Import/export HS code 90189050: Transfusion equipment

Devices used for blood transfusions or intravenous (IV) infusions

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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 £
Germany 97,699,721
Belgium 51,650,394
Netherlands 43,453,176
Poland 25,544,295
United States 16,077,240

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 £
Germany 46,639,533 51,060,188 +4,420,655
Belgium 25,275,361 26,375,033 +1,099,672
Netherlands 20,514,610 22,938,566 +2,423,956
Poland 13,164,971 12,379,324 -785,647
United States 9,935,707 6,141,533 -3,794,174
Ireland 3,380,776 3,240,887 -139,889
France 3,849,122 2,104,392 -1,744,730
China 1,966,653 2,388,073 +421,420
Italy 2,234,520 2,119,744 -114,776
Switzerland 1,557,589 2,203,478 +645,889

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 £
Poland 45,135,156
Germany 32,836,642
United States 30,272,449
France 27,151,352
Bosnia and Herzegovina 23,352,162

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 £
Poland 21,989,157 23,145,999 +1,156,842
Germany 16,183,076 16,653,566 +470,490
United States 16,312,143 13,960,306 -2,351,837
France 15,146,669 12,004,683 -3,141,986
Bosnia and Herzegovina 10,791,944 12,560,218 +1,768,274
Mexico 5,970,683 7,704,612 +1,733,929
Italy 6,145,882 6,389,596 +243,714
Hungary 5,583,120 5,083,577 -499,543
Romania 4,380,019 5,875,970 +1,495,951
Israel 6,889,835 2,328,204 -4,561,631

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 30
Inner London - West 20
Surrey, East and West Sussex 11
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 8
Essex 8

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 17 23 +6
Inner London - West 15 18 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 8 9 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 7 4 -3
Essex 5 4 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 6 7 +1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 7 4 -3
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 4 7 +3
Greater Manchester 5 7 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 5 5 +0

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) 179,148,909
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 50,235,509
Air transport 34,622,364
Other 5,696,741

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) 82,783,093 96,365,816 +13,582,723
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 28,712,384 21,523,125 -7,189,259
Air transport 18,391,581 16,230,783 -2,160,798
Other 3,066,944 2,629,797 -437,147

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 62,535,878
Immingham Docks 52,827,939
Eurotunnel 27,151,817
London Gateway Port 18,949,746
Birmingham Airport 13,642,105

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 £
Dover 27,472,671 35,063,207 +7,590,536
Immingham Docks 23,708,523 29,119,416 +5,410,893
Eurotunnel 16,584,132 10,567,685 -6,016,447
London Gateway Port 11,939,819 7,009,927 -4,929,892
Birmingham Airport 6,685,388 6,956,717 +271,329
Thamesport 6,928,203 6,417,573 -510,630
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,747,189 6,820,207 +4,073,018
London Heathrow Airport 4,373,116 3,931,368 -441,748
London 719,500 7,302,031 +6,582,531
Killingholme 4,996,347 2,718,837 -2,277,510

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 64
Other manufacturing 34
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 27
Human health activities 19
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 13

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 51
2025-10 49
2025-09 46
2025-08 53
2025-07 56

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 82
54m+ 67
0-1m 25
15m-54m 16
Other 9

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 £
Belgium 32,569,366
Germany 13,150,657
Ireland 12,493,191
United States 9,182,892
Netherlands 7,592,448

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 £
Belgium 19,716,331 12,853,035 -6,863,296
Germany 7,105,490 6,045,167 -1,060,323
Ireland 5,258,671 7,234,520 +1,975,849
United States 6,900,814 2,282,078 -4,618,736
Netherlands 3,775,404 3,817,044 +41,640
France 4,006,594 3,006,147 -1,000,447
Switzerland 1,702,152 1,824,328 +122,176
Hungary 1,050,547 938,144 -112,403
Norway 653,893 557,003 -96,890
Czechia 607,377 455,280 -152,097

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 27,378,520
Italy 64,872
United States 21,621
XU 15,430
China 15,407

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 17,520,303 9,858,217 -7,662,086
Italy 34,353 30,519 -3,834
United States 7,879 13,742 +5,863
XU 5,361 10,069 +4,708
China 3,387 12,020 +8,633
India 677 770 +93
South Korea 885 110 -775
Spain 0 119 +119
France 44 49 +5

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 43,228,609
Other 27,498,504
Air transport 25,679,923
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,903,700
Road transport 122,281

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,446,188 21,782,421 +336,233
Other 17,572,889 9,925,615 -7,647,274
Air transport 14,998,451 10,681,472 -4,316,979
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,598,633 5,305,067 -293,566
Road transport 122,281 0 -122,281

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 29,842,940
000 27,498,504
East Midlands Airport 12,644,786
London Heathrow Airport 10,156,848
Holyhead 6,495,811

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 15,671,734 14,171,206 -1,500,528
000 17,572,889 9,925,615 -7,647,274
East Midlands Airport 6,571,736 6,073,050 -498,686
London Heathrow Airport 6,859,088 3,297,760 -3,561,328
Holyhead 2,849,750 3,646,061 +796,311
Immingham Docks 1,980,769 2,403,366 +422,597
Felixstowe 2,335,510 1,409,695 -925,815
London Gateway Port 802,429 1,546,359 +743,930
Dover 845,986 1,137,956 +291,970
Belfast Port 702,451 704,567 +2,116

Quick facts

HS code: 90189050

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

Description: Devices used for blood transfusions or intravenous (IV) infusions