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

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

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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 £
Germany 338,067,730
Netherlands 231,520,491
United States 208,054,692
France 58,169,455
China 51,316,126

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 187,326,917 150,740,813 -36,586,104
Netherlands 116,702,710 114,817,781 -1,884,929
United States 97,939,769 110,114,923 +12,175,154
France 31,041,029 27,128,426 -3,912,603
China 27,188,595 24,127,531 -3,061,064
Belgium 20,398,695 17,103,085 -3,295,610
Japan 10,676,719 15,567,651 +4,890,932
South Korea 10,749,401 12,221,522 +1,472,121
Ireland 10,013,381 10,765,601 +752,220
Israel 9,179,980 8,912,202 -267,778

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 321,185,394
United States 299,934,869
Japan 75,341,749
Netherlands 75,277,024
China 70,247,576

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 175,091,448 146,093,946 -28,997,502
United States 152,638,294 147,296,575 -5,341,719
Japan 37,872,267 37,469,482 -402,785
Netherlands 35,575,063 39,701,961 +4,126,898
China 38,004,982 32,242,594 -5,762,388
United Kingdom 26,998,020 24,700,678 -2,297,342
France 18,450,272 17,727,031 -723,241
South Korea 14,019,249 16,381,609 +2,362,360
Israel 8,826,494 9,560,388 +733,894
Italy 8,119,421 9,771,143 +1,651,722

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 63
Greater Manchester 45
Inner London - West 45
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 41

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 64 64 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 52 43 -9
Greater Manchester 35 29 -6
Inner London - West 35 25 -10
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 29 30 +1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 26 19 -7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 22 24 +2
West Midlands 23 20 -3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 19 16 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 19 13 -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) 586,096,238
Air transport 409,619,371
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 123,244,683
Other 7,581,456
Road transport 3,974,369

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) 316,513,291 269,582,947 -46,930,344
Air transport 211,942,813 197,676,558 -14,266,255
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 49,472,639 73,772,044 +24,299,405
Other 3,263,638 4,317,818 +1,054,180
Road transport 460,168 3,514,201 +3,054,033
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 219,532,889
Dover 173,665,611
Eurotunnel 149,172,597
Felixstowe 76,271,180
East Midlands Airport 69,429,932

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 121,404,708 98,128,181 -23,276,527
Dover 89,213,147 84,452,464 -4,760,683
Eurotunnel 85,595,535 63,577,062 -22,018,473
Felixstowe 47,189,135 29,082,045 -18,107,090
East Midlands Airport 34,187,327 35,242,605 +1,055,278
Harwich 29,704,329 35,602,459 +5,898,130
Birmingham Airport 25,616,621 25,782,669 +166,048
ZLC 26,975,744 18,869,420 -8,106,324
Southampton 12,237,233 23,445,235 +11,208,002
Dover / Eurotunnel 19,841,006 14,733,120 -5,107,886

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 131
Other manufacturing 89
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 77
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 56
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 55

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 182
2025-10 175
2025-09 174
2025-08 161
2025-07 169

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 310
54m+ 287
0-1m 92
15m-54m 64
Other 56

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 349,063,875
United States 246,455,528
Mexico 104,087,924
France 80,856,383
China 79,091,100

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 182,652,917 166,410,958 -16,241,959
United States 142,546,250 103,909,278 -38,636,972
Mexico 87,297,205 16,790,719 -70,506,486
France 48,579,162 32,277,221 -16,301,941
China 44,233,981 34,857,119 -9,376,862
Germany 35,987,064 36,855,062 +867,998
Saudi Arabia 11,990,589 34,501,450 +22,510,861
Ireland 18,068,885 15,122,718 -2,946,167
Taiwan 13,855,261 10,170,020 -3,685,241
Belgium 18,178,271 5,749,028 -12,429,243

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 534,220
Japan 177,099
XU 35,064
Germany 6,579
Italy 5,533

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 419,089 115,131 -303,958
Japan 66,779 110,320 +43,541
XU 34,397 667 -33,730
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) 640,272,946
Air transport 469,061,456
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 374,400,266
Other 759,589
Road transport 687,909

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) 336,467,672 303,805,274 -32,662,398
Air transport 255,308,376 213,753,080 -41,555,296
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 203,916,608 170,483,658 -33,432,950
Other 524,219 235,370 -288,849
Road transport 683,069 4,840 -678,229

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 455,628,782
London Heathrow Airport 315,602,846
London Gateway Port 159,864,227
Southampton 112,926,244
East Midlands Airport 60,221,809

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 218,580,891 237,047,891 +18,467,000
London Heathrow Airport 175,000,454 140,602,392 -34,398,062
London Gateway Port 109,112,134 50,752,093 -58,360,041
Southampton 37,628,809 75,297,435 +37,668,626
East Midlands Airport 30,854,055 29,367,754 -1,486,301
Dover 37,570,688 9,711,754 -27,858,934
Manchester Airport 26,447,536 20,124,018 -6,323,518
Felixstowe 18,818,372 21,985,853 +3,167,481
Harwich 16,538,073 21,180,106 +4,642,033
Immingham Docks 21,371,914 13,772,206 -7,599,708

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