Import/export HS code 901890: Various medical instruments

Other medical, surgical, or dental instruments and appliances not listed elsewhere

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 1,169,884,773
Germany 546,940,268
United States 536,885,892
Belgium 347,552,819
Ireland 344,325,231

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 567,829,095 602,055,678 +34,226,583
Germany 281,218,389 265,721,879 -15,496,510
United States 327,852,123 209,033,769 -118,818,354
Belgium 173,375,874 174,176,945 +801,071
Ireland 208,412,560 135,912,671 -72,499,889
China 96,713,261 104,035,214 +7,321,953
Japan 60,126,789 57,959,094 -2,167,695
France 55,252,138 54,970,510 -281,628
Switzerland 46,151,736 45,905,838 -245,898
Italy 44,044,070 42,878,966 -1,165,104

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 1,217,885,163
Germany 325,676,550
Ireland 323,839,710
Mexico 322,215,361
China 302,927,594

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 620,881,421 597,003,742 -23,877,679
Germany 170,681,701 154,994,849 -15,686,852
Ireland 199,312,571 124,527,139 -74,785,432
Mexico 164,625,088 157,590,273 -7,034,815
China 142,594,772 160,332,822 +17,738,050
Japan 101,659,124 95,644,503 -6,014,621
United Kingdom 76,673,898 24,338,064 -52,335,834
Italy 50,840,978 49,235,391 -1,605,587
France 50,693,619 43,430,428 -7,263,191
Malaysia 45,222,070 44,149,167 -1,072,903

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 281
Inner London - West 226
Surrey, East and West Sussex 179
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 123
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 116

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 224 198 -26
Inner London - West 159 162 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 128 129 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 97 89 -8
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 82 86 +4
Greater Manchester 89 73 -16
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 73 69 -4
Outer London - West and North West 75 61 -14
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 68 64 -4
Inner London - East 66 73 +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 1,922,784,682
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,434,129,651
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 723,891,301
Other 54,380,310
Road transport 11,449,732

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 1,013,859,263 908,925,419 -104,933,844
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 732,231,230 701,898,421 -30,332,809
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 391,997,333 331,893,968 -60,103,365
Other 26,509,389 27,870,921 +1,361,532
Road transport 6,957,098 4,492,634 -2,464,464

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 690,289,468
London Heathrow Airport 472,482,800
London Stansted Airport 386,759,136
Dover 386,385,269
Eurotunnel 342,114,765

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 £
East Midlands Airport 344,137,064 346,152,404 +2,015,340
London Heathrow Airport 248,736,712 223,746,088 -24,990,624
London Stansted Airport 203,922,306 182,836,830 -21,085,476
Dover 161,412,529 224,972,740 +63,560,211
Eurotunnel 152,296,710 189,818,055 +37,521,345
Felixstowe 113,336,785 109,718,348 -3,618,437
Holyhead 137,923,329 76,241,709 -61,681,620
London Gateway Port 107,862,132 96,215,026 -11,647,106
Thamesport 91,299,925 80,395,975 -10,903,950
Birmingham Airport 68,115,174 75,996,729 +7,881,555

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 652
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 427
Other manufacturing 410
Human health activities 281
Scientific research and development 164

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 723
2025-10 782
2025-09 717
2025-08 727
2025-07 744

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 1330
54m+ 716
0-1m 551
15m-54m 220
Other 189

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 490,790,391
Netherlands 477,302,283
Germany 233,807,303
Ireland 161,311,446
Belgium 114,306,064

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 270,241,905 220,548,486 -49,693,419
Netherlands 256,818,077 220,484,206 -36,333,871
Germany 113,139,649 120,667,654 +7,528,005
Ireland 84,389,847 76,921,599 -7,468,248
Belgium 57,089,373 57,216,691 +127,318
France 51,464,353 54,495,559 +3,031,206
Italy 32,385,370 35,429,137 +3,043,767
Australia 28,022,499 20,795,812 -7,226,687
Japan 34,171,644 8,093,150 -26,078,494
Switzerland 20,610,141 15,964,738 -4,645,403

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 £
XI 44,503,752
XU 1,463,416
Germany 706,326
United States 516,981
Israel 506,035

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 £
XI 30,582,564 13,921,188 -16,661,376
XU 790,144 673,272 -116,872
Germany 202,833 503,493 +300,660
United States 101,674 415,307 +313,633
Israel 284,957 221,078 -63,879
Nicaragua 237,681 234,992 -2,689
Taiwan 159,371 32,400 -126,971
China 60,126 56,537 -3,589
Italy 38,485 70,433 +31,948
France 35,171 8,341 -26,830

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 1,083,368,073
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 891,004,045
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 223,149,085
Other 48,831,406
Road transport 15,377,238

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 550,902,027 532,466,046 -18,435,981
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 477,058,923 413,945,122 -63,113,801
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 136,977,264 86,171,821 -50,805,443
Other 32,598,068 16,233,338 -16,364,730
Road transport 13,533,626 1,843,612 -11,690,014
Rail transport 0 24,930 +24,930

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 621,837,203
London Heathrow Airport 418,043,908
East Midlands Airport 370,359,425
ZLC 151,145,348
London Stansted Airport 102,256,645

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 346,109,449 275,727,754 -70,381,695
London Heathrow Airport 237,824,171 180,219,737 -57,604,434
East Midlands Airport 147,234,105 223,125,320 +75,891,215
ZLC 91,124,288 60,021,060 -31,103,228
London Stansted Airport 55,566,687 46,689,958 -8,876,729
Dover 48,936,120 48,953,184 +17,064
Holyhead 40,456,388 37,363,078 -3,093,310
London Gateway Port 43,289,346 26,248,270 -17,041,076
Southampton 21,685,002 28,830,185 +7,145,183
000 32,598,068 16,233,338 -16,364,730

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 901890

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

Description: Other medical, surgical, or dental instruments and appliances not listed elsewhere