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 127,745,269
Germany 109,714,856
Switzerland 47,838,374
Netherlands 43,527,655
Czechia 41,393,537

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 62,190,658 65,554,611 +3,363,953
Germany 51,992,169 57,722,687 +5,730,518
Switzerland 29,638,207 18,200,167 -11,438,040
Netherlands 20,824,879 22,702,776 +1,877,897
Czechia 18,678,324 22,715,213 +4,036,889
France 12,266,039 10,722,960 -1,543,079
Italy 10,457,397 11,354,006 +896,609
Austria 11,282,885 4,112,121 -7,170,764
Belgium 4,309,799 6,644,420 +2,334,621
China 4,525,464 6,369,114 +1,843,650

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 162,211,380
Germany 74,707,550
Switzerland 60,733,664
Czechia 41,330,202
Japan 32,233,080

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 78,023,486 84,187,894 +6,164,408
Germany 37,310,871 37,396,679 +85,808
Switzerland 36,763,262 23,970,402 -12,792,860
Czechia 19,063,751 22,266,451 +3,202,700
Japan 15,263,093 16,969,987 +1,706,894
United Kingdom 12,651,847 14,120,619 +1,468,772
China 11,206,381 13,841,327 +2,634,946
Austria 11,192,937 4,200,002 -6,992,935
Netherlands 5,242,327 7,317,996 +2,075,669
France 5,158,434 4,647,738 -510,696

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 190
Inner London - West 140
Surrey, East and West Sussex 118
Greater Manchester 99
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 93

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 132 130 -2
Inner London - West 93 93 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 79 94 +15
Greater Manchester 69 60 -9
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 63 65 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 66 67 +1
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 57 58 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 61 52 -9
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 48 56 +8
West Midlands 46 49 +3

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 286,523,862
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 177,022,010
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 59,504,883
Road transport 26,925,194
Rail transport 2,084,197

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 132,037,456 154,486,406 +22,448,950
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 91,120,227 85,901,783 -5,218,444
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 30,907,216 28,597,667 -2,309,549
Road transport 16,015,343 10,909,851 -5,105,492
Rail transport 1,552,099 532,098 -1,020,001
Other 547,227 465,715 -81,512

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 116,000,401
East Midlands Airport 77,950,168
Dover / Eurotunnel 73,375,496
Dover 51,944,195
London Stansted Airport 37,658,611

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 55,127,786 60,872,615 +5,744,829
East Midlands Airport 37,495,350 40,454,818 +2,959,468
Dover / Eurotunnel 38,995,940 34,379,556 -4,616,384
Dover 26,457,942 25,486,253 -971,689
London Stansted Airport 19,554,833 18,103,778 -1,451,055
Eurotunnel 17,771,431 14,906,527 -2,864,904
ZLC 17,869,527 13,731,024 -4,138,503
Birmingham Airport 10,558,381 17,250,893 +6,692,512
Thamesport 12,225,357 10,912,656 -1,312,701
Manchester Airport 3,535,877 12,878,603 +9,342,726

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 411
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 200
Scientific research and development 161
Other manufacturing 158
Other professional, scientific and technical activities 142

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 338
2026-03 367
2026-02 387
2026-01 346
2025-12 345

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 807
54m+ 761
0-1m 234
15m-54m 181
Other 178

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 132,276,783
Germany 69,350,180
China 44,734,513
Netherlands 32,055,837
France 28,629,656

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 62,371,369 69,905,414 +7,534,045
Germany 32,985,420 36,364,760 +3,379,340
China 24,224,870 20,509,643 -3,715,227
Netherlands 13,238,099 18,817,738 +5,579,639
France 14,331,873 14,297,783 -34,090
Japan 14,659,599 9,531,748 -5,127,851
India 10,418,650 10,319,038 -99,612
Ireland 8,630,825 9,992,899 +1,362,074
Italy 8,213,323 9,658,428 +1,445,105
Thailand 14,339,824 2,050,564 -12,289,260

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 123,474
United States 64,127
China 49,570
XI 46,718
Taiwan 8,274

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 95,031 28,443 -66,588
United States 8,733 55,394 +46,661
China 24,134 25,436 +1,302
XI 46,129 589 -45,540
Taiwan 4,199 4,075 -124
Germany 157 7,151 +6,994
South Africa 358 3,254 +2,896
Canada 0 3,128 +3,128
Czechia 0 1,137 +1,137
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 527,771,134
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 98,996,966
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,278,888
Road transport 584,046
Other 315,246

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 262,383,665 265,387,469 +3,003,804
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 46,162,408 52,834,558 +6,672,150
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,147,820 6,131,068 -5,016,752
Road transport 359,220 224,826 -134,394
Other 184,601 130,645 -53,956

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 261,507,826
East Midlands Airport 126,538,484
Dover / Eurotunnel 66,477,649
London Stansted Airport 62,580,327
ZLC 52,760,663

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 132,042,364 129,465,462 -2,576,902
East Midlands Airport 62,426,274 64,112,210 +1,685,936
Dover / Eurotunnel 30,951,202 35,526,447 +4,575,245
London Stansted Airport 28,414,388 34,165,939 +5,751,551
ZLC 27,332,756 25,427,907 -1,904,849
Manchester Airport 7,496,689 8,266,874 +770,185
Dover 7,320,052 8,235,421 +915,369
Immingham Docks 3,698,648 3,465,405 -233,243
Felixstowe 4,147,986 909,394 -3,238,592
Holyhead 2,303,270 1,676,780 -626,490

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