Import/export HS code 903190: Parts and accessories

Spare parts and accessories for measuring or checking tools and machines

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 £
Germany 71,538,345
United States 58,567,680
Ireland 39,601,543
Italy 20,987,610
France 20,097,807

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 39,085,091 32,453,254 -6,631,837
United States 31,178,475 27,389,205 -3,789,270
Ireland 21,150,936 18,450,607 -2,700,329
Italy 9,915,237 11,072,373 +1,157,136
France 11,915,966 8,181,841 -3,734,125
China 8,262,582 7,970,997 -291,585
Netherlands 7,215,417 6,005,643 -1,209,774
Japan 7,276,013 5,093,774 -2,182,239
Canada 7,145,768 4,465,752 -2,680,016
Switzerland 5,840,684 5,430,081 -410,603

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 78,521,801
Germany 53,226,984
Ireland 35,935,346
United Kingdom 34,625,849
China 26,815,906

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 40,195,398 38,326,403 -1,868,995
Germany 31,932,487 21,294,497 -10,637,990
Ireland 18,878,578 17,056,768 -1,821,810
United Kingdom 17,415,957 17,209,892 -206,065
China 13,665,370 13,150,536 -514,834
France 7,231,253 7,416,671 +185,418
Italy 8,219,959 5,889,894 -2,330,065
Japan 8,093,189 5,476,612 -2,616,577
Canada 7,316,727 4,334,351 -2,982,376
Switzerland 5,520,237 5,704,547 +184,310

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 280
Surrey, East and West Sussex 186
Inner London - West 184
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 152
West Midlands 148

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 210 195 -15
Surrey, East and West Sussex 138 121 -17
Inner London - West 110 123 +13
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 106 104 -2
West Midlands 109 90 -19
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 119 93 -26
Greater Manchester 92 85 -7
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 90 83 -7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 92 81 -11
West Yorkshire 75 69 -6

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 251,715,021
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 83,234,618
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 38,112,136
Other 5,588,788
Road transport 981,996

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 131,642,682 120,072,339 -11,570,343
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 40,931,107 42,303,511 +1,372,404
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,695,461 15,416,675 -7,278,786
Other 4,449,104 1,139,684 -3,309,420
Road transport 718,358 263,638 -454,720
Rail transport 110,907 4,478 -106,429

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 94,121,714
London Heathrow Airport 70,081,648
London Stansted Airport 35,680,523
Birmingham Airport 32,685,723
Dover 30,855,828

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 48,422,386 45,699,328 -2,723,058
London Heathrow Airport 32,114,193 37,967,455 +5,853,262
London Stansted Airport 20,807,591 14,872,932 -5,934,659
Birmingham Airport 19,073,620 13,612,103 -5,461,517
Dover 16,713,516 14,142,312 -2,571,204
Eurotunnel 7,802,495 5,858,515 -1,943,980
Holyhead 3,196,543 9,979,052 +6,782,509
London Gateway Port 7,498,067 4,218,010 -3,280,057
Thamesport 6,423,946 4,119,795 -2,304,151
Harwich 4,161,258 2,643,678 -1,517,580

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 542
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 358
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 293
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis 223
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 219

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 483
2025-11 526
2025-10 525
2025-09 545
2025-08 530

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 1286
54m+ 1142
0-1m 397
15m-54m 299
Other 208

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 139,192,530
Ireland 105,789,780
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 89,853,393
Germany 67,217,737
Japan 46,514,196

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 77,503,578 61,688,952 -15,814,626
Ireland 56,109,461 49,680,319 -6,429,142
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 49,987,332 39,866,061 -10,121,271
Germany 34,901,757 32,315,980 -2,585,777
Japan 29,591,587 16,922,609 -12,668,978
India 21,904,359 19,871,716 -2,032,643
China 7,682,703 11,343,213 +3,660,510
France 7,987,025 8,501,398 +514,373
South Korea 9,526,627 5,514,822 -4,011,805
Saudi Arabia 7,543,187 6,894,293 -648,894

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 786,537
Switzerland 490,947
Germany 28,260
China 6,471
Italy 5,772

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 234,574 551,963 +317,389
Switzerland 37 490,910 +490,873
Germany 1,489 26,771 +25,282
China 4,901 1,570 -3,331
Italy 1,324 4,448 +3,124
Czechia 1,706 2,619 +913
France 1,786 1,802 +16
Viet Nam 322 2,302 +1,980
Ireland 0 1,410 +1,410
Sweden 407 958 +551

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 505,331,853
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 184,668,471
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 54,816,555
Other 1,334,253
Road transport 259,144

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 283,350,252 221,981,601 -61,368,651
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 91,050,864 93,617,607 +2,566,743
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,932,286 28,884,269 +2,951,983
Other 248,432 1,085,821 +837,389
Road transport 257,212 1,932 -255,280
Rail transport 0 6,154 +6,154

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 280,273,720
East Midlands Airport 145,092,652
Holyhead 89,889,436
Dover / Eurotunnel 73,131,834
London Stansted Airport 26,781,454

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 156,626,195 123,647,525 -32,978,670
East Midlands Airport 81,288,141 63,804,511 -17,483,630
Holyhead 46,127,788 43,761,648 -2,366,140
Dover / Eurotunnel 33,630,626 39,501,208 +5,870,582
London Stansted Airport 13,137,632 13,643,822 +506,190
ZLC 15,212,460 10,215,096 -4,997,364
Southampton 9,281,763 12,358,025 +3,076,262
Liverpool Docks 7,775,932 8,999,975 +1,224,043
Dover 5,266,964 4,678,115 -588,849
Warton Aerodrome 4,901,613 4,646,662 -254,951

Quick facts

HS code: 903190

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

Description: Spare parts and accessories for measuring or checking tools and machines