Import/export HS code 9022: X-ray and radiation equipment

Machines using X-rays or radiation for medical or other uses

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 £
Germany 338,902,762
Netherlands 240,215,904
United States 207,588,441
France 56,812,716
China 51,566,226

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 190,285,274 148,617,488 -41,667,786
Netherlands 120,515,591 119,700,313 -815,278
United States 105,462,787 102,125,654 -3,337,133
France 30,124,443 26,688,273 -3,436,170
China 26,416,334 25,149,892 -1,266,442
Belgium 21,353,840 16,115,937 -5,237,903
Japan 9,720,158 16,884,667 +7,164,509
South Korea 10,013,539 12,624,406 +2,610,867
Ireland 11,164,337 9,697,545 -1,466,792
Israel 8,486,284 9,903,454 +1,417,170

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 £
Germany 318,930,692
United States 300,469,225
Netherlands 78,673,272
Japan 77,429,525
China 69,869,947

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 £
Germany 176,597,693 142,332,999 -34,264,694
United States 160,311,700 140,157,525 -20,154,175
Netherlands 37,077,419 41,595,853 +4,518,434
Japan 38,718,280 38,711,245 -7,035
China 36,294,751 33,575,196 -2,719,555
United Kingdom 26,961,935 26,623,483 -338,452
France 18,445,962 17,065,815 -1,380,147
South Korea 13,818,580 16,748,731 +2,930,151
Israel 8,104,224 10,592,859 +2,488,635
Slovakia 7,682,109 10,453,951 +2,771,842

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 89
Surrey, East and West Sussex 61
Greater Manchester 45
Inner London - West 44
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 40

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 61 64 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 50 44 -6
Greater Manchester 36 29 -7
Inner London - West 32 27 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 28 29 +1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 25 19 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 22 23 +1
West Midlands 23 20 -3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 19 16 -3
Inner London - East 17 13 -4

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) 592,543,344
Air transport 409,054,273
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 123,534,615
Other 7,636,635
Road transport 5,071,451

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) 324,064,139 268,479,205 -55,584,934
Air transport 214,867,295 194,186,978 -20,680,317
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 50,273,187 73,261,428 +22,988,241
Other 2,916,838 4,719,797 +1,802,959
Road transport 463,695 4,607,756 +4,144,061
Rail transport 6,514 34,764 +28,250

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 217,001,559
Dover 174,036,409
Eurotunnel 148,410,711
Felixstowe 78,132,337
East Midlands Airport 70,651,163

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 125,425,579 91,575,980 -33,849,599
Dover 90,802,648 83,233,761 -7,568,887
Eurotunnel 87,797,771 60,612,940 -27,184,831
Felixstowe 48,687,356 29,444,981 -19,242,375
East Midlands Airport 34,125,770 36,525,393 +2,399,623
Harwich 32,283,999 35,244,152 +2,960,153
Birmingham Airport 25,392,685 25,988,787 +596,102
ZLC 27,074,988 20,984,394 -6,090,594
Southampton 11,700,038 25,200,891 +13,500,853
Dover / Eurotunnel 19,699,146 13,415,790 -6,283,356

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 127
Other manufacturing 84
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 79
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 55
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 55

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 157
2025-11 182
2025-10 175
2025-09 174
2025-08 161

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 299
54m+ 281
0-1m 96
15m-54m 68
Other 55

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 345,662,582
United States 246,407,101
France 80,057,868
Mexico 79,275,947
China 77,058,961

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 177,880,296 167,782,286 -10,098,010
United States 146,217,037 100,190,064 -46,026,973
France 46,834,257 33,223,611 -13,610,646
Mexico 62,487,066 16,788,881 -45,698,185
China 41,826,303 35,232,658 -6,593,645
Germany 35,493,723 38,282,809 +2,789,086
Saudi Arabia 10,238,603 38,414,643 +28,176,040
Ireland 17,024,513 14,950,279 -2,074,234
Taiwan 13,867,533 15,573,146 +1,705,613
South Korea 13,181,777 10,539,447 -2,642,330

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 502,788
Japan 177,099
Germany 6,579
Italy 5,533
Nicaragua 1,094

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 433,193 69,595 -363,598
Japan 66,779 110,320 +43,541
Germany 0 6,579 +6,579
Italy 2,860 2,673 -187
Nicaragua 1,094 0 -1,094

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) 636,263,112
Air transport 473,416,375
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 358,084,651
Other 709,376
Road transport 542,048

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) 334,836,819 301,426,293 -33,410,526
Air transport 259,618,120 213,798,255 -45,819,865
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 173,360,668 184,723,983 +11,363,315
Other 519,578 189,798 -329,780
Road transport 542,048 0 -542,048

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 453,928,280
London Heathrow Airport 319,133,820
London Gateway Port 135,656,118
Southampton 120,892,807
East Midlands Airport 60,530,776

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 216,862,279 237,066,001 +20,203,722
London Heathrow Airport 179,934,266 139,199,554 -40,734,712
London Gateway Port 86,436,611 49,219,507 -37,217,104
Southampton 34,274,462 86,618,345 +52,343,883
East Midlands Airport 30,617,059 29,913,717 -703,342
Manchester Airport 26,062,995 20,302,233 -5,760,762
Dover 33,318,897 9,999,792 -23,319,105
Felixstowe 18,778,557 23,194,879 +4,416,322
Immingham Docks 23,195,656 13,821,916 -9,373,740
Harwich 15,345,974 21,297,438 +5,951,464

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 9022

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

Description: Machines using X-rays or radiation for medical or other uses