Import/export HS code 902590: Parts for measuring tools

Spare parts and accessories for thermometers, barometers, and similar devices

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 19,206,396
United States 17,054,681
Germany 13,827,518
Viet Nam 13,469,706
China 10,081,522

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 12,709,550 6,496,846 -6,212,704
United States 9,099,775 7,954,906 -1,144,869
Germany 4,982,828 8,844,690 +3,861,862
Viet Nam 6,299,459 7,170,247 +870,788
China 4,939,847 5,141,675 +201,828
Switzerland 1,848,562 1,865,576 +17,014
France 1,956,356 1,061,861 -894,495
Czechia 650,503 1,626,145 +975,642
Italy 1,000,538 727,963 -272,575
Poland 790,581 874,871 +84,290

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 33,418,605
Viet Nam 13,527,087
Germany 13,029,097
China 12,888,269
United Kingdom 4,572,438

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 20,839,310 12,579,295 -8,260,015
Viet Nam 6,364,038 7,163,049 +799,011
Germany 5,002,153 8,026,944 +3,024,791
China 5,807,388 7,080,881 +1,273,493
United Kingdom 2,305,759 2,266,679 -39,080
Mexico 1,546,841 1,945,196 +398,355
Italy 959,979 724,640 -235,339
France 756,182 861,227 +105,045
Poland 675,006 826,884 +151,878
Netherlands 552,813 794,273 +241,460

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 83
Surrey, East and West Sussex 69
Inner London - West 59
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 42
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 39

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 53 58 +5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 46 50 +4
Inner London - West 40 37 -3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 31 20 -11
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 28 +7
Greater Manchester 27 21 -6
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 27 29 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 25 26 +1
West Midlands 30 22 -8
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 16 26 +10

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 69,888,174
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 20,874,802
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,903,322
Road transport 132,410
Other 115,574

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 35,348,070 34,540,104 -807,966
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,824,681 8,050,121 -4,774,560
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,839,378 6,063,944 +1,224,566
Road transport 47,355 85,055 +37,700
Other 90,411 25,163 -65,248

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Stansted Airport 34,901,460
East Midlands Airport 19,208,771
London Heathrow Airport 7,697,851
Dover 5,922,380
Birmingham Airport 5,848,461

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 Stansted Airport 17,351,730 17,549,730 +198,000
East Midlands Airport 10,389,752 8,819,019 -1,570,733
London Heathrow Airport 3,754,909 3,942,942 +188,033
Dover 1,703,431 4,218,949 +2,515,518
Birmingham Airport 2,528,277 3,320,184 +791,907
Harwich 4,053,890 728,955 -3,324,935
Thamesport 2,174,692 2,002,700 -171,992
Eurotunnel 2,722,545 747,672 -1,974,873
Felixstowe 1,158,152 1,684,259 +526,107
Immingham Docks 1,980,525 252,924 -1,727,601

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 201
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 97
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 65
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 60
Other manufacturing 52

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 134
2025-10 160
2025-09 143
2025-08 125
2025-07 142

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
54m+ 407
1m-15m 341
0-1m 98
15m-54m 78
Other 59

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 £
United States 37,496,352
France 22,344,939
Germany 11,917,242
Singapore 11,501,613
China 10,610,757

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 £
United States 20,195,717 17,300,635 -2,895,082
France 11,899,693 10,445,246 -1,454,447
Germany 5,979,000 5,938,242 -40,758
Singapore 4,820,926 6,680,687 +1,859,761
China 5,455,307 5,155,450 -299,857
Switzerland 4,246,868 5,981,156 +1,734,288
Netherlands 3,623,882 4,663,090 +1,039,208
India 3,135,116 1,716,276 -1,418,840
Italy 2,297,241 1,912,604 -384,637
Japan 2,352,951 1,466,439 -886,512

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 102,556
XU 26,402
United States 12,383
China 4,190
Ireland 1,487

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 100,576 1,980 -98,596
XU 15,258 11,144 -4,114
United States 12,383 0 -12,383
China 911 3,279 +2,368
Ireland 787 700 -87
Netherlands 0 504 +504
Germany 220 260 +40
Slovenia 0 383 +383
Czechia 322 0 -322
Italy 0 274 +274

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 130,118,606
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 27,464,268
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,843,102
Road transport 410,367
Other 149,323

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 £
Air transport 65,310,766 64,807,840 -502,926
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,707,098 13,757,170 +50,072
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,179,294 7,663,808 -515,486
Road transport 393,722 16,645 -377,077
Other 130,747 18,576 -112,171

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Stansted Airport 47,031,761
East Midlands Airport 40,426,354
Dover / Eurotunnel 25,248,127
London Heathrow Airport 23,763,381
ZLC 16,894,984

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 £
London Stansted Airport 22,896,254 24,135,507 +1,239,253
East Midlands Airport 21,207,261 19,219,093 -1,988,168
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,481,679 12,766,448 +284,769
London Heathrow Airport 13,437,467 10,325,914 -3,111,553
ZLC 6,869,199 10,025,785 +3,156,586
Southampton 3,878,409 5,129,950 +1,251,541
London Gateway Port 2,828,317 1,953,301 -875,016
Manchester Airport 953,433 717,898 -235,535
Dover 864,365 799,659 -64,706
Felixstowe 874,973 435,918 -439,055

Quick facts

HS code: 902590

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

Description: Spare parts and accessories for thermometers, barometers, and similar devices