Import/export HS code 30059050: Various medical articles

Medical items not listed in specific codes, such as surgical pads or wraps

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 33,353,384
China 26,072,334
France 15,558,001
Belgium 14,056,241
Germany 10,709,310

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 14,094,647 19,258,737 +5,164,090
China 14,032,775 12,039,559 -1,993,216
France 7,465,249 8,092,752 +627,503
Belgium 7,236,506 6,819,735 -416,771
Germany 5,781,469 4,927,841 -853,628
Czechia 4,780,762 3,650,454 -1,130,308
Thailand 2,803,935 2,470,075 -333,860
Austria 2,417,207 1,059,762 -1,357,445
Ireland 827,463 2,231,696 +1,404,233
Australia 2,358,415 313,290 -2,045,125

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 £
China 36,573,537
France 13,462,159
Germany 11,259,371
United States 11,143,696
Czechia 8,665,787

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 £
China 19,437,450 17,136,087 -2,301,363
France 6,030,710 7,431,449 +1,400,739
Germany 6,463,055 4,796,316 -1,666,739
United States 3,118,840 8,024,856 +4,906,016
Czechia 4,923,243 3,742,544 -1,180,699
United Kingdom 3,780,018 4,209,813 +429,795
Thailand 3,462,351 3,143,104 -319,247
Belgium 3,232,400 3,098,169 -134,231
Netherlands 1,831,450 2,658,068 +826,618
Austria 2,591,608 1,748,689 -842,919

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 8
Greater Manchester 8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 7
Inner London - West 7

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 7 4 -3
Greater Manchester 7 7 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 6 7 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 5 6 +1
Inner London - West 5 6 +1
Outer London - West and North West 4 4 +0
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 5 4 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 5 4 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 3 2 -1
Cheshire 2 2 +0

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) 78,171,112
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 35,382,755
Air transport 15,799,473
Other 3,364,555
Road transport 8,492

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) 40,311,673 37,859,439 -2,452,234
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,163,663 16,219,092 -2,944,571
Air transport 5,954,769 9,844,704 +3,889,935
Other 1,272,171 2,092,384 +820,213
Road transport 3,362 5,130 +1,768

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 26,964,810
Felixstowe 25,764,946
Harwich 16,829,948
Southampton 9,878,072
Purfleet 8,170,878

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 £
Dover 14,624,482 12,340,328 -2,284,154
Felixstowe 13,396,268 12,368,678 -1,027,590
Harwich 9,694,526 7,135,422 -2,559,104
Southampton 4,836,999 5,041,073 +204,074
Purfleet 3,304,379 4,866,499 +1,562,120
East Midlands Airport 1,926,425 5,611,853 +3,685,428
London 3,192,207 3,047,599 -144,608
Eurotunnel 3,411,650 2,248,404 -1,163,246
London Stansted Airport 736,309 3,048,620 +2,312,311
000 1,272,171 2,092,384 +820,213

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 46
Other manufacturing 23
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 18
Human health activities 8
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 5

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 47
2025-10 43
2025-09 43
2025-08 43
2025-07 46

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 45
54m+ 37
15m-54m 17
Other 7
0-1m 5

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 112,674,607
Germany 37,672,170
Finland 27,116,807
United States 14,032,271
Dominican Republic 7,286,050

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 65,557,293 47,117,314 -18,439,979
Germany 19,027,056 18,645,114 -381,942
Finland 13,956,564 13,160,243 -796,321
United States 6,909,592 7,122,679 +213,087
Dominican Republic 3,301,227 3,984,823 +683,596
Ireland 1,786,248 1,902,939 +116,691
Belgium 1,982,950 1,413,190 -569,760
Malaysia 1,467,341 1,192,847 -274,494
France 2,090,753 251,523 -1,839,230
Australia 743,814 829,201 +85,387

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 £
China 6,266
XU 2,413
Denmark 1,933
Ireland 1,512
France 790

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 £
China 3,201 3,065 -136
XU 1,625 788 -837
Denmark 1,002 931 -71
Ireland 1,443 69 -1,374
France 622 168 -454
United States 439 114 -325
Germany 321 0 -321
Switzerland 254 57 -197
Turkey 115 71 -44
Sweden 93 0 -93

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) 133,575,815
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 81,010,311
Air transport 7,067,371
Road transport 38,168
Other 14,378

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) 58,203,467 75,372,348 +17,168,881
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 59,950,039 21,060,272 -38,889,767
Air transport 3,739,495 3,327,876 -411,619
Road transport 38,168 0 -38,168
Other 9,115 5,263 -3,852

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 138,176,869
Dover / Eurotunnel 45,247,743
London Gateway Port 11,870,969
Liverpool Docks 6,094,455
London Heathrow Airport 5,229,199

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 £
Immingham Docks 78,220,711 59,956,158 -18,264,553
Dover / Eurotunnel 24,693,640 20,554,103 -4,139,537
London Gateway Port 5,656,692 6,214,277 +557,585
Liverpool Docks 3,174,429 2,920,026 -254,403
London Heathrow Airport 2,614,732 2,614,467 -265
Southampton 1,286,363 3,130,816 +1,844,453
Felixstowe 2,038,931 712,462 -1,326,469
Holyhead 769,315 1,025,910 +256,595
London 229,910 1,335,795 +1,105,885
Hull 940,211 0 -940,211

Quick facts

HS code: 30059050

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

Description: Medical items not listed in specific codes, such as surgical pads or wraps