Road transport 9,413,746

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) 297,511,532 311,087,427 +13,575,895
Air transport 217,750,736 217,514,881 -235,855
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 59,389,940 75,430,865 +16,040,925
Other 1,878,610 8,311,687 +6,433,077
Road transport 1,814,998 7,598,748 +5,783,750
Rail transport 6,514 34,764 +28,250

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 226,273,651
Dover 175,990,430
Eurotunnel 151,563,659
Felixstowe 81,085,338
Harwich 80,262,401

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 125,987,584 100,286,067 -25,701,517
Dover 84,040,936 91,949,494 +7,908,558
Eurotunnel 87,260,147 64,303,512 -22,956,635
Felixstowe 42,941,938 38,143,400 -4,798,538
Harwich 34,105,702 46,156,699 +12,050,997
East Midlands Airport 35,742,387 42,840,834 +7,098,447
Birmingham Airport 24,530,705 29,450,489 +4,919,784
ZLC 16,241,525 32,106,855 +15,865,330
Southampton 15,661,369 24,270,760 +8,609,391
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,473,464 19,479,085 +3,005,621

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 127
Other manufacturing 91
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 84
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 53
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 52

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 177
2026-03 194
2026-02 184
2026-01 157
2025-12 177

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 299
54m+ 281
0-1m 99
15m-54m 66
Other 60

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 355,305,954
United States 243,771,631
France 80,286,735
Germany 79,935,718
China 77,433,497

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 180,365,398 174,940,556 -5,424,842
United States 142,205,662 101,565,969 -40,639,693
France 46,380,894 33,905,841 -12,475,053
Germany 32,391,373 47,544,345 +15,152,972
China 43,800,698 33,632,799 -10,167,899
Saudi Arabia 14,595,733 36,318,453 +21,722,720
Mexico 35,359,907 7,018,859 -28,341,048
Ireland 18,087,738 13,878,985 -4,208,753
Taiwan 11,701,550 16,597,380 +4,895,830
South Korea 16,864,220 8,944,857 -7,919,363

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 382,982
Japan 177,099
Germany 6,876
Italy 2,673

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 370,226 12,756 -357,470
Japan 66,779 110,320 +43,541
Germany 4,853 2,023 -2,830
Italy 0 2,673 +2,673

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) 666,665,390
Air transport 488,482,618
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 333,423,751
Other 589,132
Road transport 58,064

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) 348,664,070 318,001,320 -30,662,750
Air transport 257,890,065 230,592,553 -27,297,512
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 153,242,591 180,181,160 +26,938,569
Other 457,627 131,505 -326,122
Road transport 44,907 13,157 -31,750

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 473,543,881
London Heathrow Airport 321,876,307
Southampton 136,651,807
London Gateway Port 103,455,086
East Midlands Airport 65,669,466

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 218,834,488 254,709,393 +35,874,905
London Heathrow Airport 174,750,825 147,125,482 -27,625,343
Southampton 57,182,543 79,469,264 +22,286,721
London Gateway Port 58,509,616 44,945,470 -13,564,146
East Midlands Airport 31,756,398 33,913,068 +2,156,670
Manchester Airport 26,847,272 18,854,497 -7,992,775
Felixstowe 17,256,791 27,247,648 +9,990,857
Dover 35,682,944 7,865,473 -27,817,471
Immingham Docks 26,588,178 12,628,539 -13,959,639
Harwich 14,376,545 23,537,814 +9,161,269

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 9022

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

Description: Machines using X-rays or radiation for medical or other uses