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 483,294,925
Germany 241,085,176
United States 118,985,320
Ireland 61,336,994
Belgium 37,813,417

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 277,089,571 206,205,354 -70,884,217
Germany 79,061,031 162,024,145 +82,963,114
United States 67,091,185 51,894,135 -15,197,050
Ireland 38,236,509 23,100,485 -15,136,024
Belgium 18,914,282 18,899,135 -15,147
Malaysia 11,353,205 13,252,595 +1,899,390
China 12,520,230 11,993,732 -526,498
France 10,964,294 10,593,548 -370,746
Thailand 4,080,630 5,230,576 +1,149,946
Austria 4,373,650 3,379,765 -993,885

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 534,562,369
Ireland 218,461,607
Malaysia 52,831,392
Mexico 43,129,169
China 32,065,986

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 228,543,685 306,018,684 +77,474,999
Ireland 159,723,179 58,738,428 -100,984,751
Malaysia 25,146,933 27,684,459 +2,537,526
Mexico 23,955,422 19,173,747 -4,781,675
China 17,023,599 15,042,387 -1,981,212
Costa Rica 8,565,240 14,974,996 +6,409,756
Singapore 14,909,626 7,573,880 -7,335,746
Israel 12,636,760 6,557,380 -6,079,380
Germany 8,524,200 8,187,904 -336,296
France 8,481,556 7,878,090 -603,466

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 79
Surrey, East and West Sussex 54
Inner London - West 48
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 39
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 33

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 60 42 -18
Surrey, East and West Sussex 38 41 +3
Inner London - West 30 33 +3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 27 27 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 28 24 -4
Greater Manchester 22 21 -1
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 20 20 +0
Inner London - East 18 16 -2
Essex 16 15 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 18 14 -4

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) 662,544,817
Air transport 326,503,201
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 79,672,206
Other 6,674,888
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) 332,397,678 330,147,139 -2,250,539
Air transport 173,448,199 153,055,002 -20,393,197
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 41,525,499 38,146,707 -3,378,792
Other 3,390,990 3,283,898 -107,092
Road transport 279,125 813,636 +534,511
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 364,002,347
East Midlands Airport 117,172,327
Dover 100,052,043
Hull 89,685,817
London Stansted Airport 68,724,833

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 101,921,522 262,080,825 +160,159,303
East Midlands Airport 66,118,713 51,053,614 -15,065,099
Dover 78,558,471 21,493,572 -57,064,899
Hull 88,663,941 1,021,876 -87,642,065
London Stansted Airport 37,790,453 30,934,380 -6,856,073
London Heathrow Airport 28,702,187 35,493,771 +6,791,584
Holyhead 25,315,392 22,590,175 -2,725,217
Manchester Airport 30,101,397 16,871,944 -13,229,453
London Gateway Port 16,321,472 18,325,536 +2,004,064
Harwich 20,155,142 14,292,464 -5,862,678

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 133
Other manufacturing 102
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 101
Human health activities 89
Other professional, scientific and technical activities 57

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 142
2025-11 143
2025-10 161
2025-09 147
2025-08 148

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 303
54m+ 213
0-1m 107
15m-54m 58
Other 37

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 120,313,365
Ireland 63,105,003
Netherlands 28,225,677
Germany 18,703,265
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,394,182

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 62,519,852 57,793,513 -4,726,339
Ireland 37,102,978 26,002,025 -11,100,953
Netherlands 12,063,589 16,162,088 +4,098,499
Germany 6,071,857 12,631,408 +6,559,551
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 475,422 3,918,760 +3,443,338
France 2,485,547 1,741,440 -744,107
China 2,383,094 1,123,797 -1,259,297
India 1,937,578 1,398,725 -538,853
Belgium 1,326,642 1,461,986 +135,344
Australia 1,469,878 825,472 -644,406

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
China 51,505
Costa Rica 7,625
Netherlands 6,043
Germany 1,610

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 913,404 1,704,222 +790,818
China 45,346 6,159 -39,187
Costa Rica 0 7,625 +7,625
Netherlands 3,388 2,655 -733
Germany 325 1,285 +960
Ireland 649 807 +158
Taiwan 501 822 +321
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 195,898,254
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 67,671,894
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,382,775
Other 2,997,408
Road transport 624,803

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 101,603,392 94,294,862 -7,308,530
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 31,818,623 35,853,271 +4,034,648
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,547,634 1,835,141 -5,712,493
Other 1,077,306 1,920,102 +842,796
Road transport 623,789 1,014 -622,775

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 97,180,159
London Stansted Airport 40,617,046
Holyhead 39,851,784
East Midlands Airport 31,107,058
ZLC 23,742,719

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 48,171,081 49,009,078 +837,997
London Stansted Airport 18,421,171 22,195,875 +3,774,704
Holyhead 19,785,077 20,066,707 +281,630
East Midlands Airport 16,417,976 14,689,082 -1,728,894
ZLC 16,890,444 6,852,275 -10,038,169
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,047,198 8,592,402 +4,545,204
Dover 4,251,630 4,343,152 +91,522
Southampton 5,244,076 656,299 -4,587,777
Manchester Airport 2,064,813 1,204,442 -860,371
000 1,077,306 1,920,102 +842,796

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