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 952,514,296
United States 377,718,649
Ireland 289,019,165
Germany 270,212,025
Belgium 225,336,487

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 453,174,937 499,339,359 +46,164,422
United States 236,767,452 140,951,197 -95,816,255
Ireland 181,738,554 107,280,611 -74,457,943
Germany 147,902,779 122,309,246 -25,593,533
Belgium 112,169,094 113,167,393 +998,299
China 67,993,125 75,215,394 +7,222,269
France 39,360,793 45,216,852 +5,856,059
Switzerland 39,321,950 40,758,116 +1,436,166
Italy 37,877,175 36,293,590 -1,583,585
Pakistan 25,181,697 26,280,805 +1,099,108

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 961,150,781
Ireland 316,512,790
Mexico 232,092,048
China 214,118,436
Germany 196,362,946

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 479,360,553 481,790,228 +2,429,675
Ireland 195,309,248 121,203,542 -74,105,706
Mexico 114,205,630 117,886,418 +3,680,788
China 97,904,151 116,214,285 +18,310,134
Germany 106,280,950 90,081,996 -16,198,954
United Kingdom 73,571,082 20,284,650 -53,286,432
Italy 37,103,941 38,372,111 +1,268,170
Switzerland 32,922,550 32,514,029 -408,521
Costa Rica 28,149,226 35,904,670 +7,755,444
Netherlands 29,437,883 28,896,376 -541,507

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 263
Inner London - West 207
Surrey, East and West Sussex 173
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 117
Greater Manchester 110

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 206 185 -21
Inner London - West 147 149 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 122 126 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 90 85 -5
Greater Manchester 81 69 -12
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 75 78 +3
West Midlands 64 61 -3
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 66 59 -7
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 68 59 -9
Outer London - West and North West 64 58 -6

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 1,364,268,679
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,021,772,682
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 506,203,073
Other 38,919,150
Road transport 11,055,322

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 715,833,203 648,435,476 -67,397,727
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 534,954,282 486,818,400 -48,135,882
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 270,924,761 235,278,312 -35,646,449
Other 18,528,696 20,390,454 +1,861,758
Road transport 6,889,086 4,166,236 -2,722,850

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 551,596,952
London Stansted Airport 314,015,712
London Heathrow Airport 258,414,872
Eurotunnel 258,300,272
Dover 248,161,631

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 270,123,110 281,473,842 +11,350,732
London Stansted Airport 167,494,558 146,521,154 -20,973,404
London Heathrow Airport 135,798,321 122,616,551 -13,181,770
Eurotunnel 112,595,715 145,704,557 +33,108,842
Dover 104,341,337 143,820,294 +39,478,957
Holyhead 132,934,592 73,801,928 -59,132,664
London Gateway Port 78,779,941 78,275,565 -504,376
Felixstowe 60,462,947 62,097,433 +1,634,486
Thamesport 59,685,579 55,892,842 -3,792,737
Southampton 52,802,238 44,388,756 -8,413,482

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 599
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 392
Other manufacturing 390
Human health activities 272
Scientific research and development 156

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 650
2025-10 708
2025-09 652
2025-08 644
2025-07 665

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+ 672
0-1m 501
15m-54m 204
Other 166

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 406,652,603
United States 344,810,777
Germany 139,285,298
Ireland 101,248,394
France 89,124,361

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 245,290,853 161,361,750 -83,929,103
United States 203,370,481 141,440,296 -61,930,185
Germany 67,210,739 72,074,559 +4,863,820
Ireland 54,895,582 46,352,812 -8,542,770
France 42,087,131 47,037,230 +4,950,099
Belgium 33,944,821 40,500,864 +6,556,043
Italy 30,418,034 33,518,882 +3,100,848
Australia 24,057,638 16,160,708 -7,896,930
Japan 31,416,304 6,294,747 -25,121,557
Spain 15,486,819 14,864,690 -622,129

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 16,975,181
XU 1,379,103
Germany 698,206
Israel 506,035
United States 492,996

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 12,970,796 4,004,385 -8,966,411
XU 746,949 632,154 -114,795
Germany 194,713 503,493 +308,780
Israel 284,957 221,078 -63,879
United States 93,795 399,201 +305,406
Nicaragua 237,681 234,992 -2,689
Taiwan 159,005 31,774 -127,231
China 43,413 37,918 -5,495
Italy 4,051 39,819 +35,768
France 35,127 8,292 -26,835

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) 773,558,962
Air transport 704,444,088
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 192,888,819
Other 21,062,271
Road transport 8,119,472

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) 419,080,656 354,478,306 -64,602,350
Air transport 387,878,046 316,566,042 -71,312,004
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 120,627,756 72,261,063 -48,366,693
Other 14,859,908 6,202,363 -8,657,545
Road transport 6,541,311 1,578,161 -4,963,150
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 553,298,785
London Heathrow Airport 260,091,651
East Midlands Airport 255,389,045
ZLC 92,877,759
Dover 86,816,363

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 309,715,637 243,583,148 -66,132,489
London Heathrow Airport 158,884,952 101,206,699 -57,678,253
East Midlands Airport 112,919,672 142,469,373 +29,549,701
ZLC 60,417,532 32,460,227 -27,957,305
Dover 44,169,797 42,646,566 -1,523,231
London Stansted Airport 37,281,485 25,747,194 -11,534,291
London Gateway Port 37,737,134 21,345,437 -16,391,697
Holyhead 31,145,901 26,868,636 -4,277,265
Southampton 19,077,651 26,293,945 +7,216,294
Belfast Port 28,474,375 3,275,025 -25,199,350

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