Import/export HS code 901390: Parts and accessories

Spare parts and accessories for optical instruments

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 £
France 32,039,007
Germany 26,877,118
Israel 26,568,188
United States 20,333,628
Malaysia 18,281,627

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 £
France 24,737,587 7,301,420 -17,436,167
Germany 13,757,987 13,119,131 -638,856
Israel 17,571,512 8,996,676 -8,574,836
United States 11,570,078 8,763,550 -2,806,528
Malaysia 8,536,464 9,745,163 +1,208,699
China 4,735,632 3,586,557 -1,149,075
Czechia 2,484,985 2,215,731 -269,254
Latvia 2,171,765 2,066,403 -105,362
Canada 1,086,071 2,049,786 +963,715
Italy 1,936,754 1,105,802 -830,952

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 £
France 29,018,056
Israel 26,128,334
Germany 21,108,458
United States 18,683,464
Malaysia 17,386,970

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 £
France 22,303,347 6,714,709 -15,588,638
Israel 17,523,783 8,604,551 -8,919,232
Germany 10,976,595 10,131,863 -844,732
United States 9,653,388 9,030,076 -623,312
Malaysia 8,113,829 9,273,141 +1,159,312
United Kingdom 8,678,935 5,636,012 -3,042,923
China 6,724,272 5,031,180 -1,693,092
Czechia 2,468,335 1,971,654 -496,681
Latvia 2,125,113 2,031,349 -93,764
Canada 1,542,633 2,021,280 +478,647

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 72
Inner London - West 44
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 35
Surrey, East and West Sussex 33
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 27

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 55 45 -10
Inner London - West 35 24 -11
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 28 26 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 25 20 -5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 21 17 -4
Outer London - West and North West 18 13 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22 13 -9
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 20 16 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 18 14 -4
Essex 17 10 -7

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 125,770,079
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 32,001,780
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,056,516
Other 196,410
Road transport 114,753

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 69,168,790 56,601,289 -12,567,501
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 23,052,575 8,949,205 -14,103,370
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,795,040 5,261,476 -2,533,564
Other 74,238 122,172 +47,934
Road transport 5,600 109,153 +103,553

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 40,883,207
East Midlands Airport 33,600,100
Eurotunnel 26,476,631
London Stansted Airport 26,459,112
Birmingham Airport 11,916,877

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 25,982,678 14,900,529 -11,082,149
East Midlands Airport 16,132,150 17,467,950 +1,335,800
Eurotunnel 20,627,736 5,848,895 -14,778,841
London Stansted Airport 14,602,619 11,856,493 -2,746,126
Birmingham Airport 6,076,974 5,839,903 -237,071
Glasgow Airport 3,904,924 5,215,147 +1,310,223
Thamesport 3,654,329 1,870,047 -1,784,282
London Gateway Port 3,025,918 2,430,329 -595,589
Dover 1,305,886 2,017,068 +711,182
Felixstowe 956,687 669,989 -286,698

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 128
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 101
Other manufacturing 60
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 49
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 47

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 80
2025-11 81
2025-10 106
2025-09 95
2025-08 95

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 259
54m+ 224
0-1m 70
15m-54m 61
Other 49

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 £
France 40,190,224
Germany 30,362,857
United States 25,548,638
Japan 14,916,666
Israel 10,268,937

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 £
France 18,297,189 21,893,035 +3,595,846
Germany 17,087,586 13,275,271 -3,812,315
United States 12,697,889 12,850,749 +152,860
Japan 7,654,619 7,262,047 -392,572
Israel 5,374,136 4,894,801 -479,335
China 4,208,512 3,019,998 -1,188,514
South Korea 3,538,401 3,166,048 -372,353
Italy 1,985,816 2,432,188 +446,372
Viet Nam 1,764,413 2,357,497 +593,084
Australia 1,611,134 2,122,574 +511,440

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 1,701
Germany 256

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 1,176 525 -651
Germany 256 0 -256

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 133,780,479
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 49,687,872
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,056,899
Road transport 232,979
Other 1,957

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 70,513,931 63,266,548 -7,247,383
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,026,363 25,661,509 +1,635,146
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 868,723 188,176 -680,547
Road transport 217,200 15,779 -201,421
Other 1,432 525 -907

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 52,514,579
Dover / Eurotunnel 47,686,136
East Midlands Airport 26,288,387
Glasgow Airport 21,775,568
ZLC 19,318,071

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 24,896,012 27,618,567 +2,722,555
Dover / Eurotunnel 22,782,331 24,903,805 +2,121,474
East Midlands Airport 14,193,220 12,095,167 -2,098,053
Glasgow Airport 12,089,579 9,685,989 -2,403,590
ZLC 10,969,371 8,348,700 -2,620,671
London Stansted Airport 4,750,832 4,401,444 -349,388
Belfast Airport 1,715,000 361,592 -1,353,408
Warton Aerodrome 1,057,052 231,800 -825,252
Dover 739,432 513,622 -225,810
Manchester Airport 812,252 360,644 -451,608

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 901390

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

Description: Spare parts and accessories for optical instruments