Import/export HS code 902789: Various testing and measuring tools

Various instruments for scientific or industrial testing and measurement purposes

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 £
United States 118,932,919
Germany 104,185,831
Switzerland 47,369,031
Netherlands 42,363,825
Czechia 39,907,768

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 £
United States 59,477,740 59,455,179 -22,561
Germany 51,467,544 52,718,287 +1,250,743
Switzerland 30,204,210 17,164,821 -13,039,389
Netherlands 20,351,562 22,012,263 +1,660,701
Czechia 18,783,458 21,124,310 +2,340,852
France 13,255,143 11,322,285 -1,932,858
Italy 9,380,075 11,264,915 +1,884,840
Austria 11,233,235 3,442,930 -7,790,305
Belgium 4,958,042 5,678,332 +720,290
China 4,579,520 5,990,550 +1,411,030

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 153,451,173
Germany 70,475,299
Switzerland 59,529,866
Czechia 39,606,235
Japan 31,262,811

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 76,594,930 76,856,243 +261,313
Germany 37,063,641 33,411,658 -3,651,983
Switzerland 36,910,916 22,618,950 -14,291,966
Czechia 18,994,202 20,612,033 +1,617,831
Japan 15,352,086 15,910,725 +558,639
China 11,769,409 13,162,854 +1,393,445
United Kingdom 10,486,262 13,711,300 +3,225,038
Austria 11,224,446 3,460,028 -7,764,418
Netherlands 5,739,105 8,174,148 +2,435,043
France 5,457,199 5,893,576 +436,377

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 188
Inner London - West 134
Surrey, East and West Sussex 118
Greater Manchester 96
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 90

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 124 133 +9
Inner London - West 88 86 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 83 91 +8
Greater Manchester 67 62 -5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 60 63 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 71 62 -9
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 60 54 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 59 50 -9
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 50 53 +3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 43 54 +11

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 272,868,279
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 172,983,778
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 55,015,709
Road transport 26,742,295
Rail transport 1,667,220

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 130,366,256 142,502,023 +12,135,767
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 91,298,932 81,684,846 -9,614,086
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 29,730,255 25,285,454 -4,444,801
Road transport 15,901,026 10,841,269 -5,059,757
Rail transport 1,227,034 440,186 -786,848
Other 436,979 451,672 +14,693

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 109,753,277
East Midlands Airport 75,036,621
Dover / Eurotunnel 70,467,296
Dover 51,784,682
London Stansted Airport 34,003,422

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 55,383,005 54,370,272 -1,012,733
East Midlands Airport 36,284,051 38,752,570 +2,468,519
Dover / Eurotunnel 38,712,921 31,754,375 -6,958,546
Dover 27,752,275 24,032,407 -3,719,868
London Stansted Airport 17,649,877 16,353,545 -1,296,332
ZLC 17,968,689 13,414,468 -4,554,221
Eurotunnel 15,734,583 14,100,680 -1,633,903
Birmingham Airport 12,364,986 15,625,228 +3,260,242
Thamesport 12,007,273 9,803,987 -2,203,286
Manchester Airport 2,850,652 12,939,053 +10,088,401

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
398
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
188
Scientific research and development
156
Other manufacturing
155
Other professional, scientific and technical activities
145

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 359
2026-04 338
2026-03 367
2026-02 387
2026-01 346

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 787
54m+ 743
0-1m 224
15m-54m 171
Other 171

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 £
United States 126,856,044
Germany 67,280,473
China 41,579,374
Netherlands 31,657,300
France 27,366,205

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 £
United States 62,332,179 64,523,865 +2,191,686
Germany 33,490,445 33,790,028 +299,583
China 22,900,237 18,679,137 -4,221,100
Netherlands 14,396,542 17,260,758 +2,864,216
France 14,131,200 13,235,005 -896,195
Japan 14,627,210 8,975,183 -5,652,027
India 10,174,408 10,308,370 +133,962
Ireland 8,695,290 9,738,187 +1,042,897
Italy 8,087,660 8,254,858 +167,198
Thailand 14,283,383 1,920,053 -12,363,330

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 £
Hungary 116,999
United States 62,964
China 47,164
XI 46,718
Taiwan 8,344

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 £
Hungary 99,563 17,436 -82,127
United States 16,269 46,695 +30,426
China 23,876 23,288 -588
XI 46,129 589 -45,540
Taiwan 4,312 4,032 -280
Germany 157 8,019 +7,862
South Africa 1,155 3,785 +2,630
Canada 0 3,128 +3,128
Czechia 0 2,309 +2,309
Spain 522 0 -522

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 507,228,552
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 96,137,014
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,581,957
Road transport 535,210
Other 308,099

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 £
Air transport 264,926,178 242,302,374 -22,623,804
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 45,972,217 50,164,797 +4,192,580
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,089,091 5,492,866 -5,596,225
Road transport 311,867 223,343 -88,524
Other 196,780 111,319 -85,461

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 249,442,597
East Midlands Airport 120,468,709
Dover / Eurotunnel 63,225,153
London Stansted Airport 60,489,436
ZLC 50,016,775

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 131,274,308 118,168,289 -13,106,019
East Midlands Airport 63,807,943 56,660,766 -7,147,177
Dover / Eurotunnel 30,545,197 32,679,956 +2,134,759
London Stansted Airport 30,061,449 30,427,987 +366,538
ZLC 26,616,534 23,400,241 -3,216,293
Manchester Airport 8,037,786 9,897,891 +1,860,105
Dover 7,735,594 7,930,983 +195,389
Immingham Docks 3,938,082 3,790,949 -147,133
Felixstowe 3,519,276 910,545 -2,608,731
Holyhead 2,377,449 1,666,491 -710,958

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 902789

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

Description: Various instruments for scientific or industrial testing and measurement purposes