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 231,486,515
Netherlands 172,225,054
Germany 110,570,349
France 94,074,452
United States 80,474,857

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 103,621,926 127,864,589 +24,242,663
Netherlands 111,378,505 60,846,549 -50,531,956
Germany 53,928,069 56,642,280 +2,714,211
France 22,785,402 71,289,050 +48,503,648
United States 38,161,947 42,312,910 +4,150,963
New Zealand 19,325,689 16,999,035 -2,326,654
Canada 18,140,053 15,989,659 -2,150,394
Sweden 13,197,453 12,632,816 -564,637
Ireland 13,368,371 12,213,378 -1,154,993
Czechia 10,544,185 11,840,996 +1,296,811

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 300,029,207
Singapore 121,336,410
Germany 85,814,305
United States 71,883,372
Australia 40,674,770

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 143,110,991 156,918,216 +13,807,225
Singapore 57,285,007 64,051,403 +6,766,396
Germany 41,100,549 44,713,756 +3,613,207
United States 36,769,534 35,113,838 -1,655,696
Australia 21,761,874 18,912,896 -2,848,978
Mexico 19,529,917 17,874,222 -1,655,695
New Zealand 19,421,653 17,099,906 -2,321,747
Canada 17,282,878 17,282,663 -215
France 15,969,955 14,603,485 -1,366,470
Czechia 13,434,115 12,833,335 -600,780

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 144
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 101
Surrey, East and West Sussex 85
Greater Manchester 81
Inner London - East 81

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 99 97 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 74 62 -12
Surrey, East and West Sussex 64 58 -6
Greater Manchester 57 60 +3
Inner London - East 53 54 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 46 47 +1
Outer London - West and North West 41 42 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 41 45 +4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 44 36 -8
West Midlands 40 35 -5

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) 379,403,608
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 367,980,690
Air transport 179,538,874
Other 16,758,946
Road transport 1,110,955

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) 173,095,581 206,308,027 +33,212,446
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 175,502,777 192,477,913 +16,975,136
Air transport 112,528,337 67,010,537 -45,517,800
Other 8,831,022 7,927,924 -903,098
Road transport 629,115 481,840 -147,275
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 162,590,037
Southampton 137,349,905
Felixstowe 111,555,925
Dover / Eurotunnel 69,525,591
Birmingham Airport 66,646,428

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 57,348,063 105,241,974 +47,893,911
Southampton 67,137,835 70,212,070 +3,074,235
Felixstowe 59,802,107 51,753,818 -8,048,289
Dover / Eurotunnel 36,185,487 33,340,104 -2,845,383
Birmingham Airport 53,793,973 12,852,455 -40,941,518
London Gateway Port 25,563,029 39,673,365 +14,110,336
Dover 26,802,183 27,189,733 +387,550
London Heathrow Airport 27,118,778 23,143,508 -3,975,270
Immingham Docks 10,930,349 14,336,189 +3,405,840
East Midlands Airport 13,000,042 9,942,526 -3,057,516

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 498
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 385
Other manufacturing 114
Human health activities 86
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 81

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 303
2025-11 344
2025-10 325
2025-09 306
2025-08 312

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 630
0-1m 362
54m+ 288
Other 135
15m-54m 125

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 101,885,471
France 95,467,442
United States 73,869,094
Germany 61,572,236
India 60,593,523

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 54,612,490 47,272,981 -7,339,509
France 46,154,206 49,313,236 +3,159,030
United States 38,097,316 35,771,778 -2,325,538
Germany 41,019,390 20,552,846 -20,466,544
India 26,734,101 33,859,422 +7,125,321
Italy 22,174,175 21,471,706 -702,469
Netherlands 11,454,793 6,007,709 -5,447,084
Japan 8,162,792 5,962,995 -2,199,797
Australia 7,783,958 4,237,538 -3,546,420
Spain 5,156,881 5,402,697 +245,816

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 6,878,433
United States 1,363,353
Taiwan 261,987
China 205,520
Estonia 153,299

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 3,498,279 3,380,154 -118,125
United States 657,706 705,647 +47,941
Taiwan 180,457 81,530 -98,927
China 122,787 82,733 -40,054
Estonia 79,004 74,295 -4,709
Ireland 3,898 21,392 +17,494
Sweden 6,504 0 -6,504
New Zealand 0 5,633 +5,633
Germany 2,567 2,602 +35
Finland 2,795 0 -2,795

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) 329,438,021
Air transport 183,531,573
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 120,273,077
Other 8,977,278
Road transport 419,707

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) 173,355,232 156,082,789 -17,272,443
Air transport 95,833,256 87,698,317 -8,134,939
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 62,838,631 57,434,446 -5,404,185
Other 4,599,274 4,378,004 -221,270
Road transport 355,442 64,265 -291,177

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 218,761,710
London Heathrow Airport 120,375,434
Holyhead 50,663,843
London Gateway Port 45,543,709
East Midlands Airport 32,655,256

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 112,087,910 106,673,800 -5,414,110
London Heathrow Airport 56,637,259 63,738,175 +7,100,916
Holyhead 26,748,168 23,915,675 -2,832,493
London Gateway Port 24,945,598 20,598,111 -4,347,487
East Midlands Airport 24,634,212 8,021,044 -16,613,168
Southampton 16,183,416 15,963,608 -219,808
Felixstowe 10,500,656 12,927,996 +2,427,340
Milford 12,130,478 10,663,950 -1,466,528
ZLC 9,737,428 11,049,823 +1,312,395
Dover 8,571,811 4,794,798 -3,777,013

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