Import/export HS code 9019: Therapy and medical devices

Includes massage machines, therapy devices for oxygen or aerosol treatment, and machines for artificial breathing

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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 £
China 227,210,933
Netherlands 180,034,861
Germany 110,528,669
France 86,103,192
United States 80,681,829

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 £
China 99,999,060 127,211,873 +27,212,813
Netherlands 113,322,813 66,712,048 -46,610,765
Germany 53,934,402 56,594,267 +2,659,865
France 22,139,391 63,963,801 +41,824,410
United States 37,966,833 42,714,996 +4,748,163
New Zealand 18,868,437 16,473,182 -2,395,255
Canada 18,565,010 16,373,763 -2,191,247
Sweden 13,371,491 13,087,949 -283,542
Ireland 13,033,140 12,186,833 -846,307
Czechia 10,871,247 11,146,339 +275,092

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 £
China 296,647,620
Singapore 119,832,173
Germany 85,970,434
United States 72,227,059
Australia 40,566,422

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 £
China 139,998,868 156,648,752 +16,649,884
Singapore 57,816,141 62,016,032 +4,199,891
Germany 42,025,750 43,944,684 +1,918,934
United States 36,743,955 35,483,104 -1,260,851
Australia 21,796,051 18,770,371 -3,025,680
Mexico 19,780,096 17,600,620 -2,179,476
New Zealand 18,245,459 17,273,403 -972,056
Canada 18,474,625 16,848,357 -1,626,268
France 15,066,701 15,385,154 +318,453
Czechia 13,730,957 12,851,260 -879,697

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 135
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 103
Surrey, East and West Sussex 83
Inner London - East 81
Greater Manchester 79

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
Inner London - West 90 94 +4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 75 62 -13
Surrey, East and West Sussex 64 57 -7
Inner London - East 51 56 +5
Greater Manchester 56 58 +2
Outer London - West and North West 45 42 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 41 48 +7
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 43 49 +6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 42 37 -5
West Midlands 40 34 -6

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) 374,777,475
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 363,423,423
Air transport 184,193,281
Other 17,395,399
Road transport 972,443

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) 170,407,406 204,370,069 +33,962,663
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 171,842,898 191,580,525 +19,737,627
Air transport 116,453,688 67,739,593 -48,714,095
Other 9,087,096 8,308,303 -778,793
Road transport 303,990 668,453 +364,463
Rail transport 1,895 0 -1,895

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 155,993,743
Southampton 134,858,595
Felixstowe 113,212,287
Birmingham Airport 71,389,332
Dover / Eurotunnel 70,700,121

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 53,338,048 102,655,695 +49,317,647
Southampton 67,513,670 67,344,925 -168,745
Felixstowe 58,567,945 54,644,342 -3,923,603
Birmingham Airport 58,557,110 12,832,222 -45,724,888
Dover / Eurotunnel 37,648,009 33,052,112 -4,595,897
London Gateway Port 23,272,228 39,394,786 +16,122,558
Dover 26,437,096 27,183,221 +746,125
London Heathrow Airport 27,666,486 23,594,578 -4,071,908
Immingham Docks 11,874,095 13,964,759 +2,090,664
Liverpool Docks 12,922,130 10,186,150 -2,735,980

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 495
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 389
Other manufacturing 113
Human health activities 84
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 79

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 344
2025-10 325
2025-09 306
2025-08 312
2025-07 316

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 621
0-1m 363
54m+ 295
Other 139
15m-54m 119

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 £
Ireland 101,383,800
France 95,150,789
United States 74,923,145
India 61,877,810
Germany 60,855,719

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 £
Ireland 53,310,591 48,073,209 -5,237,382
France 45,119,201 50,031,588 +4,912,387
United States 39,122,187 35,800,958 -3,321,229
India 27,456,051 34,421,759 +6,965,708
Germany 41,516,488 19,339,231 -22,177,257
Italy 21,978,836 19,981,389 -1,997,447
Netherlands 11,816,679 6,134,956 -5,681,723
Japan 7,906,455 6,035,607 -1,870,848
Australia 7,585,199 4,395,629 -3,189,570
Spain 5,208,701 5,373,816 +165,115

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 6,790,999
United States 1,350,334
Taiwan 280,719
China 206,290
Estonia 156,380

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 3,462,993 3,328,006 -134,987
United States 663,637 686,697 +23,060
Taiwan 186,956 93,763 -93,193
China 112,965 93,325 -19,640
Estonia 79,949 76,431 -3,518
XU 42,432 26,023 -16,409
Ireland 4,606 21,392 +16,786
Germany 4,226 3,043 -1,183
Sweden 6,096 408 -5,688
New Zealand 0 5,633 +5,633

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) 327,146,461
Air transport 183,509,867
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 121,808,894
Other 8,906,377
Road transport 523,738

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) 172,065,686 155,080,775 -16,984,911
Air transport 95,331,423 88,178,444 -7,152,979
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 62,988,118 58,820,776 -4,167,342
Other 4,569,449 4,336,928 -232,521
Road transport 463,140 60,598 -402,542

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 215,584,215
London Heathrow Airport 120,837,442
Holyhead 50,323,782
London Gateway Port 46,482,638
East Midlands Airport 32,885,609

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 110,919,516 104,664,699 -6,254,817
London Heathrow Airport 56,785,163 64,052,279 +7,267,116
Holyhead 27,209,190 23,114,592 -4,094,598
London Gateway Port 25,452,665 21,029,973 -4,422,692
East Midlands Airport 24,480,748 8,404,861 -16,075,887
Southampton 16,686,137 15,729,713 -956,424
Felixstowe 9,188,476 13,734,125 +4,545,649
Milford 12,490,229 10,329,803 -2,160,426
ZLC 9,678,514 10,661,378 +982,864
Dover 9,336,462 4,708,892 -4,627,570

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 9019

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

Description: Includes massage machines, therapy devices for oxygen or aerosol treatment, and machines for artificial breathing