Import/export HS code 901812: Ultrasound machines

Devices used for ultrasonic scanning, often used in medical imaging to view internal organs

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* 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 42,704,285
United States 31,295,640
Austria 27,687,912
South Korea 15,337,265
Norway 12,931,668

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 20,698,695 22,005,590 +1,306,895
United States 16,227,711 15,067,929 -1,159,782
Austria 13,360,421 14,327,491 +967,070
South Korea 9,840,133 5,497,132 -4,343,001
Norway 7,409,084 5,522,584 -1,886,500
Germany 6,334,018 6,147,478 -186,540
France 4,008,434 3,343,302 -665,132
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,865,313 3,235,174 +369,861
Denmark 3,019,560 1,726,878 -1,292,682
Belgium 2,657,016 1,938,973 -718,043

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 49,924,909
Japan 36,635,788
South Korea 27,449,554
China 18,886,597
Norway 12,969,936

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 25,476,387 24,448,522 -1,027,865
Japan 16,860,033 19,775,755 +2,915,722
South Korea 16,540,142 10,909,412 -5,630,730
China 8,390,725 10,495,872 +2,105,147
Norway 7,524,143 5,445,793 -2,078,350
Austria 4,695,845 5,224,449 +528,604
Netherlands 1,651,087 2,378,743 +727,656
Denmark 2,226,080 1,046,067 -1,180,013
Italy 1,510,316 1,715,722 +205,406
Canada 1,499,736 1,039,535 -460,201

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 28
Surrey, East and West Sussex 20
Inner London - West 14
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 10
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 10

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 18 19 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 16 13 -3
Inner London - West 5 11 +6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 8 8 +0
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 8 7 -1
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 7 7 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 10 7 -3
Inner London - East 5 4 -1
Greater Manchester 6 4 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 6 6 +0

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 127,894,245
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 42,785,453
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,655,111
Other 594,760
Road transport 23,073

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 66,418,413 61,475,832 -4,942,581
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 20,039,948 22,745,505 +2,705,557
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,871,418 5,783,693 -4,087,725
Other 313,117 281,643 -31,474
Road transport 14,969 8,104 -6,865

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 52,489,089
East Midlands Airport 27,831,407
London Stansted Airport 21,848,783
Harwich 16,240,122
Birmingham Airport 12,836,911

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 30,644,391 21,844,698 -8,799,693
East Midlands Airport 15,858,899 11,972,508 -3,886,391
London Stansted Airport 8,643,895 13,204,888 +4,560,993
Harwich 7,566,792 8,673,330 +1,106,538
Birmingham Airport 5,594,921 7,241,990 +1,647,069
Thamesport 6,294,202 2,441,104 -3,853,098
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,597,252 4,963,899 +1,366,647
Manchester Airport 3,060,248 4,070,270 +1,010,022
London Gateway Port 2,558,671 2,139,683 -418,988
Killingholme 2,515,647 1,581,170 -934,477

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 52
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 40
Other manufacturing 35
Human health activities 27
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 18

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 42
2025-10 51
2025-09 43
2025-08 37
2025-07 37

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 92
54m+ 83
0-1m 35
15m-54m 18
Other 18

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 17,373,095
Netherlands 12,552,597
France 7,619,619
Ireland 6,626,719
Denmark 4,056,432

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 8,816,344 8,556,751 -259,593
Netherlands 8,369,469 4,183,128 -4,186,341
France 3,827,156 3,792,463 -34,693
Ireland 2,391,761 4,234,958 +1,843,197
Denmark 2,555,940 1,500,492 -1,055,448
Germany 2,243,524 1,644,780 -598,744
Austria 956,852 1,124,147 +167,295
Poland 811,686 1,093,144 +281,458
Belgium 760,025 591,702 -168,323
Greece 654,283 505,519 -148,764

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 1,633,733
XU 665,407
Ireland 12,851
Germany 6,973
Netherlands 1,777

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 233,886 1,399,847 +1,165,961
XU 549,113 116,294 -432,819
Ireland 266 12,585 +12,319
Germany 1,204 5,769 +4,565
Netherlands 1,777 0 -1,777

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 45,428,351
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,176,153
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,784,827
Other 2,320,741
Road transport 320,594

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 22,571,886 22,856,465 +284,579
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,910,158 10,265,995 -644,163
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,328,206 456,621 -4,871,585
Other 786,246 1,534,495 +748,249
Road transport 320,594 0 -320,594

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
ZLC 21,160,905
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,290,569
East Midlands Airport 9,084,216
Harwich 7,160,994
London Stansted Airport 6,525,912

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 £
ZLC 10,090,456 11,070,449 +979,993
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,433,792 4,856,777 -577,015
East Midlands Airport 3,725,561 5,358,655 +1,633,094
Harwich 5,796,129 1,364,865 -4,431,264
London Stansted Airport 3,539,908 2,986,004 -553,904
London Heathrow Airport 3,649,837 2,843,869 -805,968
Dover 1,431,919 2,125,364 +693,445
Immingham Docks 1,900,610 563,918 -1,336,692
Holyhead 1,010,280 1,442,430 +432,150
000 786,246 1,534,495 +748,249

Quick facts

HS code: 901812

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

Description: Devices used for ultrasonic scanning, often used in medical imaging to view internal organs