Import/export HS code 90189084: Various medical devices

Other medical, surgical, or dental instruments and appliances not specified 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 968,226,181
United States 373,295,878
Ireland 285,658,576
Germany 270,837,107
Belgium 226,159,377

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 458,075,353 510,150,828 +52,075,475
United States 232,147,350 141,148,528 -90,998,822
Ireland 180,647,849 105,010,727 -75,637,122
Germany 148,733,309 122,103,798 -26,629,511
Belgium 112,495,955 113,663,422 +1,167,467
China 69,038,797 73,828,135 +4,789,338
France 37,710,551 49,850,210 +12,139,659
Switzerland 39,551,572 40,290,960 +739,388
Italy 38,168,823 37,018,437 -1,150,386
Pakistan 25,311,247 26,099,401 +788,154

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 968,834,810
Ireland 312,046,333
Mexico 234,898,261
China 216,130,238
Germany 198,205,424

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 482,500,021 486,334,789 +3,834,768
Ireland 192,366,460 119,679,873 -72,686,587
Mexico 114,081,922 120,816,339 +6,734,417
China 100,728,606 115,401,632 +14,673,026
Germany 105,868,424 92,337,000 -13,531,424
United Kingdom 73,877,146 20,432,719 -53,444,427
Italy 37,486,715 39,466,828 +1,980,113
Costa Rica 28,087,378 38,943,823 +10,856,445
Switzerland 32,980,790 31,309,268 -1,671,522
Netherlands 29,785,036 29,343,818 -441,218

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 260
Inner London - West 213
Surrey, East and West Sussex 172
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 120
Greater Manchester 114

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 205 180 -25
Inner London - West 148 153 +5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 123 125 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 91 86 -5
Greater Manchester 83 74 -9
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 75 76 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 65 61 -4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 67 59 -8
Outer London - West and North West 61 59 -2
West Midlands 64 62 -2

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 1,366,186,314
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,034,823,599
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 507,315,833
Other 38,736,422
Road transport 10,705,748

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 715,919,325 650,266,989 -65,652,336
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 534,070,919 500,752,680 -33,318,239
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 275,197,864 232,117,969 -43,079,895
Other 18,667,734 20,068,688 +1,400,954
Road transport 6,857,173 3,848,575 -3,008,598

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 553,533,464
London Stansted Airport 312,152,250
Eurotunnel 265,072,763
London Heathrow Airport 257,447,279
Dover 254,805,167

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 270,704,353 282,829,111 +12,124,758
London Stansted Airport 167,652,209 144,500,041 -23,152,168
Eurotunnel 118,794,745 146,278,018 +27,483,273
London Heathrow Airport 133,527,621 123,919,658 -9,607,963
Dover 101,461,517 153,343,650 +51,882,133
Holyhead 138,392,540 74,200,805 -64,191,735
London Gateway Port 79,154,446 78,929,744 -224,702
Felixstowe 62,604,329 61,826,294 -778,035
Thamesport 59,860,688 55,871,060 -3,989,628
Southampton 54,936,707 42,796,424 -12,140,283

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 607
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 396
Other manufacturing 389
Human health activities 270
Scientific research and development 153

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 640
2025-11 650
2025-10 708
2025-09 652
2025-08 644

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 1250
54m+ 668
0-1m 505
15m-54m 205
Other 168

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 £
Netherlands 402,386,619
United States 335,471,297
Germany 139,180,712
Ireland 100,707,998
France 91,127,402

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 £
Netherlands 245,499,758 156,886,861 -88,612,897
United States 200,048,966 135,422,331 -64,626,635
Germany 67,198,048 71,982,664 +4,784,616
Ireland 54,442,943 46,265,055 -8,177,888
France 42,734,178 48,393,224 +5,659,046
Belgium 34,024,129 40,777,315 +6,753,186
Italy 30,455,997 33,530,800 +3,074,803
Japan 30,738,957 12,772,484 -17,966,473
Australia 22,612,875 16,189,228 -6,423,647
Spain 15,207,969 14,751,949 -456,020

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 16,562,648
Germany 678,286
United States 512,676
Nicaragua 472,673
Israel 471,171

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 12,454,690 4,107,958 -8,346,732
Germany 175,426 502,860 +327,434
United States 114,418 398,258 +283,840
Nicaragua 237,681 234,992 -2,689
Israel 244,115 227,056 -17,059
Taiwan 165,428 27,222 -138,206
China 38,458 36,522 -1,936
Ireland 9,595 35,283 +25,688
Italy 4,051 39,819 +35,768
France 35,031 6,507 -28,524

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) 770,182,212
Air transport 709,105,213
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 189,601,648
Other 20,611,700
Road transport 7,004,998

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) 422,007,822 348,174,390 -73,833,432
Air transport 380,666,174 328,439,039 -52,227,135
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 121,525,584 68,076,064 -53,449,520
Other 14,328,810 6,282,890 -8,045,920
Road transport 5,462,114 1,542,884 -3,919,230
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 549,217,651
London Heathrow Airport 266,620,880
East Midlands Airport 257,389,818
ZLC 87,079,621
Dover 85,271,632

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 311,017,089 238,200,562 -72,816,527
London Heathrow Airport 159,192,253 107,428,627 -51,763,626
East Midlands Airport 113,776,661 143,613,157 +29,836,496
ZLC 53,542,746 33,536,875 -20,005,871
Dover 42,673,050 42,598,582 -74,468
London Stansted Airport 37,076,626 25,114,705 -11,961,921
London Gateway Port 39,803,872 18,846,092 -20,957,780
Holyhead 30,359,086 27,330,087 -3,028,999
Southampton 19,319,551 26,059,244 +6,739,693
Belfast Port 28,750,608 1,568,229 -27,182,379

Quick facts

HS code: 90189084

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

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