Import/export HS code 901590: Parts and accessories

Spare parts and add-ons for surveying and measuring tools

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 36,997,109
United States 30,217,953
Norway 18,238,869
Germany 18,187,489
France 16,979,945

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 20,430,533 16,566,576 -3,863,957
United States 18,092,819 12,125,134 -5,967,685
Norway 9,636,631 8,602,238 -1,034,393
Germany 11,925,763 6,261,726 -5,664,037
France 5,236,529 11,743,416 +6,506,887
Romania 8,330,745 6,040,784 -2,289,961
China 5,429,071 3,926,133 -1,502,938
Japan 7,015,908 1,573,949 -5,441,959
Canada 3,413,251 2,977,108 -436,143
Australia 1,895,278 3,604,360 +1,709,082

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 82,665,349
United Kingdom 34,706,340
France 15,863,033
China 14,435,211
Germany 11,568,491

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 50,991,606 31,673,743 -19,317,863
United Kingdom 21,096,099 13,610,241 -7,485,858
France 3,829,963 12,033,070 +8,203,107
China 8,313,986 6,121,225 -2,192,761
Germany 6,428,250 5,140,241 -1,288,009
Netherlands 3,720,187 4,131,907 +411,720
Norway 5,096,768 2,409,713 -2,687,055
Japan 4,514,671 2,388,476 -2,126,195
Canada 3,232,407 2,894,378 -338,029
Australia 1,809,766 2,805,674 +995,908

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
North Eastern Scotland 55
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 45
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 41
Surrey, East and West Sussex 30
Inner London - West 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
North Eastern Scotland 41 42 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 37 25 -12
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 24 30 +6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 19 20 +1
Inner London - West 18 18 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 12 14 +2
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 12 16 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 11 -2
Greater Manchester 8 12 +4
East Central Scotland 11 12 +1

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 109,931,472
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 57,076,256
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 47,547,999
Other 4,273,099
Road transport 1,938,549

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 66,815,114 43,116,358 -23,698,756
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 32,127,447 24,948,809 -7,178,638
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 22,450,191 25,097,808 +2,647,617
Other 1,985,873 2,287,226 +301,353
Road transport 1,888,825 49,724 -1,839,101
Rail transport 0 2,878 +2,878

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Aberdeen Docks 38,358,616
London Heathrow Airport 34,600,334
East Midlands Airport 30,960,432
Dover 27,263,918
Aberdeen Airport 22,674,373

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 £
Aberdeen Docks 23,102,387 15,256,229 -7,846,158
London Heathrow Airport 23,182,818 11,417,516 -11,765,302
East Midlands Airport 16,909,392 14,051,040 -2,858,352
Dover 13,584,636 13,679,282 +94,646
Aberdeen Airport 13,609,514 9,064,859 -4,544,655
London Stansted Airport 6,856,232 3,425,006 -3,431,226
London Gateway Port 4,564,712 2,830,350 -1,734,362
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,686,542 3,868,690 +2,182,148
Felixstowe 2,469,321 2,157,747 -311,574
Prestwick Airport 2,551,434 1,968,541 -582,893

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 98
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 64
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis 53
Other professional, scientific and technical activities 52
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 40

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 119
2025-10 119
2025-09 109
2025-08 98
2025-07 106

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 269
54m+ 176
0-1m 70
15m-54m 48
Other 41

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 42,329,727
United States 35,319,964
Saudi Arabia 19,432,025
Norway 17,447,479
United Arab Emirates 17,229,648

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 23,461,562 18,868,165 -4,593,397
United States 21,031,951 14,288,013 -6,743,938
Saudi Arabia 3,787,801 15,644,224 +11,856,423
Norway 9,409,785 8,037,694 -1,372,091
United Arab Emirates 10,956,972 6,272,676 -4,684,296
Romania 8,533,895 5,722,829 -2,811,066
Germany 6,910,907 5,398,733 -1,512,174
China 5,351,480 6,568,459 +1,216,979
France 4,163,974 5,360,162 +1,196,188
Japan 1,274,825 4,448,079 +3,173,254

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 11,171
United States 2,199
XU 1,878
Sweden 725
India 147

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 7,653 3,518 -4,135
United States 0 2,199 +2,199
XU 1,386 492 -894
Sweden 0 725 +725
India 147 0 -147
Germany 60 61 +1

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 176,023,622
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 81,495,299
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,631,755
Road transport 123,469
Other 16,241

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 87,337,055 88,686,567 +1,349,512
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 43,633,053 37,862,246 -5,770,807
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,907,241 3,724,514 -10,182,727
Road transport 123,469 0 -123,469
Other 9,246 6,995 -2,251

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 108,182,759
Dover / Eurotunnel 43,865,241
East Midlands Airport 38,885,167
Tyne 31,016,094
Aberdeen Airport 8,378,348

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 51,561,145 56,621,614 +5,060,469
Dover / Eurotunnel 28,554,425 15,310,816 -13,243,609
East Midlands Airport 19,961,435 18,923,732 -1,037,703
Tyne 17,088,457 13,927,637 -3,160,820
Aberdeen Airport 4,521,011 3,857,337 -663,674
Aberdeen Docks 3,669,121 2,494,456 -1,174,665
London Stansted Airport 3,386,580 2,743,189 -643,391
Immingham Docks 2,316,240 3,148,478 +832,238
ZLC 2,106,720 3,010,424 +903,704
Manchester Airport 2,564,181 1,394,063 -1,170,118

Quick facts

HS code: 901590

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

Description: Spare parts and add-ons for surveying and measuring tools