Import/export HS code 90181990: Various medical equipment

Other medical and surgical instruments not specified elsewhere in this category

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 481,973,476
Germany 229,242,121
United States 121,812,352
Ireland 61,217,399
Belgium 38,540,149

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 256,406,007 225,567,469 -30,838,538
Germany 87,767,553 141,474,568 +53,707,015
United States 70,059,982 51,752,370 -18,307,612
Ireland 36,674,643 24,542,756 -12,131,887
Belgium 19,336,539 19,203,610 -132,929
China 11,562,308 12,715,980 +1,153,672
Malaysia 10,793,532 11,852,428 +1,058,896
France 11,543,004 10,005,914 -1,537,090
Thailand 3,251,414 6,050,872 +2,799,458
Austria 4,419,864 3,376,842 -1,043,022

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 511,345,182
Ireland 230,199,954
Malaysia 50,007,277
Mexico 44,146,043
China 31,957,949

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 209,554,168 301,791,014 +92,236,846
Ireland 167,009,285 63,190,669 -103,818,616
Malaysia 23,318,108 26,689,169 +3,371,061
Mexico 24,565,235 19,580,808 -4,984,427
China 16,330,733 15,627,216 -703,517
Singapore 16,346,372 7,519,987 -8,826,385
Costa Rica 7,974,543 14,939,454 +6,964,911
Israel 13,573,016 6,701,494 -6,871,522
France 9,099,111 7,421,048 -1,678,063
Germany 8,552,977 7,621,597 -931,380

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 81
Surrey, East and West Sussex 52
Inner London - West 47
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 38
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 34

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 61 44 -17
Surrey, East and West Sussex 38 39 +1
Inner London - West 29 32 +3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 25 28 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 29 26 -3
Greater Manchester 23 18 -5
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 17 22 +5
Inner London - East 18 17 -1
Essex 15 15 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 17 11 -6

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) 651,304,692
Air transport 327,415,876
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 78,118,867
Other 6,713,665
Road transport 1,092,761

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) 320,357,233 330,947,459 +10,590,226
Air transport 175,459,811 151,956,065 -23,503,746
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 39,518,113 38,600,754 -917,359
Other 3,340,569 3,373,096 +32,527
Road transport 269,132 823,629 +554,497
Rail transport 0 3,995 +3,995

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 338,101,264
East Midlands Airport 119,031,548
Dover 115,138,961
Hull 90,742,413
London Stansted Airport 68,552,043

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 £
Eurotunnel 76,805,821 261,295,443 +184,489,622
East Midlands Airport 66,579,360 52,452,188 -14,127,172
Dover 93,952,360 21,186,601 -72,765,759
Hull 89,484,201 1,258,212 -88,225,989
London Stansted Airport 37,023,630 31,528,413 -5,495,217
London Heathrow Airport 28,847,959 35,266,755 +6,418,796
Manchester Airport 32,478,503 15,738,828 -16,739,675
Holyhead 23,175,800 24,768,337 +1,592,537
London Gateway Port 15,634,821 18,096,373 +2,461,552
Harwich 18,879,472 13,638,428 -5,241,044

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 136
Other manufacturing 100
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 99
Human health activities 91
Other professional, scientific and technical activities 58

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 143
2025-10 161
2025-09 147
2025-08 148
2025-07 146

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 301
54m+ 213
0-1m 109
15m-54m 55
Other 39

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 118,635,480
Ireland 63,874,448
Netherlands 27,594,544
Germany 18,554,131
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,399,367

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 60,267,857 58,367,623 -1,900,234
Ireland 35,561,247 28,313,201 -7,248,046
Netherlands 12,188,630 15,405,914 +3,217,284
Germany 6,255,527 12,298,604 +6,043,077
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 425,065 3,974,302 +3,549,237
France 2,389,526 1,706,745 -682,781
India 1,985,248 1,560,819 -424,429
China 2,231,778 1,301,676 -930,102
Belgium 1,257,936 1,412,535 +154,599
Australia 1,457,544 796,837 -660,707

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 £
United States 2,617,626
XU 334,595
China 51,639
Costa Rica 6,429
Netherlands 6,043

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 £
United States 764,527 1,853,099 +1,088,572
XU 130,130 204,465 +74,335
China 4,226 47,413 +43,187
Costa Rica 0 6,429 +6,429
Netherlands 3,388 2,655 -733
Germany 325 1,285 +960
Ireland 649 807 +158
Taiwan 504 933 +429
Belgium 0 78 +78

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 192,717,669
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 69,021,677
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,631,516
Other 3,020,913
Road transport 701,664

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 98,434,647 94,283,022 -4,151,625
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 31,319,529 37,702,148 +6,382,619
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,636,821 1,994,695 -5,642,126
Other 903,749 2,117,164 +1,213,415
Road transport 701,664 0 -701,664

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 96,704,982
Holyhead 40,719,637
London Stansted Airport 39,119,140
East Midlands Airport 29,868,221
ZLC 23,537,878

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 49,278,150 47,426,832 -1,851,318
Holyhead 20,272,659 20,446,978 +174,319
London Stansted Airport 14,467,083 24,652,057 +10,184,974
East Midlands Airport 16,171,346 13,696,875 -2,474,471
ZLC 16,809,694 6,728,184 -10,081,510
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,489,234 8,851,875 +4,362,641
Dover 4,640,019 4,180,879 -459,140
Southampton 5,342,888 662,796 -4,680,092
Manchester Airport 1,902,485 1,420,691 -481,794
000 903,749 2,117,164 +1,213,415

Quick facts

HS code: 90181990

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

Description: Other medical and surgical instruments not specified elsewhere in this category